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2007 Rugby World Cup - France
2007 Rugby World Cup
VI Rugby World Cup
September 7 - October 20, 2007
Host nation: France, Scotland, Wales
No. of nations: 20
Matches played: 48
Attendance: 2,263,223 (47,150 per match)
Top scorer: Percy Montgomery (105)
Most tries: Bryan Habana (8)
Champions: South Africa
Runner-up: England
3rd place: Argentina
4th place: France
2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying
Automatic qualifiers
(hosts and all quarter-finalists from the previous Rugby World Cup)
• France - Host and Semifinalist
• South Africa, Ireland, Scotland and Wales - Quarter-finalists
• New Zealand - Semifinalist
• Australia - Runner-up
• England - Champions
Regional qualifiers
Africa - Namibia
Americas - Argentina, Canada and United States
Asia - Japan
Europe - Italy, Romania, Georgia and Portugal
Oceania - Samoa, Fiji and Tonga
2007 Rugby World Cup - Teams
France, South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, New Zealand, Australia, England, Namibia, Argentina, Canada, United States, Japan, Italy, Romania, Georgia, Portugal, Samoa, Fiji and Tonga.
2007 Rugby World Cup - Hosting
City - Country - Stadium - Capacity
Saint-Denis (Paris) - France - Stade de France - 80
Cardiff - Wales - Millennium Stadium - 74,5
Edinburgh - Scotland - Murrayfield - 67,5
Marseille - France - Stade Vélodrome - 60
Paris - France - Parc des Princes - 49
Lens - France - Stade Félix Bollaert - 41,8
Lyon - France - Stade Gerland - 41,2
Nantes - France - Stade de la Beaujoire - 38,5
Toulouse - France - Stadium de Toulouse - 37
Saint-Étienne - France - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard - 36
Bordeaux - France - Stade Chaban-Delmas - 34,5
Montpellier - France - Stade de la Mosson - 33,9
2007 Rugby World Cup - Tickets
Coming soon.
2007 Rugby World Cup - sponsorship
Worldwide partners: Société Générale, GMF, Électricité de France, Peugeot, Visa and SNCF.
Sponsors: Heineken, Vediorbis, Capgemini, Orange, Toshiba, Emirates, etc.
Official suppliers: Gilbert, Adidas, Coca-Cola and Clifford Chance.
2007 Rugby World Cup - Referees
• Alain Rolland - Ireland
• Alan Lewis - Ireland
• Chris White - England
• Joël Jutge - France
• Jonathan Kaplan - South Africa
• Marius Jonker - South Africa
• Nigel Owens - Wales
• Paul Honiss - New Zealand
• Steve Walsh - New Zealand
• Stuart Dickinson - Australia
• Tony Spreadbury - England
• Wayne Barnes - England
2007 Rugby World Cup - Touch Judges
• Bryce Lawrence - New Zealand
• Carlo Damasco - Italy
• Christophe Berdos - France
• Craig Joubert - South Africa
• Dave Pearson - England
• Frederico Cuesta - Argentina
• Hugh Watkins - Wales
• Kelvin Deaker - New Zealand
• Lyndon Bray - New Zealand
• Malcom Changleng - Scotland
• Mark Lawrence - South Africa
• Paul Marks - Australia
• Simon McDowell - Ireland
2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool stages
Pool A
 England
 Samoa
 South Africa
 Tonga
 United States
Pool B
 Australia
 Canada
 Fiji
 Japan
 Wales
Pool C
 Italy
 New Zealand
 Portugal
 Romania
 Scotland
Pool D
 Argentina
 France
 Georgia
 Ireland
 Namibia
2007 Rugby World Cup - Knock-out stages
Quarter-finals
41 - Winner of Pool B v Runner-up of Pool A
42 - Winner of Pool C v Runner-up of Pool D
43 - Winner of Pool A v Runner-up of Pool B
44 - Winner of Pool D v Runner-up of Pool C
Semifinals
45 - Winner of 41 v Winner of 42
46 - Winner of 43 v Winner of 44
Third/fourth place playoff
47 - Loser of 45 v Loser of 46
Final
48 - Winner of 45 v Winner of 46
Logo
2007 Rugby World Cup - Warm up matches
Saturday, 4 August
England 62 - 5 Wales - Twickenham, London
Argentina 70 - 14 Chile - CASI, Buenos Aires
Saturday, 11 August
England 15 - 21 France - Twickenham, London
Scotland 31 - 21 Ireland - Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Wednesday, 15 August
South Africa 103 - 18 Namibia - Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Saturday, 18 August
Canada 42 - 12 Portugal - Twin Elm Rugby Park, Ottawa
Italy 36 - 12 Japan - Stadio Perruca, Aosta
France 22 - 9 England - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Wales 27 - 20 Argentina - Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Friday, 24 August
Ireland v Italy - Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast
Saturday, 25 August
Scotland v South Africa - Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Georgia v Fiji
Portugal v Japan
Sunday, 26 August
Wales v France - Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
2007 Rugby World Cup - Match dates
M - Date - Time - Team 1 - Team 2 - Pool - Venue
1 - 7/9/2007 - 21:00
France x Argentina - D - St Denis
2 - 8/9/2007 - 13:45
New Zealand x Italy - C - Marseille
3 - 8/9/2007 - 15:45
Australia x Japan - B - Lyon
4 - 8/9/2007 - 18:00
England x USA - A - Lens
5 - 9/9/2007 - 14:00
Wales x Canada - B - Nantes
6 - 9/9/2007 - 16:00
South Africa x Samoa - A - Paris
7 - 9/9/2007 - 18:00
Scotland x Portugal - C - St Etienne
8 - 9/9/2007 - 20:00
Ireland x Namibia - D - Bordeaux
9 - 11/9/2007 - 20:00
Argentina x Georgia - D - Lyon
10 - 12/9/2007 - 14:00
USA x Tonga - A - Montpellier
11 - 12/9/2007 - 18:00
Japan x Fiji - B - Toulouse
12 - 12/9/2007 - 20:00
Italy x Romania - C - Marseille
13 - 14/9/2007 - 21:00
England x South Africa - A - St Denis
14 - 15/9/2007 - 13:00
New Zealand x Portugal - C - Lyon
15 - 15/9/2007 - 15:00
Wales x Australia - B - Cardiff
16 - 15/9/2007 - 21:00
Ireland x Georgia - D - Bordeaux
17 - 16/9/2007 - 14:00
Fiji x Canada - B - Cardiff
18 - 16/9/2007 - 16:00
Samoa x Tonga - A - Montpellier
19 - 16/9/2007 - 21:00
France x Namibia - D - Toulouse
20 - 18/9/2007 - 21:00
Scotland x Romania - C - Edinburgh
21 - 19/9/2007 - 20:00
Italy x Portugal - C - Paris
22 - 20/9/2007 - 21:00
Wales x Japan - B - Cardiff
23 - 21/9/2007 - 21:00
France x Ireland - D - St Denis
24 - 22/9/2007 - 14:00
South Africa x Tonga - A - Lens
25 - 22/9/2007 - 16:00
England x Samoa - A - Nantes
26 - 22/9/2007 - 21:00
Argentina x Namibia - D - Marseille
27 - 23/9/2007 - 14:30
Australia x Fiji - B - Montpellier
28 - 23/9/2007 - 17:00
Scotland x New Zealand - C - Edinburgh
29 - 25/9/2007 - 18:00
Canada x Japan - B - Bordeaux
30 - 25/9/2007 - 20:00
Romania x Portugal - C - Toulouse
31 - 26/9/2007 - 18:00
Georgia x Namibia - D - Lens
32 - 26/9/2007 - 20:00
Samoa x USA - A - St Etienne
33 - 28/9/2007 - 21:00
England x Tonga - A - Paris
34 - 29/9/2007 - 13:00
New Zealand x Romania - C - Toulouse
35 - 29/9/2007 - 15:00
Australia x Canada - B - Bordeaux
36 - 29/9/2007 - 17:00
Wales x Fiji - B - Nantes
37 - 29/9/2007 - 21:00
Scotland x Italy - C - St Etienne
38 - 30/9/2007 - 15:00
France x Georgia - D - Marseille
39 - 30/9/2007 - 17:00
Ireland x Argentina - D - Paris
40 - 30/9/2007 - 20:00
South Africa x USA - A - Montpellier
41 - 6/10/2007 - 15:00
W Pool B x RU Pool A - QF1 - Marseille
42 - 6/10/2007 - 22:00
W Pool C x RU Pool D - QF2 - Cardiff
43 - 7/10/2007 - 15:00
W Pool A x RU Pool B - QF3 - Marseille
44 - 7/10/2007 - 21:00
W Pool D x RU Pool C - QF4 - St Denis
45 - 13/10/2007 - 21:00
W QF1 x W QF2 - SF1 - St Denis
46 - 14/10/2007 - 21:00
W QF3 x W QF4 - SF2 - St Denis
47 - 19/10/2007 - 21:00
L SF1 x L SF 2 - 3rd/4th - Paris
48 - 20/10/2007 - 21:00
W SF 1 x W SF 2 - Final - St Denis
* Local France time.
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