The 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup was the first world cup fully sanctioned by the International Rugby Board (IRB) and the third Women's Rugby World Cup in history. The tournament took place in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands and was the first women's world cup held outside of the United Kingdom.
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Tournament details | |
Host nation | Netherlands |
Dates | 1 – 16 May 1998 |
No. of nations | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | New Zealand (1st title) |
Runner-up | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 40 |
← 1994 2002 → |
The tournament saw a record 16 teams compete and heightened media attention. There was no qualification process, teams taking part by invitation from the IRB. New Zealand defeated the United States 44–12 in the final.
Several matches in the tournament were filmed for television and a one-hour TV highlights programme was produced by IMG. These recordings are held as part of the IRB's World Cup Archive.[1]
Squads edit
Pool stages edit
Pool A edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Ladder |
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England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 6 | +141 | 2nd |
Canada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 79 | −57 | 8th |
Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 16 | +35 | 10th |
Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | −119 | 15th |
Source: [citation needed]
Pool B edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Ladder |
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United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 16 | +106 | 3rd |
Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 6th |
Wales | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 35 | +66 | 9th |
Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 167 | −160 | 16th |
Source: [citation needed]
Pool C edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Ladder |
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New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 6 | +204 | 1st |
Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 84 | −47 | 7th |
Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 11th |
Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 168 | −157 | 15th |
Source: [citation needed]
Pool D edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Ladder |
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France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 4th |
Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 5th |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 12th |
Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 33 | −27 | 13th |
Source: [citation needed]
Bowl edit
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
9 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Netherlands | 18 | |||||||||
12 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Ireland | 21 | |||||||||
Ireland | 20 | |||||||||
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Italy | 5 | |||||||||
Italy | 51 | |||||||||
15 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Russia | 7 | |||||||||
Ireland | 10 | |||||||||
9 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 26 | |||||||||
Kazakhstan | 47 | |||||||||
12 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Sweden | 5 | |||||||||
Kazakhstan | 18 | |||||||||
9 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Wales | 13 | Third place | ||||||||
Wales | 55 | |||||||||
15 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Germany | 12 | |||||||||
Italy | 10 | |||||||||
Wales | 12 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals edit
Semi-finals edit
11th/12th place edit
Final (9th place) edit
Shield edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
12 May – Amsterdam | ||||||
Netherlands | 61 | |||||
15 May – Amsterdam | ||||||
Russia | 0 | |||||
Netherlands | 67 | |||||
12 May – Amsterdam | ||||||
Germany | 3 | |||||
Sweden | 18 | |||||
Germany | 20 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
15 May – Amsterdam | ||||||
Russia | 3 | |||||
Sweden | 23 |
Semi-finals edit
15th/16th place edit
Final (13th place) edit
Cup edit
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
9 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
England | 30 | |||||||||
12 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Australia | 13 | |||||||||
England | 11 | |||||||||
9 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
New Zealand | 44 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 46 | |||||||||
15 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Spain | 3 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 44 | |||||||||
9 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
United States | 12 | |||||||||
France | 7 | |||||||||
12 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Canada | 9 | |||||||||
Canada | 6 | |||||||||
9 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
United States | 46 | Third place | ||||||||
United States | 25 | |||||||||
15 May – Amsterdam | ||||||||||
Scotland | 10 | |||||||||
England | 31 | |||||||||
Canada | 15 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals edit
Semi-finals edit
3rd/4th place edit
Final edit
Plate edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
12 May – Amsterdam | ||||||
Australia | 17 | |||||
15 May – Amsterdam | ||||||
Spain | 15 | |||||
Australia | 25 | |||||
12 May – Amsterdam | ||||||
Scotland | 15 | |||||
France | 7 | |||||
Scotland | 27 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
15 May – Amsterdam | ||||||
Spain | 22 | |||||
France | 9 |
Semi-finals edit
7th/8th place edit
Final (5th place) edit
1998 Women's Rugby World Cup winners |
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New Zealand First title |
1998 Top scorers edit
Pos. | Name | Team | Tries | Conv | Pen | Points |
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1 | Annaleah Rush | New Zealand | 5 | 21 | 2 | 73 |
2 | Anne-Mieke v Waveren | the Netherlands | 6 | 13 | 3 | 65 |
3 | Jos Bergmann | USA | 3 | 8 | 8 | 55 |
4 | Tracey Comley | Wales | 4 | 15 | 1 | 53 |
5 | Tammi Wilson | New Zealand | 7 | 8 | 0 | 51 |
6 | Minke Docter | the Netherlands | 9 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
7 | Nicky Brown | England | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
8 | Realtine Shrieves | Ireland | 0 | 2 | 11 | 38 |
9 | Louisa Wall | New Zealand | 7 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
9 | Vanessa Cootes | New Zealand | 7 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
11 | Alfiya Tamayeva | Kazakhstan | 1 | 11 | 2 | 33 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "World Cup Archive". Archived from the original on June 1, 2007.