2011 Rugby World Cup Fixtures & Draw - Rugby Union

2011 Rugby World Cup Fixtures

A total of 20 nations will contest the 2011 Rugby World Cup to be held during the months of September and October 2011 in New Zealand.

The first match of the 2011 Rugby World Cup will take place on Friday 9th September 2011 between the host country New Zealand and Tonga at Eden Park in Auckland.

The 2011 Rugby World Cup Final will be played on Sunday 23rd October at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.

2011 Rugby World Cup Pools

Pool A
Canada, France, Japan, New Zealand, Tonga

Pool B
Argentina, England, Georgia, Romania, Scotland

Pool C
Australia, Ireland, Italy, Russia, United States

Pool D
Fiji, Namibia, Samoa, South Africa, Wales

Match points system

The following number of match points will be awarded for each pool phase match:

Win – 4 points
Draw - 2 points
Loss - 0 points
4 or more tries – 1 point
Loss by 7 points or less – 1 point

In the Pool stage each Team will play each other once and there will be 10 matches played in each pool, for a total of 40 matches in the pool phase of the Tournament.

The winner and runner-up in each pool qualify for the quarter-finals, while teams finishing third, fourth and fifth will be eliminated from the Tournament.

2011 Rugby World Cup Finals dates and venues

Semi-Final 1 – Saturday 15 October 2011 – Eden Park, Auckland
Semi-Final 2 - Sunday 16 October 2011 – Eden Park, Auckland
2011 World Cup Final – Sunday 23 October 2011 – Eden Park, Auckland

2011 Rugby World Cup Stadiums and Venues

Eden Park – Auckland 60,000
Wellington Regional Stadium – Wellington 40,000
Otago Stadium – Dunedin Capacity: 30,000
North Harbour Stadium – Auckland 30,000
Waikato Stadium – Hamilton 30,000
Rotorua International Stadium – Rotorua 26,000
Yarrow Stadium – New Plymouth 26,000
Trafalgar Park – Nelson 18,000
Rugby Park Stadium – Invercargill 17,000
Okara Park – Whangarei 18,000
McLean Park – Napier 15,000
Arena Manawatu – Palmerston North 15,000

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2011 Rugby World Cup Fixtures

Date	Pool	Match	Venue
Fri 09 Sep	A	New Zealand v Tonga	Eden Park, Auckland
Sat 10 Sep	B	Scotland v Romania	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Sat 10 Sep	D	Fiji v Namibia	Rotorua International Stadium
Sat 10 Sep	A	France v Japan	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore
Sat 10 Sep	B	Argentina v England	Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Sun 11 Sep	C	Australia v Italy	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore
Sun 11 Sep	C	Ireland v USA	Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Sun 11 Sep	D	South Africa v Wales	Wellington Regional Stadium
Wed 14 Sep	D	Samoa v Namibia	Rotorua International Stadium
Wed 14 Sep	A	Tonga v Canada	Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
Wed 14 Sep	B	Scotland v Georgia	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Thu 15 Sep	C	Russia v USA	Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Fri 16 Sep	A	New Zealand v Japan	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Sat 17 Sep	B	Argentina v Romania	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Sat 17 Sep	D	South Africa v Fiji	Wellington Regional Stadium
Sat 17 Sep	C	Australia v Ireland	Eden Park, Auckland
Sun 18 Sep	D	Wales v Samoa	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Sun 18 Sep	B	England v Georgia	Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Sun 18 Sep	A	France v Canada	McLean Park, Napier
Tue 20 Sep	C	Italy v Russia	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Wed 21 Sep	A	Tonga v Japan	Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
Thu 22 Sep	D	South Africa v Namibia	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore
Fri 23 Sep	C	Australia v USA	Wellington Regional Stadium
Sat 24 Sep	B	England v Romania	Dunedin (TBA)
Sat 24 Sep	A	New Zealand v France	Eden Park, Auckland
Sun 25 Sep	D	Fiji v Samoa	Eden Park, Auckland
Sun 25 Sep	C	Ireland v Russia	Rotorua International Stadium
Sun 25 Sep	B	Argentina v Scotland	Wellington Regional Stadium
Mon 26 Sep	D	Wales v Namibia	Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Tue 27 Sep	A	Canada v Japan	McLean Park, Napier
Tue 27 Sep	C	Italy v USA	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Wed 28 Sep	B	Georgia v Romania	Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North
Fri 30 Sep	D	South Africa v Samoa	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore
Sat 01 Oct	C	Australia v Russia	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Sat 01 Oct	A	France v Tonga	Wellington Regional Stadium
Sat 01 Oct	B	England v Scotland	Eden Park, Auckland
Sun 02 Oct	B	Argentina v Georgia	Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North
Sun 02 Oct	A	New Zealand v Canada	Wellington Regional Stadium
Sun 02 Oct	D	Wales v Fiji	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Sun 02 Oct	C	Ireland v Italy	Dunedin (TBA)

2011 Rugby World Cup Finals Dates

Quarter-Final 1: Sat 08 Oct (Pool C-1 vs Pool D-2) Wellington Regional Stadium
Quarter-Final 2: Sat 08 Oct (Pool B-1 vs Pool A-1) Eden Park, Auckland
Quarter-Final 3: Sun 09 Oct (Pool D-1 vs Pool C-2) Wellington Regional Stadium
Quarter-Final 4: Sun 09 Oct (Pool A-1 v Pool B-2) Eden Park, Auckland

Semi-Final 1: Sat 15 Oct (Winners QF1 vs QF2) Eden Park, Auckland
Semi-Final 2: Sun 16 Oct (Winners QF3 vs QF4) Eden Park, Auckland
Bronze Final: Fri 21 Oct (Losers SF1 vs SF2) Eden Park, Auckland

2011 RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL: Sunday 23rd October (Winners SF1 vs SF2) Eden Park, Auckland

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Rugby World Cup History

From the six tournaments played, Australia 1991, 1999 and South Africa 1995, 2007 have won the most Rugby World Cups with two victories each, while New Zealand won the inaugural World Cup and its only crown in 1987, and England took out the 2003 tournament.