2002 Women's Rugby World Cup

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2002 Women's Rugby World Cup
2002-05-13 - 2002-05-25
Host nation	Spain
No. of nations	16
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	England
Matches played	32

The 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup was the second World Cup fully sanctioned by the sports governing body the International Rugby Board (IRB). The tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain. 16 nations competed in four groups of four. Each nation played two pool games to determine their ranking, then moving into the latter rounds of finals. The competition was won by defending champions, New Zealand.

Contents 1 Pool stages 1.1 Pool A 1.2 Pool B 1.3 Pool C 1.4 Pool D 2 Round three 3 Finals 4 Third/fourth place play-off 5 Final 6 External links

[edit] Pool stages

[edit] Pool A

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Ladder
New Zealand	2	0	0	153	3	1st
Australia	1	0	1	33	36	8th
Wales	1	0	1	77	30	9th
Germany	0	0	2	0	194	16th

• 13 May New Zealand 117 - 0 Germany
• 13 May Australia 30 - 0 Wales
• 17 May Germany 0 - 77 Wales
• 18 May New Zealand 36 - 3 Australia

[edit] Pool B

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Ladder
France	2	0	0	52	21	4th
United States	1	0	1	96	21	5th
Kazakhstan	1	0	1	49	41	11th
Netherlands	0	0	2	10	124	14th

• 13 May United States 87 - 0 Netherlands
• 13 May France 31 - 12 Kazakhstan
• 17 May Netherlands 10 - 37 Kazakhstan
• 18 May United States 9 - 21 France

[edit] Pool C

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Ladder
England	2	0	0	76	14	3rd
Spain	1	0	1	67	13	6th
Italy	1	0	1	39	66	12th
Japan	0	0	2	3	92	15th

• 13 May England 63 - 9 Italy
• 13 May Spain 62 - 0 Japan
• 17 May Italy 30 - 3 Japan
• 18 May England 13 - 5 Spain

[edit] Pool D

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Ladder
Canada	2	0	0	68	0	2nd
Scotland	1	0	1	13	14	7th
Samoa	1	0	1	25	13	10th
Ireland	0	0	2	0	79	13th

• 17 May Ireland 0 - 22 Samoa
• 18 May Canada 11 - 0 Scotland
• 13 May Canada 57 - 0 Ireland
• 13 May Scotland 13 - 3 Samoa

[edit] Round three

• 20 May 16th v 13th Germany 0 - 18 Ireland
• 20 May 15th v 14th Japana 37 - 3 Netherlands
• 20 May 9th v 12th Wales 35 - 3 Italy
• 20 May 10th v 11th Samoa 9 - 3 Kazahkstan
• 21 May 8th v 5th Australia 17 - 5 United States
• 21 May 7th v 6th Scotland 23 - 16 Spain 16
• 21 May 1st v 4th New Zealand 30 - 0 France
• 21 May 2nd v 3rd Canada 10 - 53 England

[edit] Finals

• 24 May 15th/16th Germany 19 - 20 Netherlands
• 24 May 13th/14th Ireland 23 - 3 Japan
• 24 May 11th/12th Italy 3 - 20 Kazahkstan
• 24 May 9th/10th Wales 14 - 17 Samoa
• 25 May 7th/8th United States 23 - 5 Spain
• 25 May 5th/6th Australia 30 - 0 Scotland

[edit] Third/fourth place play-off

• 25 May France 41 - 7 Canada

[edit] Final

• 25 May New Zealand 19 - 9 England

[edit] External links

• 2006 WRWC Homepage