Rugby World Cup 

The Rugby World Cup is the leading international rugby union competition in the world. The event is organized by the sport's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB), and is contested by the men's national rugby union teams. 

The trophy is called Webb Ellis Cup, named after the pupil of Rugby School pupil who has invented the game. The tournament is one of the largest international sporting competitions in the world. The current title holder of the championships is England, who won the 2003 tournament held in Australia. 

The next Rugby World Cup is hosted in France during September and October of 2007.

As many as eighty-six countries are competing for the qualifiers that have begun in Europe in September 2004 and end early 2007. Eight quarter finalists of the 2003 world cup are automatically qualified for the world cup 2007. The 20 qualifiers will be divided into four pools: Pool A, Pool B, Pool C, Pool D.

The championships will be held at 12 different renovated and historical stadiums in France. You can check out every detail of the stadiums on the official website of the organizing committee http://www.france2007.fr/ 

Tickets for the Rugby World Cup 2007 are available over three different phases.

The firs phase that has started on Nov. 5, 2005 allows only the registered members of the Rugby unions to buy tickets. 

The second phase has started in April 2006 which is open for general public.
The individual tickets for everyone will go on sale starting from Autumn 2006.

Tickets are available in two categories:

Individual: allows entry to a single match.
Pack: allows entry to a given number of matches for a specified team or city.
The cost of the tickets varies from 29 euros up to, as expensive as 1049 euros including tax. Look into the detailed information about the prices on these official websites:
www.rugbyworldcup/com and www.freance2007.fr 

Tickets can be bought in the following ways:

Online: www.rugbyworldcup.com and www.freance2007.fr
Via phone: + 33 (0) 8 92 69 15 07 from within France only. (0.34 euro/min including tax). 
- + 44 (0) 8702642007 from the UK
- + 353 (0) 81819377 from Ireland