1998 Women's Rugby World Cup

1998 Women's Rugby World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Netherlands
Dates	1998-05-01 – 1998-05-16
No. of nations	16
Champions	New Zealand
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 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 USA 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.

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]

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

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

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	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

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

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	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]

Quarter finals

Cup/Plate

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

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	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]

Bowl/Shield

[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

Cup

[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]

Plate

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

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

Bowl

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

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

Shield

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

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

Finals

15th/16th place

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

11th/12th place

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

Shield (13th place)

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

Bowl (9th place)

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

3rd/4th place

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

7th/8th place

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

Plate (5th place)

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

Cup

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

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	Anne-Mieke v Waveren	the Netherlands	6	13	3	65
3	Jos Bergmann	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

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

External links

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