When is the draw?
The draw for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup will take place on Thursday, October 17. It will be broadcast live on The One Show, on BBC One from 7pm.
The schedule of matches will be released on October 22.
The tournament consists of a group stage, with four groups of four. The top two teams from each group progress to the knockouts: quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
The top four ranked teams at the time of the draw will be split across the four groups. The draw will the allot the teams ranked 5-8, then those ranked 9-12, then those ranked 13-16.
Which cities are hosting the tournament?
Eight cities across England will stage the tournament. In a measure of the Rugby Football Union’s ambition to spread the game around the country, York, Manchester, Bristol, Exeter and Northampton will all host matches.
Four of the venues are already home to English rugby teams, including Bristol Bears at Ashton Gate, Northampton Saints’ Franklin’s Gardens, Exeter Chiefs’ Sandy Park and Sale Sharks at the Salford Community Stadium (commonly known as AJ Bell Stadium).
After opening their World Cup campaign in Sunderland, the Red Roses will play their remaining two pool matches Northampton and Brighton.
Ashton Gate will share the quarter-finals with Exeter’s Sandy Park, which hosted the Premiership Women’s Rugby final last week.
When can I watch the Red Roses next?
Having beaten France 38-19 at Kingsholm and New Zealand 24-12 at Twickenham, England head to Canada for the WXV1 tournament. They beat the United States and hammered New Zealand. A match against Canada is on Sunday (Oct 13) live on BBC iPlayer.
They will next play at home during the 2025 Women’s Six Nations, which includes a match against France at Twickenham at the end of April.
World Cup tickets: Prices and how to get them
More than 400,000 tickets will available for the tournament. Ticket prices will range from from £5 to £95, with more than 60 per cent of tickets under £25. By the end of the presale window on October 8, more than 60,000 tickets had already been sold for England’s opening match and the final, via the Women’s Rugby World cup 2025 website.
The next opportunity to buy tickets is reserved for people with a Mastercard debit or credit card; they get a 48-hour priority sale window from 11am on October 22 to 11am on October 24. General sale reopens on November 5 and closes on November 19.
Child tickets for England’s tournament opener were available for as little as £5, while a family of four could pay £30.
Top tickets for the final at Twickenham, which the Rugby Football Union is hoping to sell out, are priced at £95, with lower-priced options available for adults starting at £30.
How can I watch the World Cup?
BBC Sport will broadcast exclusive coverage of the tournament across linear channels, with every match also available to watch live on BBC iPlayer and the Sport website and app.
Live audio commentary will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra.
Fans will be able to listen to 5 Live coverage on BBC Sounds, DAB radio and the BBC Sport website.
The exclusive coverage deal means there will also be content across BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland.
Previous winners
2022 – New Zealand (moved from 2021 amid the Covid pandemic)
2017 – New Zealand
2014 – England
2010 – New Zealand
2006 – New Zealand
2002 – New Zealand
1998 – New Zealand
1994 – England
1991 – USA
