2007 Rugby World Cup

World map showing the final winner, runner-up, 3rd and 4th position countries in the Rugby World Cup 2007



The 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying round began in 2004. Around 94 rugby teams including 86 regional qualifiers and 8-quarter finalists of the 2003 rugby world cup.The eight-quarter finalists from the 2003 event were qualified automatically for Rugby World cup 2007.

The first match in the 2007 rugby world cup will be held between France and Argentina at St Dennis in France. After the Pool matches that will end on September 30, the rugby quarterfinal matches and the semi final matches will follow. According to rugby world cup fixtures, the final matches will take place on 19th and 20th of October.

Ten of the 42 rugby matches of the 2007 world cup rugby will be held in French cities. Cardiff and Wales will host the four rugby matches and the other two matches will be held in Edinburg, Scotland. The main venues of the world cup rugby 2007 are Chaban-Delmas Stadium in Bordeaux, Murrayfield Edunburg, Millenium Stadium in Cardiff, Felix-Bollaert at Lens, Parc des Princes in Paris, Stada de Franca in Saint Dennis, La Beaujoire in Nantes, Gerland in Lyons, Geoffroy-Guichard at Saint Etienne, La Mosson at Montpellier, Velodrome in Marseilles and the Stadium de Toulouse in Toulouse.

Out of the twenty rugby teams participating, 19 have been qualified for the world cup rugby and the other rugby team will be decided only after the last repechage match at the end of March. The 19 rugby world cup teams include Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, France, Romania, Italy, Georgia, Canada, United States, Japan, Samoa, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Namibia, Tonga and South Africa.

Participating National Teams

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

Stadium Venues

Stadium Name Capacity City Name Country
Stade de France 80000 Saint-Denis France
Millennium Stadium 73350 Cardiff Wales
Murrayfield 68000 Edinburgh Scotland
Stade Vélodrome 59500 Marseille France
Parc des Princes 47870 Paris France
Stade Félix-Bollaert 41400 Lens France
Stade de Gerland 41100 Lyon France
Stade de la Beaujoire 38100 Nantes France
Stadium de Toulouse 35700 Toulouse France
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 35650 Saint-Étienne France
Stade Chaban-Delmas 34440 Bordeaux France
Stade de la Mosson 33900 Montpellier France

 

2007 Rugby World Cup Results

Scheduled Date Match Result Country Stadium Venue

Pool A

Sep 8, 2007 England 28 – 10 USA Lens
Sep 9, 2007 South Africa 59 – 7 Samoa Paris
Sep 12, 2007 USA 15 – 25 Tonga Montpellier
Sep 14, 2007 England 0 – 36 South Africa St Denis
Sep 16, 2007 Samoa 15 – 19 Tonga Montpellier
Sep 22, 2007 South Africa 30 – 25 Tonga Lens
Sep 22, 2007 England 44 – 22 Samoa Nantes
Sep 26, 2007 Samoa 25 – 21 USA St Etienne
Sep 28, 2007 England 36 – 20 Tonga Paris
Sep 30, 2007 South Africa 64 – 15 USA Montpellier

Pool B

Sep 8, 2007 Australia 91 – 3 Japan Lyon
Sep 9, 2007 Wales 42 – 17 Canada Nantes
Sep 12, 2007 Japan 31 – 35 Fiji Toulouse
Sep 15, 2007 Wales 20 – 32 Australia Cardiff
Sep 16, 2007 Fiji 29 – 16 Canada Cardiff
Sep 20, 2007 Wales 72 – 18 Japan Cardiff
Sep 23, 2007 Australia 55 – 12 Fiji Montpellier
Sep 25, 2007 Canada 12 – 20 Japan Bordeaux
Sep 29, 2007 Australia 37 – 6 Canada Bordeaux
Sep 29, 2007 Wales 34 – 38 Fiji Nantes

Pool C

Sep 8, 2007 New Zealand 76 – 14 Italy Marseille
Sep 9, 2007 Scotland 56 – 10 Portugal St Etienne
Sep 12, 2007 Italy 24 – 18 Romania Marseille
Sep 15, 2007 New Zealand 108 – 13 Portugal Lyon
Sep 18, 2007 Scotland 42 – 0 Romania Edinburgh
Sep 19, 2007 Italy 31 – 5 Portugal Paris
Sep 23, 2007 Scotland 0 – 40 New Zealand Edinburgh
Sep 25, 2007 Romania 14 – 10 Portugal Toulouse
Sep 29, 2007 New Zealand 85 – 8 Romania Toulouse
Sep 29, 2007 Scotland 18 – 16 Italy St Etienne

Pool D

Sep 7, 2007 France 12 – 17 Argentina St Denis
Sep 9, 2007 Ireland 32 – 17 Namibia Bordeaux
Sep 11, 2007 Argentina 33 – 3 Georgia Lyon
Sep 15, 2007 Ireland 14 – 10 Georgia Bordeaux
Sep 16, 2007 France 87 – 10 Namibia Toulouse
Sep 21, 2007 France 25 – 3 Ireland St Denis
Sep 22, 2007 Argentina 63 – 3 Namibia Marseille
Sep 26, 2007 Georgia 30 – 0 Namibia Lens
Sep 30, 2007 France 64 – 7 Georgia Marseille
Sep 30, 2007 Ireland 15 – 30 Argentina Paris
Quarter Finals
Oct 6, 2007 Australia 10 – 12 England Marseille
Oct 6, 2007 New Zealand 18 – 20 France Cardiff
Oct 7, 2007 South Africa 37 – 20 Fiji Marseille
Oct 7, 2007 Argentina 19 – 13 Scotland St Denis
Semi Finals
Oct 13, 2007 England 14 – 9 France St Denis
Oct 14, 2007 South Africa 37 – 13 Argentina St Denis
3rd Place Play-Off
Oct 19, 2007 France 10 – 34 Argentina Paris
Final
Oct 20, 2007 England 06 – 15 South Africa St Denis

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