2011 Rugby World Cup Schedule & Images

Thursday, 13 October 2011

2011 Rugby World Cup Schedule & Images

Host nation:      New Zealand
Dates:     9 September – 23 October
No. of nations:     20 (91 qualifying)
Tournament statistics
Matches played:     44
Attendance:     1,244,484 (28,284 per match)
Top scorer(s) :    South Africa Morné Steyn (62)
Most tries:     England Chris Ashton
France Vincent Clerc (6)
The 2011 Rugby World Cup is the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005. The IRB Council eliminated South Africa in the first of two rounds of voting.
It is the largest sporting event ever held in New Zealand, eclipsing the 1987 Rugby World Cup, 1990 Commonwealth Games, 1992 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 America's Cup. The organisers expect 95,000 visitors from overseas to travel to New Zealand for the event.
The schedule of games runs over six weeks starting on 9 September 2011. The final will be played on Sunday 23 October 2011, a date chosen because it falls on a long weekend caused by the New Zealand public holiday of Labour Day (Monday, 24 October 2011). The final is scheduled to be played in Auckland at Eden Park.
After speculation that the number of participating teams would be reduced to 16, the IRB announced on 30 November 2007 that the 2011 tournament would again feature 20 teams. Twelve teams qualified as a result of finishing in the top three in each pool in the 2007 tournament. The remaining eight berths were determined by regional qualifying tournaments. Of the 20 countries that competed in the previous World Cup in 2007, there was only one change – Russia replaced Portugal.
South Africa was the defending champion, but was eliminated by Australia 11–9 in the quarter-finals.
Pool A
Team    P    W    D    L    PF    PA    TF    TA    BP    PTS
New Zealand
New Zealand
    4    4    0    0    240    49    36    6    4    20
France
France
    4    2    0    2    124    96    13    9    3    11
Tonga
Tonga
    4    2    0    2    80    98    7    13    1    9
Canada
Canada
    4    1    1    2    82    168    9    20    0    6
Japan
Japan
    4    0    1    3    69    184    8    25    0    2
P=Played; W=Won; D=Draw; L=Lost; PF=Points For; PA=Points Against; TF=Tries For; TA=Tries Against; BP=Bonus Points; PTS=Points
Pool B
Team    P    W    D    L    PF    PA    TF    TA    BP    PTS
England
England
    4    4    0    0    137    34    18    1    2    18
Argentina
Argentina
    4    3    0    1    90    40    10    3    2    14
Scotland
Scotland
    4    2    0    2    73    59    4    4    3    11
Georgia
Georgia
    4    1    0    3    48    90    3    9    0    4
Romania
Romania
    4    0    0    4    44    169    3    21    0    0
P=Played; W=Won; D=Draw; L=Lost; PF=Points For; PA=Points Against; TF=Tries For; TA=Tries Against; BP=Bonus Points; PTS=Points
Pool C
Team    P    W    D    L    PF    PA    TF    TA    BP    PTS
Ireland
Ireland
    4    4    0    0    135    34    15    3    1    17
Australia
Australia
    4    3    0    1    173    48    25    4    3    15
Italy
Italy
    4    2    0    2    92    95    13    11    2    10
USA
USA
    4    1    0    3    38    122    4    18    0    4
Russia
Russia
    4    0    0    4    57    196    8    29    1    1
P=Played; W=Won; D=Draw; L=Lost; PF=Points For; PA=Points Against; TF=Tries For; TA=Tries Against; BP=Bonus Points; PTS=Points
Pool D
Team    P    W    D    L    PF    PA    TF    TA    BP    PTS
South Africa
South Africa
    4    4    0    0    166    24    21    2    2    18
Wales
Wales
    4    3    0    1    180    34    23    4    3    15
Samoa
Samoa
    4    2    0    2    91    49    10    5    2    10
Fiji
Fiji
    4    1    0    3    59    167    7    19    1    5
Namibia
Namibia
    4    0    0    4    44    266    5    36    0    0
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