1998 Women's Rugby World Cup

1998 Women's Rugby World Cup
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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
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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.

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

Pool stages

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Ladder
England	2	2	0	147	6	+141	2nd
Canada	2	1	1	22	79	−57	8th
Netherlands	2	1	1	51	16	+35	10th
Sweden	2	0	2	0	119	−119	15th

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 May 1998

Netherlands	7–16	Canada

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Ladder
United States	2	2	0	122	16	+106	3rd
Spain	2	1	1	44	56	−12	6th
Wales	2	1	1	101	35	+66	9th
Russia	2	0	2	7	167	−160	16th

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Ladder
New Zealand	2	2	0	210	6	+204	1st
Scotland	2	1	1	37	84	−47	7th
Italy	2	1	1	42	42	0	11th
Germany	2	0	2	11	168	−157	15th

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Ladder
France	2	2	0	33	14	+19	4th
Australia	2	1	1	29	10	+19	5th
Kazakhstan	2	1	1	18	29	−11	12th
Ireland	2	0	2	6	33	−27	13th

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

9 May – Amsterdam

Netherlands	18
		12 May – Amsterdam
Ireland	21
		Ireland	20
9 May – Amsterdam
		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

Pos.	Name	Team	Tries	Conv	Pen	Points
1	Annaleah Rush	New Zealand	5	21	2	73
2	Anne-Mieke v Waveren	the Netherlands	6	13	3	65
3	Jos Bergman	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

1998 Women's Rugby World Cup

Squads

Pool stages

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Bowl

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

11th/12th place

Final (9th place)

Shield

Semi-finals

15th/16th place

Final (13th place)

Cup

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

3rd/4th place

Final

Plate

Semi-finals

7th/8th place

Final (5th place)

1998 Top scorers

See also

References

External links