{"id":293871,"date":"2023-10-11T11:49:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=293871"},"modified":"2023-10-11T11:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:49:41","slug":"world-cup-chiefs-plan-expanded-24-team-tournament-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/world-cup-chiefs-plan-expanded-24-team-tournament-in-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup chiefs plan expanded 24-team tournament in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>World Cup chiefs plan expanded 24-team tournament in 2027 in a bid to develop Tier Two nations &#8211; with bye weeks axed and more midweek games<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>World Cup organisers have declared a commitment to helping Tier Two nations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>An expanded event would have six pools of four teams and a reduced schedule<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Teams were against two-week break between some pool fixtures in France\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>World Cup bosses have held talks over expanding the 2027 tournament to 24 teams and trimming a week off the bloated schedule.<\/p>\n<p><span>Mail Sport<\/span> understands that the new tournament would grow to six pools of four teams, but cut back from seven weeks to six with no need for bye weeks in the pool stage \u2014 after feedback that this year\u2019s competition is too long.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Teams were against the two-week break between some pool fixtures, which limits momentum.<\/p>\n<p>The switch will result in more midweek fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion comes after World Cup organisers declared a commitment to give the sport\u2019s Tier Two nations greater opportunity to continue developing, despite them being shut out from the new Nations Championship \u2014 which starts in 2026 \u2014 until at least 2030.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/22\/76400229-0-image-a-76_1696973782462.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>World Cup organisers have declared a commitment to Tier Two nations such as Chile<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/22\/76401483-12616671-image-a-29_1696975171694.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England are understood to have held talks with Samoa about playing a Test at Twickenham<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, England are understood to have held talks with Samoa about playing a Test against them at Twickenham in November 2024, after the Pacific Islanders gave them an almighty scare in their final pool game last week.<\/p>\n<p>Any fixture scheduling needs to be signed off by World Rugby later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12616671\/World-Cup-chiefs-plan-expanded-24-team-tournament-2027-bid-develop-Tier-Two-nations-bye-weeks-axed-midweek-games.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Cup chiefs plan expanded 24-team tournament in 2027 in a bid to develop Tier Two nations &#8211; with bye weeks axed and more midweek games World Cup organisers have declared a commitment to helping Tier Two nations An expanded event would have six pools of four teams and a reduced schedule Teams were against&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Cup chiefs plan expanded 24-team tournament in 2027 - Tell My Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/world-cup-chiefs-plan-expanded-24-team-tournament-in-2027\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Cup chiefs plan expanded 24-team tournament in 2027 - Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"World Cup chiefs plan expanded 24-team tournament in 2027 in a bid to develop Tier Two nations &#8211; 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