1987 Rugby World Cup

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Rugby World Cup commenced in 1987 with Australia and New Zealand as host nations.

The idea of the Rugby World Cup was suggested by the Australian Rugby Union and the New Zealand Football Union in separate submissions to the International Rugby Board. Though 16 nations from all over the globe participated in 1987 Rugby World Cup , but there were only three real contenders for the trophy. Since, in 1987 the first Rugby World Cup was hosted the 16 members were invited by the International Rugby football Board and there were no separate selection procedures. The extravaganza began on 22 nd May, 1987 and ended on 20 th June, 1987. There were four pools with each pool having four members. Each nation had to play thrice during the group stage and the top two teams moved subsequently to the quarter finals. Same applied for all the groups and the quarter final was followed by the semi-finals and the finals.

Participating Teams

Pool 1	Pool 2	Pool 3	Pool 4
Australia	Canada	Argentina	France
England	Ireland	Fiji	Romania
Japan	Tonga	Italy	Scotland
United States	Wales	New Zealand	Zimbabwe

Stadium Venues

Stadium Name	Capacity	City Name	Country
Ballymore Stadium	24000	Brisbane	Australia
Concord Oval	20000	Sydney	Australia
Eden Park	45472	Auckland	New Zealand
Athletic Park	39000	Wellington	New Zealand
Lancaster Park	36500	Christchurch	New Zealand
Carisbrook	35000	Dunedin	New Zealand
Rotorua International Stadium	35000	Rotorua	New Zealand
McLean Park	30000	Napier	New Zealand
Rugby Park	30000	Hamilton	New Zealand
Rugby Park Stadium	17000	Invercargill	New Zealand
Showgrounds Oval	20000	Palmerston North	New Zealand

1987 Rugby World Cup Results

Scheduled Date	Team 1	Match Result	Team 2	Stadium Venue
Pool 1
23 May 87	Australia	19 – 6	England	Sydney
24 May 87	Japan	18 – 21	USA	Brisbane
30 May 87	England	60 – 7	Japan	Sydney
31 May 87	Australia	47 – 12	USA	Brisbane
03 Jun 87	England	34 – 6	USA	Sydney
03 Jun 87	Australia	42 – 23	Japan	Sydney
Pool 2
24 May 87	Canada	37 – 4	Tonga	Napier
25 May 87	Ireland	6 – 13	Wales	Wellington
29 May 87	Tonga	16 – 29	Wales	Palmerston North
30 May 87	Canada	19 – 46	Ireland	Dunedin
03 Jun 87	Canada	9 – 40	Wales	Invercargill
03 Jun 87	Ireland	32 – 9	Tonga	Brisbane
Pool 3
22 May 87	New Zealand	70 – 6	Italy	Auckland
24 May 87	Argentina	9 – 28	Fiji	Hamilton
27 May 87	New Zealand	74 – 13	Fiji	Christchurch
28 May 87	Argentina	25 – 16	Italy	Christchurch
31 May 87	Fiji	15 – 18	Italy	Dunedin
01 Jun 87	New Zealand	46 – 15	Argentina	Wellington
Pool 4
23 May 87	Romania	21 – 20	Zimbabwe	Auckland
23 May 87	France	20 – 20	Scotland	Christchurch
28 May 87	France	55 – 12	Romania	Wellington
30 May 87	Scotland	60 – 21	Zimbabwe	Wellington
02 Jun 87	Romania	28 – 55	Scotland	Dunedin
02 Jun 87	France	70 – 12	Zimbabwe	Auckland
Quarter Finals
06 Jun 87	New Zealand	30 – 3	Scotland	Christchurch
07 Jun 87	Australia	33 – 15	Ireland	Sydney
07 Jun 87	Fiji	16 – 31	France	Auckland
08 Jun 87	England	3 – 16	Wales	Brisbane
Semi Finals
13 Jun 87	Australia	24 – 30	France	Sydney
14 Jun 87	New Zealand	49 – 6	Wales	Brisbane
3rd Place Play-Off
18 Jun 87	Australia	21 – 22	Wales	Rotorua
Final
20 Jun 87	New Zealand	29 – 9	France	Auckland