2019 Rugby World Cup: Match Venues and Host Cities

The venues for the 2019 Rugby World Cup include Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium, which has been newly built in the tsunami-hit city of Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture. The final will be held at International Stadium Yokohama, which previously hosted the final of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Read on for a list of all the venues and fixtures.

Sapporo Dome

• Address: 1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira Ward, Sapporo
• Capacity: 41,410
• Opened: May 2001
• Access: 13 minutes from Sapporo Station on the Sapporo Municipal Subway to Fukuzumi Station on the Tōhō Subway Line, then 10 minutes’ walk. Alternatively, get on a bus for Sapporo Dome and get off at the Fukuzumi 3-jō 3-chōme bus stop, a 2-minute walk from the venue.
• Websites: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues/the-sapporo-dome
  https://www.sapporo-dome.co.jp/foreign/index-en.html

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Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium: Kamaishi, Iwate

• Address: 18-5-1 Unosumaichō, Kamaishi, Iwate
• Capacity: 16,334 (including temporary seating)
• Opened: August 2018
• Access: 13 minutes from Kamaishi Station to Unosumai Station on the Rias Line (Sanriku Railway), then 7 minutes’ walk. Alternatively, take an Iwateken-kōtsū bus and get off at the Unosumai bus stop, then 10 minutes’ walk
• Websites: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues/kamaishi-recovery-memorial-stadium
  https://kamaishi-stadium.jp/english/

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Kumagaya Rugby Stadium: Kumagaya, Saitama

• Address: 810 Kamikawakami, Kumagaya, Saitama
• Capacity: 25,600
• Opened: March 1991
• Access: From Kumagaya Station (JR or Chichibu Railway) take a Kokusai-jūō-kōtsū bus (15 minutes) to the Kumagaya Sports Bunka-kōen bus stop, 2 minutes’ walk from the venue, or the Rugby-Jō Iriguchi bus stop, 4 minutes’ walk from the venue
• Websites: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com//venues/kumagaya-rugby-ground
  https://www.kumagaya-rugby.jp/en/

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Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo

• Address: 376-3 Nishimachi, Chōfu, Tokyo
• Capacity: 49,970
• Opened: October 2000
• Access: 5 minutes’ walk from Tobitakyū Station (Keiō Line) or 20 minutes’ walk from Tama Station (Seibu Tamagawa Line)
• Websites: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues/tokyo-stadium
  https://www.ajinomotostadium.com/english/

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International Stadium Yokohama

• Address: 3300 Kozukue-chō, Kōhoku Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa
• Capacity: 72,327
• Opened: October 1997
• Access: 14 minutes’ walk from JR Shin-Yokohama Station or 12 minutes’ walk from Shin-Yokohama on the Yokohama Municipal Subway. Alternatively, 10 minutes’ walk from Kozukue Station (JR Yokohama Line)
• Websites: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues/international-stadium-yokohama
  https://www.nissan-stadium.jp/english/

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Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa: Fukuroi, Shizuoka

• Address: 2300-1 Aino, Fukuroi, Shizuoka
• Capacity: 50,889
• Opened: March 2001
• Access: 15 minutes’ walk from Aino Station (JR Tōkaidō Main Line)
• Websites: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues/ogasayama-sports-park-ecopa-stadium
  https://www.ecopa.jp/english/

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City of Toyota Stadium: Toyota, Aichi

• Address: 7-2 Sengokuchō, Toyota, Aichi
• Capacity: 45,000
• Opened: June 2001
• Access: 15 minutes’ walk from Toyotashi Station (Meitetsu Mikawa Line), or 17 minutes’ walk from Shin-Toyota Station (Aichi Loop Railway)
• Websites: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues/toyota-stadium
  https://www.toyota-stadium.co.jp/en/

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Hanazono Rugby Stadium: Higashiōsaka

• Address: 1-1-1 Matsubara-Minami, Higashiōsaka
• Capacity: 24,000 (including temporary seating)
• Opened: 1929
• Access: 10 minutes’ walk from Higashi-Hanazono Station (Kintetsu Nara Line), or 15 minutes’ walk from Yoshita Station (Kintetsu Keihanna Line)
• Websites: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues/hanazono-rugby-stadium
  https://www.rugby-osaka.hanazono.pref.osaka.jp/english/hanazono/

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Kobe Misaki Stadium

• Address: 1-2-2 Misaki-chō, Hyōgo Ward, Kobe, Hyōgo
• Capacity: 30,132
• Opened: 2001
• Access: 5 minutes’ walk from Misaki Kōen Station on the Kaigan Line (Kobe Municipal Subway)
• Website: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues/kobe-city-misaki-park-stadium

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Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium

• Address: 2-1-1 Higashi-Hirao Kōen, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka
• Capacity: 21,562
• Opened: 1995
• Access: From Fukuokakūkō (Fukuoka Airport) Station (Fukuoka City Subway), the stadium is 25 minutes’ walk or 10 minutes by Nishitetsu shuttle bus from Exit 3
• Website: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues/hakatanomori-football-stadium

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Kumamoto Stadium

• Address: 2776 Hirayamamachi, Higashi Ward, Kumamoto
• Capacity: 30,228
• Opened: August 1998
• Access: 15 minutes by taxi from Aso Kumamoto Airport. Alternatively, take a Kyūshū Sankō Bus (50 minutes) from JR Kumamoto Station and get off at Park Dome Kumamoto-Mae bus stop, 1 minute’s walk from the venue, or get off at Hikarino Mori Station on the JR Hōhi Main Line and take a taxi (10 minutes)
• Websites: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues/kumamoto-prefectural-athletic-stadium
  https://www.kspa.or.jp/sougou_english/

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Ōita Stadium

• Address: 1351 Yokoo, Ōita
• Capacity: 40,000
• Opened: March 2001
• Access: Get on an Ōita Bus from Ōita Station (45 minutes) and get off at the Ōita Sports Kōen Higashi stop, 5 minutes’ walk from the venue
• Websites: https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues/oita-stadium
  https://www.oita-sportspark.jp/english

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(Originally published in Japanese. All photos courtesy of Rugby World Cup organizing committee unless where otherwise noted. Banner photo: Spectators held fishermen’s flags at an August 2018 match held to commemorate the completion of the Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium. © Jiji.)