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Rugby World Cup Match Schedule Announced
The full match schedule for the 2011 Rugby World Cup has been announced. Click here for the details.
11/03/2009
Rugby World Cup Draw Announced
The draw for the 2011 Rugby World Cup has been announced. Click here for the details.
01/12/2008
Rugby World Cup Qualifying Begins
Caribbean nations are the first to begin the qualification process for the 2011 Rugby World Cup with
their first match of the 2008 Caribbean Championship on April 20.
The Caribbean Championship consists of a six day knock-out tournament involving Bahamas, Bermuda,
Cayman Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago. The winner of this tournament will
progress on to play the winner of the South American Division B Championship, involving Brazil, Colombia,
Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.
These qualification tournaments are part of the new-look global regional qualifying system which by 2010 will
produce eight teams that will join the other twelve automatic qualifying nations in competing for the 2011 Rugby
World Cup in New Zealand.
Of the eight qualification places still available, two each will be allocated to Europe and the Americas, one each to Africa, Asia
and Oceania, and the last place determined by a play-off.
19/04/2008
Rankings will determine seeding for 2011 Rugby World Cup
Tournament seeding for 2011 Rugby World Cup will for the first time be based on rankings. The cut-off
date for rankings will be December 1st 2008, and during December the twelve automatic qualifying teams
will be placed into pools based on these rankings. Other teams will be allocated into pools during the
first quarter of 2009.
22/02/2008
Eden Park to host Final and Semi-Finals
It was confirmed today that Auckland's Eden Park will host both semi-finals and the grand final of
the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Eden Park is New Zealand's largest stadium and will seat 62,000 spectators.
22/02/2008
20 Teams Confirmed for the 2011 Rugby World Cup
The IRB has announced that 20 teams will compete for the Rugby World Cup in 2011. This will be the same
number of teams that competed in the last three tournaments. The IRB has previously stated that a review
of the number of teams would take place to ensure that the tournament remains competitive and commercially
attractive in the future. The decision that 20 teams will compete in 2011 follows recent impressive performances
by developing nations at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.
30/11/2007
Rugby World Cup Final Date Announced
The 2011 Rugby World Cup final will be played on the weekend of the 22-23 October, 2011. It has not yet
been confirmed whether the match will be on the Saturday or Sunday. The match will be held at Eden Park,
Auckland, New Zealand. This will ensure that the tournament will finish on a long weekend here in New Zealand,
with Monday 24 October being a public holiday.
25/07/2007
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