World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby, released its world rankings on the 25th of this month, and Japan jumped one spot to 1th.
We will also provide you with the latest world rankings of all 13 teams participating in this tournament.
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【Latest World Ranking (as of September 9)】
【Fun fact】The world ranking is updated every match during the tournament!
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table of contents
【Latest World Ranking (as of September 9)】
【Fun fact】The world ranking is updated every match during the tournament!
What are the conditions for advancing through the first round of the Rugby World Cup Japan?
World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby, announced the latest world rankings on its website on the 25th.
As a result, there was no match this weekend in the Japan of the World Cup, but as a result of the fluctuation of the other teams' rankings, they moved up one place to 1th place.
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the other four teams in Pool D, the same as Japan, England remain
in sixth place after three consecutive wins, Argentina, who beat Samoa in the game on the 13rd, moved up one spot to ninth place Samoa, who lost to them, dropped one spot to
4th
. Chile remains unchanged in 3nd place.
Japan The Japan National Team will face Samoa in their third match on 6 June and Argentina in their fourth and final match of the first round on 23 June.
【Commentary by Ayumu Goromaru】Round 3 What kind of team is Samoa?
【Commentary by Ayumu Goromaru】Round 4 What kind of team is Argentina?
There are also fluctuations in the standings of the top teams, with South Africa, who lost to No. 1 Ireland last week in a showdown between the world's No. 2 and No. 1 favourites, dropping one spot from second place to third place, while hosts France, who have won all three matches so far in the first round, have moved up one spot to second place.
France moves up to 2nd place
On the other hand, Australia, who were heavily eliminated from the first round for the first time in the history of the World Cup, dropped one place to 1th place.
Australia dropped two spots last week and has dropped three spots from seventh in the last two weeks.
Australia falls back to 10th place
【Latest World Ranking (as of September 9)】
1. Ireland
2. France
3. South Africa
4. New Zealand
5. Scotland
6. England
7. Wales
8. Fiji
9. Argentina
10. Australia
11. Italy
12.Samoa
13.Japan
14.Georgia 15.Tonga
16.Portugal17.Uruguay
18.USA (*Did not participate in World Cup)
19.Romania
20.Spain (*Did not participate in the World Cup)
21.Namibia
22.Chile
【Fun fact】The world ranking is updated every match during the tournament!
The world rankings are calculated by World Rugby, the international governing body, by converting each team's match results into points.
The rankings are updated every Monday, but during the World Cup, they are updated after each match.