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2007 Rugby World Cup

Tourney NameRugby World Cup
Year2007
Other TitlesCoupe du Monde - France 2007
Datefrom7 September
Dateto20 October
HostFrance
Nations20 (91 qualifying)
ChampionSouth Africa
RunnerupEngland
Matches48
Attendance2263223
Top ScorerZA Percy Montgomery (105)
Most TriesZA Bryan Habana (8)
Preceded By2003
Succeeded By2011

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The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003, beating a bid from England. The competition consisted of 48 matches over 44 days; 42 matches were played in ten cities throughout France, as well as four in Cardiff, Wales, and two in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The eight quarter-finalists from 2003 were granted automatic qualification, while 12 other nations gained entry through the regional qualifying competitions that began in 2004 - of them, Portugal was the only World Cup debutant. The top three nations from each pool at the end of the pool stage will qualify automatically for the 2011 World Cup.

The competition opened with a match between hosts France and Argentina on 7 September at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris. The stadium was also the venue of the final match between England and South Africa on 20 October, which South Africa won by 15 points to 6, their second World Cup title.

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Preceded by
2003		Rugby World Cup
2007		Succeeded by
2011

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

City Country Stadium Capacity class="unsortable"Further reading
Saint-Denis France Stade de France 80,000 Overview
Cardiff Wales Millennium Stadium 73,350 Overview
Edinburgh Scotland Murrayfield 68,000 Overview
Marseille France Stade Vélodrome 59,500 Overview
Paris France Parc des Princes 47,870 Overview
Lens France Stade Félix-Bollaert 41,400 Overview
Lyon France Stade de Gerland 41,100 Overview
Nantes France Stade de la Beaujoire 38,100 Overview
Toulouse France Stadium de Toulouse 35,700 Overview
Saint-Étienne France Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 35,650 Overview
Bordeaux France Stade Chaban-Delmas 34,440 Overview
Montpellier France Stade de la Mosson 33,900 Overview

Referees
Country Name
Australia  
England  
England  
England  
France  
IRE  
IRE  
New Zealand  
New Zealand  
South Africa  
South Africa  
Wales  

Touch judges
Country Name
Argentina  
Australia  
England  
France  
Italy  
IRE  
New Zealand  
New Zealand  
New Zealand  
Scotland  
South Africa  
South Africa  
Wales  

Effect on 2011 qualification :
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Eliminated, automatic qualification for RWC 2011
Eliminated

Pool A :

Pool A :
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts
South Africa 4 4 0 0 24 189 47 +142 3 19
England 4 3 0 1 11 108 88 +20 2 14
Tonga 4 2 0 2 9 89 96 −7 1 9
Samoa 4 1 0 3 5 69 143 −74 1 5
United States 4 0 0 4 7 61 142 −81 1 1

Pool A :
SAM RSA TGA USA
England 22 36 20 10
Samoa � 59 19 21
South Africa � � 25 15
Tonga � � � 15

Pool B :

Pool B :
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts
Australia 4 4 0 0 30 215 41 +174 4 20
Fiji 4 3 0 1 14 114 136 −22 3 15
WAL 4 2 0 2 23 168 105 +63 4 12
Japan 4 0 1 3 7 64 210 −146 1 3
Canada 4 0 1 3 6 51 120 −69 0 2

Pool B :
CAN FJI JPN WAL
Australia 6 12 3 20
Canada � 29 12 42
Fiji � � 31 34
Japan � � � 72

Pool C :

Pool C :
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts
New Zealand 4 4 0 0 46 309 35 +274 4 20
SCO 4 3 0 1 14 116 66 +50 2 14
Italy 4 2 0 2 8 85 117 −32 1 9
ROM 4 1 0 3 5 40 161 −121 1 5
Portugal 4 0 0 4 4 38 209 −171 1 1

Pool C :
NZL POR ROM SCO
Italy 76 5 18 18
New Zealand � 13 8 0
Portugal � � 14 56
Romania � � � 42

Pool D :

Pool D :
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts
Argentina 4 4 0 0 16 143 33 +110 2 18
France 4 3 0 1 24 188 37 +151 3 15
IRE 4 2 0 2 9 64 82 −18 1 9
Georgia %28country%29 4 1 0 3 5 50 111 −61 1 5
Namibia 4 0 0 4 3 30 212 −182 0 0

Pool D :
FRA GEO IRE NAM
Argentina 12 3 15 3
France � 7 3 10
Georgia � � 14 0
Ireland � � � 17

Final :
List of citings
Ban
(weeks)		 Player Nation Opponent Offence
7 Otar Eloshvili Georgia %28country%29 France spear tackle
5 Paul Emerick United States England spear tackle
4 Juan Severino Somoza Portugal Scotland head-butting
3 Brian Lima Samoa England high tackle
2 Schalk Burger South Africa Samoa dangerous play
2 Phil Vickery England United States tripping
2 Mirco Bergamasco Italy Scotland tripping
1 Hale T-Pole Tonga Samoa striking
1 Jacques Nieuwenhuis Namibia France high tackle
1 Alfie Vaeluaga Samoa South Africa high tackle
1 Seremaia Bai Fiji South Africa dangerous tackle
cleared François Steyn South Africa Tonga foul play
cleared Sione Lauaki New Zealand Romania dangerous tackle

Teams :
Points Team Matches Tries Con Pen Drop
327 New Zealand 5 48 36 5 0 2 0
278 South Africa 7 33 25 21 0 3 0
227 France 7 27 19 18 0 2 0
225 Australia 5 31 20 8 2 2 0
209 Argentina 7 23 14 18 4 3 0
168 WAL 4 23 16 7 0 0 0
140 England 7 12 7 17 5 1 0
134 Fiji 5 16 12 10 0 3 0
129 SCO 5 15 15 8 0 1 0
89 Tonga 4 9 7 10 0 3 1
85 Italy 4 8 6 11 0 3 0
69 Samoa 4 5 4 12 0 1 0
64 IRE 4 9 5 2 1 2 0
64 Japan 4 7 4 7 0 0 0
61 United States 4 7 4 6 0 4 0
51 Canada 4 6 3 5 0 1 0
50 Georgia %28country%29 4 5 5 5 0 2 0
40 ROM 4 5 3 3 0 1 0
38 Portugal 4 4 3 3 1 1 0
30 Namibia 4 3 3 2 1 0 1

Individual records : Top point scorers
Points Name Team Pos Apps Tries Con Pen Drop
  Percy Montgomery South Africa FB 7 2 22 17 0
  Felipe Contepomi Argentina CE 7 3 11 18 0
  Jonny Wilkinson England FH 5 0 5 14 5
  Nick Evans New Zealand FH/FB 4 2 20 0 0
  Jean-Baptiste Élissalde France SH 7 1 12 6 0
  Chris Paterson SCO WG/FH 5 1 10 7 0
  Pierre Hola Tonga FH 4 0 7 10 0
  Lionel Beauxis France FH 6 1 7 8 0
  Nicky Little Fiji FH 3 0 9 8 0
  Dan Carter New Zealand FH 3 1 10 5 0
  Matt Giteau Australia CE 4 3 8 3 0
  Bryan Habana South Africa WG 7 8 0 0 0

: Top try scorers
Rank Name Team Pos Apps Tries
1 Bryan Habana South Africa WG 7 8
2 Drew Mitchell Australia WG 5 7
3 Doug Howlett New Zealand WG 3 6
3 Shane Williams WAL WG 4 6
5 Joe Rokocoko New Zealand WG 3 5
5 Vincent Clerc France WG 5 5
5 Chris Latham Australia FB 5 5
8 Rory Lamont SCO FB 4 4
8 Sitiveni Sivivatu New Zealand WG 4 4
8 Jaque Fourie South Africa CE 6 4
8 Paul Sackey England WG 6 4
8 JP Pietersen South Africa WG 7 4
8 Juan Smith South Africa FL 7 4



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