Rugby World Cup 2007 Schedule/Fixtures

Rugby World Cup 2007 is just a few weeks away. France will host the tournament from 7 September, 2007. Twenty participating teams will be competing in the tournament. In Pool stage 20 teams will be divided into four Pools of five teams. Reigning champion England and three former champions Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are most favorites to the title. From each pool two teams will go into the knock out stage. Winners of four quarter final matches will progress to the semi final stage. Two semi final winners will be competing in the final whereas the two semi final loser will face each other in the third or fourth place deciding match. Final match will be held on 20 October.

For your convenience, I am giving the full schedule or fixture of Rugby World Cup 2007 below:

Pool Stage

Date	Pool	Competing Teams	Venue	Referee
7-9-2007	D	France vs Argentina	Saint-Denis	Tony Spreadbury (England)
8-9-2007	A	England vs USA	Lens	Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
	B	Australia vs Japan	Lyon	Alan Lewis (Ireland)
	C	New Zealand vs Italy	Marseille	Wayne Barnes (England)
9-9-2007	A	South Africa vs Samoa	Paris	Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
	B	Wales vs Canada	Nantes	Alan Lewis (Ireland)
	C	Scotland vs Portugal	St-Etienne	Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
	D	Ireland vs Namibia	Bordeaux	Joël Jutge (France)
11-9-2007	D	Argentina vs Georgia	Lyon	Nigel Owens (Wales)
12-9-2007	A	USA vs Tonga	Montpellier	Stuart Dickinson (Australlia)
	B	Japan vs Fiji	Toulouse	Marius Jonker (South Africa)
	C	Italy vs Romania	Marseille	Tony Spreadbury (England)
14-9-2007	A	England vs South Africa	Saint-Denis	Joël Jutge (France)
15-9-2007	B	Wales vs Australia	Cardiff	Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
	C	New Zealand vs Portugal	Lyon	Chris White (England)
	D	Ireland vs Georgia	Bordeaux	Wayne Barnes (England)
16-9-2007	A	Samoa vs Tonga	Montpellier	Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
	B	Fiji vs Canada	Cardiff	Tony Spreadbury (England)
	D	France vs Namibia	Toulouse	Alain Rolland (Ireland)
18-9-2007	C	Scotland vs Romania	Edinburgh	Nigel Owens (Wales)
19-9-2007	C	Italy vs Portugal	Paris	Marius Jonker (South Africa)
20-9-2007	B	Wales vs Japan	Cardiff	Joël Jutge (France)
21-9-2007	D	France vs Ireland	Saint-Denis	Chris White (England)
22-9-2007	A	South Africa vs Tonga	Lens	Wayne Barnes (England)
	A	England vs Samoa	Nantes	Alan Lewis (Ireland)
	D	Argentina vs Namibia	Marseille	Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
23-9-2007	B	Australia vs Fiji	Montpellier	Nigel Owens (Wales)
	C	Scotland vs New Zealand	Edinburgh	Marius Jonker (South Africa)
25-9-2007	B	Canada vs Japan	Bordeaux	Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
	C	Romania vs Portugal	Toulouse	Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
26-9-2007	A	Samoa vs USA	St-Etienne	Wayne Barnes (England)
	D	Georgia vs Namibia	Lens	Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
28-9-2007	A	England vs Tonga	Paris	Alain Rolland (Ireland)
29-9-2007	B	Australia vs Canada	Bordeaux	Chris White (England)
	B	Wales vs Fiji	Nantes	Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
	C	New Zealand vs Romania	Toulouse	Joël Jutge (France)
	C	Scotland vs Italy	St-Etienne	Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
30-9-2007	A	South Africa vs USA	Montpellier	Tony Spreadbury (England)
	D	France vs Georgia	Marseille	Alan Lewis (Ireland)
	D	Ireland vs Argentina	Paris	Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

Knock-out Stages

Stage	Date	Competing Teams	Venue
Quarter Final (QF)	6-10-2007	Pool B Winner vs Pool A Runner Up	Marseille
	6-10-2007	Pool C Winner vs Pool D Runner Up	Cardiff
	7-10-2007	Pool A Winner vs Pool B Runner Up	Marseille
	7-10-2007	Pool D Winner vs Pool C Runner Up	Saint-Denis
Semi Final (SF)	13-10-2007	Winner of QF 1 vs Winner of QF 2	Saint-Denis
	14-10-2007	Winner of QF 3 vs Winner of QF 4	Saint-Denis
Third/ Fourth Place Playoff	19-10-2007	Loser of SF 1 vs Loser of SF 2	Paris
Final	20-10-2007	Winner of SF 1 vs Winner of SF 2	Saint-Denis

Source:

Wikipedia

Official Website of Rugby World Cup