National team appearances in the Rugby World Cup

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This article lists the début of national teams that have so far qualified for the Rugby World Cup and their number of appearances.

[edit] Début of national teams

24 nations have thus far qualified for the Rugby World Cup. After the inaugural 16 made their debut in 1987, at least one side has been new to every subsequent world cup.

[edit] By number of appearances

Nation	Number of appearances	First appearance	Most recent appearance	Streak	Best result
Argentina	6	1987	2007	6	Third, 2007
Australia	6	1987	2007	6	Champions, 1991, 1999
Canada	6	1987	2007	6	Quarter finals, 1991
England	6	1987	2007	6	Champions, 2003
France	6	1987	2007	6	Second place, 1987, 1999
Ireland	6	1987	2007	6	Quarter finals, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003
Italy	6	1987	2007	6	Two wins, 2003, 2007
Japan	6	1987	2007	6	One win, 1991
New Zealand	6	1987	2007	6	Champions, 1987
Romania	6	1987	2007	6	One win, 1987, 1991, 1999, 2003, 2007
Scotland	6	1987	2007	6	Fourth, 1991
Wales	6	1987	2007	6	Third, 1987
Fiji	5	1987	2007	3	Quarter finals, 1987, 2007
Samoa	5	1991	2007	5	Quarter finals, 1991, 1995
Tonga	5	1987	2007	4	Two wins, 2007
United States	5	1987	2007	3	One win, 1987, 2003
South Africa	4	1995	2007	4	Champions, 1995, 2007
Namibia	3	1999	2007	3	No games won
Georgia	2	2003	2007	2	One win, 2007
Uruguay	2	1999	2003	2	One win, 1999, 2003
Zimbabwe	2	1987	1991	2	No games won
Portugal	1	2007	2007	1	No games won
Côte d'Ivoire	1	1995	1995	1	No games won
Spain	1	1999	1999	1	No games won

[edit] Comprehensive team results

Map of countries' best results

Legend

• W - Champions
• F - Runners Up
• SF - Third place
• SF - Fourth place
• QF - Quarterfinals
• R2 - Second Round
• R1 - First Round
• q - Qualified for forthcoming tournament

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of qualified teams in each tournament (in parentheses) are shown.

Team	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011
	16	16	16	20	20	20	16/20
Argentina	13rd	14th	13rd	8th	9th	3rd	q
Australia	4th	1st	5th	1st	2nd	6th	q
Canada	9th	8th	10th	12th	14th	17th
Côte d'Ivoire	-	-	15th	-	-	-
England	5th	2nd	4th	5th	1st	2nd	q
Fiji	8th	13rd	-	10th	10th	7th	q
France	2nd	5th	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	q
Georgia	-	-	-	-	19th	13th
Ireland	7th	6th	8th	9th	6th	11th	q
Italy	12nd	10th	11th	20th	12nd	12nd	q
Japan	15th	9th	16th	17th	17th	16th
Namibia	-	-	-	19th	20th	20th
New Zealand	1	3rd	2nd	4th	3rd	5th	q
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	19th
Romania	11th	12nd	14th	14th	15th	15th
Samoa(1)	-	7th	7th	11th	11th	14th
Scotland	6th	4th	6th	6th	8th	8th	q
South Africa(2)	-	-	1st	3rd	5th	1st	q
Spain	-	-	-	18th	-	-
Tonga	14th	-	12th	15th	18th	10th	q
United States	10th	15th	-	16th	13th	18th
Uruguay	-	-	-	13rd	16th	-
Wales	3	11th	9th	7th	7th	9th	q
Zimbabwe	16th	16th	-	-	-	-

[edit] External links

• Rugbyworldcup.com
• IRB.com