The
2007 Rugby World Cup will be the sixth
Rugby World Cup, for the quadrennial world
championship. It will be hosted by France
from September 7 to October 20 of 2007.
France won the right to host the event
in 2003, beating a bid from England. Over
90 nations participated in the regional
qualifying competitions that started in
2004.
The eight quarter-finalists
from the 2003 event automatically qualified,
twelve further nations have qualified.
Portugal is the only debutant nation at
the 2007 World Cup. This World Cup will
have 20 nations contesting 48 matches over
44 days. Forty-two matches will be spread
between ten French cities, with four matches
to be held in Cardiff, Wales and two matches
in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- England
- Samoa
- South Africa
- Tonga
- United States
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- Australia
- Canada
- Fiji
- Japan
- Wales
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- Italy
- New Zealand
- Portugal
- Romania
- Scotland
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- Argentina
- France
- Georgia
- Ireland
- Namibia
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