2002 Women's Rugby World Cup

2002 Women's Rugby World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation  Spain
Dates 2002-05-13 – 2002-05-25
No. of nations 16
Champions   New Zealand
Runner-up   England
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
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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. The format[1] was the same as the previous tournament and again 16 nations competed.

For the first time a pre-tournament qualification match took place to decide Asia's second representative but other than that all competitors took part by invitation. 14 of the 16 teams taking part were the same as in 1998 but two lowest ranked European teams (Sweden and Russia) were replaced by teams from Asia (Japan) and Oceania (Samoa).

The competition was won by defending champions, New Zealand.

Contents

Qualifier

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2000-12-15 Hong Kong  0-62  Japan Aberdeen Park, Hong Kong [3/11/3]

World Cup Tournament

Although not strictly speaking a knock-out as - in theory - a team losing a game on Day 1 could still qualify dependent on results on Day 2, in practice this was a complex tournament that is best understood by means of the following graphics. Note that this should not be taken to imply that the draw for any round of games was predetermined - each successive round was drawn using seedings and rankings based on previous matches:

Cup (positions 1-4)

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
May 13, 2002 - Pool A            
  Germany  0
May 17, 2002 - Pool A
  New Zealand  117  
  Australia  3
May 13, 2002 - Pool A
    New Zealand  36  
  Australia  30
May 20, 2002 - Semi-final
  Wales  0  
  New Zealand  30
May 13, 2002 - Pool B
    France  0  
  United States  87
May 17, 2002 - Pool B
  Netherlands  0  
  United States  9
May 13, 2002 - Pool B
    France  21  
  France  31
May 25, 2002 - Final
  Kazakhstan  12  
  New Zealand  19
May 13, 2002 - Pool C
    England  9
  England  63
May 17, 2002 - Pool C
  Italy  9  
  England  13
May 13, 2002 - Pool C
    Spain  5  
  Spain  62
May 20, 2002 - Semi-final
  Japan  0  
  England  53
May 13, 2002 - Pool D
    Canada  10   3rd Place final
  Canada  57
May 17, 2002 - Pool D May 25, 2002 - 3rd Place Final
 Ireland  0  
  Canada  11   France  41
May 13, 2002 - Pool D
    Scotland  0     Canada  7
  Scotland  13
  Samoa  3  

Ranking matches 5-8

Teams knocked out in the Cup quarter-finals

  Semi-finals Final
May 20, 2002
  Australia  0  
  United States  18  
 
May 25, 2002 - 5th Place Final
      United States  23
    Scotland  5
7th Place Final
May 20, 2002 May 25, 2002 - 7th Place Final
  Spain  16   Australia  30
  Scotland  23     Spain  0

Ranking matches 9-16

Teams defeated in the first round of pool matches

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
May 18, 2002 - Pool A        
  Germany  0
May 20, 2002
  Wales  77  
  Wales  35
May 18, 2002 - Pool C
    Italy  3  
  Italy  30
May 24, 2002 - 9th Place Final
  Japan  3  
  Wales  14
May 18, 2002 - Pool D
    Samoa  17
 Ireland  0
May 20, 2002
  Samoa  22  
  Samoa  14 11th Place Final
May 18, 2002 - Pool B
    Kazakhstan  3  
  Netherlands  10   Italy  3
  Kazakhstan  37     Kazakhstan  20
May 24, 2002 - 11th Place Final

Ranking matches 13-16

Teams defeated in the first round of the ranking matches for 9-16

  Semi-finals Final
May 20, 2002
  Germany  0  
 Ireland  18  
 
May 24, 2002 - 13th Place Final
     Ireland  0
    Japan  18
15th Place Final
May 20, 2002 May 24, 2002 - 15th Place Final
  Japan  37   Germany  19
  Netherlands  3     Netherlands  20

Match details

Pool A

Position[2] Nation Games Points Table
points		 Overall
ranking[3]
played won drawn lost for against
1  New Zealand 2 2 0 0 153 3 6 1st
2  Australia 2 1 0 1 33 36 4 8th
3  Wales 2 1 0 1 77 30 4 9th
4  Germany 2 0 0 2 0 194 2 16th
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2002-05-13 Germany  0-117  New Zealand Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona [35/29/2]
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2002-05-13 Australia  30-0  Wales Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona [14/68/1]
[369]
2002-05-17 Germany  0-77  Wales Girona, Barcelona [36/69/2]
[370]
2002-05-18 Australia  3-36  New Zealand Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona [15/30/6]

Pool B

Position Nation Games Points Table
points		 Overall
ranking
played won drawn lost for against
1  France 2 2 0 0 52 21 6 4th
2  United States 2 1 0 1 96 21 4 5th
3  Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 49 41 4 11th
4  Netherlands 2 0 0 2 10 124 2 14th
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2002-05-13 United States  87-0  Netherlands Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona [41/56/3]
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2002-05-13 France  31-12  Kazakhstan Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona [77/27/3]
[371]
2002-05-17 Netherlands  10-37  Kazakhstan Girona, Barcelona [57/28/2]
[372]
2002-05-18 France  21-9  United States Girona, Barcelona [78/42/2]

Pool C

Position Nation Games Points Table
points		 Overall
ranking
played won drawn lost for against
1  England 2 2 0 0 76 14 6 3rd
2  Spain 2 1 0 1 67 13 4 6th
3  Italy 2 1 0 1 39 66 4 12th
4  Japan 2 0 0 2 3 92 2 15th
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2002-05-13 England  63-9  Italy Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona [82/36/2]
[366]
2002-05-13 Spain  62-0  Japan Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona [45/12/1]
[373]
2002-05-17 Italy  30-3  Japan Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona [37/13/1]
[374]
2002-05-18 Spain  5-13  England Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona [46/83/8]

Pool D

Position Nation Games Points Table
points		 Overall
ranking
played won drawn lost for against
1  Canada 2 2 0 0 67 0 6 2nd
2  Scotland 2 1 0 1 13 14 4 7th
3  Samoa 2 1 0 1 25 13 4 10th
4  Ireland 2 0 0 2 0 79 2 13th
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2002-05-13 Canada  57-0 Ireland Girona, Barcelona [33/45/1]
[368]
2002-05-13 Scotland  13-3  Samoa Girona, Barcelona [63/2/1]
[375]
2002-05-17 Ireland 0-22  Samoa Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona [46/3/1]
[376]
2002-05-18 Canada  11-0  Scotland Girona, Barcelona [34/64/2]

Play-offs

13th-16th

[377]
2002-05-20 Germany  0-18 Ireland Girona, Barcelona [37/47/3]
[378]
2002-05-20 Japan  37-3  Netherlands Girona, Barcelona [14/58/1]

9th-12th

[379]
2002-05-20 Wales  35-3  Italy Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona [70/38/4]
[380]
2002-05-20 Samoa  9-3  Kazakhstan Girona, Barcelona [4/29/1]

5th-8th

[381]
2002-05-21 Australia  0-18  United States Girona, Barcelona [16/43/2]
[382]
2002-05-21 Spain  16-23  Scotland Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona [47/65/9]

Semi-finals

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2002-05-21 New Zealand  30-0  France Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona [31/79/2]
[384]
2002-05-21 Canada  10-53  England Girona, Barcelona [35/84/6]

Finals

15th/16th

[385]
2002-05-24 Germany  19-20  Netherlands Zaragoza [38/59/12]

13th/14th

[386]
2002-05-24 Ireland 0-18  Japan Girona, Barcelona [48/15/2]

11th/12th

[387]
2002-05-24 Italy  3-20  Kazakhstan Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona [39/30/2]

9th/10th

[388]
2002-05-24 Wales  14-17  Samoa Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona [71/5/1]

7th/8th

[389]
2002-05-25 Spain  5-23  Australia Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona [48/44/2]

5th/6th

[390]
2002-05-25 United States  30-0  Scotland Girona, Barcelona [17/66/2]

3rd/4th

[391]
2002-05-25
[80/36/3]		 France  41-7  Canada Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
Tries: Nathalie Amiela (2) Dalphine Plantet (2), Annabel Donnadieu, Clotilde Flaugere
Con: Estelle Sardini (2)
Pen: Estelle Sardini		 Try: Julie Foster
Con: Kelly McCallum

Final

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2002-05-25
[85/32/6]		 England  9-19  New Zealand Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
Pen: Shelley Rae (2)
Drop: Shelley Rae		 Tries: Monique Hirovanaa, Cheryl Waaka
Pen: Tammi Wilson (3)
 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup Winners 

New Zealand
Second title

Final Table

Place Nation Games Points
won lost for against difference
1  New Zealand 4 0 202 12 +190
2  England 3 1 138 43 +95
3  France 3 1 93 58 +35
4  Canada 2 2 85 94 -9
5  United States 3 1 137 26 +111
6  Scotland 2 2 41 53 -12
7  Australia 2 2 63 54 +9
8  Spain 1 3 83 66 +17
9  Samoa 3 1 56 30 +26
10  Wales 2 2 126 50 +76
11  Kazakhstan 2 2 72 58 +14
12  Italy 1 3 45 121 -76
13  Japan 2 2 58 95 -37
14 Ireland 1 3 18 97 -79
15  Netherlands 1 3 33 180 -147
16  Germany 0 4 19 232 -213

External links

Notes

  1. ^ There are 16 teams at the IRB Women's World Cup 2002. They are divided into four Pools of four teams each, according to each team's seeding. For the first set of matches the highest seeded team plays the lowest seeded team whilst the two mid-seeded teams play each other. After the first round of matches the positions in each Pool are recalculated with the winners of the first matches in first and second places, and the losers in third and fourth places. In the second set of matches, the top two teams and the bottom two teams from each Pool play each other. The final Pool standings are calculated from the results of these matches to give the final four positions in each Pool. The four top teams in each of the Pools go forward to contest the World Cup title. The second placed teams from each Pool play for 5th position (the Plate), the third place teams for 9th (the Bowl), and the fourth placed teams for 13th (the Shield). The four teams in each of these groups are reseeded to decide who plays who at this stage of the tournament. The two winning teams from each of these 'semi-finals' then face each other in the 'final' whilst the losing teams play each other.From the IRB tournament guide
  2. ^ Position in each pool based on a) tournament points, b) result between sides on equal ponts, and c) match points difference
  3. ^ Teams were ranked according to the following criteria:
    • Most match points
    • Best differential between points scored for and points scored against
    • Best differential between tries scored for and against
    • Best differential between penalty kicks scored for and against
    • Most points scored for
    • Most tries scored for
    • Most penalty kicks scored for
    • Original Tournament seeding.
    This resulted in the following ranking:

    Semi-finals

    Place Nation Games Points
    won lost for against difference
    1  New Zealand 2 0 153 3 +150
    2  Canada 2 0 68 0 +68
    3  England 2 0 76 14 +62
    4  France 2 0 52 21 +31

    5th-8th

    Place Nation Games Points
    won lost for against difference
    5  United States 1 1 96 21 +75
    6  Spain 1 1 67 13 +54
    7  Scotland 1 1 13 14 -1
    8  Australia 1 1 33 36 -3

    9th-12th

    Place Nation Games Points
    won lost for against difference
    9  Wales 1 1 77 30 +47
    10  Samoa 1 1 25 13 +12
    11  Kazakhstan 1 1 49 41 +8
    12  Italy 1 1 39 66 -27

    13th-16th

    Place Nation Games Points
    won lost for against difference
    13 Ireland 0 2 0 79 -79
    14  Japan 0 2 3 92 -89
    15  Netherlands 0 2 10 124 -114
    16  Germany 0 2 0 194 -194