The England v France and New Zealand v Italy matches will be cancelled.
For matches that do not go ahead as scheduled, two points will be awarded to each team in line with tournament rules.
Scotland’s fate still hangs in the balance after tournament organisers said they would wait until Sunday morning to decide if the Scots’ final and decisive pool match against Japan would go ahead that evening.
Tournament director, Alan Gilpin, said Scotland, who would need a strong victory over Japan in order to make it through the group stage, would not be given special treatment. “Italy are in exactly the same position Scotland are in,” he said. “We won’t be treating that match, if it can’t be played, any differently.”