2015 Rugby World Cup

The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the 8th Rugby World Cup tournament. It was played in England from 18 September to 31 October. New Zealand won the tournament over Australia to win their 3rd title. 20 nations competed in the tournament.

 Host nation 

On 28 July 2009, the International Rugby Board chose England as the host for the 205 tournament, and Japan for the 2019 competition. Italy, JapanJapan joins England and South Africa in bidding for Rugby World Cup, guardian.co.uk, 8 May 2009 and South Africa all wanted to host the tournament.

 Venues 

The final venues and schedule were all confirmed on 2 May 2013.

LondonLondonLondonCardiff (Wales)Wembley StadiumTwickenhamOlympic StadiumMillennium StadiumCapacity: 90,000Capacity: 85,000Capacity: 56,000Capacity: 74,154180px180px180px180pxNewcastleManchesterSt James' ParkManchester City StadiumCapacity: 52,409Capacity: 55,097180px180pxBirminghamLeedsVilla ParkElland RoadCapacity: 42,785Capacity: 37,914180px180pxLeicesterBrightonMilton KeynesGloucesterExeterLeicester City StadiumBrighton Community StadiumStadium mkKingsholm StadiumSandy ParkCapacity: 32,312Capacity: 30,750Capacity: 30,717Capacity: 16,500Capacity: 12,300180px180px180px180px180px

 Teams 
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





  (withdrew)


 Oceania






 Pool stage 

 Pool A 

PosTeamPldWDLTFPFPA+/−BPPtsQualification1 Australia44001714135+106117Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup243011111162+49113342021613375+58311Qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup441031084101–171554004230226–19600

 Pool B 

PosTeamPldWDLTFPFPA+/−BPPtsQualification143012317656+120416Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup243011413693+4321434301998100–2012Qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup44103769124–552654004550156–10600

 Pool C 

PosTeamPldWDLTFPFPA+/−BPPtsQualification1 New Zealand44002517449+125319Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup243012217970+10931534202553123–7008Qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup44103870130–602654004870174–10411

 Pool D 

PosTeamPldWDLTFPFPA+/−BPPtsQualification144001613435+99218Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup243011212063+572143420277488–14210Qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup44103760129–690454004758131–7322

 Knockout stage 

 Statistics 

+ Top points scorersPlayerTeamPointsNicolás Sánchez97Handré Pollard93Bernard Foley Australia82Dan Carter New Zealand82Greig Laidlaw79Ayumu Goromaru58

Overall
 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 

 Other websites 



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