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The 2019 Rugby World Cup (Japanese: ラグビーワールドカップ2019) was the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It was hosted in Japan from 20 September to 2 November in 12 venues all across the country.
In 2019, they progressed to the quarterfinals for the first time in their participation, [1] making them the first Asian team to do so in the tournament. Their best performance was in the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Japan beat South Africa 34–32 in their first match of pool play, in what was described as the "greatest Rugby World Cup shock ever".
This article documents the statistics of the 2019 Rugby World Cup which was held in Japan from 20 September to 2 November. Russia's Kirill Golosnitsky scored the first try of the tournament and Kotaro Matsushima of Japan scored the first hat-trick of the tournament. [1] [2] Camille Lopez of France scored the first drop goal of the tournament. [3]
Pool A of the 2019 Rugby World Cup began on 20 September 2019. The pool included hosts Japan , and previous 2015 Rugby World Cup quarter-finalists Ireland and Scotland . They were joined by the European qualifier , Russia , and Samoa , the winner of the European-Oceania Cross-Regional play-off .
The 2019 Rugby World Cup final was a rugby union match played on 2 November 2019 at the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan.It marked the culmination of the 2019 Rugby World Cup and was played between England and South Africa, a rematch of the 2007 Rugby World Cup final.
World Rugby's clampdown on high and dangerous tackles has resulted in a 12% reduction in concussion-related incidents at the 2019 World Cup compared with the last tournament four years ago, the ...
Measured by points deficit, this result equaled New Zealand's biggest ever World Cup defeat, matching the 12-point losses to France in the 1999 World Cup semi-final (43–31) and to Australia in the 2003 World Cup semi-final (22–10). This victory meant England climbed to the top of the World Rugby rankings for the first time since 2004.
The 2019 Rugby World Cup was an international rugby union tournament which was held in Japan from 20 September until 2 November 2019. Twenty national teams competed, and each brought a 31-man squad containing no regulated number of players per-position to the tournament.