2025 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool D

Pool D of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup will begin in August 2025. The pool includes debutants Brazil, France, Italy, and South Africa.[1]

Teams

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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]
D1   France 1 Europe Top 4 at 2021 RWC 29 October 2022 10th 2021 Third place (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2017, 2021) 4
C2   Italy 2 Europe 2024 WXV 2 12 October 2024 6th 2021 Quarter final (2021) 8
D3   South Africa 3 Africa Africa 1 12 May 2024 5th 2021 10th (2010, 2014) 12
D4   Brazil 4 South America Americas 1 29 June 2024 1st 42

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1   France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2   Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 23 August 2025. Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: Pool stage tiebreakers

Matches

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France vs Italy

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23 August 2025
20:15 BST (UTC+1)
France  v  Italy
Sandy Park, Exeter


South Africa vs Brazil

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Italy vs South Africa

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31 August 2025
15:30 BST (UTC+1)
Italy  v  South Africa
York Community Stadium, York


France vs Brazil

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31 August 2025
16:45 BST (UTC+1)
France  v  Brazil
Sandy Park, Exeter


Italy vs Brazil

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7 September 2025
14:00 BST (UTC+1)
Italy  v  Brazil
Franklin's Gardens, Northampton


France vs South Africa

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Notes

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

References

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  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.