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Rugby World Cup 2007

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Tables

The top two teams go through to the knockout stage. First, second and third-placed teams gain automatic qualification to the Rugby World Cup 2011

Pool A P W D L PD TD PF TF BP Pts
South Africa South Africa 4 4 0 0 +142 +18 189 24 3 19
England England 4 3 0 1 +20 +4 108 11 2 14
Tonga Tonga 4 2 0 2 -7 -1 89 9 1 9
Samoa Samoa 4 1 0 3 -74 -10 69 5 1 5
USA USA 4 0 0 4 -81 -11 61 7 1 1

Pool B P W D L PD TD PF TF BP Pts
Australia Australia 4 4 0 0 +174 +26 215 30 4 20
Fiji Fiji 4 3 0 1 -22 -2 114 14 3 15
Wales Wales 4 2 0 2 +63 +10 168 23 4 12
Japan Japan 4 0 1 3 -146 -23 64 7 1 3
Canada Canada 4 0 1 3 -69 -11 51 6 0 2

Pool C P W D L PD TD PF TF BP Pts
New Zealand New Zealand 4 4 0 0 +274 +42 309 46 4 20
Scotland Scotland 4 3 0 1 +50 +6 116 14 2 14
Italy Italy 4 2 0 2 -32 -6 85 8 1 9
Romania Romania 4 1 0 3 -121 -17 40 5 1 5
Portugal Portugal 4 0 0 4 -171 -25 38 4 1 1

Pool D P W D L PD TD PF TF BP Pts
Argentina Argentina 4 4 0 0 +110 +14 143 16 2 18
France France 4 3 0 1 +151 +21 188 24 3 15
Ireland Ireland 4 2 0 2 -18 +2 64 9 1 9
Georgia Georgia 4 1 0 3 -61 -10 50 5 1 5
Namibia Namibia 4 0 0 4 -182 -27 30 3 0 0

P: Played, W: Won, D: Drawn, L: Lost, PD: Points Difference, TD: Tries difference, PF: Points For, TF: Tries For, BP: Bonus Points, Pts: Match Points

Win: 4 points
Draw: 2 points

Bonus points:
4 or more tries: 1 bonus point
Loss by 7 points or less: 1 bonus point

Fixtures and results

All kickoff times are UK time (French time is one hour later)

Pool Stage

Fri 7 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
20:00 France France 12 - 17 Argentina Argentina Saint-Denis
Sat 8 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
12:45 New Zealand New Zealand 76 - 14 Italy Italy Marseille
14:45 Australia Australia 91 - 3 Japan Japan Lyon
17:00 England England 28 - 10 USA USA Lens
Sun 9 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
13:00 Wales Wales 42 - 17 Canada Canada Nantes
15:00 South Africa South Africa 59 - 7 Samoa Samoa Paris
17:00 Scotland Scotland 56 - 10 Portugal Portugal St-Etienne
19:00 Ireland Ireland 32 - 17 Namibia Namibia Bordeaux
Tue 11 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
19:00 Argentina Argentina 33 - 3 Georgia Georgia Lyon
Wed 12 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
13:00 USA USA 15 - 25 Tonga Tonga Montpellier
17:00 Japan Japan 31 - 35 Fiji Fiji Toulouse
19:00 Italy Italy 24 - 18 Romania Romania Marseille
Fri 14 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
20:00 England England 0 - 36 South Africa South Africa Saint-Denis
Sat 15 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
12:00 New Zealand New Zealand 108 - 13 Portugal Portugal Lyon
14:00 Wales Wales 20 - 32 Australia Australia Cardiff
20:00 Ireland Ireland 14 - 10 Georgia Georgia Bordeaux
Sun 16 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
13:00 Fiji Fiji 29 - 16 Canada Canada Cardiff
15:00 Samoa Samoa 15 - 19 Tonga Tonga Montpellier
20:00 France France 87 - 10 Namibia Namibia Toulouse
Tue 18 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
20:00 Scotland Scotland 42 - 0 Romania Romania Edinburgh
Wed 19 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
19:00 Italy Italy 31 - 5 Portugal Portugal Paris
Thu 20 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
20:00 Wales Wales 72 - 18 Japan Japan Cardiff
Fri 21 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
20:00 France France 25 - 3 Ireland Ireland Saint-Denis
Sat 22 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
13:00 South Africa South Africa 30 - 25 Tonga Tonga Lens
15:00 England England 44 - 22 Samoa Samoa Nantes
20:00 Argentina Argentina 63 - 3 Namibia Namibia Marseille
Sun 23 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
13:30 Australia Australia 55 - 12 Fiji Fiji Montpellier
16:00 Scotland Scotland 0 - 40 New Zealand New Zealand Edinburgh
Tue 25 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
17:00 Canada Canada 12 - 12 Japan Japan Bordeaux
19:00 Romania Romania 14 - 10 Portugal Portugal Toulouse
Wed 26 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
17:00 Georgia Georgia 30 - 0 Namibia Namibia Lens
19:00 Samoa Samoa 25 - 21 USA USA St-Etienne
Fri 28 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
20:00 England England 36 - 20 Tonga Tonga Paris
Sat 29 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
12:00 New Zealand New Zealand 85 - 8 Romania Romania Toulouse
14:00 Australia Australia 37 - 6 Canada Canada Bordeaux
16:00 Wales Wales 34 - 38 Fiji Fiji Nantes
20:00 Scotland Scotland 18 - 16 Italy Italy St-Etienne
Sun 30 Sep 2007
Time Result Venue
14:00 France France 64 - 7 Georgia Georgia Marseille
16:00 Ireland Ireland 15 - 30 Argentina Argentina Paris
19:00 South Africa South Africa 64 - 15 USA USA Montpellier

Knockout Stages

Route to the Cup

Graphic of the knockout rounds

Quarter Finals

Sat 6 Oct 2007 — Quarter Finals 1 & 2
Time Result Venue
14:00 Australia Australia 10 - 12 England England Marseille
20:00 New Zealand New Zealand 18 - 20 France France Cardiff
Sun 7 Oct 2007 — Quarter Finals 3 & 4
Time Result Venue
14:00 South Africa South Africa 37 - 20 Fiji Fiji Marseille
20:00 Argentina Argentina 19 - 13 Scotland Scotland Saint-Denis

Semi Finals

Sat 13 Oct 2007 — Semifinal 1
Time Result Venue
20:00 England England 14 - 9 France France Saint-Denis
Sun 14 Oct 2007 — Semifinal 2
Time Result Venue
20:00 South Africa South Africa 37 - 13 Argentina Argentina Saint-Denis

Finals

Fri 19 Oct 2007 — Third Place Playoff (termed by some the "Bronze Final")
Time Result Venue
20:00 France France 10 - 34 Argentina Argentina Paris

Sat 20 Oct 2007 — The Final
Time Result Venue
20:00 England England 6 - 15 South Africa South Africa Saint-Denis

Venues

Bordeaux Chaban-Delmas Stadium
Cardiff Millennium Stadium
Edinburgh Murrayfield
Lens Félix-Bollaert Stadium
Lyon Gerland Stadium
Marseille Vélodrome
Montpellier Mosson Stadium
Nantes La Beaujoir
Paris Parc des Princes
St-Denis Stade de France
St-Etienne Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium
Toulouse Municipal Stadium

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