2033 Women's Rugby World Cup

The 2033 Women's Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the twelfth edition of the women's Rugby World Cup. The tournament will be held in the United States.^[1] This will be the second Women's Rugby World Cup to be held in the Americas. The previous one was held in Canada in 2006 with New Zealand emerging as the champions.

2033 Women's Rugby World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	United States
Dates	–
No. of nations	16
← 2029 2037 →

Host nation selection

The United States was the only bidder for the tournament. The US was announced as the host nation of the 2031 Men's Rugby World Cup and 2033 Women's Rugby World Cup on May 12, 2022. It is the second Women's Rugby World Cup to be held in North America, following Canada's hosting of the 2006 tournament.^[2]

2033 Rugby World Cup
bidding results

Nation	Votes
United States	Acclamation

Development & preparations

Candidate host cities

Seattle

San Francisco

Los Angeles

San Diego

Phoenix

Denver

Minneapolis

Chicago

Kansas City

Dallas

Austin

Houston

New Orleans

Miami

Orlando

Birmingham

Nashville

Atlanta

Charlotte

Pittsburgh

Washington, D.C.

Baltimore

Philadelphia

New York

Boston

Shortlisted locations

A total of 24 cities throughout the United States have expressed interest in hosting matches. Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. have all expressed interest.^[3]

Qualifying

Tournament hosts, the United States qualify automatically. They will be joined by the teams that reached the semi-final stage of the 2029 Women's Rugby World Cup, who also qualified automatically.

Qualified teams

Region	Team	Qualification method	Previous apps	Previous best result	World Rugby Ranking1
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America	United States	Hosts	TBC	Champions (1991)
Oceania
South America

Notes

• ^1 – Post warm-up matches

See also

• 2031 Rugby World Cup

References

1. "U.S. to host Rugby World Cups in 2031, 2033". Associated Press. May 12, 2022. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
2. Mather, Victor (May 12, 2022). "U.S. Picked as Host of Rugby World Cup". The New York Times. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
3. "US President Biden confirms support for Rugby World Cup bids in 2031 and 2033". April 20, 2022. Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.