For the first time in the tournament's history each of the 20 teams will be located in a regional base camp town/city during the initial pool stages of the Tournament.

Teams will stay and train in the town/city and will play at least one match in their base camp region. Teams will travel to other match cities from the base camp, stay in the match city for a selected period of time then return to the base camp.

Within close proximity of each base camp hotel and match hotel will be standardised training facilities for all teams comprising: one full-size rugby pitch and access to a reserve pitch; an indoor training area; a swimming pool; and a gymnasium.

After the pool stages those teams not qualifying for the knockout stages will return home.

For the knockout stages of the Tournament (quarter-finals, semi-finals, Bronze Final and Final) hotels have been identified in Cardiff, Marseille and Paris. The eight quarter-final teams will arrive in their respective match cities on Tuesday October 2, 2007.

The schedule may be subject to change.

RWC 2007 team base camps:
Argentina: Paris (first week around opening match) then Lyon (Rhone Alps)
Australia: Montpellier (Languedoc-Rousillon)
Canada: Bordeaux (Aquitaine)
England: Versailles (Ile de France)
Fiji: Moissac (Midi-Pyrenees)
France: Marcoussis (Ile de France)
Georgia: Near Villefranche-sur-Saône (Rhone-Alpes)
Ireland: Bordeaux (Aquitaine)
Italy: Marseille (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) and Saint Rémy de Provence (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
Japan: Near Toulouse (Midi-Pyrenees)
New Zealand: Marseille (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) and Aix-en-Provence (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
Namibia: Near Marseille (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
Romania: To be confirmed (Aquitaine)
Samoa: Near Paris (Ile-de-France)
Scotland: St Etienne (Rhone-Alpes)
South Africa: Seine-Saint-Denis/Paris (Ile de France)
USA: (Near Lille for first match then) Lyon (Rhone-Alpes)
Wales: Pornichet/Saint-Nazaire (Pays de la Loire)
Repechage 1: To be confirmed
Repechage 2: To be confirmed