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.

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[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.

Year Nation(s)
1987 Australia, Argentina, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Romania, Scotland, Tonga, United States, Wales and Zimbabwe
1991 Samoa (Western Samoa)
1995 Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and South Africa
1999 Namibia, Spain and Uruguay
2003 Georgia
2007 Portugal

[edit] By number of appearances

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

[edit] Comprehensive team results

Map of countries' best 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
Flag of AustraliaFlag of New Zealand Flag of England Flag of South Africa Flag of Wales Flag of Australia Flag of France Flag of New Zealand
16 16 16 20 20 20 16/20
Flag of Argentina Argentina 13rd 14th 13rd 8th 9th 3rd q
Flag of Australia Australia 4th 1st 5th 1st 2nd 6th q
Flag of Canada Canada 9th 8th 10th 12th 14th 17th
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire - - 15th - - -
Flag of England England 5th 2nd 4th 5th 1st 2nd q
Flag of Fiji Fiji 8th 13rd - 10th 10th 7th q
Flag of France France 2nd 5th 3rd 2nd 4th 4th q
Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia - - - - 19th 13th
Flag of Ireland Ireland 7th 6th 8th 9th 6th 11th q
Flag of Italy Italy 12nd 10th 11th 20th 12nd 12nd q
Flag of Japan Japan 15th 9th 16th 17th 17th 16th
Flag of Namibia Namibia - - - 19th 20th 20th
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 1 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 5th q
Flag of Portugal Portugal - - - - - 19th
Flag of Romania Romania 11th 12nd 14th 14th 15th 15th
Flag of Samoa Samoa(1) - 7th 7th 11th 11th 14th
Flag of Scotland Scotland 6th 4th 6th 6th 8th 8th q
Flag of South Africa South Africa(2) - - 1st 3rd 5th 1st q
Flag of Spain Spain - - - 18th - -
Flag of Tonga Tonga 14th - 12th 15th 18th 10th q
Flag of the United States United States 10th 15th - 16th 13th 18th
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay - - - 13rd 16th -
Flag of Wales Wales 3 11th 9th 7th 7th 9th q
Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 16th 16th - - - -
1 Known as Western Samoa until 1997
2 Did not compete in 1987 and 1991 because of a sports boycott on South Africa due to Apartheid

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