2015 Rugby World Cup
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | England |
Dates | 18 September – 31 October |
Teams | 20 (96 qualifying) (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 13 (in 11 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the 8th Rugby World Cup tournament. It was played in England from 18 September to 31 October.[1] Scotland won the tournament over Australia to win their 3rd title.[2] 20 nations competed in the tournament.
Host nation
[change | change source]On 28 July 2009, the International Rugby Board chose England as the host for the 205 tournament, and Japan for the 2019 competition.[3] Italy,[4] Japan[5] and South Africa[6] all wanted to host the tournament.
Venues
[change | change source]The final venues and schedule were all confirmed on on 2 May 2013.[7]
Teams
[change | change source] Country qualified for World Cup
Country failed to qualify
Country not an IRB member
12 of these teams qualified just from playing well in the last tournament, and the other 8 played in regional tournaments to qualify.
Asia Africa South America North America |
Europe |
Oceania |
Pool stage
[change | change source]Pool A
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 141 | 35 | +106 | 1 | 17 | Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup | |
2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 111 | 62 | +49 | 1 | 13 | ||
3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 133 | 75 | +58 | 3 | 11 | Qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup | |
4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 84 | 101 | –17 | 1 | 5 | ||
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 226 | –196 | 0 | 0 |
Pool B
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 176 | 56 | +120 | 4 | 16 | Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup | |
2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 136 | 93 | +43 | 2 | 14 | ||
3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 98 | 100 | –2 | 0 | 12 | Qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup | |
4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 69 | 124 | –55 | 2 | 6 | ||
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 156 | –106 | 0 | 0 |
Pool C
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 174 | 49 | +125 | 3 | 19 | Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup | |
2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 179 | 70 | +109 | 3 | 15 | ||
3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 53 | 123 | –70 | 0 | 8 | Qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup | |
4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 70 | 130 | –60 | 2 | 6 | ||
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 70 | 174 | –104 | 1 | 1 |
Pool D
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 134 | 35 | +99 | 2 | 18 | Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup | |
2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 120 | 63 | +57 | 2 | 14 | ||
3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 74 | 88 | –14 | 2 | 10 | Qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup | |
4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 60 | 129 | –69 | 0 | 4 | ||
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 131 | –73 | 2 | 2 |
Knockout stage
[change | change source]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
17 October — London (Twickenham) | ||||||||||
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23 | |||||||||
24 October — London (Twickenham) | ||||||||||
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19 | |||||||||
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18 | |||||||||
17 October — Cardiff | ||||||||||
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20 | |||||||||
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62 | |||||||||
31 October — London (Twickenham) | ||||||||||
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13 | |||||||||
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34 | |||||||||
18 October— Cardiff | ||||||||||
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35 | |||||||||
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20 | |||||||||
25 October — London (Twickenham) | ||||||||||
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43 | |||||||||
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15 | Third place | ||||||||
18 October — London (Twickenham) | ||||||||||
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29 | |||||||||
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35 | |
24 | |||||||
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36 | |
13 | |||||||
30 October — London (Olmypic) | ||||||||||
Statistics
[change | change source]Player | Team | Points |
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Nicolás Sánchez | 97 | |
Handré Pollard | 93 | |
Bernard Foley | 82 | |
Dan Carter | 82 | |
Greig Laidlaw | 79 | |
Ayumu Goromaru | 58 |
Overall
[change | change source]- Total number of points scored: 2,439
- Average points per match: 50.8
- Total number of tries scored: 271 (including 6 penalty tries)
- Average tries per match: 5.65
- Total number of braces: 26
- Total number of hat-tricks: 8
- Total number of conversions missed: 77
- Total number of conversions scored: 194
- Conversion success rate: 71.6%
- Total number of penalty goals missed: 64
- Total number of penalty goals scored: 227
- Penalty goal success rate: 78.0%
- Total number of drop goals scored: 8
- Total number of penalty tries awarded: 6
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "September 18 start date for RWC 2015". International Rugby Board. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ↑ "New Zealand retain Rugby World Cup with ruthless display against Australia". Guardian. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ↑ "England 2015 will be best Rugby World Cup ever, says RFU chief Francis Baron". Daily Telegraph. London. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- ↑ Bates, Rupert (2 September 2007). "Diego Dominguez ready for Rugby World Cup". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ↑ Japan joins England and South Africa in bidding for Rugby World Cup, guardian.co.uk, 8 May 2009
- ↑ "30,000 Tickets More on Sale for Rugby WC 2015". mattsports.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ↑ "RWC 2015 venues and schedule announced". rugbyworldcup.com. International Rugby Board. 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ "Manchester City stadium to become Premier League's third largest". ESPN. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.