2007 Rugby Union World Cup
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The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup will be the sixth world cup in rugby history, hosted by France in the autumn of 2007.
This world cup will have 20 nations contesting 48 matches over 44 days. Forty two matches will be spread between ten French cities, four matches will be played in Cardiff and two matches in Edinburgh.
The eight quarter-finalists from the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup (Australia, England (2003 champions), France, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales) all received automatic entry, with the other teams selected from a qualifying series around the world.
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Group tables
| Pool A | |||||||
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | BP | Points |
| England | |||||||
| South Africa | |||||||
| Oceania 1 | |||||||
| Americas 3 | |||||||
| Repechage 2 |
| Pool B | |||||||
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | BP | Points |
| Australia | |||||||
| Wales | |||||||
| Oceania 2 | |||||||
| Americas 2 | |||||||
| Asia |
| Pool C | |||||||
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | BP | Points |
| New Zealand | |||||||
| Scotland | |||||||
| Europe 1 | |||||||
| Europe 2 | |||||||
| Repechage 1 |
| Pool D | |||||||
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | BP | Points |
| France | |||||||
| Ireland | |||||||
| Americas 1 | |||||||
| Europe 3 | |||||||
| Africa 1 |
Four points for a win. Two points for a draw. One bonus point for scoring four tries. One bonus point for losing by seven points or less.
Venues
| City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Denis | Stade de France | 80,000 |
| Cardiff (Wales) | Millennium Stadium | 74,500 |
| Edinburgh (Scotland) | Murrayfield | 67,500 |
| Marseille | Stade Vélodrome | 60,000 |
| Paris | Parc des Princes | 49,000 |
| Lens | Stade Félix Bollaert | 41,800 |
| Lyon | Stade Gerland | 41,200 |
| Nantes | Stade de la Beaujoire | 38,500 |
| Toulouse | Stade de Toulouse | 37,000 |
| Saint-Étienne | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | 36,000 |
| Bordeaux | Parc Lescure | 35,200 |
| Montpellier | Stade de la Mosson | 33,900 |
Results
Group stage
- September 7: Pool D: France - Americas 1 (St-Denis)
- September 8: Pool A: England - Americas 3 (Lens)
- September 8: Pool B: Australia - Asia (Lyon)
- September 8: Pool C: New Zealand - Europe 1 (Marseille)
- September 9: Pool D: Ireland - Africa (Bordeaux)
- September 9: Pool B: Wales - Americas 2 (Nantes)
- September 9: Pool A: South Africa - Oceania 1 (Paris)
- September 9: Pool C: Scotland - Repechage 1 (Bordeaux)
- September 11: Pool D: Americas 1 - Europe 1 (Lyon)
- September 12: Pool C: Europe 1 - Europe 2 (Marseille)
- September 12: Pool A: Americas 3 - Repechage 2 (Montpellier)
- September 12: Pool B: Asia - Oceania 2 (Toulouse)
- September 14: Pool A: England - South Africa (St-Denis)
- September 15: Pool D: Ireland - Europe 3 (Bordeaux)
- September 15: Pool B: Wales - Australia (Cardiff)
- September 15: Pool C: New Zealand - Repechage 1 (Lyon)
- September 18: Pool C: Scotland - Europe 2 (Edinburgh)
- September 19: Pool C: Europe 1 - Repechage 1 (Parc des Princes, Paris)
- September 20: Pool B: Wales - Asia (Cardiff)
- September 21: Pool D: France v Ireland (St-Denis)
- September 22: Pool A: South Africa v Repechage 2 (Lens)
- September 22: Pool D: Americas 1 v Africa (Marseille)
- September 22: Pool A: England v Oceania 1 (Nantes)
- September 23: Pool C: Scotland v New Zealand (Edinburgh)
- September 23: Pool B: Australia v Oceania 2 (Montpellier)
- September 25: Pool B: Americas 2 v Asia (Bordeaux)
- September 25: Pool C: Europe 2 v Repechage 1 (Toulouse)
- September 26: Pool D: Europe 3 v Africa (Lens)
- September 26: Pool A: Oceania 1 v Americas 3 (St-Étienne)
- September 28: Pool A: England v Repechage 2 (Paris)
- September 29: Pool B: Australia v Americas 2 (Bordeaux)
- September 29: Pool B: Wales v Oceania 2 (Nantes)
- September 29: Pool C: Scotland v Europe 1 (St-Étienne)
- September 29: Pool C: New Zealand v Europe 2 (Toulouse)
- September 30: Pool D: France v Europe 3 (Marseille)
- September 30: Pool A: South Africa v Americas 3 (Montpellier)
- September 30: Pool D: Ireland v Americas 1 (Paris)
Knock-out stages
Quarter finalists automatically qualify for the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup.
- October 6: QF1: Winners Pool B v Runners-up Pool A (Marseille)
- October 6: QF2: Winners pool C v Runners-up Pool D (Cardiff)
- October 7: QF3: Winners Pool A v Runners-up Pool B (Marseille)
- October 6: QF4: Winners Pool D v Runners-up Pool C (St-Denis)
- October 13: SF1: Winners QF1 v Winners QF2 (St-Denis)
- October 14: SF2: Winners QF3 v Winners QF4 (St-Denis)
- October 19: 3rd place play-off (Paris)
- October 20: Final (St-Denis)
See also
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