{"id":80871,"date":"2014-11-10T11:18:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T02:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=55824"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:48:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:48:32","slug":"kyushu-municipalities-seek-to-host-rugby-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-municipalities-seek-to-host-rugby-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Municipalities Seek To Host Rugby World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The organizing committee for Rugby World Cup 2019, which will be held in Japan, held a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5 to accept applications from 14 municipalities aiming to play host to some of the matches. Of the 14 applicants, four were from Kyushu: Fukuoka City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture\/Kumamoto City and Oita Prefecture.The organizing committee will select between 10 and 12 venues by next March, and the finals are already scheduled to be held in the new National Stadium in Tokyo, which is slated for completion in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-55828\" alt=\"Hakata_no_mori_stadium-day\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hakata_no_mori_stadium-day.jpg?w=640\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hakata_no_mori_stadium-day.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Hakata_no_mori_stadium-day.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>List of applicant venues in Kyushu:<br \/>\nFukuoka City: Level Five Stadium<br \/>\nNagasaki Prefecture: Prefectural Sports Park and Athletics Stadium<br \/>\nKumamoto Prefecture\/Kumamoto City: Umanaka Yokana Stadium<br \/>\nOita Prefecture: Oita Bank Dome<br \/>\nSource: Nishinippon Shimbun 11\/6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The organizing committee for Rugby World Cup 2019, which will be held in Japan, held a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5 to accept applications from 14 municipalities aiming to play host to some of the matches. Of the 14 applicants, four were from Kyushu: Fukuoka City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture\/Kumamoto City and Oita Prefecture.The organizing committee will select between 10 and 12 venues by next March, and the finals are already scheduled to be held in the new National Stadium in Tokyo, which is slated for completion in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-80871","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/80871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}