List of Women's Rugby World Cup finals

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List of Women's Rugby World Cup finals
Sport Rugby union
Instituted1991
Number of teams12
CountryInternational (World Rugby)
HoldersFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (2021)
Most titlesFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (6 titles)

The Women's Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition for women's national teams. The competition was first established in 1991 but the 1991 and 1994 competitions were not sanctioned at the time by the International Rugby Board (IRB, now World Rugby) and were not recognized by them until 2009. [1] The 1998 World Cup was the first tournament sanctioned by the IRB. [2]

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New Zealand is the most successful team in the tournament by far. They have won six titles with four back-to-back victories from 1998 to 2010. England follow with two titles and the United States with one. Canada has appeared in a final only once in 2014.

History

The United States and England contested the first women's final in April 1991. England was in the lead 6–3 at halftime with a converted penalty try by Gill Burns. However a resurgent US team ran in 16 unanswered points to claim the inaugural title. [3]

The 1994 World Cup was held three years later to avoid coinciding with the men's World Cup. The two finalists of the 1991 World Cup seemed destined to repeat their earlier encounter. After a very entertaining match England were the second team to win the trophy. [3]

1998 saw a new champion in New Zealand as they dominated the United States in the final with eight tries. It was the first of four consecutive titles that New Zealand would win, but not without a fight from the English.

England eventually won their second title in 2014 with a shocking exit of New Zealand in the pool stage. Canada made their first appearance in a final before succumbing to England. [4] [5] [6]

New Zealand returned to the final in 2017, playing defending champions England, it was a closely contested match with an aggregate of 73 points by the two teams. New Zealand won their fifth title. [7] [8] [9]

The 2021 competition was postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and produced a repeat of the 2017 final as hosts and reigning champions New Zealand faced England. England came into the match on a winning streak of 30 matches and took an early lead before Lydia Thompson was sent off for a high tackle. England preserved their lead at 26–19 at half-time but their 14 players were ultimately unable to contain New Zealand, who finally took the lead with a 71st minute try by Ayesha Leti-I'iga. The game at Eden Park was watched by a record crowd for a women's rugby union match of 42,579. [10]

Finals

List of final matches, and respective venues, finalists and scores
YearWinnersFinal scoreRunners-upVenueLocationAttendanceRef(s)
1991 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19–6 Flag of England.svg  England Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff, Wales
1994 Flag of England.svg  England 38–23 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Edinburgh Academicals RFC Edinburgh, Scotlandc. 3,000
1998 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 44–12 Flag of the United States.svg  United States NRCA Stadium Amsterdam, Netherlands
2002 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 19–9 Flag of England.svg  England Olympic Stadium Barcelona, Spain8,000
2006 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25–17 Flag of England.svg  England Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton, Canada
2010 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13–10 Flag of England.svg  England Twickenham Stoop England [11] [12]
2014 Flag of England.svg  England 21–9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Stade Jean-Bouin France [13] [14]
2017 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 41–32 Flag of England.svg  England Kingspan Stadium Belfast, Northern Ireland17,115 [15] [16]
2021 [lower-alpha 1] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 34–31 Flag of England.svg  England Eden Park Auckland, New Zealand42,579 [10]
  1. ↑ The 2021 competition was postponed to 2022 due to the COVID19 pandemic.

Results by nation

List of total final results, and respective runners-up, years won and years runners-up
National teamWinsRunners-upTotal finalsYears wonYears runners-up
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 606 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017, 2021
Flag of England.svg  England 268 1994, 2014 1991, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2017, 2021
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 123 1991 1994, 1998
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 011 2014

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