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]
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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 1998 Women s Rugby World CupWereldbeker rugby dames 1998Tournament detailsHost nation NetherlandsDates1998 05 01 1998 05 16No of nations16Final positionsChampions New Zealand 1st title Runner up United StatesTournament statisticsMatches played40 19942002 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 Contents 1 Squads 2 Pool stages 2 1 Pool A 2 2 Pool B 2 3 Pool C 2 4 Pool D 3 Bowl 3 1 Quarter finals 3 2 Semi finals 3 3 11th 12th place 3 4 Final 9th place 4 Shield 4 1 Semi finals 4 2 15th 16th place 4 3 Final 13th place 5 Cup 5 1 Quarter finals 5 2 Semi finals 5 3 3rd 4th place 5 4 Final 6 Plate 6 1 Semi finals 6 2 7th 8th place 6 3 Final 5th place 7 1998 Top scorers 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksSquads editMain article 1998 Women s Rugby World Cup squadsPool stages editPool A edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Ladder nbsp England 2 2 0 0 147 6 141 2nd nbsp Canada 2 1 0 1 22 79 57 8th nbsp Netherlands 2 1 0 1 51 16 35 10th nbsp Sweden 2 0 0 2 0 119 119 15thSource citation needed 1998 05 01Netherlands nbsp 7 16 nbsp CanadaAmsterdam 1998 05 02England nbsp 75 0 nbsp SwedenAmsterdam 1998 05 05Canada nbsp 6 72 nbsp EnglandAmsterdam 1998 05 05Netherlands nbsp 44 0 nbsp SwedenAmsterdam Pool B edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Ladder nbsp United States 2 2 0 0 122 16 106 3rd nbsp Spain 2 1 0 1 44 56 12 6th nbsp Wales 2 1 0 1 101 35 66 9th nbsp Russia 2 0 0 2 7 167 160 16thSource citation needed 1998 05 02Spain nbsp 28 18 nbsp WalesAmsterdam 1998 05 02Russia nbsp 0 84 nbsp United StatesAmsterdam 1998 05 05Spain nbsp 16 38 nbsp United StatesAmsterdam 1998 05 05Russia nbsp 7 83 nbsp WalesAmsterdam Pool C edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Ladder nbsp New Zealand 2 2 0 0 210 6 204 1st nbsp Scotland 2 1 0 1 37 84 47 7th nbsp Italy 2 1 0 1 42 42 0 11th nbsp Germany 2 0 0 2 11 168 157 15thSource citation needed 1998 05 02Germany nbsp 6 134 nbsp New ZealandAmsterdam 1998 05 02Italy nbsp 8 37 nbsp ScotlandAmsterdam 1998 05 05New Zealand nbsp 76 0 nbsp ScotlandAmsterdam 1998 05 05Germany nbsp 5 34 nbsp ItalyAmsterdam Pool D edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Ladder nbsp France 2 2 0 0 33 14 19 4th nbsp Australia 2 1 0 1 29 10 19 5th nbsp Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 18 29 11 12th nbsp Ireland 2 0 0 2 6 33 27 13thSource citation needed 1998 05 02France nbsp 23 6 nbsp KazakhstanAmsterdam 1998 05 02Australia nbsp 21 0 nbsp IrelandAmsterdam 1998 05 05Australia nbsp 8 10 nbsp FranceAmsterdam 1998 05 05Ireland nbsp 6 12 nbsp KazakhstanAmsterdamBowl edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 9 May Amsterdam nbsp Netherlands18 12 May Amsterdam nbsp Ireland21 nbsp Ireland20 9 May Amsterdam nbsp Italy5 nbsp Italy51 15 May Amsterdam nbsp Russia7 nbsp Ireland10 9 May Amsterdam nbsp Kazakhstan26 nbsp Kazakhstan47 12 May Amsterdam nbsp Sweden5 nbsp Kazakhstan18 9 May Amsterdam nbsp Wales13Third place nbsp Wales55 15 May Amsterdam nbsp Germany12 nbsp Italy10 nbsp Wales12 Quarter finals edit 1998 05 09Netherlands nbsp 18 21 nbsp IrelandAmsterdam 1998 05 09Germany nbsp 12 55 nbsp WalesAmsterdam 1998 05 09Kazakhstan nbsp 47 5 nbsp SwedenAmsterdam 1998 05 09Italy nbsp 51 7 nbsp RussiaAmsterdam Semi finals edit 1998 05 12Ireland nbsp 20 5 nbsp ItalyAmsterdam 1998 05 12Kazakhstan nbsp 18 13 nbsp WalesAmsterdam 11th 12th place edit 1998 05 15Italy nbsp 10 12 nbsp WalesAmsterdam Final 9th place edit 1998 05 15Ireland nbsp 10 26 nbsp KazakhstanAmsterdamShield edit Semi finalsFinal 12 May Amsterdam nbsp Netherlands61 15 May Amsterdam nbsp Russia0 nbsp Netherlands67 12 May Amsterdam nbsp Germany3 nbsp Sweden18 nbsp Germany20 Third place 15 May Amsterdam nbsp Russia3 nbsp Sweden23Semi finals edit 1998 05 12Netherlands nbsp 61 0 nbsp RussiaAmsterdam 1998 05 12Germany nbsp 20 18 nbsp SwedenAmsterdam 15th 16th place edit 1998 05 15Russia nbsp 3 23 nbsp SwedenAmsterdam Final 13th place edit 1998 05 15Netherlands nbsp 67 3 nbsp GermanyAmsterdamCup edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 9 May Amsterdam nbsp England30 12 May Amsterdam nbsp Australia13 nbsp England11 9 May Amsterdam nbsp New Zealand44 nbsp New Zealand46 15 May Amsterdam nbsp Spain3 nbsp New Zealand44 9 May Amsterdam nbsp United States12 nbsp France7 12 May Amsterdam nbsp Canada9 nbsp Canada6 9 May Amsterdam nbsp United States46Third place nbsp United States25 15 May Amsterdam nbsp Scotland10 nbsp England31 nbsp Canada15 Quarter finals edit 1998 05 09Australia nbsp 13 30 nbsp EnglandAmsterdam 1998 05 09Scotland nbsp 10 25 nbsp United StatesAmsterdam 1998 05 09Canada nbsp 9 7 nbsp FranceAmsterdam 1998 05 09New Zealand nbsp 46 3 nbsp SpainAmsterdam Semi finals edit 1998 05 12England nbsp 11 44 nbsp New ZealandAmsterdam 1998 05 12Canada nbsp 6 46 nbsp United StatesAmsterdam 3rd 4th place edit 1998 05 16Canada nbsp 15 31 nbsp EnglandAmsterdam Final edit Main article 1998 Women s Rugby World Cup Final 1998 05 16New Zealand nbsp 44 12 nbsp United StatesAmsterdamPlate edit Semi finalsFinal 12 May Amsterdam nbsp Australia17 15 May Amsterdam nbsp Spain15 nbsp Australia25 12 May Amsterdam nbsp Scotland15 nbsp France7 nbsp Scotland27 Third place 15 May Amsterdam nbsp Spain22 nbsp France9Semi finals edit 1998 05 12Australia nbsp 17 15 nbsp SpainAmsterdam 1998 05 12France nbsp 7 27 nbsp ScotlandAmsterdam 7th 8th place edit 1998 05 16France nbsp 9 22 nbsp SpainAmsterdam Final 5th place edit 1998 05 16Australia nbsp 25 15 nbsp ScotlandAmsterdam 1998 Women s Rugby World Cup winners nbsp New ZealandFirst title1998 Top scorers editPos Name Team Tries Conv Pen Points1 Annaleah Rush New Zealand 5 21 2 732 Anne Mieke v Waveren the Netherlands 6 13 3 653 Jos Bergmann USA 3 8 8 554 Tracey Comley Wales 4 15 1 535 Tammi Wilson New Zealand 7 8 0 516 Minke Docter the Netherlands 9 0 0 457 Nicky Brown England 8 0 0 408 Realtine Shrieves Ireland 0 2 11 389 Louisa Wall New Zealand 7 0 0 359 Vanessa Cootes New Zealand 7 0 0 3511 Alfiya Tamayeva Kazakhstan 1 11 2 33See also editWomen s Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World CupReferences edit World Cup Archive Archived from the original on June 1 2007 External links editIRB coverage via WebArchive WRWC 1998 in Amsterdam Previous World Cup rugby results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 Women 27s Rugby World Cup amp oldid 1178364414, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
