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Taking place across England, the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup will be the largest and most accessible celebration of women’s rugby to date.
Sunderland’s Stadium of Light will host the opening match on August 22, while Twickenham will host the final on September 27.
The 10th edition of the tournament will feature the world’s top 16 teams, an increase from the 12 nations that participated in the last World Cup in New Zealand.
The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup is already being heralded as a ‘generational moment’ for the sport and there are hopes the tournament can generate similar levels of interest to the Lionesses’ transformative victory at Euro 2022.
Which teams will compete in the 2025 Women’s World Cup?
England qualify as hosts; Canada, France and New Zealandby reaching the semifinals of the 2022 World Cup; South Africaby winning the African Women’s Rugby Cup; Irelandafter finishing third in the 2024 Women’s Six Nations; USAby beating Australia in the Pacific Four series; Fijiwho won the Oceania Women’s Rugby Championship; Japan who finished first in the Asian Women’s Rugby Championship; and Brazil who beat Colombia to win the South American playoff.
The final six teams were determined in the 2024 edition of WXVthe three-level global competition. Australia WXV2 won to reserve his spot while Scotland, Italy and Welsh also qualified through that tournament. Spain and Samoa They ensured that they will participate in next year’s World Cup by finishing first and second respectively in WXV3. Spain last competed in the World Cup in 2017, while Samoa has not participated since 2014.
When is the draw?
The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup draw will take place on Thursday 17 October. It will be broadcast live on The One Show, on BBC One from 7pm.
The match schedule will be announced on October 22.
The tournament consists of a group stage, with four groups of four. The two best teams in each group advance to the playoffs: quarterfinals, semifinals and final.
The four highest ranked teams at the time of the draw will be divided into four groups. The draw will assign the teams classified from 5 to 8, then those from 9 to 12 and then those from 13 to 16.
What cities will host the tournament?
Eight cities in England will host the tournament. In a measure of the Rugby Football Union’s ambition to spread the game across the country, York, Manchester, Bristol, Exeter and Northampton will host matches.
Four of the venues already host English rugby teams, including Bristol Bears at Ashton Gate, Northampton Saints’ Franklin’s Gardens, Exeter Chiefs’ Sandy Park and Sale Sharks at Salford Community Stadium (commonly known as AJ Bell Stadium).
After opening their World Cup campaign in Sunderland, the Red Roses will play their remaining two group matches at Northampton and Brighton.
Ashton Gate will share the quarter-finals with Exeter’s Sandy Park, which hosted the Premiership Women’s Rugby final last week.
When can I see the Red Roses next?
having won France 38-19 at Kingsholm and New Zealand 24-12 at TwickenhamEngland headed to Canada to WXV1 tournament. They beat the united states, hammered new zealand and then fought back to beat Canada in their final match and win the tournament again.
Next time they will play at home during the 2025 Women’s Six Nationswhich includes a match against France at Twickenham at the end of April.
Tickets for the World Cup: Prices and how to get them
More than 400,000 tickets will be available for the tournament. Ticket prices will range from £5 to £95, with more than 60 per cent of tickets costing less than £25. By the end of the pre-sale window on 8 October, more than 60,000 tickets had already been sold for the opening match and the final of England, through the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 website.
The next opportunity to purchase tickets is reserved for people with a Mastercard debit or credit card; They get a 48-hour priority sales window from 11am on October 22nd to 11am on October 24th. General sale reopens on November 5 and closes on November 19.
Children’s tickets to England’s first tournament were available for just £5, while a family of four could pay £30.
The best tickets for the final at Twickenham, which the Rugby Football Union expects to sell out, are priced at £95, with lower priced options available for adults from £30.
How can I watch the World Cup?
BBC sport will broadcast exclusive coverage of the tournament across linear channels, with each match also available to watch live on BBC iPlayer and the Sport website and app.
Live audio commentary will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra.
Fans will be able to listen to 5 Live coverage on BBC Sounds, DAB radio and the BBC Sport website.
The exclusive coverage deal means there will also be content on BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland.
Previous winners
2022 – New Zealand (moved from 2021 amid Covid pandemic)
2017 – New Zealand
2014 – England
2010 – New Zealand
2006 – New Zealand
2002 – New Zealand
1998 – New Zealand
1994 – England
1991 – United States
