2002 Women's Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup
logosize = 50px
women = yes
datefrom = 2002-05-13
dateto = 2002-05-25
host = Spain
nations = 16
champion = New Zealand
runnerup = England
matches = 32
attendance =
apm =
top scorer = 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. 16 nations competed in four groups of four. Each nation played two pool games to determine their ranking, then moving into the latter rounds of finals, effectively making a straight knock-out competition. The competition was won by defending champions, New Zealand.

Qualifiers

Asia

wrugbybox
test# = 294
date = 2000-12-15
nohome = ruw-rt| HKG
score = 0-62
noaway = ruw|JPN
stadium = Aberdeen Park, Hong Kong
code = 3/11/3

Pool stages

Pool A

:

wrugbybox
test# = 364
date = 2002-05-13
nohome = ruw-rt| ENG
score = 63-9
noaway = ruw|ITA
stadium = Barcelona
code = 81/35/2

wrugbybox
test# = 365
date = 2002-05-13
nohome = ruw-rt| ESP
score = 62-0
noaway = ruw|JPN
stadium = Barcelona
code = 45/12/1

wrugbybox
test# = 372
date = 2002-05-17
nohome = ruw-rt| ITA
score = 30-3
noaway = ruw|JPN
stadium = Barcelona
code = 36/13/1

wrugbybox
test# = 373
date = 2002-05-18
nohome = ruw-rt| ESP
score = 5-13
noaway = ruw|ENG
stadium = Barcelona
code = 46/82/8

Pool D

:

wrugbybox
test# = 366
date = 2002-05-13
nohome = ruw-rt| CAN
score = 57-0
noaway = ruw|IRE
stadium = Barcelona
code = 33/45/1

wrugbybox
test# = 367
date = 2002-05-13
nohome = ruw-rt| SCO
score = 13-3
noaway = ruw|SAM
stadium = Barcelona
code = 63/2/1

wrugbybox
test# = 374
date = 2002-05-17
nohome = ruw-rt| IRE
score = 0-22
noaway = ruw|SAM
stadium = Barcelona
code = 46/3/1

wrugbybox
test# = 375
date = 2002-05-18
nohome = ruw-rt| CAN
score = 11-0
noaway = ruw|SCO
stadium = Barcelona
code = 34/64/2

Play-offs

13th-16th

wrugbybox
test# = 376
date = 2002-05-20
nohome = ruw-rt| GER
score = 0-18
noaway = ruw|IRE
stadium = Barcelona
code = 38/47/3

wrugbybox
test# = 377
date = 2002-05-20
nohome = ruw-rt| JPN
score = 37-3
noaway = ruw|NED
stadium = Barcelona
code = 14/56/1

9th-12th

wrugbybox
test# = 378
date = 2002-05-20
nohome = ruw-rt| WAL
score = 35-3
noaway = ruw|ITA
stadium = Barcelona
code = 66/37/4

wrugbybox
test# = 379
date = 2002-05-20
nohome = ruw-rt| SAM
score = 9-3
noaway = ruw|KAZ
stadium = Barcelona
code = 4/29/1

5th-8th

wrugbybox
test# = 380
date = 2002-05-21
nohome = ruw-rt| AUS
score = 0-18
noaway = ruw|USA
stadium = Barcelona
code = 16/43/2

wrugbybox
test# = 381
date = 2002-05-21
nohome = ruw-rt| ESP
score = 16-23
noaway = ruw|SCO
stadium = Barcelona
code = 47/65/9

emi-finals

wrugbybox
test# = 382
date = 2002-05-21
nohome = ruw-rt| NZL
score = 30-0
noaway = ruw|FRA
stadium = Barcelona
code = 31/78/2

wrugbybox
test# = 383
date = 2002-05-21
nohome = ruw-rt| CAN
score = 10-53
noaway = ruw|ENG
stadium = Barcelona
code = 35/83/6

Finals

15th/16th

wrugbybox
test# = 384
date = 2002-05-24
nohome = ruw-rt| GER
score = 19-20
noaway = ruw|NED
stadium = Barcelona
code = 39/57/12

13th/14th

wrugbybox
test# = 385
date = 2002-05-24
nohome = ruw-rt| IRE
score = 0-18
noaway = ruw|JPN
stadium = Barcelona
code = 48/15/2

11th/12th

wrugbybox
test# = 386
date = 2002-05-24
nohome = ruw-rt| ITA
score = 3-20
noaway = ruw|KAZ
stadium = Barcelona
code = 38/30/2

9th/10th

wrugbybox
test# = 387
date = 2002-05-24
nohome = ruw-rt| WAL
score = 14-17
noaway = ruw|SAM
stadium = Barcelona
code = 67/5/1

7th/8th

wrugbybox
test# = 388
date = 2002-05-25
nohome = ruw-rt| ESP
score = 5-23
noaway = ruw|USA
stadium = Barcelona
code = 48/44/2

5th/6th

wrugbybox
test# = 389
date = 2002-05-25
nohome = ruw-rt| AUS
score = 30-0
noaway = ruw|SCO
stadium = Barcelona
code = 17/66/2

3rd/4th place play-off

wrugbybox
test# = 390
date = 2002-05-25
nohome = ruw-rt| FRA
score = 41-7
noaway = ruw|CAN
stadium = Barcelona
code = 79/36/3

Final

wrugbybox
test# = 391
date = 2002-05-25
nohome = ruw-rt| ENG
score = 9-19
noaway = ruw|NZL
stadium = Barcelona
code = 84/32/6

External links

* [http://www.rwcwomens.com/ 2006 WRWC Homepage]