2003 Rugby World Cup

The 2003 Rugby World Cup was scheduled to be hosted by Australia .

The event is also regarded as the fifth Rugby World Cup . Initially the event was to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. However, following a difference over the contract, all matches were shifted to Australia.

The event was scheduled between 10 th October and 22 nd November. The 2003 Rugby World Cup was won by England . Twenty teams participated in the final stage of the 2003 Rugby World Cup . The eight teams, which made it to the quarter finals of the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales, qualified automatically to the final round of the 2003 event. The qualifying round was arranged for selecting teams for the other twelve spots at the final stage of the 2003 Rugby World Cup .

The twenty teams participating in the 2003 Rugby World Cup were divided in four pools . Five teams were included in each pool. The teams participating in the World Cup were Argentina, Canada, the United States of America, Uruguay, Namibia, South Africa , Japan, Australia, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, New Zealand , England, France , Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Scotland

Participating National Teams

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Australia	France	South Africa	New Zealand
Ireland	United States	England	Wales
Argentina	Japan	Samoa	Italy
Namibia	Fiji	Georgia	Canada
Romania	Scotland	Uruguay	Tonga

Stadium Venues

Stadium Name	Capacity	City Name	State	Country
Telstra Stadium	83500	Sydney	New South Wales	Australia
Aussie Stadium	41159	Sydney	New South Wales	Australia
Central Coast Stadium	20119	Gosford	New South Wales	Australia
WIN Stadium	18484	Wollongong	New South Wales	Australia
Suncorp Stadium	52500	Brisbane	Queensland	Australia
Dairy Farmers Stadium	24843	Townsville	Queensland	Australia
Telstra Dome	53371	Melbourne	Victoria	Australia
Subiaco Oval	42922	Perth	Western Australia	Australia
Canberra Stadium	24647	Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
Adelaide Oval	33597	Adelaide	South Australia	Australia
York Park	19891	Launceston	Tasmania	Australia

 

2003 Rugby World Cup Results

Scheduled Date	Team 1	Match Result	Team 2	Stadium Venue	Country
Pool A
Oct 10, 2003	Australia	24 – 8	Argentina	Sydney	Australia
Oct 11, 2003	Ireland	45 – 17	Romania	Gosford	Australia
Oct 14, 2003	Argentina	67 – 14	Namibia	Gosford	Australia
Oct 18, 2003	Australia	90 – 8	Romania	Brisbane	Australia
Oct 19, 2003	Ireland	64 – 7	Namibia	Sydney	Australia
Oct 22, 2003	Argentina	50 – 3	Romania	Sydney	Australia
Oct 25, 2003	Australia	142 – 0	Namibia	Adelaide	Australia
Oct 26, 2003	Argentina	15 – 16	Ireland	Adelaide	Australia
Oct 30, 2003	Namibia	07 – 37	Romania	Launceston	Australia
Nov 1, 2003	Australia	17 – 16	Ireland	Melbourne	Australia
Pool B
Oct 11, 2003	France	61 – 18	Fiji	Brisbane	Australia
Oct 12, 2003	Scotland	32 – 11	Japan	Townsville	Australia
Oct 15, 2003	Fiji	19 – 18	USA	Brisbane	Australia
Oct 18, 2003	France	51 – 29	Japan	Townsville	Australia
Oct 20, 2003	Scotland	39 – 15	USA	Brisbane	Australia
Oct 23, 2003	Fiji	41 – 13	Japan	Townsville	Australia
Oct 25, 2003	France	51 – 9	Scotland	Sydney	Australia
Oct 27, 2003	Japan	26 – 39	USA	Gosford	Australia
Oct 31, 2003	France	41 – 14	USA	Wollongong	Australia
Nov 1, 2003	Scotland	22 – 20	Fiji	Sydney	Australia
Pool C
Oct 11, 2003	South Africa	72 – 6	Uruguay	Perth	Australia
Oct 12, 2003	England	84 – 6	Georgia	Perth	Australia
Oct 15, 2003	Samoa	60 – 13	Uruguay	Perth	Australia
Oct 18, 2003	South Africa	72 – 6	England	Perth	Australia
Oct 19, 2003	Georgia	09 – 19	Samoa	Perth	Australia
Oct 24, 2003	South Africa	46 – 19	Georgia	Sydney	Australia
Oct 26, 2003	England	35 – 22	Samoa	Melbourne	Australia
Oct 28, 2003	Georgia	12 – 24	Uruguay	Sydney	Australia
Nov 1, 2003	South Africa	60 – 10	Samoa	Brisbane	Australia
Nov 2, 2003	England	111 – 13	Uruguay	Brisbane	Australia
Pool D
Oct 11, 2003	New Zealand	70 – 7	Italy	Melbourne	Australia
Oct 12, 2003	Wales	41 – 10	Canada	Melbourne	Australia
Oct 15, 2003	Italy	36 – 12	Tonga	Canberra	Australia
Oct 17, 2003	New Zealand	68 – 6	Canada	Melbourne	Australia
Oct 19, 2003	Wales	27 – 20	Tonga	Canberra	Australia
Oct 21, 2003	Italy	19 – 14	Canada	Canberra	Australia
Oct 24, 2003	New Zealand	91 – 7	Tonga	Brisbane	Australia
Oct 25, 2003	Italy	15 – 27	Wales	Canberra	Australia
Oct 29, 2003	Canada	24 – 7	Tonga	Wollongong	Australia
Nov 2, 2003	New Zealand	53 – 37	Wales	Sydney	Australia
Quarter Finals
Nov 8, 2003	New Zealand	29 – 9	South Africa	Melbourne	Australia
Nov 8, 2003	Australia	33 – 16	Scotland	Brisbane	Australia
Nov 9, 2003	France	43 – 21	Ireland	Melbourne	Australia
Nov 9, 2003	England	28 – 17	Wales	Brisbane	Australia
Semi Finals
Nov 15, 2003	New Zealand	10 – 22	Australia	Sydney	Australia
Nov 16, 2003	France	07 – 24	England	Sydney	Australia
3rd Place Play-Off
Nov 20, 2003	France	13 – 40	New Zealand	Sydney	Australia
Final
Nov 22, 2003	Australia	17 – 20	England	Sydney	Australia