Better start saving for your 2015 World Cup tickets! Watching England will cost up to £315 and a seat at the final could set you back £715
By Duncan Bech, Press Association
PUBLISHED: 11:42, 27 November 2013 | UPDATED: 12:16, 27 November 2013
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The eye-watering cost of watching the 2015 World Cup has been revealed with England tickets costing up to £315 and seats for the final ranging from £150 to £715.
All four of England's Pool A games at Twickenham, including their critical September 26 showdown with Wales, are scheduled for 8pm starts.
England 2015 has announced that over one million of the total 2.3million available tickets will go on sale at £100 or less with 500,000 selling at £50 or less.
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The essential guide
Tickets for the World Cup final range from £150 to £715
There are no child tickets available in the knock-out stages – so Under 16s will have to pay £95 for a ticket
Category A tickets to England’s group games will cost you £315 each
The top hospitality package at the World Cup final costs £1,900 per person
All England’s pool stage matches kick off at 8pm
To follow England all the way to the final - with the best tickets available – costs £2,675
500,000 tickets will be sold through rugby clubs ensuring 'loyal' fans get first option
Cheapest child tickets to some pool matches are only £7
.Adult ticket prices start at £15 for pool matches and child tickets will be available from £7 at 41 of the 48 matches.
Kick-off times for group games range from midday to 8pm, 2pm or 5pm for the quarter-finals and 5pm for the semi-finals.
'Our key priority is ensuring we give the teams a balanced and equitable schedule which we believe we have achieved,' England 2015 chief executive Debbie Jevans said.
'We have consulted with all our transport providers, our venues and host cities and we feel that we have put together a schedule that takes into account all of the needs of our stakeholders.
'Now that fans have the final piece of the jigsaw, they can start to plan their tournament, be it in stadia or watching from home, and make this a truly memorable celebration of rugby.'
The first wave of tickets, numbering in the region of 500,000, will be distributed through cubs affiliated to the Rugby Football Union next May and will include access to the final.
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.The general sale launch begins in September and there will be a ballot system in place for oversubscribed matches. Unsold tickets will be made available through Ticketmaster from December.
The kick-off times are part of a collaborative process between England 2015, Rugby World Cup Limited, host broadcaster ITV and the tournament's key stakeholders.
The spread of four kick-off times for the pool stages - 12, 2.30pm 5pm and 8pm - contrasts to the range of 11 times for France 2007 and nine in New Zealand two years ago.
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STADIUMS FOR THE 2015 RUGBY WORLD CUP
TWICKENHAM
Capacity: 82,000
Address: 200 Whitton Rd, Twickenham TW2 7BA
Home to: England rugby union team
MILLENNIUM STADIUM
Capacity: 72,500
Address: Westgate St, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF10 1NS
Home to: Wales rugby and football teams
OLYMPIC STADIUM
Capacity: 80,000
Address: Olympic Park, Stratford, London, Greater London E20 2ST
Home to: West Ham from 2016
WEMBLEY
Capacity: 90,000
Address: Wembley, London HA9 0WS
Home to: England football team
ST JAMES' PARK
Capacity: 52,387
Address: St James' Blvd, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1
Home to: Newcastle United
ETIHAD STADIUM
Capacity: 60,000
Address: Etihad Campus, Manchester M11 3FF
Home to: Manchester City
ELLAND ROAD
Capacity: 39,460
Address: 255 Elland Rd, Churwell, Leeds LS11 8TU
Home to: Leeds United
VILLA PARK
Capacity: 42,788
Address: Trinity Rd, Birmingham, West Midlands B6 6HE
Home to: Aston Villa
KING POWER STADIUM
Capacity: 32,262
Address: Filbert Way, Leicester LE2 7FL
Home to: Leicester City
STADIUM:MK
Capacity: 32,000
Address: Denbigh, Milton Keynes, UK
Home to: MK Dons
AMEX STADIUM
Capacity: 30,750
Address: Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, England
Home to: Brighton and Hove Albion
KINGSHOLM STADIUM
Capacity: 16,500
Address: Kingsholm Road, Kingsholm, Gloucester, GL1 3AX
Home to: Gloucester Rugby
SANDY PARK
Capacity: 10,744
Address: Sandy Park Way, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7NN
Home to: Exeter Chiefs
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POOL A
Australia
England
Wales
Oceania 1
Play-off winner
Sep 18, England v Oceania 1, Twickenham
Sep 20, Wales v Play-Off Winner, Millennium
Sep 23, Australia v Oceania 1, Millennium
Sep 26, England v Wales, Twickenham
Sep 27, Australia v Play-Off Winner, Villa Park
Oct 1, Wales v Oceania 1, Millennium
Sat Oct 3, England v Australia, Twickenham
Oct 6, Oceania 1 v Play-Off, stadium:mk
Oct 10, Australia v Wales, Twickenham
Oct 10, England v Play-Off, Manchester
.POOL B
South Africa
Samoa
Scotland
Asia 1
Americas 2
Sep 19, South Africa v Asia 1, Brighton
Sep 20, Samoa v Americas 2, Brighton
Sep 23, Scotland v Asia 1, Kingsholm
Sep 26, South Africa v Samoa, Villa Park
Sep 27, Scotland v Americas 2, Elland Road
Oct 3, Samoa v Asia 1, stadium:mk
Oct 3, South Africa v Scotland, St James' Park
Oct 7, South Africa v Americas 2, Olympic
Oct 10, Samoa v Scotland, St James' Park
Oct 11, Americas 2 v Asia 1, Kingsholm
.POOL C
New Zealand
Argentina
Tonga
Europe 1
Africa 1
Sep 19, Tonga v Europe 1, Kingsholm
Sep 20, New Zealand v Argentina, Wembley
Sep 24, New Zealand v Africa 1, Olympic
Sep 25, Argentina v Europe 1, Kingsholm
Sep 29, Tonga v Africa 1, Sandy Park
Oct 2, New Zealand v Europe 1, Millennium
Oct 4, Argentina v Tonga, Leicester
Oct 7, Africa 1 v Europe 1, Sandy Park
Oct 9, New Zealand v Tonga, St James' Park
Oct 11, Argentina v Africa 1, Leicester
.POOL D
France
Ireland
Italy
Americas 1
Europe 2
Sep 19, Ireland v Americas 1, Millennium
Sep 19, France v Italy, Twickenham
Sep 23, France v Europe 2, Olympic Stadium
Sep 26, Italy v Americas 1, Elland Road
Sep 27, Ireland v Europe 2, Wembley
Oct 1, France v Americas 1, stadium:mk
Oct 4, Ireland v Italy, Olympic Stadium
Oct 6, Americas 1 v Europe 2, Leicester
Oct 11, Italy v Europe 2, Sandy Park
Oct 11, France v Ireland, Millennium Stadium
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KNOCKOUT FIXTURES
Oct 17, QF1: W Pool C v RU Pool D, Millennium Stadium
Oct 17, QF2: W Pool B v RU Pool A, Twickenham
Oct 18, QF3: W Pool D v RU Pool C, Millennium Stadium
Oct 18, QF4: W Pool A v RU Pool B, Twickenham
Oct 24, SF1: W QF1 v W QF2, Twickenham
Oct 25, SF2: W QF3 v W QF4, Twickenham
Oct 30, Bronze Final, Olympic Stadium
Oct 31, Final, Twickenham
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