2003 Rugby World Cup

World map showing the final winner, runner-up, 3rd and 4th position countries in the Rugby World Cup 2003



The 2003 Rugby World Cup was scheduled to be hosted by Australia .

The event is also regarded as the fifth Rugby World Cup . Initially the event was to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. However, following a difference over the contract, all matches were shifted to Australia.

The event was scheduled between 10 th October and 22 nd November. The 2003 Rugby World Cup was won by England . Twenty teams participated in the final stage of the 2003 Rugby World Cup . The eight teams, which made it to the quarter finals of the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales, qualified automatically to the final round of the 2003 event. The qualifying round was arranged for selecting teams for the other twelve spots at the final stage of the 2003 Rugby World Cup .

The twenty teams participating in the 2003 Rugby World Cup were divided in four pools . Five teams were included in each pool. The teams participating in the World Cup were Argentina, Canada, the United States of America, Uruguay, Namibia, South Africa , Japan, Australia, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, New Zealand , England, France , Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Scotland

Participating National Teams

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
Australia France South Africa New Zealand
Ireland United States England Wales
Argentina Japan Samoa Italy
Namibia Fiji Georgia Canada
Romania Scotland Uruguay Tonga

Stadium Venues

Stadium Name Capacity City Name State Country
Telstra Stadium 83500 Sydney New South Wales Australia
Aussie Stadium 41159 Sydney New South Wales Australia
Central Coast Stadium 20119 Gosford New South Wales Australia
WIN Stadium 18484 Wollongong New South Wales Australia
Suncorp Stadium 52500 Brisbane Queensland Australia
Dairy Farmers Stadium 24843 Townsville Queensland Australia
Telstra Dome 53371 Melbourne Victoria Australia
Subiaco Oval 42922 Perth Western Australia Australia
Canberra Stadium 24647 Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
Adelaide Oval 33597 Adelaide South Australia Australia
York Park 19891 Launceston Tasmania Australia

 

2003 Rugby World Cup Results

Scheduled Date Team 1 Match Result Team 2 Stadium Venue Country

Pool A

Oct 10, 2003 Australia 24 – 8 Argentina Sydney Australia
Oct 11, 2003 Ireland 45 – 17 Romania Gosford Australia
Oct 14, 2003 Argentina 67 – 14 Namibia Gosford Australia
Oct 18, 2003 Australia 90 – 8 Romania Brisbane Australia
Oct 19, 2003 Ireland 64 – 7 Namibia Sydney Australia
Oct 22, 2003 Argentina 50 – 3 Romania Sydney Australia
Oct 25, 2003 Australia 142 – 0 Namibia Adelaide Australia
Oct 26, 2003 Argentina 15 – 16 Ireland Adelaide Australia
Oct 30, 2003 Namibia 07 – 37 Romania Launceston Australia
Nov 1, 2003 Australia 17 – 16 Ireland Melbourne Australia

Pool B

Oct 11, 2003 France 61 – 18 Fiji Brisbane Australia
Oct 12, 2003 Scotland 32 – 11 Japan Townsville Australia
Oct 15, 2003 Fiji 19 – 18 USA Brisbane Australia
Oct 18, 2003 France 51 – 29 Japan Townsville Australia
Oct 20, 2003 Scotland 39 – 15 USA Brisbane Australia
Oct 23, 2003 Fiji 41 – 13 Japan Townsville Australia
Oct 25, 2003 France 51 – 9 Scotland Sydney Australia
Oct 27, 2003 Japan 26 – 39 USA Gosford Australia
Oct 31, 2003 France 41 – 14 USA Wollongong Australia
Nov 1, 2003 Scotland 22 – 20 Fiji Sydney Australia

Pool C

Oct 11, 2003 South Africa 72 – 6 Uruguay Perth Australia
Oct 12, 2003 England 84 – 6 Georgia Perth Australia
Oct 15, 2003 Samoa 60 – 13 Uruguay Perth Australia
Oct 18, 2003 South Africa 72 – 6 England Perth Australia
Oct 19, 2003 Georgia 09 – 19 Samoa Perth Australia
Oct 24, 2003 South Africa 46 – 19 Georgia Sydney Australia
Oct 26, 2003 England 35 – 22 Samoa Melbourne Australia
Oct 28, 2003 Georgia 12 – 24 Uruguay Sydney Australia
Nov 1, 2003 South Africa 60 – 10 Samoa Brisbane Australia
Nov 2, 2003 England 111 – 13 Uruguay Brisbane Australia

Pool D

Oct 11, 2003 New Zealand 70 – 7 Italy Melbourne Australia
Oct 12, 2003 Wales 41 – 10 Canada Melbourne Australia
Oct 15, 2003 Italy 36 – 12 Tonga Canberra Australia
Oct 17, 2003 New Zealand 68 – 6 Canada Melbourne Australia
Oct 19, 2003 Wales 27 – 20 Tonga Canberra Australia
Oct 21, 2003 Italy 19 – 14 Canada Canberra Australia
Oct 24, 2003 New Zealand 91 – 7 Tonga Brisbane Australia
Oct 25, 2003 Italy 15 – 27 Wales Canberra Australia
Oct 29, 2003 Canada 24 – 7 Tonga Wollongong Australia
Nov 2, 2003 New Zealand 53 – 37 Wales Sydney Australia

Quarter Finals

Nov 8, 2003 New Zealand 29 – 9 South Africa Melbourne Australia
Nov 8, 2003 Australia 33 – 16 Scotland Brisbane Australia
Nov 9, 2003 France 43 – 21 Ireland Melbourne Australia
Nov 9, 2003 England 28 – 17 Wales Brisbane Australia

Semi Finals

Nov 15, 2003 New Zealand 10 – 22 Australia Sydney Australia
Nov 16, 2003 France 07 – 24 England Sydney Australia

3rd Place Play-Off

Nov 20, 2003 France 13 – 40 New Zealand Sydney Australia

Final

Nov 22, 2003 Australia 17 – 20 England Sydney Australia

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