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 | ![]() |
Dates | 1 – 16 May 1998 |
No. of nations | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
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
editPool stages
editPool A
editTeam | 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
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Ladder |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editTeam | 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
editTeam | 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
editQuarter-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 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
editSemi-finals
edit11th/12th place
editFinal (9th place)
editShield
editSemi-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
edit15th/16th place
editFinal (13th place)
editCup
editQuarter-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
editSemi-finals
edit3rd/4th place
editFinal
editPlate
editSemi-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
edit7th/8th place
editFinal (5th place)
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1998 Women's Rugby World Cup winners |
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New Zealand First title |
1998 Top scorers
editPos. | 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 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 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "World Cup Archive". Archived from the original on 1 June 2007.