World Cup Rugby 2007 was the sixth world cup since it started. The world championship of quadrennial international rugby was inaugurated in the year 1987. 20 nations all across the world competed for Webb Ellis Cup in World Cup Rugby 2007. The venue of World Cup Rugby 2007 was in France and the duration of World Cup Rugby 2007 was from 7th September to 20th October. New Zealand, South Africa and England are the most popular teams of Rugby. The current champion of World Cup Rugby 2007 was South Africa.
France won the right for hosting the World Cup Rugby 2007 after winning the bid from England. All total, there were 48 matches of rugby which took place for a period of 44 days. The venue for these matches were 10 cities all across France and also in Wales, Cardiff, Scotland and Edinburgh.
The quarter finalists of 2003 Rugby World Cup were automatically qualified for the main games. There were 8 of these teams. Remaining 12 nations entered after competing with the regional teams which began in the year 2004. Portugal played for the first time in World Cup Rugby 2007. the rule was that the top 3 nations from each of the pool at the end stage of every pool were qualified for World cup Rugby 2011.
The opening match of World Cup Rugby 2007 was in between France, the host team and Argentina, which took place on 7th September at Stade de France in the St. Denis. The final match in between england and South Africa also took place over here on 20th of October. South Africa emerged as the champion and they won with 15 points to 6. this is their second world cup title in this World Cup Rugby 2007.
The teams of World Cup Rugby 2007 are as follow:
- Pool A
1.Samoa
2.England
3.Tonga
4.South Africa
5.United States
- Pool B
1.Canada
2.Japan
3.Fiji
4.Wales
5.Australia
- Pool C
1.New Zealand
2.Romania
3.Italy
4.Portugal
5.Scotland
- Pool D
1.Georgia
2.Argentina
3.Ireland
4.France
5.Namibia
France got the right for hosting World Cup Rugby 2007 in the year 2003. tickets of World Cup Rugby 2007 were broken to 3 phases. First phase tickets were released in November 2005, the second phase tickets were released in the first 10 hours of its release and the remaining ones were sold in phase 3 in November, 2006. lits of companies sponsored in World Cup Rugby 2007 and there were lots of partners which made World Cup Rugby 2007 a grand success. The host broadcaster of World Cup Rugby 2007 was TVH.
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