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Canada will play three games in Marseille in November, World Rugby has confirmed.

The French city’s 5,000-seat Stade Delort has been selected as host venue for the three-week, four-team Rugby World Cup repechage tournament.

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The winner of the tournament will take the final spot for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.

Canada and Hong Kong are the two confirmed teams so far; the third team, likely Germany, will be confirmed this weekend. The Germans host Samoa in the second leg of their RWC qualifying series. The Samoans took a huge 66-15 win 10 days ago in the first leg and few expect the Germans will be able to reverse the deficit they’re facing.

The fourth team will be the second-place team in the Rugby Africa Gold Cup, which is likely to be Kenya.

The round-robin tournament will be played over three match days: Nov. 11, Nov. 17 and Nov. 23.

To prepare for those vital three games, the Canadians have set themselves a four-month schedule to prepare.