Pumas They finished the 2025 season in sixth place in the standings World Rugbywhich they earned thanks to an epic 33-24 win Scotland in Edinburghin the second trial match of the November window. This was the goal of the year for the Albiceleste side, who were therefore guaranteed to be among the top-ranked teams at the World Cup. Australia 2027 Avoid superpowers in the initial stage. This Wednesday, they will finally find out their opponents in the group stage, in the draw that will take place Sydneyfrom 6 in Argentina, and can be followed live espn and Disney+.
The ones he drives Felipe Contepomi They will be one of the 24 teams that will compete in the ecumenical competition, which will include this number of participants for the first time in history. As one of the top-ranked players, he will be participating in Pot 1 with him South Africaworld number 1, New Zealand (the second), England (the third), Ireland (iv) f France (V).
Australia (vii), Fiji (eighth), Scotland (ix), Italy (10°), Welsh (11°) and Japan (12th place) fell into pot 2. And in pot 3, Georgia (13), Uruguay (fourteenth), Spain (15°), USA (sixteenth), chili (17) And Tonga (18 degrees). And in 4, Samoa (19), Portugal (20°), Romania (22°), Hong Kong (23), Zimbabwe (24 degrees) and Canada (25 degrees).
The only ones who actually know what area they’ll be in are themselves Wallabieswhich will go as host, to position A and play the opening match, on October 1 Perth. With the position of the home holders determined, the draw will begin with the 6 teams from Pot 4, then the 3 teams, then 2 and finally 1. The first drawn from the seed pool will go to Zone F, the second to E and so on until A is reached.
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Unlike in the FIFA World Cup, there is no rule preventing teams from the same geographical area from being in a group. That means it Pumas They could face Uruguay or Chile in the first stage, if the opportunity decides so.
The draw will be conducted by Brett Robinsonpresident World RugbyWith the New Zealander Daniel Cartertwo-time world champion with All blacks, James SleeperThe player who has worn the Wallabies jersey the most times (151) and Alicia Lucasa member of the Australian sevens team that won gold at Rio de Janeiro 2016in the Olympic debut of this sport.
he World Cup 2027 It will be held from October 1 to November 13 of that year in seven Australian cities, with the opening match being in Australia. Kings Park to Perth And the final in Australia Stadium to Sydney.
The tournament expanded from 20 to 24 teams. There will be six groups of four members and the number of matches in the initial phase will be reduced from 40 to 36. The top two teams from each region and the four best third teams will qualify for the round of 16, because this time the second stage will contain one more edition than previous editions.
Heading into the first round of the qualifiers, the winners of Groups A, B, C and D will face one of the top three teams, while those who finished first in E and F will face off against competitors who finished second in their respective regions. There will also be confrontations between runners-up from different groups.
Pumas have been present at every World Cup Semi-finalists in three of the last five matches. in France 2007 They won a historic bronze medal – the only World Cup medal in the history of national rugby – and then finished fourth England 2015 And in France 2023.