The 2011 World Cup final will be held in New Zealand on the weekend of October 22-23, the International Rugby Board (IRB) said.
The final will be played at Auckland's Eden Park, the same venue for the inaugural World Cup decider in 1987 when the hosts defeated France.
A decision on the exact day of the final will be made during this year's World Cup, to be held in France from 7 September to 20 October.
The IRB said it was still discussing the possibility of reducing the number of competing teams from 20 to 16 to avoid one-sided matches between mis-matched teams.
'It is envisaged a decision on this will be made in October this year,' IRB chairman Syd Millar said in a statement.
