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At each Rugby World Cup tournament, there have been at least 16 nations taking part. In total over the years 25 nations have participated at the World Cup at least once. Below is listed all the countries that have at some time participated at the Rugby World Cup.

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The nations that have never missed a tournament, playing in all eight so far are: Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales.

2019 Participants

Here are the 20 teams that participated at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. There were no debuting nations.

1. Argentina
2. Australia
3. Canada
4. England
5. Fiji
6. France
7. Georgia
8. Ireland
9. Italy
10. Japan
11. Namibia
12. New Zealand
13. Russia
14. Samoa
15. Scotland
16. South Africa
17. Tonga
18. United States
19. Uruguay
20. Wales

Previous Participants

• Cote d'Ivorie
• Portugal
• Romania
• Spain
• Western Samoa (now known as Samoa)
• Zimbabwe