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This article presents the national team appearances in the Women's Rugby World Cup. The article tracks the appearances, results, and debuts for all national teams that have participated in at least one Women's Rugby World Cup.

Number of appearances

Tournament appearances by team, up to and including 2021:

Team	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best result
New Zealand	8	7	7	1991	2021	Champions (Six times)
England	9	9	9	1991	2021	Champions (1994, 2014)
United States	9	9	9	1991	2021	Champions (1994)
Canada	9	9	9	1991	2021	Runners-up (2014)
France	9	9	9	1991	2021	Third place (Seven times)
Australia	7	7	7	1998	2021	Third place (2010)
Wales	8	4	4	1991	2021	Fourth place (1994)
Ireland	7	7	0	1994	2017	Fourth place (2014)
Italy	5	2	2	1991	2021	Quarter-finals (2021)
Kazakhstan	6	6	0	1994	2014	4 Wins (1998)
Spain	6	3	0	1991	2017	3 Wins (Three times)
Scotland	6	5	1	1994	2021	3 Wins (1994, 2006)
Netherlands	3	2	0	1991	2002	3 Wins (1998)
Samoa	3	2	0	2002	2014	3 Wins (2002)
Sweden	4	3	0	1991	2010	2 Wins (1994)
Japan	5	2	2	1991	2021	2 Wins (2002)
South Africa	4	3	1	2006	2021	2 Wins (2010)
Russia	3	3	0	1991	1998	1 Win (1994)
Fiji	1	1	1	2021	2021	1 Win (2021)
Germany	2	2	0	1998	2002	0 Wins
Hong Kong	1	1	0	2017	2017	0 Wins

Results by tournament

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1991 (12)	1994 (12)	1998 (16)	2002 (16)	2006 (12)	2010 (12)	2014 (12)	2017 (12)	2021 (12)

Debut of national teams

21 nations have thus far qualified for the Women's Rugby World Cup. From 1991 until 2006, each edition featured at least one new country. The 2010 tournament was the first edition with no debutant.

Year	Nation(s)	Total
1991	Canada England France Italy Japan Netherlands New Zealand Russia Spain Sweden United States Wales	12
1994	Ireland Kazakhstan Scotland	3
1998	Australia Germany	2
2002	Samoa	1
2006	South Africa	1
2010	None	0
2014	None	0
2017	Hong Kong	1
2021	Fiji	1

Result of host nations

The best result by the hosts is champions, achieved by New Zealand in 2021. The worst result was by the Netherlands in 1998.

Year	Host nation	Finish
1991	Wales	9th place
1994	Scotland	5th place
1998	Netherlands	13th place
2002	Spain	8th place
2006	Canada	Fourth place
2010	England	Runners-up
2014	France	Third place
2017	Ireland	8th place
2021	New Zealand	Champions

Results of defending champions

Year	Defending champions	Finish

Performance by confederation

This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.

Confederation	1991 (12)	1994 (12)	1998 (16)	2002 (16)	2006 (12)	2010 (12)	2014 (12)	2017 (12)	2021 (12)

Number of teams by confederation

This is a summary of the total number of participating teams by confederation in each tournament.

Confederation	1991 (12)	1994 (12)	1998 (16)	2002 (16)	2006 (12)	2010 (12)	2014 (12)	2017 (12)	2021 (12)

Appearance droughts

This section is a list of droughts associated with the participation of women's national rugby union teams in the Women's Rugby World Cups.

Longest active droughts

Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance or teams that no longer exist.

Team	Last appearance	WC Missed

Longest droughts overall

Only includes droughts begun after a team's first appearance and until the team ceased to exist updated to include qualification for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.

Team	Prev. appearance	Next appearance	WC Missed