World Rugby Men’s Rankings

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World Rugby Men’s Rankings are the official global standings that rate and compare the performance of international men’s rugby union teams.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
World Rugby Rankings	4
World Rugby Men’s Rankings canonical	2
World Rugby rankings	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2378874 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: World Rugby Men’s Rankings
Context triple: [World Rugby, hasOfficialRankingSystem, World Rugby Men’s Rankings]

A. World Rugby
World Rugby is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of rugby union worldwide.
B. 2019 Rugby World Cup
The 2019 Rugby World Cup was the ninth edition of the men's Rugby World Cup, hosted by Japan and notable as the first tournament held in Asia.
C. 2015 Rugby World Cup
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of rugby union’s premier international tournament, held in England and won by New Zealand’s All Blacks, who became the first team to claim three World Cup titles.
D. World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (regional involvement)
The World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (regional involvement) is a regional international rugby union competition featuring Pacific and other invited national teams, organized in part by Oceania Rugby.
E. Rugby Group
The Rugby Group is an association of leading independent boarding schools in the United Kingdom, known for their academic prestige and shared educational interests.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Rugby Men’s Rankings
Target entity description: World Rugby Men’s Rankings are the official global standings that rate and compare the performance of international men’s rugby union teams.

A. World Rugby
World Rugby is the international governing body responsible for overseeing and regulating the sport of rugby union worldwide.
B. 2019 Rugby World Cup
The 2019 Rugby World Cup was the ninth edition of the men's Rugby World Cup, hosted by Japan and notable as the first tournament held in Asia.
C. 2015 Rugby World Cup
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of rugby union’s premier international tournament, held in England and won by New Zealand’s All Blacks, who became the first team to claim three World Cup titles.
D. World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (regional involvement)
The World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (regional involvement) is a regional international rugby union competition featuring Pacific and other invited national teams, organized in part by Oceania Rugby.
E. Rugby Group
The Rugby Group is an association of leading independent boarding schools in the United Kingdom, known for their academic prestige and shared educational interests.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rugby union ranking ⓘ sports ranking ⓘ world ranking system ⓘ
administeredBy	World Rugby ⓘ
appliesTo	men’s national rugby union teams ⓘ
basedOn	match results ⓘ results between international teams ⓘ team performance ⓘ
category	World Rugby rankings ⓘ linked to: World Rugby Men’s Rankings international sports rankings ⓘ
coverage	global ⓘ
dataType	continuous ranking points ⓘ
excludes	non-test matches ⓘ
genderCategory	men ⓘ
governingBody	World Rugby ⓘ
governingBodyHeadquarters	Dublin ⓘ
hasSeparateRanking	World Rugby Women’s Rankings ⓘ
includes	Rugby World Cup matches ⓘ Six Nations Championship matches ⓘ The Rugby Championship matches ⓘ test matches ⓘ
introducedBy	World Rugby ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
maintainedBy	World Rugby competitions and performance department ⓘ linked to: World Rugby
nameChangeReason	rebranding of IRB to World Rugby ⓘ
originalName	IRB World Rankings ⓘ
output	ordered list of men’s national rugby union teams ⓘ
rankingCriterion	home advantage adjustment ⓘ importance of match ⓘ margin of victory or defeat ⓘ recent match performance ⓘ relative team strength ⓘ
region	world ⓘ
scope	international teams ⓘ national teams ⓘ
sport	rugby union ⓘ
startDate	2003 ⓘ
status	official ranking ⓘ
timeSpanCovered	results over multiple years with weighting toward recent matches ⓘ
updateFrequency	after international matches ⓘ weekly ⓘ
usedFor	measuring performance of national teams ⓘ seeding for Rugby World Cup ⓘ seeding for some international tournaments ⓘ
uses	points-based rating system ⓘ ranking points ⓘ
website	https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru ⓘ

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