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
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^{[note 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.

Qualifier

[296]
	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 ^{[note 2]}	Nation	Games				Points		Table points	Overall ranking ^{[note 3]}
Position ^{[note 2]}	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	Table points	Overall ranking ^{[note 3]}
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

[361]
	2002-05-13	Germany	0–117	New Zealand	Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona	[35/29/2]

[362]
	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
Position	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	Table points	Overall ranking
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

[363]
	2002-05-13	United States	87–0	Netherlands	Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona	[41/56/3]

[364]
	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
Position	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	Table points	Overall ranking
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

[365]
	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
Position	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	Table points	Overall ranking
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

[367]
	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

[383]
	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

Test no. 391 2002-05-25	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

Test no. 392 2002-05-25	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
Place	Nation	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

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Notes

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[note 3]

v t e Rugby World Cup (women)
Tournaments	Wales 1991 Scotland 1994 Netherlands 1998 Spain 2002 Canada 2006 England 2010 France 2014 Ireland 2017 New Zealand 2021 England 2025 Australia 2029 United States 2033
Qualifying	1991 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2017 2021 2025 2029 2033
Finals	1991 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2017 2021 2025 2029 2033
Squads	1991 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2017 2021 2025 2029 2033
Related articles	Women's World Rugby Festival 1990
Notes: No qualifiers between 1991–1998; by invitation only. 2002 & 2006 Only had qualifiers for Asia, everyone else were by invitation only.

2002 Women's Rugby World Cup

Contents

Qualifier

World Cup Tournament

Cup (positions 1–4)

Ranking matches 5–8

Ranking matches 9–16

Ranking matches 13–16

Match details

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Play-offs

13th–16th

9th–12th

5th–8th

Semi-finals

Finals

15th/16th

13th/14th

11th/12th

9th/10th

7th/8th

5th/6th

3rd/4th

Final

Final Table

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