Rugby World Cup 2011

The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005. The IRB Council eliminated South Africa in the first of two rounds of voting.

The tournament was won by New Zealand, who defeated France 8–7 in the final.[1] South Africa, the defending champions, were eliminated by Australia 11–9 in the quarter-finals.

Result detail:

Rugby World Cup 2011
Group A
New Zealand	France	Canada	Japan	Tonga
Date Team Result Team 9-9-2011 New Zealand 41 - 10 Tonga 10-9-2011 France 47 - 21 Japan 14-9-2011 Canada 25 - 20 Tonga 16-9-2011 New Zealand 83 - 7 Japan 18-9-2011 France 46 - 19 Canada 21-9-2011 Tonga 31 - 18 Japan 24-9-2011 New Zealand 37 - 17 France 27-9-2011 Canada 23 - 23 Japan 1-10-2011 Tonga 19 - 14 France 2-10-2011 New Zealand 79 - 15 Canada

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Group B
Scotland	England	Argentina	Georgia	Romania
Date Team Result Team 10-9-2011 Scotland 34 - 24 Romania 10-9-2011 England 13 - 9 Argentina 14-9-2011 Scotland 15 - 6 Georgia 17-9-2011 Argentina 43 - 8 Romania 18-9-2011 England 41 - 10 Georgia 24-9-2011 England 67 - 3 Romania 25-9-2011 Argentina 13 - 12 Scotland 28-9-2011 Georgia 25 - 9 Romania 1-10-2011 England 16 - 12 Scotland 2-10-2011 Argentina 25 - 7 Georgia

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Group C
Australia	Ireland	Russia	United States	Italy
Date Team Result Team 11-9-2011 Australia 32 - 6 Italy 11-9-2011 Ireland 22 - 10 United States 15-9-2011 United States 13 - 6 Russia 17-9-2011 Ireland 15- 6 Australia 20-9-2011 Italy 53 - 17 Russia 23-9-2011 Australia 67 - 5 United States 25-9-2011 Ireland 62 - 12 Russia 27-9-2011 Italy 27 - 10 United States 1-10-2011 Australia 68 - 22 Russia 2-10-2011 Ireland 36 - 6 Italy

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Group D
South Africa	Wales	Samoa	Fiji	Namibia
Date Team Result Team 10-9-2011 Fiji 49 - 25 Namibia 11-9-2011 South Africa 17 - 16 Wales 14-9-2011 Samoa 49 - 12 Namibia 17-9-2011 South Africa 49 - 3 Fiji 18-9-2011 Wales 17 - 10 Namibia 22-9-2011 South Africa 87 - 0 Namibia 25-9-2011 Samoa 27 - 7 Fiji 26-9-2011 Wales 81 - 7 Namibia 30-9-2011 South Africa 13 - 5 Samoa 2-10-2011 Wales 66 - 0 Fiji

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Quarter-finals Date Team Result Team 8-10-2011 Wales 22 - 10 Ireland 8-10-2011 France 19- 12 England 9-10-2011 Australia 11 - 9 South Africa 9-10-2011 New Zealand 33 - 10 Argentina

Semi-finals Date Team Result Team 15-10-2011 France 9 - 8 Wales 16-10-2011 New Zealand  20 - 6 Australia

Third - Place Date Team Result Team 21-10-2011  Australia 21 -18  Wales

Final Date Team Result Team 23-10-2011  New Zealand 8 -7  France