If you are a true rugby sport lover then your fantasy is all set to come true since the eight ‘Rugby World Cup’ is all set to commence from 18 September to 31 October and has been hosted by the England. The decision to host the quadrennial rugby union world championship in England was taken in July 2009.
All the organisers of the championship and the Rugby World Cup Limited had recommended the England to IRB (The international Rugby Board). Following the consequent decision of the organizers, England is all set with its preparations and ready to take place soon from the 18th September.
Among 20 teams joined the competition of the world cup, 12 of those teams have already qualified by sustaining their places in the top three places earlier in the 2011 where the rest 8 teams got qualified to compete in the regional competition. But in the previous world cup competed in 2015 among 20 countries, there has been just a minor change that actually reflected i.e. Russia got replaced by Uruguay.
The final match of the world cup will be hosted by the Twickenham Stadium in London so all the rugby lovers are requested to reserve their space on prior basis to avoid the chances of losing the tickets. To host the 2015 Rugby World Cup matches, thirteen match venues have already been confirmed.
Look below to check out the venue names and their detailed info.
- Brighton Community Stadium
- Hosting Capacity- 30,750
- Matches – SOUTH AFRICA vs. JAPAN and SAMOA vs. USA. More info…
- Elland Road
- Hosting capacity– 37,914
- Matches– ITALY vs. CANADA and SCOTLAND vs. USA More info…
- Kingsholm Stadium
- Hosting capacity- 16,500
- Matches- TONGA vs. GEORGIA and SCOTLAND vs. JAPAN. More info…
- Leicester City Stadium
- Hosting capacity- 32,312
- Matches- Argentina vs. Tonga and Canada vs. Romania. More info…
- Manchester City Stadium
- Hosting Capacity- 47,800
- Matches- ENGLAND vs. URUGUAY. More info…
- Millennium Stadium with the capacity of 74,154 guests will be hosting will be hosting the following matches.
- IRELAND vs. CANADA
- WALES vs. URUGUAY
- AUSTRALIA vs. FIJI
- WALES vs. FIJI
- NEW ZEALAND vs. GEORGIA
- FRANCE vs. IRELAND
- QF2: WINNER POOL C vs. RUNNER-UP POOL D
- QF3: WINNER POOL D vs. RUNNER-UP POOL C
For more info, click here…
- The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park with the capacity of 54,000 guests will be hosting the following matches.
- FRANCE vs. ROMANIA
- NEW ZEALAND vs. NAMIBIA
- IRELAND vs. ITALY
- SOUTH AFRICA vs. USA
- LOSER SF1 vs. LOSER SF2
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- The Sandy Park
- Hosting Capacity- 12, 300
- Matches- Tonga vs. Namibia, Namibia vs. Georgia and Ital vs. Romania. More info…
- St. James’ Park
- Hosting Capacity– 52, 409
- Matches- SOUTH AFRICA vs. SCOTLAND, NEW ZEALAND vs. TONGA and SAMOA vs. SCOTLAND matches. More info…
- Stadium MK
- Hosting Capacity- 30, 717
- Matches- FRANCE vs. CANADA, SAMOA vs. JAPAN and FIJI vs. URUGUAY. More info…
- Twickenham Stadium, with the capacity of 81, 608 guests, and the stadium will be hosting the following matches ENGLAND vs. FIJI
- FRANCE vs. ALY
- ENGLAND VWALES
- ENGLAND vs. AUSTRALIA
- QF1: WINNER POOL B vs. RUNNER-UP POOL A
- QF4: WINNER POOL A vs. RUNNER-UP POOL B
- WINNER QF1 vs. WINNER QF2
- WINNER SF1 vs. WINNER SF2
For more info, click here…
- Villa Park
- Hosting Capacity– 42, 785
- Matches- SOUTH AFRICA vs. SAMOA and AUSTRALIA vs. URUGUAY matches. More info…
- Wembley Stadium
- Hosting Capacity- 90, 000
- Matches– NEW ZEALAND vs. ARGENTINA and IRELAND vs. ROMANIA matches. More info…
