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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.
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.
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.
New Zealand have been drawn in Pool A for the tournament in France
This all-time table compares national teams that have participated in the Rugby World Cup by a number of criteria including matches, wins, losses, draws, total points for, total points against, etc. The table also shows – among other things – the accumulated points for every team that has ever participated in the tournament.
Eddie Jones' England confirmed their qualification out of Pool C by beating 14-man Argentina in emphatic fashion.
Here is the World Cup schedule for South Africa and their possible route to the final. Get all the latest Rugby World Cup odds here . South Africa pool fixtures:
With this victory, they became the first team to win the World Cup three times and the first holders to retain the trophy. It was also the first time that New Zealand won the competition outside of their country. [17] South Africa beat England 32–12 in the final of the 2019 Rugby World Cup with Handré Pollard kicking 22 points to dominate ...