2029 Women's Rugby World Cup

2029 Women's Rugby World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Australia
Dates	–
No. of nations	16
← 2025 2033 →

The 2029 Women's Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the eleventh edition of the Rugby World Cup for women. The tournament is to be held in Australia. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Teams

Qualifying

Sixteen teams will compete in the tournament. World Rugby confirmed the qualification pathway in September 2025. Five teams qualified automatically: Australia as tournament hosts, and Canada, France, England, and New Zealand as the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup semi-finalists. ^{[4] [5]} Ten of the remaining eleven teams will qualify in 2027, eight teams through regional competition, and two teams through world rankings at the end of the 2027 competition window. The final spot will be decided at the 2028 WXV Global Series centrally hosted competition for teams 13–18, which will function as the final qualification tournament. ^[5]

Qualified teams

Region	Team	Qualification method	Previous apps	Previous best result	World Rugby Ranking 1
Africa
Asia
Europe	England	Top 4 at 2025 RWC	10
	France	Top 4 at 2025 RWC	10
North America	Canada	Top 4 at 2025 RWC	10
Oceania	Australia	Hosts	8	Third place (2010)
	New Zealand	Top 4 at 2025 RWC	9	Champions(six times)
South America

Notes

• ^1 – Post warm-up matches

See also

• 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup

References

1. "Australia set to host Rugby World Cup 2027 and 2029". Australian Government . 17 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
2. Smale, Simon (12 May 2022). "Australia to host 2027 men's and 2029 women's Rugby World Cups". ABC News . Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
3. "Australia confirmed as host of men's 2027 and women's 2029 Rugby World Cups". The Guardian . 12 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
4. "Women's Rugby World Cup hails huge ticket sales". RNZ. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
5. "World Rugby and 18 national unions launch landmark WXV Global Series". World Rugby. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.