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2019 Rugby World Cup Groups

The 2019 Rugby World Cup was contested in Japan from 20 September until 2 November 2019. The top three teams in each pool at the 2015 World Cup in England qualified automatically for the 2019 World Cup in Japan. The teams finishing in the top two of each pool advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pools

Pool A
Ireland
Scotland
Japan
Russia
Samoa

Pool B
New Zealand
South Africa
Italy
Namibia
Canada

Pool C
England
France
Argentina
United States
Tonga

Pool D
Australia
Wales
Georgia
Fiji
Uruguay

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