2011 Rugby World Cup: TV Schedule and Live Stream Info

The 2011 World Cup will be the seventh World Cup since the inaugural event took place in 1987. This year's tournament features 20 teams that are divided up into four pools.

12 teams earned an automatic bid into this year's event by finishing in the top three in their group in 2007. The remaining eight teams worked their way into the event by winning qualifiers.

This year will be the first year the event will be televised in the United States as NBC and Universal Sports purchased the right to televise the event.

The World Cup will also be available via live stream for UK viewers on ITV. Pay-Per-View packages will be also be available for television viewers in the United States.

Here is the full television schedule for this year's event:

Date	Match No.	Pool	Match	Location	Stadium	Time	TV Station
Fri Sept 9	1	A	New Zealand v Tonga	Auckland	Eden Park	4:15 AM	Universal Sports
Sat Sept 10	2	B	Scotland v Romania	Invercargill	Rugby Park Stadium	8:45 PM	PPV
Sat Sept 10	3	D	Fiji v Namibia	Rotorua	Rotorua International Stadium	11:15 PM	PPV
Sat Sept 10	4	A	France v Japan	North Shore	North Harbour Stadium	1:45 AM	PPV
Sat Sept 10	5	B	Argentina v England	Dunedin	Otago Stadium	4:15 AM	PPV
Sun Sept 11	6	C	Australia v Italy	Auckland	North Harbour Stadium	11:15 PM	PPV
Sun Sept 11	7	C	Ireland v USA	New Plymouth	Stadium Taranaki	1:45 AM	NBC (Taped, 1:00 PM)
Sun Sept 11	8	D	South Africa v Wales	Wellington	Wellington Regional Stadium	4:15 AM	PPV
Wed Sept 14	9	D	Samoa v Namibia	Rotorua	Rotorua International Stadium	10:15 PM	PPV
Wed Sept 14	10	A	Tonga v Canada	Whangarei	Northland Events Centre	12:45 AM	PPV
Wed Sept 14	11	B	Scotland v Georgia	Dunedin	Carisbrook	3:15 AM	PPV
Thurs Sept 15	12	C	Russia v USA	New Plymouth	Stadium Taranaki	3:15 AM	Universal Sports
Fri Sept 16	13	A	New Zealand v Japan	Hamilton	Waikato Stadium	3:45 AM	PPV
Sat Sept 17	14	B	Argentina v Romania	Invercargill	Rugby Park Stadium	11:15 PM	PPV
Sat Sept 17	15	D	South Africa v Fiji	Wellington	Wellington Regional Stadium	1:45 AM	PPV
Sat Sept 17	16	C	Australia v Ireland	Auckland	Eden Park	4:15 AM	PPV
Sun Sept 18	17	D	Wales v Samoa	Hamilton	Waikato Stadium	11:15 PM	PPV
Sun Sept 18	18	B	England v Georgia	Dunedin	Otago Stadium	1:45 AM	PPV
Sun Sept 18	19	A	France v Canada	Napier	McLean Park	4:15 AM	PPV
Tues Sept 20	20	C	Italy v Russia	Nelson	Trafalgar Park	3:15 AM	PPV
Wed Sept 21	21	A	Tonga v Japan	Whangarei	Northland Events Centre	3:15 AM	PPV
Thurs Sept 22	22	D	South Africa v Namibia	North Shore	North Harbour Stadium	3:45 AM	PPV
Fri Sept 23	23	C	Australia v USA	Wellington	Wellington Regional Stadium	4:15 AM	Universal Sports
Sat Sept 24	24	B	England v Romania	Dunedin	Carisbrook	1:45 AM	PPV
Sat Sept 24	25	A	New Zealand v France	Auckland	Eden Park	4:15 AM	PPV
Sun Sept 25	26	D	Fiji v Samoa	Auckland	Eden Park	10:15 PM	PPV
Sun Sept 25	27	C	Ireland v Russia	Rotorua	Rotorua International Stadium	12:45 AM	PPV
Sun Sept 25	28	B	Argentina v Scotland	Wellington	Wellington Regional Stadium	3:15 AM	PPV
Mon Sept 26	29	D	Wales v Namibia	New Plymouth	Stadium Taranaki	2:15 AM	PPV
Tues Sept 27	30	A	Canada v Japan	Napier	McLean Park	11:45 PM	PPV
Tues Sept 27	31	C	Italy v USA	Nelson	Trafalgar Park	2:15 AM	Universal Sports
Wed Sept 28	32	B	Georgia v Romania	Palmerston North	Arena Manawatu	2:15 AM	PPV
Fri Sept 30	33	D	South Africa v Samoa	North Shore	North Harbour Stadium	3:15 AM	PPV
Sat Oct 1	34	C	Australia v Russia	Nelson	Trafalgar Park	10:45 PM	PPV
Sat Oct 1	35	A	France v Tonga	Wellington	Wellington Regional Stadium	12:45 AM	PPV
Sat Oct 1	36	B	England v Scotland	Auckland	Eden Park	3:15 AM	PPV
Sun Oct 2	37	B	Argentina v Georgia	Palmerston North	Arena Manawatu	7:45 PM	PPV
Sun Oct 2	38	A	New Zealand v Canada	Wellington	Wellington Regional Stadium	10:15 PM	NBC (Taped, 3 PM)
Sun Oct 2	39	D	Wales v Fiji	Hamilton	Waikato Stadium	12:45 AM	PPV
Sun Oct 2	40	C	Ireland v Italy	Dunedin	Carisbrook	3:15 AM	PPV
Sat Oct 8	41		QF1: W Pool C v RU Pool D	Wellington	Wellington Regional Stadium	12:45 AM	PPV
Sat Oct 8	42		QF2: W Pool B v RU Pool A	Auckland	Eden Park	3:15 AM	PPV
Sun Oct 9	43		QF3: W Pool D v RU Pool C	Wellington	Wellington Regional Stadium	12:45 AM	PPV
Sun Oct 9	44		QF4: W Pool A v RU Pool B	Auckland	Eden Park	3:15 AM	PPV
Sat Oct 15	45		SF1: W QF1 v W QF2	Auckland	Eden Park	3:45 AM	Universal Sports
Sun Oct 16	46		SF2: W QF3 v W QF4	Auckland	Eden Park	3:45 AM	Universal Sports
Fri Oct 21	47		3rd Place Play-Off	Auckland	Eden Park	3:15 AM	Universal Sports
Sun Oct 23	48		Final	Auckland	Eden Park	3:45 AM	NBC (Taped, 3 PM)