Women’s Rugby World Cup Fixtures
The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup in England runs from 22 August to 27 September next year. Tickets for the final and the opening match involving the Red Roses go on sale on 24 September, although tournament partner Mastercard offer cardholders a priority sale on 17 September. Register your interest via the official website rugbyworldcup.com/2025.
Once the 16-team line-up is confirmed in October, the pools will be drawn and all the match tickets will go on sale.
BBC Sport will broadcast live coverage of the tournament across linear channels, with every match also available to watch live on BBC iPlayer and the Sport website and app. There will be live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra. The exclusive coverage deal means there will also be content across BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland.
The previous World Cup was due to take place in New Zealand in 2021, with fixtures being played in Auckland and Whangarei. However, the tournament was postponed until 2022 due to Covid. The results of the rescheduled tournament are below. The top two in each pool, and the two best third-placed teams, advanced to the quarter-finals.
Rugby World produced a Women’s Rugby World Cup 2022 Wallchart that you can download for free.
Women’s Rugby World Cup Results 2022
Saturday 8 October – First Pool Matches
South Africa 5-40 France
Australia 17-41 New Zealand
Sunday 9 October – First Pool Matches
Women’s Rugby World Cup Team of Week One
Saturday 15 October – Second Pool Matches
Scotland 12-14 Australia
USA 30-17 Japan
France 7-13 England
Sunday 16 October – Second Pool Matches
Italy 12-22 Canada
Wales 12-56 New Zealand
Fiji 21-17 South Africa
Women’s Rugby World Cup Team of Week Two
Saturday 22 October – Third Pool Matches
Australia 13-7 Wales
New Zealand 57-0 Scotland
France 44-0 Fiji
Sunday 23 October – Third Pool Matches
Japan 8-21 Italy
Canada 29-14 USA
England 75-0 South Africa
Women’s Rugby World Cup Team of Week Three
Saturday 29 October – Quarter-finals
France 39-3 Italy
New Zealand 55-3 Wales
Sunday 30 October – Quarter-finals
England 41-5 Australia
Canada 32-11 USA
Women’s Rugby World Cup Team of the Quarter-finals
Saturday 5 November – Semi-finals
SF1 England 26-19 Canada
SF2 New Zealand 25-24 France
Women’s Rugby World Cup Team of the Semi-finals
Saturday 12 November – Third-place play-off
Canada 0-36 France
Saturday 12 November – Final
Women’s Rugby World Cup Team of the Tournament
Past Tournaments – Final Results
2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – Ireland
Final – New Zealand 41-32 England
2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – France
Final – England 21-9 Canada
2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – England
Final – New Zealand 13-10 England
2006 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – Canada
Final – New Zealand 25-17 England
2002 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – Spain
Final – New Zealand 19-9 England
1998 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – Netherlands
Final – New Zealand 44-12 United States
1994 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – Scotland
Final – England 38-23 United States
1991 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Host nation – Wales
Final – United States 19-6 England
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