Records and statistics of the Women’s Rugby World Cup: Difference between revisions

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Rugby World Cup records have been accumulating since the first Women’s Rugby World Cup tournament was held in 1991, though these have only been officially sanctioned since 1998, with retroactive acknowledgement given to the two prior tournaments in 2009.^[1]

Ed.	Year	Host	First place game			Third place game			Num. teams
			Champion	Score	Runner-up	Third	Score	Fourth
1	1991	Wales	United States	19–6 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	England	France	Shared[2]	New Zealand	12
2	1994	Scotland	England	38–23 Edinburgh Academicals, Edinburgh	United States	France	27–0 Edinburgh Academicals, Edinburgh	Wales	12
3	1998	Netherlands	New Zealand	44–12 NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam	United States	England	31–15 NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam	Canada	16
4	2002	Spain	New Zealand	19–9 Olympic Stadium, Barcelona	England	France	41–7 Olympic Stadium, Barcelona	Canada	16
5	2006	Canada	New Zealand	25–17 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	England	France	17–8 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	Canada	12
6	2010	England	New Zealand	13–10 Twickenham Stoop, London	England	Australia	22–8 Twickenham Stoop, London	France	12
7	2014	France	England	21–9 Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris	Canada	France	25–18 Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris	Ireland	12
8	2017	Ireland[3]	New Zealand	41–32 Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast	England	France	31–23 Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast	United States	12
9	2021[4]	New Zealand	New Zealand	34–31 Eden Park, Auckland	England	France	36–0 Eden Park, Auckland	Canada	12
10	2025	England	To be determined	Twickenham Stadium, London	To be determined	New Zealand	42–26 Twickenham Stadium, London	France	16
11	2029	Australia	To be determined			To be determined			16
12	2033	United States	To be determined			To be determined			16

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total top 4
New Zealand	6 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017, 2021)	–	–	1 (1991)	7
England	2 (1994, 2014)	6 (1991, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017, 2021)	1 (1998)	–	9
United States	1 (1991)	2 (1994, 1998)	–	1 (2017)	4
Canada	–	1 (2014)	–	4 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2021)	5
France	–	–	7 (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2017, 2021)	1 (2010)	8
Australia			1 (2010)		1
Wales	–	–	–	1 (1994)	1
Ireland	–	–	–	1 (2014)	1

	Team	Tournaments
10	England	1991, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2025
9	France	1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2025
8	New Zealand	1991, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017, 2021, 2025
6	Canada	1998, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2021, 2025
4	United States	1991, 1994, 1998, 2017

Q = nation qualified for Final Tournament not yet played
w = nation withdrew from (final) Tournament
e = nation eliminated in qualifying stage and did not reach Final Tournament
– = nation did not enter competition.

• 4 teams have appeared in every World Cup; Canada, England, France and the United States.
• A number of teams withdrew from the 1994 competition after the IRB (now World Rugby) withdrew support, including hosts Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Italy, and Germany. Further the dissolution of the USSR led to separate Kazakhstan and Russian sides participating.

Last updated: 29 April 2025

Most overall points

Rank	Name	Team	Points	Tries	Con.	Pen.	Drop	Tournaments
1	Emily Scarratt	England	175	8	39	19	0	2010, 2014, 2017, 2021
2	Kelly Brazier	New Zealand	115	10	25	5	0	2010, 2014, 2017,
3	Magali Harvey	Canada	112	10	19	8	0	2014, 2017
4	Portia Woodman-Wickliffe	New Zealand	110	22	0	0	0	2017, 2021, 2025
5	Tammi Wilson	New Zealand	99	10	14	7	0	1998, 2002

Key: Con = Conversions. Pen = Penalties. Drop = Drop Goals.

* There exists a conflict in World Rugby points totals for the 1998 tournament and the tournament website suggesting 73 points for Annaleah Rush. This table defers to the World Rugby total.

Only 5 drop goals have been recorded at Women’s Rugby World Cups:

• Rugby World Cup Women’s Stats Archive^[5]