2019 Rugby World Cup Information
The 2019 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the 9th edition of the Rugby World Cup. At a special IRB meeting held in Dublin on 28 July 2009, Japan was announced as the host for the competition. This will be the first time this tournament is to be held in Asia, and also the first time that the event will be hosted by a nation outside the traditional top tier of the sport. Hong Kong and Singapore are expected to host some of the matches. [1]
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Bid
The IRB requested that any member unions wishing to host the 2019 or 2015 Rugby World Cup should indicate their interest by 15 August 2008. This would be purely to indicate interest. No details had to be provided at this stage. A record ten unions indicated interest in hosting either the 2015 and/or the 2019 events. The 2019 tournament received interest from nine different nations.
Jamaica were the most surprising union to announce an interest in hosting the event, considering they had never participated in a previous event, though they quickly withdrew interest. Russia also initially announced plans to bid for both the 2015 and 2019 World Cups, but withdrew both bids in February 2009, in favour of what proved to be a successful bid[2] for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[3]
Australia withdrew from the bidding process on 6 May 2009.[4]
The three potential hosts - Italy, Japan and South Africa - were announced on 8 May 2009.[5]
Ireland & Scotland were interested in a joint bid after the success of the Ireland national team, Leinster Rugby and Munster Rugby and also Edinburgh's successful hosting of three major rugby events in May 2009—the Heineken Cup final and Edinburgh Sevens in union and Magic Weekend in league.
List of planned stadia
In addition to the nine venues located in Japan, one venue each from Singapore and Hong Kong have also been proposed to host five matches respectively.[6] The IRB raises concern about two foreign stadiums, which they believed to be too far away from Japan.[7] Nagai stadium may be replaced by the planned football stadium in Kita-ku, Osaka.
| Stadium | Tenants | Image | City | Sport | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nissan Stadium | Yokohama F. Marinos | Yokohama | Association football, Athletics | 72,000 | |
| Olympic Stadium | Japan national football team | Tokyo | Association football, Athletics | currently 57,000 (to be reconstructed over 80,000[8] | |
| Nagai Stadium | Cerezo Osaka | Osaka | Association football, Athletics | 50,000 | |
| New Singapore National Stadium | TBD | Under construction | Singapore | Association football | 55,000 |
| Toyota Stadium | Nagoya Grampus, Toyota Verblitz | Toyota | Association football, Rugby union | 45,000 | |
| Sapporo Dome | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Consadole Sapporo | Sapporo | Association football, Baseball | 41,000 | |
| Hong Kong Stadium | South China, Hong Kong Sevens | Hong Kong | Association football, Rugby union | 40,000 | |
| Home's Stadium | Vissel Kobe, Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers | Kobe | Association football, Rugby union | 34,000 | |
| Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | Japan Rugby Football Union | Tokyo | Rugby union | 27,000 | |
| Level-5 Stadium | Avispa Fukuoka | Fukuoka | Association football, Rugby union | 23,000 | |
| Yurtec Stadium Sendai | Vegalta Sendai | Sendai | Association football, Rugby union | 20,000 |
Notes and references
- ^ "England will host 2015 World Cup". BBC. 2009-07-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8170488.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ "Russia to host Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 2010-05-12. http://www.rwcsevens.com/home/news/newsid=2037312.html#russia+host+rugby+world+cup+sevens+2013. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- ^ "Russia keen to bid for RWC Sevens 2013". International Rugby Board. 2009-02-13. http://www.rwcsevens.com/home/news/newsid=2029106.html#russia+keen+rwc+sevens+2013. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^ "Australia withdraws 2019 Cup bid". BBC Sport. 2009-05-06. Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8035192.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ^ "IRB confirms record RWC bid response". International Rugby Board. 2009-05-08. Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid=2031234.html#irb+confirms+record+rwc+response. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
- ^ RWC 2015 /2019: 15 Main Topics & Venues of the Bid of Japan , Japan Rugby Football Union
- ^ 日本ラグビーＷ杯 ＩＲＢ側が懸念, Sponichi, November 3, 2009
- ^ 国立競技場の建て替え検討, Asahi Shimbun, September 15, 2011
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