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The 2011 Rugby World Cup will be held in New Zealand from September 2011 to October 2011.

The following stadiums will be used: Eden Park, Mt Smart Stadium, AMI Stadium, Westpac Stadium, Carisbrook, Waikato Stadium, Mount Smart Stadium. These stadiums are based in the following host cities of New Zealand: Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Hamilton.

Rugby World Cup Tickets 2011

Rugby World Cup 2011

The 2011 Rugby World Cup will be the seventh Rugby World Cup, scheduled to be played over 7 weekends, commencing on 10th September 2011, in New Zealand. The scheduling is such that the final falls on the long weekend of the Labour Day holiday. It will be New Zealand’s largest-ever sporting event and is expected to attract some 70,000 overseas visitors.

New Zealand co-hosted the first Rugby World Cup, in 1987, with Australia. However, its lack of accommodation and sporting stadia were put forward as prospective impediments to future chances of hosting the event. The 2011 bid was led by the New Zealand Rugby Football Union, supported by the New Zealand Government and players, represented by the All Black captain. Following the announcement of their winning bid, by the International Rugby Board in November 2005, the NZFRU expressed their dismay and disappointment towards their Australian counterparts, who had voted against them. The New Zealand Union had mistakenly assumed that the “ANZAC spirit” would result in Australia supporting their bid. However, following South Africa being voted out of the running, their rugby union openly stated that their vote had been for New Zealand.

With the New Zealand bid accepted, the Government revealed plans for “Stadium New Zealand,” to be built in time for the 2011 World Cup. The proposal was for a new stadium, with a seating capacity of 70,000, to be built on Auckland waterfront. However, support was not forthcoming from Auckland Regional Council and after a great deal of public outcry, the plan was dropped in favour of the redevelopment of the existing Eden Park. Reports suggest that this redevelopment work is progressing well. The South and South Western stands have been demolished and the new supporting infrastructure installed, with work commenced on the 1st floor of the South stand. Some planning permission has still to be approved, but the Government is considering passing a law to bypass this problem, in order to allow the stadium’s redevelopment to be completed in timely fashion for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

The 2011 tournament will feature 20 teams, 12 of which have already qualified by finishing in the top three in their pool at the 2007 tournament. The remaining eight teams will be determined by regional qualifying tournaments.

Rugby World Cup 2011 Qualifying

Seeding of teams for the 2011 World Cup was based on their respective IRB World Rankings. The draw was conducted in December 2008 and used the World Rankings as of 30 November 2008, after the Northern Hemisphere Autumn internationals.

Africa has been awarded 1 qualifying place for the 2011 World Cup, the successful side to compete in Group D, alongside South Africa, Wales, Fiji and the Oceania qualifier.

The Americas have 2 qualifying places, one in Group A, alongside New Zealand, France, Tonga and the Asian qualifier and one in Group C, with Australia, Ireland, Italy and a European qualifier.

Europe have 2 places, one in Group B, alongside Argentina, England, Scotland and the playoff winner, and one in Group C.

Asia has one direct qualifying place for the winners of the 2010 Asian Five Nations, who will compete in Group A, while the runners-up in that tournament will progress to the playoff (see below).

Oceania has one qualifying place which will be contested by the winners of the 2009 Oceania Nations Cup and Samoa. The successful side will compete in Group D.

There will be a 4 team playoff to decide the 20th and final place at the 2011 World Cup. The playoffs will include the third place teams from the American and European qualifying tournaments and the second place teams from the African and Asian qualifying tournaments. The winner of the playoff will compete in Pool B.

Rugby World Cup 2011 Tickets

Rugby New Zealand 2011 Ltd. are in the process of developing the ticketing strategy for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. They anticipate releasing details of the ticketing programme towards the end of 2009, with tickets going on global sale in early 2010. Rugby New Zealand 2011 Ltd. have stated that ticket prices will reflect the stature of the tournament as the biggest sporting event of 2011 and expect prices to be similar to those of the Rugby World Cup of 2007.

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