The 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup was the second world cup for women. It was originally scheduled to be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands (April 10–24) but was cancelled only weeks before. However, a replacement competition was organised around the same dates in Scotland. England beat the defending champions USA 38–23 in the final.
The official reason for the cancellation was that the event organisers failed to get official endorsement of the event as the "Women's World Cup" from the International Rugby Board (IRB). The minutes of the 1993 Interim meeting of the IRB state the following about the "1994 Women's International Tournament":
"The Council agreed to defer consideration of participation by member unions in the tournament until such time as a formal request is received from the organizers."[1]
Hence not only was there uncertainty to whether it really was the "Women's World Cup" or not, but the IRB refused to endorse it regardless of its status – the "deferral" (above) was in practice a refusal to endorse as the next scheduled IRB meeting was only days before the event was due to start. It was not until 2009 that the IRB officially endorsed the event as a "world cup" when it published, for the first time, a list of previous winners.[2]
Because of this, the Unions of some countries decided not to pay team expenses (including New Zealand, where women's rugby was by now fully integrated in the national union, and ultimately others as well) or withdrew their entries. Several team members decided to go ahead and raised the money themselves, but the surrounding uncertainty of the event status and the financial risk from teams pulling out prompted the event organizers to (rather abruptly) cancel it.
The women who had trained so hard, and had gone to much trouble raising money etc., were so disappointed at the cancellation that an alternative tournament in Scotland was soon organized. Despite the IRB threatening sanctions against unions taking part in this unendorsed event, it went ahead.
Officially it (and its predecessor in 1991) were never endorsed by the IRB the Scottish organizers did not pursue the issue. However, all of the participating teams regarded it as the "real" World Cup.
Eventually eleven of the original sixteen entrants took part – as well as New Zealand, Netherlands also withdrew from both participation as well as hosts, and Spain pulled out very late – after the groups had been drawn – and were replaced by a Scottish Students team. Italy and Germany were also notable absentees. The Soviet Union would have competed but due to their dissolution, they were replaced by Russia and Kazakhstan.
Once the event was underway it proved to be a great success,[3]England exacting revenge for their 1991 defeat to USA, beating the defending champions 38–23 in the final.
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The 1994 Women s Rugby World Cup was the second world cup for women It was originally scheduled to be held in Amsterdam Netherlands April 10 24 but was cancelled only weeks before However a replacement competition was organised around the same dates in Scotland England beat the defending champions USA 38 23 in the final 1994 Women s Rugby World CupCupa Cruinne Rugbaidh nam Ban 1994Tournament detailsHost nation ScotlandDates1994 04 11 1994 04 24No of nations12Final positionsChampions England 1st title Runner up United StatesTournament statisticsMatches played31 19911998 Contents 1 Background 2 Squads 3 Match Officials 4 Pool stages 4 1 Pool A 4 2 Pool B 4 3 Pool C 4 4 Pool D 5 Plate competition 5 1 Round robin 5 2 Plate final 6 Championship 6 1 Bracket 6 1 1 Championship 6 1 2 Shield 6 2 Quarter finals 6 3 Championship semi finals 6 4 Shield semi finals 6 5 Shield 3rd 4th 7th place 6 6 Shield final 5th place 6 7 Cup 3rd 4th place 6 8 Cup final 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksBackground editThe official reason for the cancellation was that the event organisers failed to get official endorsement of the event as the Women s World Cup from the International Rugby Board IRB The minutes of the 1993 Interim meeting of the IRB state the following about the 1994 Women s International Tournament The Council agreed to defer consideration of participation by member unions in the tournament until such time as a formal request is received from the organizers 1 Hence not only was there uncertainty to whether it really was the Women s World Cup or not but the IRB refused to endorse it regardless of its status the deferral above was in practice a refusal to endorse as the next scheduled IRB meeting was only days before the event was due to start It was not until 2009 that the IRB officially endorsed the event as a world cup when it published for the first time a list of previous winners 2 Because of this the Unions of some countries decided not to pay team expenses including New Zealand where women s rugby was by now fully integrated in the national union and ultimately others as well or withdrew their entries Several team members decided to go ahead and raised the money themselves but the surrounding uncertainty of the event status and the financial risk from teams pulling out prompted the event organizers to rather abruptly cancel it The women who had trained so hard and had gone to much trouble raising money etc were so disappointed at the cancellation that an alternative tournament in Scotland was soon organized Despite the IRB threatening sanctions against unions taking part in this unendorsed event it went ahead Officially it and its predecessor in 1991 were never endorsed by the IRB the Scottish organizers did not pursue the issue However all of the participating teams regarded it as the real World Cup Eventually eleven of the original sixteen entrants took part as well as New Zealand Netherlands also withdrew from both participation as well as hosts and Spain pulled out very late after the groups had been drawn and were replaced by a Scottish Students team Italy and Germany were also notable absentees The Soviet Union would have competed but due to their dissolution they were replaced by Russia and Kazakhstan Once the event was underway it proved to be a great success 3 England exacting revenge for their 1991 defeat to USA beating the defending champions 38 23 in the final Squads editMain article 1994 Women s Rugby World Cup squadsMatch Officials editJ Fleming Boroughmuir 4 Pool stages editPool A edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD nbsp United States 2 2 0 0 232 0 232 nbsp Japan 2 1 0 1 10 126 116 nbsp Sweden 2 0 0 2 5 121 116Source citation needed 1994 04 11Sweden nbsp 0 111 nbsp United StatesMelrose 1994 04 13Japan nbsp 10 5 nbsp SwedenMelrose 1994 04 15Japan nbsp 0 121 nbsp United StatesMelrose Pool B edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD nbsp England 2 2 0 0 92 0 92 nbsp Scotland 2 1 0 1 51 26 25 nbsp Russia 2 0 0 2 0 117 117Source citation needed 1994 04 11England nbsp 66 0 nbsp RussiaBoroughmuir 1994 04 13Scotland nbsp 51 0 nbsp RussiaBoroughmuir 1994 04 15Scotland nbsp 0 26 nbsp EnglandBoroughmuir Pool C edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD nbsp France 2 2 0 0 108 8 100 nbsp Ireland 2 1 0 1 18 36 18 nbsp Scottish Students 2 0 0 2 13 95 82Source citation needed 1994 04 11Scottish Students nbsp 8 77 nbsp FranceWest of Scotland RFC 1994 04 13Scottish Students nbsp 5 18 nbsp IrelandWest of Scotland RFC 1994 04 15France nbsp 31 0 nbsp IrelandWest of Scotland RFC Pool D edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD nbsp Wales 2 2 0 0 40 13 27 nbsp Canada 2 1 0 1 33 11 22 nbsp Kazakhstan 2 0 0 2 8 57 49Source citation needed 1994 04 11Canada nbsp 5 11 nbsp WalesEdinburgh Academicals RFC 1994 04 13Kazakhstan nbsp 8 29 nbsp WalesEdinburgh Academicals RFC 1994 04 15Canada nbsp 28 0 nbsp KazakhstanEdinburgh Academicals RFCPlate competition editRound robin edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Ladder nbsp Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 83 12 71 9th nbsp Sweden 3 2 0 1 46 56 10 10th nbsp Russia 3 1 0 2 37 57 20 11th nbsp Scottish Students 3 0 0 3 24 65 41 12thSource citation needed 1994 04 17Russia nbsp 13 20 nbsp SwedenKirkcaldy 1994 04 17Scottish Students nbsp 0 27 nbsp KazakhstanKirkcaldy 1994 04 19Scottish Students nbsp 12 14 nbsp SwedenGala 1994 04 19Kazakhstan nbsp 25 0 nbsp RussiaGala 1994 04 21Kazakhstan nbsp 31 12 nbsp SwedenStirling County 1994 04 21Scottish Students nbsp 12 24 nbsp RussiaStirling County Plate final edit 1994 04 23Kazakhstan nbsp 29 12 nbsp SwedenBoroughmuirChampionship editBracket edit Championship edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 17 April Gala nbsp England24 20 April Gala nbsp Canada10 nbsp England18 17 April Edinburgh nbsp France6 nbsp France99 24 April Edinburgh nbsp Japan0 nbsp England38 17 April Boroughmuir nbsp United States23 nbsp United States76 20 April Gala nbsp Ireland0 nbsp United States56 17 April Melrose nbsp Wales15Third place nbsp Wales8 24 April Edinburgh nbsp Scotland0 nbsp France27 nbsp Wales0 Shield edit Semi finalsFinal 20 April Melrose nbsp Canada57 23 April Boroughmuir nbsp Japan0 nbsp Canada5 20 April Melrose nbsp Scotland11 nbsp Ireland3 nbsp Scotland10 Third place 23 April Boroughmuir nbsp Ireland11 nbsp Japan3Quarter finals edit 1994 04 17United States nbsp 76 0 nbsp IrelandBoroughmuir 1994 04 17England nbsp 24 10 nbsp CanadaGala 1994 04 17France nbsp 99 0 nbsp JapanEdinburgh Academicals RFC 1994 04 17Scotland nbsp 0 8 nbsp WalesMelrose Championship semi finals edit 1994 04 20United States nbsp 56 15 nbsp WalesGala 1994 04 20England nbsp 18 6 nbsp FranceGala Shield semi finals edit 1994 04 20Canada nbsp 57 0 nbsp JapanMelrose 1994 04 20Scotland nbsp 10 3 nbsp IrelandMelrose Shield 3rd 4th 7th place edit 1994 04 23Ireland nbsp 11 3 nbsp JapanBoroughmuir Shield final 5th place edit 1994 04 23Scotland nbsp 11 5 nbsp CanadaBoroughmuir Cup 3rd 4th place edit 1994 04 24France nbsp 27 0 nbsp WalesEdinburgh Academicals RFC Cup final edit Main article 1994 Women s Rugby World Cup Final 1994 04 24England nbsp 38 23 nbsp United StatesEdinburgh Academicals RFC Referee Jim Fleming Scotland 1994 Women s Rugby World Cup winners nbsp EnglandFirst titleSee also editWomen s Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup Sevens Scottish Women s Rugby UnionReferences edit http www uiweb uidaho edu clubs womens rugby RugbyRoot rugby games Sched94 womenswc html Retrieved 2009 06 25 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help dead link IRB press release Archived from the original on December 2 2013 A History of the Women s World Cup Users ox ac uk Archived from the original on 2008 12 12 Retrieved 2012 08 07 Hughson John 2016 07 01 The Cup tradition and England 1966 England and the 1966 World Cup Manchester University Press pp 12 31 doi 10 7228 manchester 9780719096150 003 0002 ISBN 978 0 7190 9615 0 retrieved 2021 05 06External links editPrevious World Cup Women s Rugby results Retrieved from https en 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