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| Dates | 3 February – 13 October 2024 |
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The qualification process for the 2025 Rugby World Cup in England began during the knockout stage of the 2021 tournament in New Zealand, at which the four teams that reached the semi-finals qualified automatically for the 2025 event. A further six teams will qualify as winners of six regional tournaments in 2024. The final six spots will go to the highest-finishing WXV teams who have not yet qualified. [1] [2]
| Region | Automatic qualifiers | Teams in qualifying process | Qualifying places | Qualified teams | World Cup pools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Americas | 1 | 2 | 1 |  Canada (AQ) | |
| Asia | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Europe | 2 | 4 | 1 |  England (AQ) France (AQ) Ireland | |
| Oceania | 1 | 4 | 1 |  New Zealand (AQ) | |
| Pacific Four | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| WXV | — | 9 | 6 | ||
| TOTAL | 4 | 23 | 12 | — | — |
Following the previous World Cup, four teams received an automatic qualification berth - these berths being given to the top 4 teams (New Zealand, England, France, and Canada). England also automatically qualified as host. The remaining 12 berths for the tournament will be awarded to the winners of four regional tournaments, the highest finishing not automatic qualifying teams in the 2024 Women's Six Nations and 2024 Pacific Four and the six highest finishing 2024 WXV teams who have not yet qualified. [1] [3] [4]
Rugby Africa was granted one spot to the winner of the 2024 Rugby Africa Women's Cup (Africa 1).
| Qualifies as Africa 1 |
| Does not directly qualify but can still qualify via WXV |
| Position | Nation | Matches | Points | Bonus points | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | T BP | L BP | |||
| 1 |  Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |  Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rugby Americas North was not granted a direct spot to the World Cup, but Sudamérica Rugby was granted one spot, awarded to the winner of a qualifying match (South America 1).
Asia Rugby was granted one spot to the winner of the 2024 Asia Rugby Women's Championship (Asia 1).
| Qualifies as Asia 1 |
| Does not directly qualify but can still qualify via WXV |
| Position | Nation | Matches | Points | Bonus points | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | T BP | L BP | |||
| 1 |  Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |  Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rugby Europe was granted one spot to the highest finishing team in the 2024 Women's Six Nations Championship that hadn't already qualified automatically (Europe 1). Ireland qualified as Europe 1 by finishing third behind England and France.
| Qualifies as Europe 1 |
| Does not directly qualify but can still qualify via WXV |
| Automatically qualified via the previous World Cup |
| Position | Nation | Matches | Points | Tries | Bonus points | Table points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | T BP | L BP | GS BP | |||
| 1 | England | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 41 | +229 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 79 | +73 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | Ireland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 170 | –71 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 |  Scotland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 104 | –50 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 |  Italy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 146 | –74 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 |  Wales | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 162 | –107 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Oceania Rugby was granted one spot to the winner of the 2024 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship (Oceania 1).
| Qualifies as Oceania 1 |
| Does not directly qualify but can still qualify via WXV |
| Position | Nation | Matches | Points | Bonus points | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | T BP | L BP | |||
| 1 |  Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |  Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  Tonga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
One qualifying spot is awarded to the highest finishing team in the 2024 Pacific Four Series that had not already qualified automatically (P4).
| Qualifies as P4 |
| Does not directly qualify but can still qualify via WXV |
| Automatically qualified via the previous World Cup |
| Position | Nation | Matches | Points | Tries | Bonus points | Table points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | T BP | L BP | |||
| 1 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 7 | +43 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 |  Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 50 | –43 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The final six spots in the World Cup to qualify would be awarded to the highest six finishers in the 2024 WXV that have not already qualified.
WXV1, at least 5 of the 6 teams will have qualified by another method, England (Hosts) France (SF) and Ireland (Europe), along with at least one of Canada and New Zealand from the Pacific 4 and the higher ranked of Australia and the USA.
WXV1 or WXV 2, the other team from Canada and New Zealand.
WXV2 The African and Asian qualifiers will be in this level.
As, of the 12 teams in WXV 1 & 2, 8 will have already qualified, the other 4 will qualify through being in WXV 2.
WXV 3 The Oceania qualifier will be in this level, so the top 2 teams excluding them will qualify.
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