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

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

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

Matches

Ireland vs Japan

24 August 2025
12:00 BST (UTC+1)
Ireland v Japan
Franklin's Gardens, Northampton


New Zealand vs Spain

24 August 2025
17:30 BST (UTC+1)
New Zealand v Spain
York Community Stadium, York


Ireland vs Spain

31 August 2025
12:00 BST (UTC+1)
Ireland v Spain
Franklin's Gardens, Northampton


New Zealand vs Japan

31 August 2025
14:00 BST (UTC+1)
New Zealand v Japan
Sandy Park, Exeter


Japan vs Spain

7 September 2025
12:00 BST (UTC+1)
Japan v Spain
York Community Stadium, York


New Zealand vs Ireland

7 September 2025
14:45 BST (UTC+1)
New Zealand v Ireland
Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium, Brighton


Notes

  1. ^ The rankings of 14 October 2024 were used for seeding for the draw.
  2. ^ The final rankings before the tournament started

References

  1. ^ "Rugby World Cup 2025 draw: England in pool with Australia, USA and Samoa". BBC Sport. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's and Men's Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 14 October 2024.