France 2023: Hong Kong, Kenya, Portugal & USA to fight for the 20th place (Dubai, 06-18/11/2022)

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Hong Kong, Kenya, Portugal and the United States are the four teams that will take part in the final qualification tournament for the Rugby World Cup France 2023 at the Sevens Stadium in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) from 06 to 18/11/2022, announced World Rugby on 31/08/2022.

These four national teams from four different continents (Asia, Africa, Europe and America) will compete in a "round-robin" format (each team will play the others on 06, 12 and 18/11/2022, see calendar below) and the team that has accumulated the most points will become the 20th and final team to qualify for the 2023 World Cup.

The qualified team will be placed in Pool C alongside Wales, Australia, Fiji and Georgia.

First match USA - Kenya on Saturday 06/11/2022 (13:00 CET Rugby World Cup 2023 organised in France from 08/09 to 28/10/2023. )

France 2023: match schedule for the final qualification tournament - ©  LFP

• "The World Rugby men's rankings as of 31/07/2022 have been used to determine the decisive tournament's match schedule.

• On the opening day, USA…

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