| Event | 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 27 September 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Twickenham Stadium , London | ||||||
| Referee | Hollie Davidson (Scotland) | ||||||
The 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup final is a rugby union match set to be played on 27 September 2025 at Twickenham Stadium in London, England. It will be the culmination of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup, and will be played between Canada and England. It will be held on the same day as the bronze final.
The 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup, the tenth edition of the women's Rugby World Cup, is being held in England between 22 August and 27 September 2025. [1] Sixteen teams are competing in the final tournament, playing 32 matches. [2] [3] The top four placed teams from the 2021 World Cup automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining twelve spots were decided in qualifying rounds. [4] The sixteen teams were devided into four pools of four, with each team playing each other once in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each pool qualified for the quarter-finals. The final was awarded to Twickenham Stadium at the same time England were announced as hosts. [4]
On 19 August 2025, the final was announced as a sell out with all 82,000 tickets sold. [5] With 82,000 tickets sold, the final is on track to become the second-highest attended Rugby World Cup final (men's or women's), behind only the 2003 Men's Rugby World Cup final which had an attendance of 82,957. [6] The crowd will also surpass the attendance record for a women's rugby event of 66,000, set during the 2024 Summer Olympics women's rugby sevens, [5] as well as the record for a standalone women's rugby match of 58,498, set at Twickenham Stadium during the 2023 Women's Six Nations Championship. [7]
| Canada | Round | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Fiji | 65–7 | Match 1 |  United States | 69–7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Wales | 42–0 | Match 2 |  Samoa | 92–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Scotland | 40–19 | Match 3 |  Australia | 47–7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: World Rugby [8] | Final standing |
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| Australia | 46–5 | Quarter-finals | Scotland | 40–8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 New Zealand | 19–34 | Semi-finals |  France | 17–35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canada began their World Cup campaign by beating Fiji 65–7. [10] They also won their remaining two Pool B matches comfortably to qualify for the knockout stage. In their second match they beat Wales 42–0, [11] and in their final game they beat Scotland 40–19. [12] In the quarter-finals, they faced Australia who had been runner's up in Pool A. Canada won the match comfortably 46–5. [13] In a closely faught semi-final, Canada played the defending champions New Zealand, whom they defeated 19–34 [14] to reach their second ever World Cup final.
England reached their eighth Women's Rugby World Cup final in a similar manner to Canada. In Pool A, England won their fixtures against the United States, [15] Samoa, [16] and Australia [17] to finish at the top of the pool and qualify for the knockout stage. In the quarter-finals, they faced the Scotland, who had finished second in Pool B behind Canada. England won the match 40–8. [18] In the semi-final, England played France in a much closer match. England were eventual winners beating France 17–35. [19]
| 27 September 2025 16:00 BST (UTC+1) |
Canada  | – |  England |
| Twickenham Stadium, London Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland) [20] |
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