2025 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool C
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Pool C of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup will begin in August 2025. The pool includes Ireland, Japan, defending champions New Zealand, and Spain.[1]
Teams
[edit]| Pos. | Team | Band | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Apps. | Last | Previous best performance |
World Rugby Rankings[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 October 2024[N 1] | 18 August 2025[N 2] | |||||||||
| C1 |  New Zealand
|
1 | Oceania | Top 4 at 2021 RWC | 29 October 2022 | 9th | 2021 | Winners (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017, 2021) | 3 | |
| C2 |  Ireland
|
2 | Europe | Europe 1 | 27 April 2024 | 8th | 2017 | Fourth place (2014) | 7 | |
| C3 |  Japan
|
3 | Asia | Asia 1 | 27 May 2024 | 6th | 2021 | Fourth place (1994) | 11 | |
| C4 |  Spain
|
4 | Europe | 2024 WXV 3 | 12 October 2024 | 7th | 2017 | 6th (1991) | 13 | |
Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ireland
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Japan
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Spain
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 24 August 2025. Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: Pool stage tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Pool stage tiebreakers
Matches
[edit]Ireland vs Japan
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New Zealand vs Spain
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Ireland vs Spain
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New Zealand vs Japan
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Japan vs Spain
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New Zealand vs Ireland
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby World Cup 2025 draw: England in pool with Australia, USA and Samoa". BBC Sport. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Women's and Men's Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 14 October 2024.