2002 Women's Rugby World Cup
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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Spain |
| Dates | 2002-05-13 – 2002-05-25 |
| No. of nations | 16 |
Champions  |  New Zealand (2nd title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
← 1998 2006 → | |
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.
Squads
Match Officials
Referees:
Competition format
The format was the same as the previous tournament and again 16 nations competed. The teams were divided into four pools of four teams each, according to each team's seeding.
For the first set of matches the highest seeded team played the lowest seeded team while the two mid-seeded teams played each other. After the first round of matches the positions in each pool were recalculated with the winners of the first matches in first and second places, and the losers in third and fourth places. In the second set of matches, the top two teams and the bottom two teams from each pool played each other. The final pool standings were calculated from the results of these matches to give the final four positions in each pool.
The four top teams in each of the pools went forward to contest the World Cup title. The second placed teams from each pool play for 5th position (the Plate), the third place teams for 9th (the Bowl), and the fourth placed teams for 13th (the Shield). The four teams in each of these groups are reseeded to decide who plays who at this stage of the tournament.
The two winning teams from each of these 'semi-finals' then faced each other in the 'final', whilst the losing teams played each other.[note 2]
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 | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 36 | |||||||||||||
| May 13, 2002 – Pool A | ||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Australia | 30 | |||||||||||||
| May 20, 2002 – Semi-final | ||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | ||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | 17 | |||||
| May 25, 2002 – 5th Place Final | ||||||
| United States | 5 | |||||
| Australia | 30 | |||||
| May 20, 2002 | ||||||
| Scotland | 0 | |||||
| Spain | 16 | |||||
| Scotland | 23 | |||||
| 7th Place Final | ||||||
| May 25, 2002 – 7th Place Final | ||||||
| United States | 23 | |||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||
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 | |||||||||
| May 18, 2002 – Pool B | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 11th Place Final | ||||||||
| Netherlands | 10 | |||||||||
| May 24, 2002 – 11th Place Final | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 37 | |||||||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 20 | |||||||||
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 | |||||
| May 24, 2002 – 13th Place Final | ||||||
| Ireland | 18 | |||||
| Ireland | 0 | |||||
| May 20, 2002 | ||||||
| Japan | 18 | |||||
| Japan | 37 | |||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||
| 15th Place Final | ||||||
| May 24, 2002 – 15th Place Final | ||||||
| Germany | 19 | |||||
| Netherlands | 20 | |||||
Match details
Pool A
| Position [note 3] |
Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
Overall ranking [note 4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | ||||
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | ||||
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | ||||
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | ||||
| 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 |
17–5 | 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
3rd/4th
| Test no. 391 2002-05-25 |
France |
41–7 | Canada |
Olympic Stadium, Barcelona |
| Tries: Nathalie Amiel (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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| won | lost | for | against | diff | ||
| 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 |
External links
Notes
- There are 16 teams at the IRB Women's World Cup 2002. They are divided into four Pools of four teams each, according to each team's seeding. For the first set of matches the highest seeded team plays the lowest seeded team whilst the two mid-seeded teams play each other. After the first round of matches the positions in each Pool are recalculated with the winners of the first matches in first and second places, and the losers in third and fourth places. In the second set of matches, the top two teams and the bottom two teams from each Pool play each other. The final Pool standings are calculated from the results of these matches to give the final four positions in each Pool. The four top teams in each of the Pools go forward to contest the World Cup title. The second placed teams from each Pool play for 5th position (the Plate), the third place teams for 9th (the Bowl), and the fourth placed teams for 13th (the Shield). The four teams in each of these groups are reseeded to decide who plays who at this stage of the tournament. The two winning teams from each of these 'semi-finals' then face each other in the 'final' whilst the losing teams play each other.From the IRB tournament guide
- From the IRB tournament guide
- Position in each pool based on a) tournament points, b) result between sides on equal ponts, and c) match points difference
- Teams were ranked according to the following criteria:
- Most match points
- Best points difference (points scored for minus points scored against)
- Best tries difference (tries scored for minus tries scored against)
- Best penalty kick difference (penalty kicks scored for minus penalty kicks scored against)
- Most points scored for
- Most tries scored for
- Most penalty kicks scored for
- Original Tournament seeding.
Semi-finals
Place Nation Games Points won lost for against difference 1 New Zealand2 0 153 3 +150 2 Canada2 0 68 0 +68 3 England2 0 76 14 +62 4 France2 0 52 21 +31 5th–8th
Place Nation Games Points won lost for against difference 5 United States1 1 96 21 +75 6 Spain1 1 67 13 +54 7 Scotland1 1 13 14 −1 8 Australia1 1 33 36 −3 9th–12th
Place Nation Games Points won lost for against difference 9 Wales1 1 77 30 +47 10 Samoa1 1 25 13 +12 11 Kazakhstan1 1 49 41 +8 12 Italy1 1 39 66 −27 13th–16th
Place Nation Games Points won lost for against difference 13 Ireland0 2 0 79 −79 14 Japan0 2 3 92 −89 15 Netherlands0 2 10 124 −114 16 Germany0 2 0 194 −194
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