<Tr> <Th> No. of nations </Th> <Td> 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2015 2023 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2019 Rugby World Cup will be the ninth Rugby World Cup, to be held in Japan from September 20 to November 2 . This will be the first time the tournament is to be held in Asia, the first time consecutive tournaments have been staged in the same hemisphere, and also the first time that the event will take place outside the traditional heartland of the sport . </P> <P> Hong Kong and Singapore had expressed interest in hosting some of the matches and were included as part of the JRFU's successful original hosting bid to World Rugby (known at the time of bidding as the International Rugby Board, or IRB) but were not amongst the fourteen locations announced by organisers Japan 2019 on 5 November 2014 that had formally bid for the right to host games . </P>

Where will the 2019 rugby world cup be held