The 20 teams playing in the 2007 Rugby World Cup are allocated to four pools of five Teams each. In the first round of the rugby match, each team will face the other teams within the pool. The teams will have to play 10 matches in each pool.
Australia, Wales, Fiji, Canada and Japan constitute Rugby World Cup Pool B. The rugby teams are allocated to different pools in accordance with the Rugby World Cup 2007 draw.
In the first quarterfinal match, Winner from the Pool B category will have to face the Runner up of Pool A . In the third quarterfinal match winner of Pool A has to face the Runner up of Pool B .
After the completion of the pool phase, the teams in a pool are ranked one through five based on their match points. If teams are tied at fulltime, the Match will be considered as draw and the respective match points will be awarded to each team.
The first
Rugby World Cup Pool B match between Australia and Japan will be held at Lyon and Nantes will host the second Pool B match between Wales and Canada. Toulouse is getting ready to host the third Pool B match between Japan and Fiji.
