Rugby World Cup (RWC)

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	Competition Name: Rugby World Cup (RWC)
General Info Edit Overview The Rugby World Cup is the apex of the rugby world.  The very best international teams come together for a massive all-out brawl once every 4 years to find who can be crowned king of the rugby world.  The winner takes away the William Webb Ellis Trophy. Entry to the competition gets tougher every year.  There are over 90 countries ranked by the IRB and the lower teams need to pass through a qualification process, beating off their rivals to earn a right of passage to the main event where 8 spots are up for grabs.  The big nations gain automatic qualification and fill the first 12 spots. Within the tournament there are two main sections of play.  In the first there are 4 pools of 5 teams each, where each pool plays a round-robin style competition meaning 4 games each.  The top 2 teams from each pool then qualify to progress through to the business 'knockout' end of the tournament, comprising of quarterfinals, semi finals and then the final. The RWC is rated as the 3rd biggest sporting event on the globe.  While some find this debatable it is right up there and is getting bigger every year.  Like other major events such as the Olympics, countries face an ever increasing battle win the hosting rights. Rugby World Cup 2011 The Rugby World Cup 2011 is being hosted by New Zealand from 9 September 2011 through to the final on 23 October.  As ever the All Blacks go into the tournament as red hot favourites, but history shows that this means nothing in a knockout tournament like this.  There are multiple teams capable of beating anyone on their day.   Pools  Pool A  Pool B  Pool C  Pool D  Canada  France  Japan  New Zealand  Tonga  Argentina  England  Georgia  Romania  Scotland  Australia  Ireland  Italy  Russia  USA  Fiji  Namibia  Samoa  South Africa  Wales Games Round Robin Phase In the Round Robin, teams play all other teams in their Pool. Quarter Finals QF1: Winner of Pool C takes on Second from Pool D QF2: Winner of Pool B takes on Second from Pool A QF3: Winner of Pool D takes on Second from Pool C QF4: Winner of Pool A takes on Second from Pool B Semi Finals SF1: Winner of QF1 takes on Winner of QF2 SF2: Winner of QF3 takes on Winner of QF4 3rd Place Play-Off Loser of SF1 takes on Loser of SF2 Finals Winner of SF1 takes on Winner of SF Winners History Year   Winner             Runner Up Bronze Winner   4th Place Host Nation                1987 New Zealand    France  Wales  Australia New Zealand/Australia  1991  Australia   England  New Zealand  Scotland UK / France  1995 South Africa   New Zealand  France  England South Africa  1999 Australia   France  South Africa  New Zealand Wales  2003 England  Australia  New Zealand  France Australia 2007 South Africa  England  Argentina  France France 2011 New Zealand  France  Australia  Wales New Zealand 2015          England  2019          Japan     Opinions Add Opinion No Rants (Opinions) Created Yet