Eden Park - IRB Rugby World Cup 2011

IRB Rugby World Cup 2011

Eden Park was the largest stadium selected for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. After the 2011 Canterbury earthquakes, the two quarter final matches (scheduled to be held in the AMI Stadium in Christchurch), were moved to Eden Park. Eden Park therefore played host to the opening ceremony and also hosted the following 11 matches:

Date Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
2011-09-09 New Zealand 41–10 Tonga Pool A (opening match) 60,214
2011-09-17 Australia 6–15 Ireland Pool C 58,678
2011-09-24 New Zealand 37–17 France Pool A 60,856
2011-09-25 Fiji 7–27 Samoa Pool D 60,327
2011-10-01 England 16–12 Scotland Pool B 58,213
2011-10-08 England 12–19 France Quarter Final 2 49,105
2011-10-09 New Zealand 33–10 Argentina Quarter Final 4 57,192
2011-10-15 Wales 8–9 France Semi Final 1 58,630
2011-10-16 Australia 6–20 New Zealand Semi Final 2 60,087
2011-10-21 Wales 18–21 Australia Bronze Final 53,014
2011-10-23 New Zealand 8-7 France Final 61,079

On October 23, 2011, Eden Park became the first ground to host two Rugby World Cup finals, after hosting the inaugural tournament final in 1987. Also, the four teams that reached the semi-finals in 2011 were the same teams that reached the semi-finals in 1987. Furthermore, the third-place and final matches consist of the same national teams as in 1987.

Read more about this topic:  Eden Park

Famous quotes containing the words world and/or cup:

    Criticism is infested with the cant of materialism, which assumes that manual skill and activity is the first merit of all men, and disparages such as say and do not, overlooking the fact, that some men, namely, poets, are natural sayers, sent into the world to the end of expression, and confounds them with those whose province is action, but who quit to imitate the sayers.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.
    Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)