Argentina at the Rugby World Cup

Argentina have competed in all the Rugby World Cup tournaments, starting with the inaugural 1987 tournament.

The Pumas during their November 2006 win over England at Twickenham
Map of nations best results, excluding nations which unsuccessfully participated in qualifying tournaments

Their best result was finishing in third place in the 2007 tournament, played in France. They defeated the host side France in their opening game, then beat the other teams in Pool D, finishing top of the pool. In the knockout stage, they defeated Scotland in the quarter finals, before losing in the semi finals to eventual champions South Africa. In the Bronze Final they once again faced France, whom they defeated for a second time to attain third place.

Their second best result was fourth place in 2015. They also progressed past the pool stage in 1999 and 2011. In 1999 they defeated Ireland in the quarter final play-offs, but lost in the quarter-finals to France. In 2011 they lost to host team New Zealand in the quarter-finals.

Argentina has yet to host the World Cup. The Argentina national team is the most successful of any national side from the Americas at the tournament.

By position

Rugby World Cup Qualification
Year Round Pld W D L PF PA Squad Pos Pld W D L PF PA
1987 Pool Stage 3 1 0 2 49 90 Squad Invited
1991 Pool Stage 3 0 0 3 38 83 Squad 2nd 4 2 0 2 57 46
1995 Pool Stage 3 0 0 3 69 87 Squad P/O 5 5 0 0 184 53
1999 Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 137 122 Squad 1st 3 3 0 0 161 52
2003 Pool Stage 4 2 0 2 140 57 Squad Automatically qualified
2007 Third Place 7 6 0 1 209 93 Squad 1st 2 2 0 0 86 13
2011 Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 100 73 Squad Automatically qualified
2015 Fourth Place 7 4 0 3 250 143 Squad Automatically qualified
2019 Pool Stage 4 2 0 2 106 91 Squad Automatically qualified
2023 Automatically qualified
Total Third Place 41 21 0 20 1098 839 14 12 0 2 488
  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place Home venue

By matches

1987

Team
P W D L PF PA tries Pts
 New Zealand 330019034306
 Fiji 31025610162
 Italy 31024011052
 Argentina 3102499042

24 May 1987
Argentina  9 28  Fiji
Try: Penalty try
Con: Porta
Pen: Porta
Tries: Gale
Naivilawasa
Nalaga
Savai
Con: Koroduadua (2)
Rokowailoa
Pen: Koroduadua (2)
Rugby Park, Hamilton
Referee: Jim Fleming

28 May 1987
Argentina  25 16  Italy
Tries: Lanza
Gómez
Con: Porta
Pen:Porta (5)
Tries: Innocenti
Cuttitta
Con: Collodo
Pen: Collodo (2)
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Referee: Roger Quittenton

1 June 1987
New Zealand  46 15  Argentina
Tries: Kirk
Brooke
Stanley
Earl
Crowley
Whetton
Con: Fox (2)
Pen: Fox (6)
Try: Lanza
Con: Porta
Pen: Porta (3)
Athletic Park, Wellington
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Roger Quittenton

1991

Pool 3 games -

Team
P W D L PF PA Pts
 Australia 330079256
 Western Samoa 320154344
 Wales 310232612
 Argentina 300338830
4 October 1991
Argentina  19 32  Australia
Tries: Teran (2)
Con: Del Castillo
Pen: Del Castillo
Drop: Arbizu (2)
Tries: Campese (2), Horan (2), Kearns
Con: Lynagh (3)
Pen: Lynagh (2)

9 October 1991
Wales  16 7  Argentina
Tries: Arnold
Pen: Ring (3), Rayer
Tries: García Simón
Pen: Del Castillo
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: Rene Hourquet

13 October 1991
Argentina  12 35  Western Samoa
Tries: Teran
Con: Arbizu
Pen: Laborde, Arbizu
Tries: Tagaola (2), Lima (2), Bunce, Bachop
Con: Vaea (4)
Pen: Vaea
Sardis Road, Pontypridd
Referee: Brian Anderson

1995

Pool B games -

Team
Pld W D L PF PA Pts
 England 330095609
 Western Samoa 320196887
 Italy 310269945
 Argentina 300369873
27 May 1995
Argentina  18 24  England
Tries: Lisandro Arbizu, Patricio Noriega
Con: Lisandro Arbizu
Pen: Lisandro Arbizu (2)
Pen: Rob Andrew (6)
Drop: Rob Andrew (2)
Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 30 000
Referee: Jim Fleming


4 June 1995
Argentina  25 31  Italy
Tries: Matias Corral, Rolando Martin, José Cilley
Con: José Cilley
Pen: José Cilley
Tries: Paolo Vaccari, Mario Gerosa, Diego Dominguez
Con: Diego Dominguez (2)
Pen: Diego Dominguez (4)
Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London
Attendance: 11 000
Referee: Clayton Thomas

1999

Pool D games

Team
P W D L PF PA Pts
 Wales 3201118717
 Samoa 320197727
 Argentina 320183517
 Japan 3003361403
1 October 1999
Wales  23 18  Argentina
Tries: Colin Charvis, Mark Taylor
Con: Neil Jenkins (2)
Pen: Neil Jenkins (3)
Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (6)

10 October 1999
Argentina  32 16  Samoa
Tries: Alejandro Allub
Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (8)
Drop: Gonzalo Quesada
Tries: Peter Paramore
Con: Silao Leaega
Pen: Silao Leaega (3)
Stradey Park, Llanelli
Referee: Wayne Erickson


Quarter final place offs -

20 October 1999
 Ireland 24 28  Argentina
Pen: David Humphreys (7)
Drop: David Humphreys
Tries: Diego Albanese
Con: Gonzalo Quesada
Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (7)
Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 41,320
Referee: Stuart Dickinson

Quarter finals -

24 October 1999
France  47 26  Argentina
Tries: Xavier Garbajosa (2), Philippe Bernat-Salles (2), Émile Ntamack
Con: Christophe Lamaison (5)
Pen: Christophe Lamaison (4)
Tries: Agustín Pichot, Lisandro Arbizu
Con: Gonzalo Quesada (2)
Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (3), Felipe Contepomi
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Derek Bevan

2003

Group A games -

Team
Pld W D L PF PA BP Pts
 Australia 440027332218
 Ireland 430114156315
 Argentina 420214057311
 Romania 41036519215
 Namibia 40042831000
10 October 2003
Australia  248  Argentina
Try: Sailor 20', Roff 74'
Con: Flatley
Pen: Flatley (4)
Try: Corleto 72'
Pen: M. Contepomi
Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 81,350
Referee: Paul Honiss

14 October 2003
Argentina  6714  Namibia
Tries: Méndez, Bouza (2), J. Fernández Miranda, Penalty try (2), Gaitán (3), N. Fernández Miranda
Con: Quesada (7)
Pen: Quesada
Tries: Grobier, Husselman
Con: Wessels (2)

22 October 2003
Argentina  503  Romania
Tries: Gaitán, Hernández (2), M. Contepomi, N. Fernández Miranda, Bouza (2)
Con: J. Fernández Miranda (4), Quesada (2)
Pen: J. Fernández Miranda
Pen: Ionut Tofan
Aussie Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 33,673
Referee: Chris White

26 October 2003
Argentina  1516  Ireland
Pen: Quesada (3)
Drop: Quesada, Corleto
Tries: Quinlan
Con: Humphreys
Pen: Humphreys, O'Gara (2)
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 30,203
Referee: André Watson

2007

Los Pumas began their final preparation for the 2007 World Cup with a two-test series against visiting Ireland, who was grouped against them in France. In the first test on 26 May at Santa Fe, they scored a 2220 win on a last-minute drop goal by Felipe Contepomi. Both teams were heavily experimental, especially the Irish, with stars such as Brian O'Driscoll, Ronan O'Gara, Paul O'Connell and Gordon D'Arcy missing from the touring squad. The Pumas were themselves missing many stars who were playing that weekend in the final round of the 2006–07 Top 14 season in France.[1][2] The second test against Ireland was a 16-0 Pumas win at Vélez Sársfield on 2 June.[3] On 9 June, Los Pumas completed a clean sweep of their mid-year tests with a 246 win over Italy in Mendoza. They split their final warmup tests, defeating neighbours Chile 70-14 at CASI in Buenos Aires on 4 August and losing to Wales at Millennium Stadium 2720 on 18 August.

At the World Cup, Los Pumas were drawn into the so-called pool of death, featuring two other teams ranked in the top six in the IRB rankings—Ireland and the hosts France. On top of this, they opened the World Cup at Stade de France against the French, marking the third consecutive World Cup in which they played against the host nation in the World Cup opener. In possibly one of their finest hours,[4] the Pumas took a 17-9 lead into the half, and held on for a surprising 17-12 win. The Pumas subsequently beat Georgia 33-3 on 11 September at the Stade de Gerland, Lyon. Argentina then went on to beat Namibia 63-3 in Marseille, the biggest winning margin in Argentine World Cup history. They then went on to secure a 30-15 victory against Ireland which ensured that they topped the group. They then defeated Scotland 19-13 in the quarter-final at the Stade de France. The Pumas' improbable run towards the Webb Ellis trophy ended in a comprehensive 37-13 defeat by the Springboks in the semi-final at Stade de France. However, the Pumas recovered to beat France for the second time in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, a 34-10 win in the 3rd/4th place playoff. The 3rd place showing for the Pumas in the 2007 World Cup was Argentina's best ever result in Rugby World Cup history, equal or better to the best showing by IRB founding nations Wales (who were 3rd in the 1987 Rugby World Cup), Scotland (who were 4th in the 1991 Rugby World Cup) and Ireland (which has never qualified for the Rugby World Cup semi-finals).

During their World Cup run, the normally football-crazed Argentines embraced the Pumas so much that El Superclásico, the Buenos Aires football derby between Boca Juniors and River Plate that is normally the biggest event in Argentine sport, was rescheduled so that it would not conflict with the Pumas' quarter-final match.[5] As the only major Spanish language country in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the Pumas also had considerable support from rugby fans in Spain, Uruguay, and other Latin American countries during their impressive five-game winning streak.

Pool D games -

Team
Pld W D L TF PF PA +/ BP Pts
 Argentina 44001614333+110218
 France 43012418837+151315
 Ireland 420296482−1819
 Georgia 4103550111−6115
 Namibia 4004330212−18200
7 September 2007
21:00
France  12–17  Argentina
Pen: Skrela (4/5) 7', 31', 40+', 60' Report Try: Corleto 27' m
Pen: F. Contepomi (4/6) 5', 10', 24', 34'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,312
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)
11 September 2007
20:00
Argentina  33–3  Georgia
Tries: Borges (2) 47' c, 56' m
Albacete 72' m
Martin Aramburu 80' c
Con: F. Contepomi (1/3)
Hernández (1/1)
Pen: F. Contepomi (3/3) 12', 35', 54'
Report Pen: Kvirikashvili (1/2) 2'
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 40,240
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
22 September 2007
21:00
Argentina  63–3  Namibia
Tries: Roncero 25' c
Leguizamón (2) 35' m, 52' c
M. Contepomi 38' c
F. Contepomi 45' c
Tiesi 55' m
Corleto 58' m
Penalty try 63' c
Todeschini 71' c
Con: Contepomi (4/7)
Todeschini (2/2)
Pen: F. Contepomi (2/2) 10', 20'
Report Pen: Schreuder (1/1) 7'
30 September 2007
17:00
Ireland  15–30  Argentina
Tries: O'Driscoll 32' c
Murphy 47' m
Con: O'Gara (1/2)
Pen: O'Gara (1/1) 20'
Report Tries: Borges 17' m
Agulla 39' c
Con: F. Contepomi (1/2)
Pen: F. Contepomi (3/4) 43', 62', 66'
Drop: Hernández (3/5) 21', 36', 79'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,450
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)



Quarter-finals -


7 October 2007
21:00
Argentina  19 13  Scotland
Try: Longo Elía 33' c
Con: F. Contepomi (1/1)
Pen: F. Contepomi (3/4) 23', 29', 43'
Drop: Hernández (1/4) 54'
Report Try: Cusiter 63' c
Con: Paterson (1/1)
Pen: Parks (1/2) 16'
Paterson (1/1) 38'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 76,866
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

Semi-finals -

14 October 2007
21:00
South Africa  37 13  Argentina
Tries: du Preez 7' c
Habana (2) 32' c, 76' c
Rossouw 40' c
Con: Montgomery (4/4)
Pen: Montgomery (3/3) 17', 71', 75'
Report Try: M. Contepomi 45' c
Con: F. Contepomi (1/1)
Pen: F. Contepomi (2/4) 15', 30'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 77,055
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

Bronze final game -

19 October 2007
21:00
France  10 34  Argentina
Try: Poitrenaud 69' c
Con: Beauxis (1/1)
Pen: Élissalde (1/1) 18'
Report Tries: F. Contepomi (2) 28' c, 77' c
Hasan Jalil 32' c
Martín Aramburú 53' m
Corleto 65' m
Con: F. Contepomi (3/5)
Pen: F. Contepomi (1/1) 21'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,958
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

2011

Team
Pld W D L TF PF PA +/− BP Pts
 England 44001813734+103218
 Argentina 4301109040+50214
 Scotland 420247359+14311
 Georgia 410334890−4204
 Romania 4004344169−12500
10 September 2011
20:30
Argentina  9–13  England
Pen: Contepomi (1/2) 7'
Rodríguez (2/7) 20', 45'
Report Try: Youngs 67' c
Con: Wilkinson (1/1)
Pen: Wilkinson (2/7) 12', 75'
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 30,700
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)

17 September 2011
15:30
Argentina  43–8  Romania
Try: Fernández 5' c
Leguizamón 9' c
Figallo 21' m
González Amorosino 30' c
Imhoff 64' c
Fessia 72' c
Con: Rodríguez (5/6)
Pen: Rodríguez (1/3) 44'
Report Try: Cazan 32' m
Pen: Dimofte (1/2) 14'

25 September 2011
20:30
Argentina  13–12  Scotland
Try: González Amorosino 73' c
Con: Contepomi (1/1)
Pen: Contepomi (2/5) 19', 64'
Report Pen: Paterson (1/2) 35'
Jackson (1/1) 38'
Drop: Jackson (1/1) 65'
Parks (1/2) 72'

2 October 2011
13:00
Argentina  25–7  Georgia
Try: Imhoff 32' m
Contepomi 68' c
Gosio 79' c
Con: Contepomi (1/2)
Bosch (1/1)
Pen: Contepomi (2/4) 51', 60'
Report Try: Khmaladze 39' c
Con: Urjukashvili (1/1)

Quarter-finals


9 October 2011
20:30 NZDT (UTC+13)
New Zealand  33–10  Argentina
Try: Read 69' m
Thorn 79' c
Con: Cruden (1/1)
Pen: Weepu (7/7) 13', 26', 36', 40', 50', 59', 73'
Report Try: Farías Cabello 32' c
Con: Contepomi (1/1)
Pen: Bosch (1/1) 46'
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 57,192
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

2015

Team
Pld W D L TF PF PA +/ BP Pts
 New Zealand 44002517449+125319
 Argentina 43012217970+109315
 Georgia 4202553123–7008
 Tonga 4103870130–6026
 Namibia 4004870174–10411
20 September 2015
16:45
New Zealand  26–16  Argentina
Try: A. Smith 57' c
Cane 67' c
Con: Carter (2/2) 58', 67'
Pen: Carter (4/4) 5', 11', 19', 40'
Report Try: Petti Pagadizábal 21' c
Con: Sánchez (1/1) 23'
Pen: Sánchez (3/3) 30', 38', 43'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 89,019
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

25 September 2015
16:45
Argentina  54–9  Georgia
Try: Lavanini 10' m
Cubelli 47' c
Imhoff (2) 49' c, 76' m
Cordero (2) 53' c, 72' c
Landajo 70' c
Con: Sánchez (3/4) 48', 51', 54'
Bosch (2/3) 71', 74'
Pen: Sánchez (2/2) 21', 35'
Drop: Sánchez 6'
Report Pen: Kvirikashvili (3/3) 17', 20', 32'
Kingsholm, Gloucester
Attendance: 14,256
Referee: JP Doyle (England)

4 October 2015
14:30
Argentina  45–16  Tonga
Try: Tuculet 20' c
Imhoff 22' c
Sánchez 64' m
Montoya 72' c
Cordero 80' c
Con: Sánchez (4/5) 21', 23', 73', 80'
Pen: Sánchez (4/5) 18', 26', 44', 53'
Report Try: Morath 7' m
Tonga'uiha 38' m
Con: Morath (0/2)
Pen: Morath (2/4) 33', 42'

11 October 2015
12:00
Argentina  64–19  Namibia
Try: Hernández 7' c
Moroni 19' c
Agulla 24' c
Isa 36' m
Noguera Paz 40' c
Alemanno 49' c
Senatore 64' c
Montoya 69' c
Cubelli 74' c
Con: González Iglesias (4/5) 8', 20', 26', 40'
Socino (4/4) 50', 65', 70', 75'
Pen: González Iglesias (1/2) 12'
Report Try: Tromp 13' c
Greyling 46' c
Jantjies 80' m
Con: Kotzé (2/2) 14', 47'
Redelinghuys (0/1)

Quarter-finals


18 October 2015
13:00 BST (UTC+01)
Ireland  20–43  Argentina
Try: Fitzgerald 26' c
Murphy 44' c
Con: Madigan (2/2) 27', 45'
Pen: Madigan (2/4) 20', 53'
Report Try: Moroni 3' c
Imhoff (2) 10' c, 73' c
Tuculet 69' c
Con: Sánchez (4/4) 5', 10', 70', 74'
Pen: Sánchez (5/6) 13', 22', 51', 64', 77'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 72,316
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)

Semi-finals


25 October 2015
16:00 GMT (UTC+00)
Argentina  15–29  Australia
Pen: Sánchez (5/5) 7', 24', 36', 45', 55'
Report Try: Simmons 2' c
Ashley-Cooper (3) 10' c, 32' m, 72' c
Con: Foley (3/4) 3', 11', 73'
Pen: Foley (1/2) 48'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,025
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Bronze final game -


30 October 2015
20:00 GMT (UTC+00)
South Africa  24–13  Argentina
Try: Pietersen 6' c
Etzebeth 43' m
Con: Pollard (1/2) 7'
Pen: Pollard (4/5) 14', 33', 40', 48'
Report Try: Orlandi 80' c
Con: Sánchez (1/1) 80'
Pen: Sánchez (1/1) 52'
Drop: Sánchez 42'
Olympic Stadium, London
Attendance: 55,925
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

2019

Team
Pld W D L TF PF PA +/ BP Pts
 England 43101711920+99317
 France 431097951+28115
 Argentina 42021410691+15311
 Tonga 4103967105−3826
 United States 4004752156−10400
21 September 2019
16:15 JST (UTC+09)
France  23–21  Argentina (1 BP)
Try: Fickou 18' c
Dupont 22' c
Con: Ntamack (2/2) 19', 23'
Pen: Ntamack (2/3) 30', 40+1'
Drop: Lopez (1/1) 70'
Report Try: Petti Pagadizábal 42' c
Montoya 54' m
Con: Sánchez (1/2) 43'
Pen: Sánchez (1/1) 15'
Urdapilleta (2/2) 61', 69'
Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu
Attendance: 40,004
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)

28 September 2019
13:45 JST (UTC+09)
(1 BP) Argentina  28–12  Tonga
Try: Montoya (3) 7' c, 17' c, 26' c
Carreras 20' c
Con: Urdapilleta (4/4) 9', 19', 21', 28'
Report Try: Veainu (2) 30' c, 66' m
Con: Takulua (1/2) 32'

5 October 2019
17:00 JST (UTC+09)
(1 BP) England  39–10  Argentina
Try: May 9' m
Daly 35' m
Youngs 40'+1 m
Ford 45' c
Nowell 74' c
Cowan-Dickie 80' c
Con: Farrell (3/6) 47', 76', 80+1'
Pen: Farrell (1/1) 54'
Report Try: Moroni 71' c
Con: Boffelli (1/1) 72'
Pen: Urdapilleta (1/1) 7'
Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu
Attendance: 48,185
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

9 October 2019
13:45 JST (UTC+09)
(1 BP) Argentina  47–17  United States
Try: Sánchez 19' c
Tuculet (2) 25' c, 35' m
Mallia (2) 44' c, 48' c
de la Fuente 57' c
Bertranou 71' c
Con: Sánchez (5/6) 21', 25', 45', 49', 57'
Urdapilleta (1/1) 72'
Report Try: Scully (2) 39' m, 80+3' m
Lasike 60' c
Con: MacGinty (1/2) 61'

Overall record

Against Played Win Draw Lost For Against Win %
 Australia 3 0 0 3 42 85 0%
 England 3 0 0 3 37 76 0%
 Fiji 1 0 0 1 9 28 0%
 France 4 2 0 2 98 92 50%
 Georgia 3 3 0 0 112 19 100%
 Ireland 4 3 0 1 116 75 75%
 Italy 2 1 0 1 50 47 50%
 Japan 1 1 0 0 33 12 100%
 Namibia 3 3 0 0 194 36 100%
 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 41 105 0%
 Romania 2 2 0 0 93 11 100%
 Samoa 3 1 0 2 70 83 33.33%
 Scotland 2 2 0 0 32 25 100%
 South Africa 2 0 0 2 26 61 0%
 Tonga 2 2 0 0 73 28 100%
 United States 1 1 0 0 47 17 100%
 Wales 2 0 0 2 25 39 0%
Overall 41 21 0 20 1098 839 51.22%

Hosting

So far Argentina has not hosted any World Cup games, as no RWC has been held in the Americas yet.

References

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