2015 Rugby World Cup

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Rugby World Cup international sports competition rugby union tournament

The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of rugby union’s premier international tournament, held in England and won by New Zealand’s All Blacks, who became the first team to claim three World Cup titles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Rugby World Cup ⓘ
international sports competition ⓘ
rugby union tournament ⓘ
champion New Zealand national rugby union team ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
defendingChampion New Zealand national rugby union team ⓘ
editionNumber 8 ⓘ
endDate 2015-10-31 ⓘ
finalCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
finalHostCountry England ⓘ
finalScore New Zealand 34–17 Australia ⓘ
finalVenue Twickenham ⓘ
surface form: Twickenham Stadium
format pool stage and knockout stage ⓘ
fourthPlace Argentina national rugby union team ⓘ
governingBody World Rugby ⓘ
hostCity Birmingham ⓘ
Brighton ⓘ
Cardiff ⓘ
Exeter ⓘ
Gloucester ⓘ
Leeds ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Manchester ⓘ
Milton Keynes ⓘ
Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
hostCountry England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
hostNationPrimary England ⓘ
hostSelectionBody World Rugby ⓘ
surface form: World Rugby Council
hostSelectionDate 2009-07-28 ⓘ
nextEdition 2019 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
notableUpset Japan defeat South Africa in pool stage ⓘ
numberOfPools 4 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 20 ⓘ
openingMatch England vs Fiji ⓘ
openingMatchVenue Twickenham ⓘ
surface form: Twickenham Stadium
poolNames Pool A ⓘ
Pool B ⓘ
Pool C ⓘ
Pool D ⓘ
previousEdition 2011 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
runnerUp Australia national rugby union team ⓘ
sport rugby union ⓘ
startDate 2015-09-18 ⓘ
thirdPlace South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
topPointScorer Nicolás Sánchez ⓘ
topTryScorer Julian Savea ⓘ
trophy Webb Ellis Cup ⓘ
winnerCaptain Richie McCaw ⓘ
winnerHeadCoach Steve Hansen ⓘ
winnerTitleCount 3 ⓘ
winnerTitleRecord first team to win three Rugby World Cups ⓘ
winnerTrophy Webb Ellis Cup ⓘ

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Rugby World Cup → hasEdition → 2015 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rugby World Cup 2015
2011 Rugby World Cup → nextEdition → 2015 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Beauden Barrett → participatedIn → 2015 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Dan Carter → participatedIn → 2015 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Richie McCaw → participatedIn → 2015 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Richie McCaw → worldCupCaptain → 2015 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
All Blacks → worldCupTitle → 2015 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Beauden Barrett → worldCupWinner → 2015 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Dan Carter → worldCupWinner → 2015 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Richie McCaw → worldCupWinner → 2015 Rugby World Cup ⓘ