Argentina Make Pitch To Host 2035 Rugby World Cup

Argentina is pressing guardant pinch a bid to big nan 2035 Rugby World Cup, which would return nan arena to South America for nan first time.

Argentina hopes to impact Brazil, Chile and Uruguay successful nan staging of nan tournament.

World Rugby main executive Alan Gilpin is visiting Argentina connected a fact-finding ngo earlier general applications for nan tourney are submitted successful nan second half of 2026.

"We want a World Cup that reflects nan passion and improvement that rugby has achieved successful each area of our territory," said Gabriel Travaglini, president of nan Argentine Rugby Union.

Japan and Spain person precocious confirmed their volition of bidding for nan tournament, while Italy person antecedently expressed an liking and a associated Middle East bid, incorporating Saudi Arabia, Qatar and nan United Arab Emirates, has besides been rumoured.

Argentina person played successful each 10 erstwhile editions of nan Rugby World Cup, reaching nan semi-finals successful 3 of nan past 5 stagings.

Los Pumas make usage of various multi-purpose stadiums astir nan state for location matches.

In July, they will return connected Scotland successful nan 57,000-capacity Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes successful Cordoba, Wales successful nan 25-000-seater Estadio San Juan de Bicentenario successful San Juan and England successful Estadio Unico Madre de Ciudades, which holds astir 30,000 people, successful Santiago del Estero.

Estadio Mas Monumental - nan Buenos Aires' location of shot broadside River Plate - is nan largest stadium successful South America pinch a capacity successful excess of 85,000.

World Rugby's action of hosts has balanced maximising commercialized returns and expanding into caller markets successful caller years. Japan staged nan tourney for nan first clip successful 2019, hile nan United States will do successful 2031.

France and Australia, hosts for 2023 and 2027 respectively, person some put connected nan tourney connected much than 1 occasion.

After tract visits and assessments, World Rugby will place a preferred big successful May 2027, pinch their proposal being voted connected successful November.