1998 Women's Rugby World Cup

1998 Women's Rugby World Cup

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Tournament details
Host nation	Netherlands
Dates	1998-05-01 – 1998-05-16
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	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Ladder
England	2	0	0	147	6	2nd
Canada	1	0	1	22	79	8th
Netherlands	1	0	1	51	16	10th
Sweden	0	0	2	0	139	15th

[190]
	1998-05-01	Netherlands	7–16	Canada	Amsterdam	[35/19/1]

[191]
	1998-05-02	England	75–0	Sweden	Amsterdam	[43/18/2]

[198]
	1998-05-05	Canada	6–72	England	Amsterdam	[20/44/3]

[199]
	1998-05-05	Netherlands	44–0	Sweden	Amsterdam	[36/19/4]

Pool B[]

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Ladder
United States	2	0	0	117	16	3rd
Spain	1	0	1	44	56	6th
Wales	1	0	1	101	35	9th
Russia	0	0	2	7	167	16th

[192]
	1998-05-02	Spain	28–18	Wales	Amsterdam	[15/32/1]

[193]
	1998-05-02	Russia	0–84	United States	Amsterdam	[9/25/1]

[200]
	1998-05-05	Spain	16–38	United States	Amsterdam	[16/26/1]

[201]
	1998-05-05	Russia	7–83	Wales	Amsterdam	[10/33/1]

Pool C[]

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Ladder
New Zealand	2	0	0	210	6	1st
Scotland	1	0	1	37	84	7th
Italy	1	0	1	42	42	11th
Germany	0	0	2	11	168	15th

[194]
	1998-05-02	Germany	6–134	New Zealand	Amsterdam	[19/16/1]

[195]
	1998-05-02	Italy	8–37	Scotland	Amsterdam	[20/29/3]

[202]
	1998-05-05	New Zealand	76–0	Scotland	Amsterdam	[17/30/1]

[203]
	1998-05-05	Germany	5–34	Italy	Amsterdam	[20/21/2]

Pool D[]

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Ladder
France	2	0	0	33	14	4th
Australia	1	0	1	29	10	5th
Kazakhstan	1	0	1	18	29	12th
Ireland	0	0	2	6	33	13th

[196]
	1998-05-02	France	23–6	Kazakhstan	Amsterdam	[45/12/1]

[197]
	1998-05-02	Australia	21–0	Ireland	Amsterdam	[6/22/1]

[204]
	1998-05-05	Australia	8–10	France	Amsterdam	[7/46/1]

[205]
	1998-05-05	Ireland	6–12	Kazakhstan	Amsterdam	[23/13/1]

Bowl[]

	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

Quarter-finals[]

[210]
	1998-05-09	Netherlands	18–21	Ireland	Amsterdam	[37/24/1]

[211]
	1998-05-09	Germany	12–55	Wales	Amsterdam	[21/34/1]

[212]
	1998-05-09	Kazakhstan	47–5	Sweden	Amsterdam	[14/20/3]

[213]
	1998-05-09	Italy	51–7	Russia	Amsterdam	[22/11/1]

Semi-finals[]

[218]
	1998-05-12	Ireland	20–5	Italy	Amsterdam	[25/23/2]

[219]
	1998-05-12	Kazakhstan	18–13	Wales	Amsterdam	[15/35/2]

11th/12th place[]

[223]
	1998-05-15	Italy	10–12	Wales	Amsterdam	[24/36/1]

Final (9th place)[]

[225]
	1998-05-15	Ireland	10–26	Kazakhstan	Amsterdam	[26/16/2]

Shield[]

	Semi-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[]

[220]
	1998-05-12	Netherlands	61–0	Russia	Amsterdam	[38/12/1]

[221]
	1998-05-12	Germany	20–18	Sweden	Amsterdam	[22/21/4]

15th/16th place[]

[222]
	1998-05-15	Russia	3–23	Sweden	Amsterdam	[13/22/2]

Final (13th place)[]

[224]
	1998-05-15	Netherlands	67–3	Germany	Amsterdam	[38/23/6]

Cup[]

	Quarter-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[]

[206]
	1998-05-09	Australia	13–30	England	Amsterdam	[8/45/1]

[207]
	1998-05-09	Scotland	10–25	United States	Amsterdam	[31/27/1]

[208]
	1998-05-09	Canada	9–7	France	Amsterdam	[21/47/2]

[209]
	1998-05-09	New Zealand	46–3	Spain	Amsterdam	[18/17/1]

Semi-finals[]

[214]
	1998-05-12	England	11–44	New Zealand	Amsterdam	[46/19/2]

[215]
	1998-05-12	Canada	6–46	United States	Amsterdam	[22/28/8]

3rd/4th place[]

[226]
	1998-05-16	Canada	15–31	England	Amsterdam	[23/47/4]

Final[]

[229]
	1998-05-16	New Zealand	44–12	United States	Amsterdam	[20/29/4]

Plate[]

	Semi-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[]

[216]
	1998-05-12	Australia	17–15	Spain	Amsterdam	[9/18/1]

[217]
	1998-05-12	France	7–27	Scotland	Amsterdam	[48/32/2]

7th/8th place[]

[227]
	1998-05-16	France	9–22	Spain	Amsterdam	[49/19/6]

Final (5th place)[]

[228]
	1998-05-16	Australia	25–15	Scotland	Amsterdam	[10/33/1]

1998 Women's Rugby World Cup Winners
New Zealand First title

1998 Top scorers[]

Pos.	Name	Team	Tries	Conv	Pen	Points
1	Annaleah Rush	New Zealand	5	21	2	73
2		the Netherlands	6	13	3	65
3		USA	3	8	8	55
4		Wales	4	15	1	53
5	Tammi Wilson	New Zealand	7	8	0	51
6		the Netherlands	9	0	0	45
7		England	8	0	0	40
8		Ireland	0	2	11	38
9	Louisa Wall	New Zealand	7	0	0	35
9	Vanessa Cootes	New Zealand	7	0	0	35
11		Kazakhstan	1	11	2	33

See also[]

• Women's Rugby World Cup
• Rugby World Cup Sevens
• Rugby World Cup

References[]

External links[]

• IRB coverage (via WebArchive)
• WRWC 1998 in Amsterdam
• Previous World Cup rugby results