2007 Rugby World Cup

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2007 Rugby World Cup
Host	France
Nations	20
Defending champions	England
Winners	-
Runner-up	-
Final
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The 2007 Rugby World Cup will be the sixth rugby union world cup. It will be hosted by France in the autumn of 2007.

This world cup will have 20 nations contesting 48 matches over 44 days. Forty-two matches will be spread between ten French cities, with four matches to be held in Cardiff, Wales and two matches in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1 Qualifying
- 1.1 Qualifying tournament
- 1.2 Automatic qualifiers
2 Venues
3 Group stages
4 Knock-out stages
- 4.1 Quarter-finals
- 4.2 Semi-finals
5 Third/fourth place playoff
6 Final
7 References
8 External links

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Qualifying

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Qualifying tournament

Template:Main Ten of the 20 positions available in the tournament will be filled by reigonal qualifiers, with an additional two being filled by repechage qualification. The reigonal qualifying tournaments were broken up into five distinct groups; Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

As of July 30, 2005, Samoa and Fiji have qualified for the competition.

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Automatic qualifiers

The eight quarter-finalists from the 2003 Rugby World Cup (Australia, England (2003 champions), France, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales) all received automatic entry, with the other teams selected from a qualifying series around the world.

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Venues

Venues
City	Stadium	Capacity
Saint-Denis	Stade de France	80,000
Cardiff	Millennium Stadium	74,50
Edinburgh	Murrayfield	67,500
Marseille	Stade Vélodrome	60,000
Paris	Parc des Princes	49,000
Lens	Stade Félix Bollaert	41,80
Lyon	Stade de Gerland	41,200
Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	38,500
Toulouse	Stade de Toulouse	37,000
Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	36,000
Bordeaux	Parc Lescure	35,200
Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	33,900

France won the right to host the World Cup in 2003, and it was known that some of the home nations would also be hosting matches. Three matches are being held in Wales, at Cardiff's 74,500 Millenium Stadium, the two being, two Pool B games that involve Welsh and a quarter-final. Ireland were set to host matches in Dublin at Lansdowne Road, but due to schedualing conflicts with the reconstruction of the stadium, Ireland decided not to host any matches.<ref name=scotlandgames>Template:Cite web</ref>

Two Pool C matches are being held in Scotland, at Edinburgh's Murrayfield. Controversey arose in late 2004 when some media outlets speculated that the SRU were going to sell off their matches. The idea surfaced again almost a year later, with the SRU confirming that they were in negoiations with the IRB about the issue, as they did not have control or influence of pricing in relation to market demand.<ref name=scotlandgames/> Wales expressed interest in aquiring Scotland's allocation of matches if they were to withdraw.<ref name=scotlandgames2>Template:Cite web</ref> It was confirmed in April of 2006, that Scotland will be hosting the games afterall.

There is a substantial increase in the overall capacity of stadiums compared to the 2003 Rugby World Cup, as the smallest venue at the 2007 tournament will be 33,900.

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Group stages

Four points for a win. Two points for a draw. One bonus point for scoring four tries. One bonus point for losing by seven points or less.

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Pool A

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	BP	Points
Image:Flag of England.svg England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Image:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Americas 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Repechage 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0