Rugby Union World Cup 2007
| Rugby Union World Cup 2007 
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| host |
 France
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World Champion 2nd place 3rd place |
 South Africa England Argentina 
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| Duration | September 7th - October 20th, 2007 |
| Nations | 91 (final tournament: 20) |
| Games | 48 |
| spectator | 2,263,223 (47,150 per game) |
| Top scorer |
Percy Montgomery (105)
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| Most attempts |
Bryan Habana (8)
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The 2007 Rugby Union World Cup was the sixth world cup in rugby union history . It took place from September 7 to October 20, 2007 in France , Wales and Scotland , with twenty national teams playing against each other in a total of 48 games. Of these games, 42 were played in French stadiums, four in Cardiff (Wales) and two in Edinburgh (Scotland). The final took place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris . The South African team, which won the Webb Ellis Cup for the second time after the success of 1995, became world champions with a 15: 6 final victory over the defending champions England . Third place went to Argentina with a 34:10 over France. A total of 2,274,037 spectators attended the games in the stadiums, which means an average attendance of 47,376 per game.
86 countries participated in the qualification, which began in 2004. The eight quarter-finalists of the 2003 World Cup were automatically qualified (England, Australia, New Zealand, France, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, South Africa). Portugal took part in a finals for the first time. In addition to France, England had also applied to host the World Cup .
In German-speaking countries, DSF , Polsat Sport and TV5 Monde broadcast various games live and as recordings.
Qualification for the final round
In advance for the World Championships were automatically eligible to start:
- World Champion 2003: England
- Vice World Champion 2003: Australia
- Semi-finalists 2003: France and New Zealand
- Quarter-finalists 2003: South Africa , Scotland , Ireland and Wales
Ten of the twelve other available places in the tournament were occupied by the winners of continental qualifying tournaments, two more in connection with intercontinental barrage games . The qualification for the World Cup began on September 7, 2004. The following starting places were played:
- America : 3 World Cup places
- Europe : 3 World Cup places
- Africa : 1 World Cup place
- Asia : 1 World Cup place
- Oceania : 2 World Cup places
- as well as two intercontinental World Cup places
On July 16, 2005, Samoa and Fiji were chosen as representatives of Oceania. Argentina became the first American team to qualify on July 8, 2006, with a 26-0 win over Uruguay . Canada became the second American team to qualify on August 12, 2006, beating the USA 56-7. The latter prevailed in two play-offs against Uruguay at the beginning of October and secured third place on the grid.
Italy secured the first places in the European qualifying groups on October 14, 2006 with a 67-7 away win against Russia and Romania against Spain away with 47:20. For the third time in a row, Namibia qualified for the finals, after two victories against Morocco in November 2006.
At the end of October 2006 the International Rugby Board announced that the final round of the Asian group would not take place as planned in Colombo , the capital of Sri Lanka , for security reasons . Instead, it was held in Hong Kong . Japan secured the only Asian starting place. Georgia qualified against Portugal as the eighth European team for the World Cup.
In February 2007, the intercontinental barrage games began for the last two remaining starting places at the World Cup. In advance it had been determined that a place between the qualifying third Oceania (Tonga) and the qualifying runner-up of Asia (South Korea) and that a second place between Europe's fourth-placed (Portugal), Africa's second (Morocco) and America's fourth (Uruguay) should be played. Ultimately, Tonga clearly prevailed against South Korea and qualified as the fifth Oceanic team for the finals, and Portugal managed to qualify at the end of March after beating Uruguay.
The participating nations were almost the same as at the World Cup four years ago. Instead of Uruguay, Portugal qualified this time.
Attendees
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Venues
Only in 1995 ( South Africa ) and 2003 ( Australia ) were the World Championships held in a single country. While Australia and New Zealand hosted the first World Cup together in 1987 , the nominal host countries England (1991) and Wales (1999) had made arrangements for structural and organizational reasons to play several games in the other so-called Five Nations . For example, individual games had already been played in France in 1991 and 1999.
At the 2007 World Cup, 42 of 48 games were played in France itself. Three Group B games (including Wales) and a quarter-finals took place at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium , while Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium hosted two Group C games. The French stadiums were the same as at the 1998 World Cup . With Lens , Nantes and Saint-Étienne , cities that are traditionally not considered rugby strongholds were also taken into account.
Originally, some games were planned in the Irish capital, Dublin , but due to scheduling conflicts in connection with the construction of the new Lansdowne Road stadium , the Irish association decided not to do so. In December 2005, the Scottish Association announced that it might sell its tournament rights to Wales. But these plans were dropped and as of April 2006 Edinburgh was definitely one of twelve host cities.
Millennium Stadium
(73,350 seats)
Cardiff , Wales
Murrayfield Stadium
(68,000 seats)
Edinburgh , Scotland
Stade Vélodrome
(59,500 seats)
Marseille , France
Parc des Princes
(47,870 seats)
Paris , France
Stade Félix-Bollaert
(41,400 seats)
Lens , France
Stade Gerland
(41,100 seats)
Lyon , France
Stade de la Beaujoire
(38,100 seats)
Nantes , France
Stadium Municipal
(35,700 seats)
Toulouse , France
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
(35,650 places)
Saint-Étienne , France
Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas
(34,440 seats)
Bordeaux , France
Stade de la Mosson
(33,650 seats)
Montpellier , France
Tickets and sponsorship
The tickets for the World Cup were sold in three phases. The first phase began in November 2005 when members of European and international rugby clubs and associations were able to pre-order ticket packages for specific teams. Individual admission tickets and tickets for semi-finals did not go on sale until the third phase in November 2006. In June 2007, more than 2 million of the 2.4 million tickets to the World Cup games had already been sold.
The official Worldwide Partners of the tournament were Société Générale , GMF , Électricité de France , Peugeot , Visa and SNCF . There were also the Official Sponsors Heineken , Vediorbis, Capgemini , Orange , Toshiba and Emirates . Gilbert designed the official tournament ball ( Gilbert Synergy ) that was used in the games of the World Cup. This continued the tradition of the Gilbert World Cup balls with Barbarian (1995), Revolution (1999) and Xact (2003). Other tournament sponsors were Adidas , Coca-Cola , Clifford Chance , Goodyear and McDonald’s .
Official
The officials for the World Cup were announced in late April 2007. A total of twelve referees and 13 linesmen were appointed. The Englishman Tony Spreadbury led the opening game between France and Argentina, the Irishman Alain Rolland the final between England and South Africa.
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Tournament rules
There were four preliminary round groups with five participants each. Within each group, the teams played against each other once. The teams in places 1 and 2 qualified for the quarter-finals. The third-placed teams secured the right to participate in the 2011 World Cup .
The distribution of points in the preliminary round was based on the following bonus point system:
- 4 points if you win
- 2 points if there is a tie
- 0 points in the event of a loss (before possible bonus points)
- 1 bonus point for four or more successful attempts , regardless of the final score
- 1 bonus point in the event of a defeat with a difference of seven game points or less
If two or more teams had a tie, the better position in the table would have been determined in succession according to the following criteria:
- Winner of the direct encounter
- Better difference in game points
- Better difference in trials
- Higher number of game points
- Higher number of attempts
- Better placement in the IRB world rankings from October 1, 2007
The final round began with the quarter-finals. Every game had to end with a win. If there had been a tie in a match after the regular playing time of 80 minutes, an extension of 2 × 10 minutes would have followed. If the winner had still not been determined, there would have been another ten minute extension with sudden death . If after a total of 110 minutes there was still no winner, the winner would have been determined by executing placed kicks over the crossbar.
Preliminary round
Group A
As expected, South Africa was able to secure the group victory as the title favorite in Group A. Defending champion England was completely dismantled 36-0. Only in the game against the very well-playing Tonga did the Springboks show some weaknesses and could be wrested a 30:25.
The 2003 world champion, England, was the second team to qualify for the quarter-finals. Already traded low before the World Cup due to years of weakness, they couldn't convince against the USA and South Africa. In the games against the strong Polynesian teams Samoa and Tonga, however, they finally managed to qualify for the knockout round.
Tonga was close to a surprise against South Africa and managed to qualify for the next World Cup with third place. The Samoans did not live up to the expectations that were placed on them before the tournament, they were even ahead of Scotland in the world rankings before the World Cup and were disappointed. Last placed USA lost in every game.
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Bonus points |
Table points |
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| 1. |
South Africa
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4th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 189: 47 | +142 | 3 | 19th |
| 2. |
England
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4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 108: 88 | +20 | 2 | 14th |
| 3. |
 Tonga
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4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89: 96 | −7 | 1 | 9 |
| 4th |
 Samoa
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4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 69: 143 | −74 | 1 | 5 |
| 5. |
 United States
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4th | 0 | 0 | 4th | 61: 142 | −81 | 1 | 1 |
| September 8, 2007 |
England
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28:10 |
United States
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Stade Félix-Bollaert , Lens |
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| September 9, 2007 |
South Africa
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59: 7 |
Samoa
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Parc des Princes , Paris |
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| September 12, 2007 |
United States
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15:25 |
Tonga
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Stade de la Mosson , Montpellier |
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| September 14, 2007 |
England
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0:36 |
South Africa
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Stade de France , Saint-Denis |
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| September 16, 2007 |
Samoa
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15:19 |
Tonga
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Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier |
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| September 22, 2007 |
South Africa
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30:25 |
Tonga
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Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |
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| September 22, 2007 |
England
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44:22 |
Samoa
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Stade de la Beaujoire , Nantes |
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| September 26, 2007 |
Samoa
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25:21 |
United States
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Stade Geoffroy-Guichard , Saint-Etienne |
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| September 28, 2007 |
England
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36:20 |
Tonga
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Parc des Princes, Paris |
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| September 30, 2007 |
South Africa
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65:15 |
United States
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Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier |
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Group B
After four clear and safe victories, Australia prevailed as the winner in Group B as expected. Even the feared "away game" in Cardiff against Wales could be won safely.
In second place there was a big surprise. For the first time since 1987, the Fiji team was able to play their way back to the quarter-finals and defeated Wales 38:34 in the last game. What was a great success for the multiple world champion in rugby 7 , remained a disaster for the Welsh, as the minimum goal of the round of eight was missed in the decisive game.
Japan, always represented as Asia's participant in the tournament, managed for the first time not to be last in its group. The draw against Canada and a bonus point from the narrow 31:35 defeat against Fiji were enough to finish ahead of the North Americans in the table. Canada only showed good games throughout and even the 37: 6 defeat against the overwhelming Australians was limited, but the last place in the table was a disillusionment for the quarter-finalists from 1991.
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Bonus points |
Table points |
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| 1. |
 Australia
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4th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 215: 41 | +174 | 4th | 20th |
| 2. |
 Fiji
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4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 114: 136 | −22 | 3 | 15th |
| 3. |
.svg){kind=small} Wales
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4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 168: 105 | +63 | 4th | 12 |
| 4th |
 Japan
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4th | 0 | 1 | 3 | 64: 210 | −146 | 1 | 3 |
| 5. |
 Canada
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4th | 0 | 1 | 3 | 51: 120 | −69 | 0 | 2 |
| September 8, 2007 |
Australia
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91: 3 |
Japan
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Stade Gerland , Lyon |
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| September 9, 2007 |
Wales
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42: 17 |
Canada
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Stade de la Beaujoire , Nantes |
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| September 12, 2007 |
Japan
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31:35 |
Fiji
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Municipal Stadium , Toulouse |
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| September 15, 2007 |
Wales
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20:32 |
Australia
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Millennium Stadium , Cardiff |
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| September 16, 2007 |
Fiji
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29:16 |
Canada
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Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
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| September 20, 2007 |
Wales
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72:18 |
Japan
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Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
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| September 23, 2007 |
Australia
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55: 12 |
Fiji
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Stade de la Mosson , Montpellier |
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| September 25, 2007 |
Canada
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12: 12 |
Japan
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Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas , Bordeaux |
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| September 29, 2007 |
Australia
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37: 6 |
Canada
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Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux |
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| September 29, 2007 |
Wales
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34: 38 |
Fiji
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Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |
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Group C
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New Zealand, the 1987 world champion who was considered the big tournament favorite, dominated Group C at will. Italy and Scotland were dealt with by the All Blacks without any chance of victory and they reached the quarter-finals as group winners with 309 to 35 points.
The Scots were able to secure the quarter-finals after the defeat in front of the home crowd against the New Zealanders in the last game against Italy. What could be booked as a success for the Scots, meant for Italy again a narrow failure in the preliminary round. So in Italy they are still waiting for the first round of the last eight to be reached.
As expected, Romania and Portugal had no chance of the quarter-finals, but still showed good games. For example, Portugal's thirteen points against New Zealand are definitely positive, even if they were bought with over a hundred counterpoints.
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Bonus points |
Table points |
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| 1. |
 New Zealand
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4th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 309: 35 | +274 | 4th | 20th |
| 2. |
 Scotland
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4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 116: 66 | +50 | 2 | 14th |
| 3. |
 Italy
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4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 85: 117 | −32 | 1 | 9 |
| 4th |
 Romania
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4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40: 161 | −121 | 1 | 5 |
| 5. |
 Portugal
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4th | 0 | 0 | 4th | 38: 209 | −171 | 1 | 1 |
| September 8, 2007 |
New Zealand
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76: 14 |
Italy
|
Stade Vélodrome , Marseille |
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| September 9, 2007 |
Scotland
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56:10 |
Portugal
|
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard , Saint-Etienne |
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| September 12, 2007 |
Italy
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24:18 |
Romania
|
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
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| September 15, 2007 |
New Zealand
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108: 13 |
Portugal
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Stade Gerland , Lyon |
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| September 18, 2007 |
Scotland
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42-0 |
Romania
|
Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh |
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| September 19, 2007 |
Italy
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31: 5 |
Portugal
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Parc des Princes , Paris |
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| September 23, 2007 |
Scotland
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0:40 |
New Zealand
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Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh |
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| September 25, 2007 |
Romania
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14:10 |
Portugal
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Municipal Stadium , Toulouse |
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| September 29, 2007 |
New Zealand
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85: 8 |
Romania
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Municipal Stadium, Toulouse |
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| September 29, 2007 |
Scotland
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18:16 |
Italy
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Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne |
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Group D
The opening game of the tournament already showed which team will be the surprise team at this World Cup - despite the announcement. At the French national stadium in Saint-Denis, France, the two-time runner-up and host of this World Cup, was defeated by Argentina at 17:12. Further successes against Georgia, Namibia and finally Ireland followed on the part of the South Americans, so that they reached the quarter-finals as group winners undefeated and without losing points.
After the opening defeat against Argentina, the French managed to avert the threatened elimination with a strong game against Ireland and move into the next round as second in the group.
For Ireland, previously seen as Europe's great hope for the title and started as a favorite in this group, the World Cup turned into a disaster. Weak games against the relative rugby dwarfs Georgia and Namibia and two defeats against France and Argentina meant that the overrated Irish were eliminated in the preliminary round for the first time.
Georgia celebrated its first win at its second World Cup (30-0 against Namibia) and is one of the countries with a clear positive development in rugby. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had declared after the narrow 10-14 defeat against the top team in Ireland that the state subsidies for rugby should be increased significantly.
Namibia showed a good game against Ireland, but the first win at this World Cup should not succeed again.
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Bonus points |
Table points |
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| 1. |
Argentina
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4th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 143: 33 | +110 | 2 | 18th |
| 2. |
France
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4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 188: 37 | +151 | 3 | 15th |
| 3. |
 Ireland
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4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 64: 82 | −18 | 1 | 9 |
| 4th |
 Georgia
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4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 50: 111 | −61 | 1 | 5 |
| 5. |
 Namibia
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4th | 0 | 0 | 4th | 30: 212 | −182 | 0 | 0 |
| September 7, 2007 |
France
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12: 17 |
Argentina
|
Stade de France , Saint-Denis |
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| September 9, 2007 |
Ireland
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32:17 |
Namibia
|
Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas , Bordeaux |
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| September 11, 2007 |
Argentina
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30: 3 |
Georgia
|
Stade Gerland , Lyon |
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| September 15, 2007 |
Ireland
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14:10 |
Georgia
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Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux |
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| September 16, 2007 |
France
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87: 10 |
Namibia
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Municipal Stadium , Toulouse |
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| September 21, 2007 |
France
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25: 3 |
Ireland
|
Stade de France, Saint-Denis |
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| September 22, 2007 |
Argentina
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63: 3 |
Namibia
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Stade Vélodrome , Marseille |
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| September 26, 2007 |
Georgia
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30: 0 |
Namibia
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Stade Félix-Bollaert , Lens |
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| September 30, 2007 |
France
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64: 7 |
Georgia
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Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
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| September 30, 2007 |
Ireland
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15:30 |
Argentina
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Parc des Princes , Paris |
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Final round
Overview
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||
| October 6, 2007 in Marseille | ||||||||||
| Australia
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10 | |||||||||
| October 13, 2007 in Saint-Denis | ||||||||||
| England
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12 | |||||||||
| England
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14th | |||||||||
| Cardiff October 6, 2007 | ||||||||||
| France
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9 | |||||||||
| New Zealand
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18th | |||||||||
| October 20, 2007 in Saint-Denis | ||||||||||
| France
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20th | |||||||||
| England
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6th | |||||||||
| October 7, 2007 in Marseille | ||||||||||
| South Africa
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15th | |||||||||
| South Africa
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37 | |||||||||
| October 14, 2007 in Saint-Denis | ||||||||||
| Fiji
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20th | |||||||||
| South Africa
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37 | Game for third place | ||||||||
| October 7, 2007 in Saint-Denis | ||||||||||
| Argentina
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13 | |||||||||
| Argentina
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19th | France
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10 | |||||||
| Scotland
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13 | Argentina
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34 | |||||||
| October 19, 2007 in Paris | ||||||||||
Quarter finals
The quarter-finals started on October 6th with two big sensations. The defending champion England succeeded in destroying the game of the favored Australians with an unprecedented strong storm performance and defeating the men from down-under 12:10. The Australians remained true to the fact that they have not won a World Cup game since they won the 1991 World Cup in London against the British.
The second quarter-finals should mean the elimination of the top favorites New Zealand. Because of its second place in the group, World Cup hosts France had to play their game away from home in Cardiff. And as in 1999, the French managed to surprisingly knock the All Blacks out of the tournament at a World Cup game in Great Britain . The French won 20:18 and the All Blacks , who started as the strongest New Zealand team of all time, had to pack their bags for the first time in history after the round of the last eight.
Fiji was also close to a sensation against South Africa. So you could equalize in the second half while being outnumbered and were about to take the lead. However, the Springboks managed to defend this against the team from the South Seas in their own in-goal and to score the winning points in return. Fiji was eliminated as one of the really positive surprises after its second quarter-finals appearance after 1987.
Argentina, which has grown into a secret favorite after the strong preliminary round, didn’t miss any chance against Scotland, deservedly won 19:13 and thus reached a semi-finals for the first time. The Scots had already achieved their goal in full by reaching the quarter-finals.
Semifinals
The unexpected victories of England and France made it clear that, contrary to fears that no European team could reach the semi-finals, a team from Europe would even make it to the final. After France got off to a powerful start in the encounter between their old rivals and took the lead, it was Jonny Wilkinson once again who, shortly before the end of the game, brought about the decision in favor of England. England won 14: 9, were in the final and had the chance to be the first team to defend their title.
In the second semi-final game, the Argentinians showed a weaker performance for the only time in the championship and deservedly lost against the South African team. The 37:13 was a clear result and meant the end of the dream of the big sensation for the Pumas , for the Springboks the continuation of the mission of world championship title.
final
In the small final for third place, it was again the Argentines who defeated France in front of their home crowd. Again, Les Bleus found no recipe against the South Americans and justifiably conceded their third tournament defeat. In Argentina, the bronze medal was enthusiastically received, in France there was a hangover mood. After the tournament it became known that the French coach Bernard Laporte, who had been promoted to Minister of Sport after the World Cup, was being investigated for tax evasion.
In the final, the English failed to defend their 2003 title. South Africa was able to win a total of 15: 6 against England through penalties from Montgomery and Steyn. The only attempt at the game for England was not given after several minutes of video evidence by the fourth official. The trophy was presented in the presence of the South African President Thabo Mbeki .
statistics
Teams
It is noticeable that by far the most points and attempts were scored by the New Zealand team, which had already been eliminated in the quarter-finals, while the world champions only followed in second place with almost fifty points less. England reached an average of twenty points in seven games, but with this performance they became vice world champions.
Almost three hundred attempts (an average of 6.17 per game) are compared to just fourteen drop goals (0.29 - only six teams ever scored this way).
Overall, the great fairness should also be emphasized, in this very physical sport there were on average fewer than two yellow cards (with a ten-minute penalty) per team during the entire tournament and only two red cards at all during the entire tournament.
| team | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Points | tries | elevated Ungen |
criminal kicks |
Drop goals |
Yellow cards |
Red cards |
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New Zealand
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5 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 327 | 48 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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South Africa
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7th | 7th | 0 | 0 | 278 | 33 | 25th | 21st | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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France
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7th | 4th | 0 | 3 | 227 | 27 | 19th | 18th | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Australia
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5 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 225 | 31 | 20th | 8th | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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Argentina
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7th | 6th | 0 | 1 | 209 | 23 | 14th | 18th | 4th | 3 | 0 |
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Wales
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4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 23 | 16 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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England
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7th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 12 | 7th | 17th | 5 | 1 | 0 |
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Fiji
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 134 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Scotland
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 129 | 15th | 15th | 8th | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Tonga
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4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 9 | 7th | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
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Italy
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4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 8th | 6th | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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Samoa
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4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 5 | 4th | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Ireland
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4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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Japan
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4th | 0 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 7th | 4th | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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United States
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4th | 0 | 0 | 4th | 61 | 7th | 4th | 6th | 0 | 4th | 0 |
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Canada
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4th | 0 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Georgia
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4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Romania
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4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Portugal
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4th | 0 | 0 | 4th | 38 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Namibia
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4th | 0 | 0 | 4th | 30th | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| total | 48 | 2498 | 296 | 211 | 178 | 14th | 34 | 2 |
Most points scored
The most successful points supplier at the World Championships was the South African final player Percy Montgomery , who achieved a total of 105 points in seven games. In addition, the English connector Jonny Wilkinson achieved a new record with 249 points for the total points scored at world championships and exceeded the previous record of the Scottish Gavin Hastings by 22 points.
| rank | player | team | position | Games | tries | elevated Ungen |
criminal kicks |
Drop goals |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Percy Montgomery |
South Africa
|
Goalkeeper | 7th | 2 | 22nd | 17th | 0 | 105 |
| 2. | Felipe Contepomi |
Argentina
|
Inner three quarters | 7th | 3 | 11 | 18th | 0 | 91 |
| 3. | Jonny Wilkinson |
England
|
Connection half | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14th | 5 | 67 |
| 4th | Nick Evans |
New Zealand
|
Connection half | 4th | 2 | 20th | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 5. | Jean-Baptiste Élissalde |
France
|
Half of the crowd | 7th | 1 | 12 | 6th | 0 | 47 |
| 6th | Chris Paterson |
Scotland
|
Outer three-quarters | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7th | 0 | 46 |
| 7th | Pierre Hola |
Tonga
|
Connection half | 4th | 0 | 7th | 10 | 0 | 44 |
| 8th. | Lionel Beauxis |
France
|
Connection half | 6th | 1 | 7th | 8th | 0 | 43 |
| 9. | Nicky Little |
Fiji
|
Connection half | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8th | 0 | 42 |
| 10. | Matt Giteau |
Australia
|
Connection half | 4th | 3 | 8th | 3 | 0 | 40 |
| Bryan Habana |
South Africa
|
Outer three-quarters | 7th | 8th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| Daniel Carter |
New Zealand
|
Connection half | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 40 |
Most attempts made
With a total of eight attempts , the South African outer three-quarter Bryan Habana set the record for most attempts by Jonah Lomu in 1999 at a World Cup .
| rank | player | team | position | Games | tries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryan Habana |
South Africa
|
Outer three-quarters | 7th | 8th |
| 2. | Drew Mitchell |
Australia
|
Outer three-quarters | 5 | 7th |
| 3. | Doug Howlett |
New Zealand
|
Outer three-quarters | 3 | 6th |
| Shane Williams |
Wales
|
Outer three-quarters | 4th | 6th | |
| 5. | Joe Rocococo |
New Zealand
|
Outer three-quarters | 3 | 5 |
| Chris Latham |
Australia
|
Goalkeeper | 5 | 5 | |
| Vincent Clerc |
France
|
Outer three-quarters | 6th | 5 | |
| 8th. | Rory Lamont |
Scotland
|
Goalkeeper | 4th | 4th |
| Sitiveni Sivivatu |
New Zealand
|
Outer three-quarters | 4th | 4th | |
| Jaque Fourie |
South Africa
|
Inner three quarters | 4th | 4th | |
| JP Pietersen |
South Africa
|
Outer three-quarters | 5 | 4th | |
| Juan Smith |
South Africa
|
Third row striker | 5 | 4th | |
| Paul Sackey |
England
|
Outer three-quarters | 5 | 4th |
Web links
- Official website
- Review of worldcupweb.com
- “South Africa dethrones England” , Spiegel Online , October 20, 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ dsf.de, TV program for the world championship ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ IRB scraps Asian World Cup qualifiers in Sri Lanka ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Report on lankabusinessonline.com)
- ↑ Unprecedented demand for RWC 2007 tickets . rugbyworldcup.com. November 9, 2006. Archived from the original on January 25, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2006.
- ↑ RWC 2007 Worldwide Partners . rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2007.
- ↑ RWC 2007 sponsors . rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 14, 2007.
