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interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%AC%EC%9E%90_%EB%9F%AD%EB%B9%84_%EC%9B%94%EB%93%9C%EC%BB%B5" title="여자 럭비 월드컵 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="여자 럭비 월드컵" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppa_del_Mondo_di_rugby_femminile" title="Coppa del Mondo di rugby femminile – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Coppa del Mondo di rugby femminile" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a 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Rugby World Cup">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Women's Rugby World Cup">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2025 Women's Rugby World Cup">2025</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2029_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2029 Rugby World Cup">2029</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2033_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2033 Rugby World Cup">2033</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Women's Rugby World Cup</b> is the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rugby_union" title="Women's rugby union">women's rugby union</a> <a href="/wiki/World_championship" title="World championship">world championship</a> which is organised by <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby" title="World Rugby">World Rugby</a>. The first Rugby World Cup for women was held in <a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup">1991</a>, but it was not until the <a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup">1998 tournament</a> that the tournament received official backing from the International Rugby Board (IRB, now World Rugby); by 2009, the IRB had retroactively recognized the 1991 and 1994 tournaments and their champions.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Normally, the tournament is held every four years; it was moved forward in 2017 so that the competition could be held in the year before the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Games" title="Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games</a>. The 2021 tournament was postponed to 2022 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, but still marketed as the 2021 tournament. </p><p>Three countries have won the Women's Rugby World Cup since its establishment, with <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby union team">New Zealand</a> having won the tournament a record six times. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the first Women's Rugby World Cup officially sanctioned by the International Rugby Board there had been three previous tournaments of a similar nature. The first of these was an event held in August 1990 in <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_New_Zealand" title="Rugby union in New Zealand">New Zealand</a>. Though not considered a world cup, the tournament was referred to as the <a href="/wiki/RugbyFest_1990" title="RugbyFest 1990">World Rugby Festival for Women</a>. The competition included teams representing <a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="United States women's national rugby union team">the United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Netherlands women's national rugby union team">the Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Russia women's national rugby union team">Russia</a>, and the hosts, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby union team">New Zealand</a> – who emerged as winners after defeating the United States in the final. </p><p>The first tournament referred to as the Women's Rugby World Cup was held in 1991 and hosted by <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>. Twelve countries were divided into four groups of three. The United States, against expectations, took the first championship with a 19–6 victory over <a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="England women's national rugby union team">England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Plate competition <a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada women's national rugby union team">Canada</a> prevailed over <a href="/wiki/Spain_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Spain women's national rugby union team">Spain</a> 18–4. Following the first tournament, it was decided to move the tournament schedule to the year prior to the next <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" title="Rugby World Cup">men's world cup</a>, therefore reducing the quadrennial cycle to just three years. </p><p>The next event was originally scheduled to take place in <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> but ended up being moved to <a href="/wiki/Scotland_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland women's national rugby union team">Scotland</a>. Eleven countries competed in the tournament with the English meeting the United States in the final for the second time; however, in this instance England emerged as winners.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1998 tournament became the first women's world cup officially sanctioned by the <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby" title="World Rugby">International Rugby Board</a>. <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a>, who were originally scheduled to host the previous world cup, hosted the largest ever tournament with all matches played at the new National Rugby Centre in the city's west end.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament also saw a record sixteen teams compete. New Zealand, who withdrew from the previous tournament, also competed. The final saw New Zealand defeat the United States and claim their first world cup title. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–present"><span id="2000.E2.80.93present"></span>2000–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2000–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The next event was taken to Spain in 2002. New Zealand won the title for the second time by defeating England 19–9 in the final. </p><p>The 2006 World Cup took place in <a href="/wiki/Edmonton" title="Edmonton">Edmonton</a>, Canada, and was the first major international rugby union tournament and women's world cup held in North America. New Zealand defeated England in the final to win their third successive world cup title.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_2010,_Wales_v_South_Africa_(5)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2030132.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_2010%2C_Wales_v_South_Africa_%285%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2030132.jpg/220px-Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_2010%2C_Wales_v_South_Africa_%285%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2030132.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_2010%2C_Wales_v_South_Africa_%285%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2030132.jpg/330px-Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_2010%2C_Wales_v_South_Africa_%285%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2030132.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_2010%2C_Wales_v_South_Africa_%285%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2030132.jpg/440px-Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_2010%2C_Wales_v_South_Africa_%285%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2030132.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Wales v South Africa match in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>A record four countries expressed interest in hosting the 2010 World Cup. After considering bids from <a href="/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_Rugby_Federation" title="German Rugby Federation">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_Rugby_Union" title="Kazakhstan Rugby Union">Kazakhstan</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_African_Rugby_Union" title="South African Rugby Union">South Africa</a>, the IRB announced that the 2010 event would take place in England.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament was staged in London, with the final played at the <a href="/wiki/Twickenham_Stoop" title="Twickenham Stoop">Twickenham Stoop</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kendra_Cocksedge_and_Stacey_Waaka_re-enacting_celebrating_the_WRWC_win.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Kendra_Cocksedge_and_Stacey_Waaka_re-enacting_celebrating_the_WRWC_win.jpg/220px-Kendra_Cocksedge_and_Stacey_Waaka_re-enacting_celebrating_the_WRWC_win.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Kendra_Cocksedge_and_Stacey_Waaka_re-enacting_celebrating_the_WRWC_win.jpg/330px-Kendra_Cocksedge_and_Stacey_Waaka_re-enacting_celebrating_the_WRWC_win.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Kendra_Cocksedge_and_Stacey_Waaka_re-enacting_celebrating_the_WRWC_win.jpg/440px-Kendra_Cocksedge_and_Stacey_Waaka_re-enacting_celebrating_the_WRWC_win.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4896" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>New Zealand celebrating their title in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup">2017 World Cup</a> was hosted by the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Irish Rugby Football Union">Irish Rugby Football Union</a>, which governs the sport on an <a href="/wiki/All-Ireland" title="All-Ireland">All-Ireland</a> basis. Games were held in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland and in Belfast in Northern Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tournament was held one year earlier than usual in order to re-align the Women's Rugby World Cup's scheduling for greater synergy with the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics</a> (which added <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics">rugby sevens</a> in 2016) one year prior, and <a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens" title="Rugby World Cup Sevens">Rugby World Cup Sevens</a> held the following year. The tournament was to return to a four-year cycle afterward,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the <a href="/wiki/2021_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Women's Rugby World Cup">2021 Women's Rugby World Cup</a> awarded to New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-SportsPro-2019_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SportsPro-2019-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RWC_Women%27s_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/RWC_Women%27s_logo.png/100px-RWC_Women%27s_logo.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/RWC_Women%27s_logo.png/150px-RWC_Women%27s_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/RWC_Women%27s_logo.png/200px-RWC_Women%27s_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="357" /></a><figcaption>Logo prior to 2021, when gender designation would be removed</figcaption></figure> <p>In August 2019, World Rugby announced that in an effort to "elevate the profile of the women's game", the women's championship will be marketed under the "Rugby World Cup" branding, with no gender designation, beginning in 2021. World Rugby stated that the decision was intended to promote <a href="/wiki/Gender_equality" title="Gender equality">gender equality</a> and "[eliminate] any inherent or perceived bias" towards men's events, with chairman <a href="/wiki/Bill_Beaumont" title="Bill Beaumont">Bill Beaumont</a> explaining that it "demonstrates our ongoing and unwavering commitment to advancing women in rugby both on and off the field in line with our ambitious strategic plan." World Rugby became the first major sports federation to rebrand its events in such a way.<sup id="cite_ref-SportsPro-2019_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SportsPro-2019-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2021 tournament in New Zealand was postponed by one year to 2022 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>; it will still be branded as the 2021 Rugby World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2025 the competition finals will be expanded to 16 teams, from the 12 competing in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_Sport-2020_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_Sport-2020-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 May 2022, World Rugby announced that England, Australia and the United States would host the next three women's tournaments in <a href="/wiki/2025_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2025 Rugby World Cup">2025</a>, 2029, and 2033 respectively. As part of a new strategy, Australia and the United States were also awarded the preceding men's tournaments in 2027 and 2031 respectively—marking the first time that the men's and women's Rugby World Cup will be held successively in the same host nation.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2023, as part of a new brand identity unveiled for the tournaments, World Rugby reverted its decision to drop the gender designation from the women's tournament, returning to the previous "Women's Rugby World Cup" title beginning 2025, while rebranding the Rugby World Cup as the "Men's Rugby World Cup" beginning 2027. World Rugby stated that the rebranding was meant to "promote unity across the tournament and provide clarity and consistency for fans".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tournaments">Tournaments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tournaments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="width:;"><abbr title="Edition">Ed.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:;">Year </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:100px;">Host </th> <th colspan="3">First place game </th> <th colspan="3">Third place game </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:;"><abbr title="Number of teams">Num.<br />teams</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="120px"><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> Champion </th> <th width="70px">Score </th> <th width="120px"><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="2nd place, silver medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> Runner-up </th> <th width="120px"><span data-sort-value="03 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="3rd place, bronze medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> Third </th> <th width="70px">Score </th> <th width="120px">Fourth </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup">1991</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> </td> <td><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/66px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="United States women's national rugby union team">United States</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">19–6</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Arms_Park" title="Cardiff Arms Park">Cardiff Arms Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/33px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/50px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/66px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="England women's national rugby union team">England</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/50px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/66px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="France women's national rugby union team">France</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup#Third_place_playoff" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup">Shared</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/33px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/50px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/66px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby union team">New Zealand</a> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1994 Women's Rugby World Cup">1994</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> </td> <td><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/33px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/50px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/66px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="England women's national rugby union team">England</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1994_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">38–23</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1994_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">Edinburgh Academicals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/66px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="United States women's national rugby union team">United States</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/50px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/66px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="France women's national rugby union team">France</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1994_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final#Cup_3rd/4th_place" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">27–0</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/1994_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">Edinburgh Academicals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/33px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/50px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/66px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Wales_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales women's national rugby union team">Wales</a> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup">1998</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> </td> <td><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/33px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/50px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/66px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">44–12</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/NRCA_Stadium" title="NRCA Stadium">NRCA Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/66px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="United States women's national rugby union team">United States</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/33px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/50px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/66px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="England women's national rugby union team">England</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup#3rd/4th_place" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup">31–15</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/NRCA_Stadium" title="NRCA Stadium">NRCA Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/66px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada women's national rugby union team">Canada</a> </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup">2002</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> </td> <td><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/33px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/50px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/66px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">19–9</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Estadi_Ol%C3%ADmpic_Llu%C3%ADs_Companys" title="Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys">Olympic Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/33px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/50px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/66px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="England women's national rugby union team">England</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/50px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/66px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="France women's national rugby union team">France</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup#3rd/4th" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup">41–7</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Estadi_Ol%C3%ADmpic_Llu%C3%ADs_Companys" title="Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys">Olympic Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/66px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada women's national rugby union team">Canada</a> </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup">2006</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> </td> <td><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/33px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/50px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/66px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">25–17</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Stadium" title="Commonwealth Stadium">Commonwealth Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edmonton" title="Edmonton">Edmonton</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/33px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/50px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/66px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="England women's national rugby union team">England</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/50px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/66px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="France women's national rugby union team">France</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup#3rd/4th_place_play-off" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup">17–8</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Stadium" title="Commonwealth Stadium">Commonwealth Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edmonton" title="Edmonton">Edmonton</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/66px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada women's national rugby union team">Canada</a> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup">2010</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/33px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/50px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/66px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">13–10</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Twickenham_Stoop" title="Twickenham Stoop">Twickenham Stoop</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/33px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/50px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/66px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="England women's national rugby union team">England</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/66px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia women's national rugby union team">Australia</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup#3rd_place_match" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup">22–8</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Twickenham_Stoop" title="Twickenham Stoop">Twickenham Stoop</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/50px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/66px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="France women's national rugby union team">France</a> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup">2014</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </td> <td><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/33px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/50px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/66px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="England women's national rugby union team">England</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">21–9</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Stade_Jean-Bouin_(Paris)" title="Stade Jean-Bouin (Paris)">Stade Jean-Bouin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/66px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada women's national rugby union team">Canada</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/50px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/66px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="France women's national rugby union team">France</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup#3rd_Place_Playoff" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup">25–18</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Stade_Jean-Bouin_(Paris)" title="Stade Jean-Bouin (Paris)">Stade Jean-Bouin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/33px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/50px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/66px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Ireland_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland women's national rugby union team">Ireland</a> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup">2017</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/33px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/50px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/66px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">41–32</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ravenhill_Stadium" title="Ravenhill Stadium">Ravenhill Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/33px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/50px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/66px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="England women's national rugby union team">England</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/50px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/66px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="France women's national rugby union team">France</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup#Third_place_playoff" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup">31–23</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ravenhill_Stadium" title="Ravenhill Stadium">Ravenhill Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/66px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="United States women's national rugby union team">United States</a> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2021 Rugby World Cup">2021</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> </td> <td><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/33px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/50px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/66px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2021_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Rugby World Cup Final">34–31</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Eden_Park" title="Eden Park">Eden Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/33px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/50px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/66px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="England women's national rugby union team">England</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/50px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/66px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="France women's national rugby union team">France</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2021_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup#Third_place_playoff" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Women's Rugby World Cup">36–0</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Eden_Park" title="Eden Park">Eden Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a></span> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/66px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada women's national rugby union team">Canada</a> </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2025_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2025 Rugby World Cup">2025</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><i>To be determined</i> </td> <td><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Twickenham_Stadium" title="Twickenham Stadium">Twickenham Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><i>To be determined</i> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><i>To be determined</i> </td> <td><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Twickenham_Stadium" title="Twickenham Stadium">Twickenham Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><i>To be determined</i> </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2029_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2029 Rugby World Cup">2029</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><i>To be determined</i> </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><i>To be determined</i> </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2033_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2033 Rugby World Cup">2033</a> </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><i>To be determined</i> </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><i>To be determined</i> </td> <td>16 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_records">Team records</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Team records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:85%; font-size: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="12%">Team </th> <th width="15%" style="background:#FFD700;">Champions </th> <th width="15%" style="background:#C0C0C0;">Runners-up </th> <th width="15%" style="background:#CC9966;">Third place </th> <th width="15%">Fourth place </th> <th width="5%">Total top 4 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></span> </th> <td><b>6</b> (<a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Women's Rugby World Cup">2021</a>) </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup">1991</a>) </td> <th align="center">7 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="England women's national rugby union team">England</a> </th> <td><b>2</b> (<a href="/wiki/1994_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1994 Women's Rugby World Cup">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup">2014</a>) </td> <td><b>6</b> (<a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup">1991</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Women's Rugby World Cup">2021</a>) </td> <td><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup">1998</a>) </td> <td>– </td> <th align="center">9 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="United States women's national rugby union team">United States</a> </th> <td><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup">1991</a>) </td> <td><b>2</b> (<a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup">1998</a>) </td> <td>– </td> <td><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup">2017</a>) </td> <th align="center">4 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada women's national rugby union team">Canada</a> </th> <td>– </td> <td><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup">2014</a>) </td> <td>– </td> <td><b>4</b> (<a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Women's Rugby World Cup">2021</a>) </td> <th align="center">5 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="France women's national rugby union team">France</a> </th> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td><b>7</b> (<a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup">1991</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1994 Women's Rugby World Cup">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Women's Rugby World Cup">2021</a>) </td> <td><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup">2010</a>) </td> <th align="center">8 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia women's national rugby union team">Australia</a> </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup">2010</a>) </td> <td> </td> <th align="center">1 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales women's national rugby union team">Wales</a> </th> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/1994_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1994 Women's Rugby World Cup">1994</a>) </td> <th align="center">1 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland women's national rugby union team">Ireland</a> </th> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup">2014</a>) </td> <th align="center">1 </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Participating_nations">Participating nations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Participating nations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup">1991</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1994_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1994 Women's Rugby World Cup">1994</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup">1998</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup">2002</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup">2006</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup">2010</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup">2014</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup">2017</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><img alt="Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2021 Rugby World Cup">2021</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2025_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2025 Women's Rugby World Cup">2025</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2029_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2029 Women's Rugby World Cup">2029</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2033_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2033 Women's Rugby World Cup">2033</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Brazil women's national rugby union team">Brazil</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>Q </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Canada women's national rugby union team">Canada</a> </td> <td>5th </td> <td>6th </td> <td bgcolor="#9acdff">4th </td> <td bgcolor="#9acdff">4th </td> <td bgcolor="#9acdff">4th </td> <td>6th </td> <td bgcolor="silver">2nd </td> <td>5th </td> <td bgcolor="#9acdff">4th </td> <td>Q </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/England_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="England women's national rugby union team">England</a> </td> <td bgcolor="silver">2nd </td> <td bgcolor="gold">1st </td> <td bgcolor="#cc9966">3rd </td> <td bgcolor="silver">2nd </td> <td bgcolor="silver">2nd </td> <td bgcolor="silver">2nd </td> <td bgcolor="gold">1st </td> <td bgcolor="silver">2nd </td> <td bgcolor="silver">2nd </td> <td>Q </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Fiji women's national rugby union team">Fiji</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>w </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>9th </td> <td>Q </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="France women's national rugby union team">France</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#cc9966">3rd </td> <td bgcolor="#cc9966">3rd </td> <td>8th </td> <td bgcolor="#cc9966">3rd </td> <td bgcolor="#cc9966">3rd </td> <td bgcolor="#9acdff">4th </td> <td bgcolor="#cc9966">3rd </td> <td bgcolor="#cc9966">3rd </td> <td bgcolor="#cc9966">3rd </td> <td>Q </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Germany women's national rugby union team">Germany</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>w </td> <td>14th </td> <td>16th </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/45px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Hong Kong women's national rugby union team">Hong Kong</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>12th </td> <td>w </td> <td>e </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ireland_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland women's national rugby union team">Ireland</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>7th </td> <td>10th </td> <td>14th </td> <td>8th </td> <td>7th </td> <td bgcolor="#9acdff">4th </td> <td>8th </td> <td>e </td> <td>Q </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan women's national rugby union team">Japan</a> </td> <td>11th </td> <td>8th </td> <td>– </td> <td>13th </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>11th </td> <td>12th </td> <td>Q </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Kazakhstan women's national rugby union team">Kazakhstan</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>9th </td> <td>9th </td> <td>11th </td> <td>11th </td> <td>11th </td> <td>12th </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Netherlands women's national rugby union team">Netherlands</a> </td> <td>7th </td> <td>w </td> <td>13th </td> <td>15th </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby union 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id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>11th </td> <td>16th </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/23px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/35px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/46px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Samoa_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Samoa women's national rugby union team">Samoa</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>9th </td> <td>10th </td> <td>e </td> <td>11th </td> <td>– </td> <td>w </td> <td>Q </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland women's national rugby union team">Scotland</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>5th </td> <td>6th </td> <td>6th </td> <td>6th </td> <td>8th </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>10th </td> <td>Q </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa women's national rugby union team">South Africa</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>12th </td> <td>10th </td> <td>10th </td> <td>– </td> <td>11th </td> <td>Q </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">replaced by Scottish Students</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p>Q = nation qualified for Final Tournament not yet played<br /> w = nation withdrew from (final) Tournament<br /> e = nation eliminated in qualifying stage and did not reach Final Tournament<br /> – = nation did not enter competition. </p><p>The following nations have participated in qualifying stages, but have never reached the Final Tournament: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup">1991</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" 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/></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup">1998</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup">2002</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup">2006</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup">2010</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup">2014</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup">2017</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><img alt="Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2021 Rugby World Cup">2021</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2033_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2033 Women's Rugby World Cup">2033</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="China women's national rugby union team">China</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 2x" 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<td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Finland women's national rugby union team">Finland</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="India women's national rugby union team">India</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Laos.svg/35px-Flag_of_Laos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Laos.svg/45px-Flag_of_Laos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Laos_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Laos women's national rugby union team">Laos</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Madagascar women's national rugby union team">Madagascar</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/20px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/31px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/40px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Papua New Guinea women's national rugby union team">Papua New Guinea</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>w </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Philippines women's national rugby union team">Philippines</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Singapore women's national rugby union team">Singapore</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Switzerland women's national rugby union team">Switzerland</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Thailand women's national rugby union team">Thailand</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tonga_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Tonga women's national rugby union team">Tonga</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>w </td> <td>e </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uganda_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Uganda women's national rugby union team">Uganda</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td>e </td> <td>– </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <p>e = nation eliminated in qualifying stage and did not reach Final Tournament<br /> w = nation withdrew from qualifying stage<br /> p = nation possibly eliminated in qualifying stage and will need to be successful in Repechage in order to reach Final Tournament<br /> – = nation did not enter qualifying stage competition. </p><p>Apart from the African region, the nations involved in the continental qualifying stages have not been announced as at 20 October 2019. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Refereeing">Refereeing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Refereeing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_referees">Final referees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Final referees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">1991</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Les Peard<sup id="cite_ref-Final_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Final-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">1994</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Fleming_(rugby_union,_born_1951)" title="Jim Fleming (rugby union, born 1951)">Jim Fleming</a><sup id="cite_ref-Final_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Final-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">1998</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Morrison_(rugby_union)" title="Ed Morrison (rugby union)">Ed Morrison</a><sup id="cite_ref-Final_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Final-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">2002</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> Giulio De Santis<sup id="cite_ref-Final_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Final-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">2006</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><img alt="Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> Simon McDowell<sup id="cite_ref-Final_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Final-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">2010</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Corrigan" title="Sarah Corrigan">Sarah Corrigan</a><sup id="cite_ref-Final_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Final-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">2014</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Amy_Perrett" title="Amy Perrett">Amy Perrett</a><sup id="cite_ref-Final_21-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Final-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final">2017</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><img alt="Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/23px-IRFU_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/35px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/IRFU_flag.svg/45px-IRFU_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Joy_Neville" title="Joy Neville">Joy Neville</a><sup id="cite_ref-Final_21-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Final-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Rugby_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Rugby World Cup Final">2021</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hollie_Davidson" title="Hollie Davidson">Hollie Davidson</a><sup id="cite_ref-Final_21-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Final-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2025_Rugby_World_Cup_Final&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2025 Rugby World Cup Final (page does not exist)">2025</a>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_None.svg/23px-Flag_of_None.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_None.svg/35px-Flag_of_None.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_None.svg/45px-Flag_of_None.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="150" /></span></span></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Format">Format</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The format for the 2006 tournament split the 12 participating nations into four pools of three teams. Each nation played three games, after the completion of which a re-seeding process took place. Nations were moved into divisions dictated by their respective overall tournament ranking with the top teams proceeding to the knockout stages. </p><p>The 2010 event maintained the number of teams participating at twelve, with regional qualifying tournaments.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2021 tournament retained the same format, but with the classification round replaced with quarter-finals, as with the men's Rugby World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2025, the tournament will expand to 16 teams.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_Sport-2020_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_Sport-2020-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Media coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tournament has grown considerably in the past fifteen years although television audiences and event attendance still remain relatively low, especially in comparison to other women's world cup events. The final of the 2006 event in Canada was broadcast in a number of countries and streamed live via the internet. </p><p>Sky Sports broadcast 13 live matches from the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup, including the semi-finals, the third and fourth place play-off match and the final. The pool matches shown included all of England's matches, while each of the home nations' featured live too. There were also highlights shown from all other matches during the pool stages.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Ireland the Women's Rugby World Cup was broadcast by <a href="/wiki/TG4" title="TG4">TG4</a> in 2014, the Irish language channel received praise for airing the tournament. TG4 provided coverage to all of the Irish matches as well as the final and semi-final.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Certain matches in the 2017 WRWC knockout phases drew strong TV viewership in England and France, and were broadcast live in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, ITV started televising Women's Rugby Union World Cup matches on free-to-air TV for the first time in history, starting with the <a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup">2017 Women's Rugby World Cup</a> in Ireland, followed by the <a href="/wiki/2021_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2021 Rugby World Cup">2021 Rugby World Cup</a> in New Zealand. </p><p>From 2025, all Women's Rugby Union World Cup matches will be shown on the BBC, starting with the <a href="/wiki/2025_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2025 Women's Rugby World Cup">2025 Women's Rugby World Cup</a> in England. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 December</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=BBC+Sport&rft.atitle=Women%27s+Rugby+World+Cup+to+expand+to+16+teams+from+2025&rft.date=2020-11-30&rft.aulast=Orchard&rft.aufirst=Sara&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-union%2F55129751&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Rugby+World+Cup" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/33896716/us-announced-hosts-2031-2033-rugby-world-cups">"U.S. to host 2031 and 2033 Rugby World Cups"</a>. <i>ESPN.com</i>. 12 May 2022. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220513031618/https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/33896716/us-announced-hosts-2031-2033-rugby-world-cups">Archived</a> from the original on 13 May 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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World Rugby. 29 October 2023. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.world.rugby/news/887975/new-visual-identity-revealed-as-rugby-world-cup-embraces-future-and-rugbys-unique-energy">the original</a> on 25 September 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 September</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.world.rugby&rft.atitle=New+visual+identity+revealed+as+Rugby+World+Cup+embraces+exciting+future+and+rugby%E2%80%99s+unique+energy&rft.date=2023-10-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.world.rugby%2Fnews%2F887975%2Fnew-visual-identity-revealed-as-rugby-world-cup-embraces-future-and-rugbys-unique-energy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWomen%27s+Rugby+World+Cup" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A third place match was played – won by France, probably by 3–0. However, the game can only be considered as "unofficial" as it was not part of the original tournament plan, and the result was not recorded in any official tournament reports. The game is also not included in <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Rugby_Football_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Rugby Football Union">NZRFU</a> international records.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Was played in both the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Taking place in 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Final-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Final_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Final_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Final_21-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Final_21-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Final_21-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Final_21-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Final_21-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Final_21-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Final_21-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2021/news/775899/hollie-davidson-appointed-referee-for-rugby-world-cup-2021-final?lang=en">"Hollie Davidson appointed referee for Rugby World Cup 2021 final ｜ Rugby World Cup 2021"</a>. <i>www.rugbyworldcup.com</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231019125736/https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2021/news/775899/hollie-davidson-appointed-referee-for-rugby-world-cup-2021-final?lang=en">Archived</a> from the original on 19 October 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">1991</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">1994</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">1998</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2002</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2006</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="2021 Rugby World Cup qualifying">2021</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_qualifying" title="2025 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying">2025</a></i></li> <li><i><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2029</span></i></li> <li><i><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2033</span></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_finals" title="List of Women's Rugby World Cup finals">Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup final">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="1994 Women's Rugby World Cup final">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup final">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup final">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup final">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup final">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup final">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup final">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Rugby_World_Cup_final" title="2021 Rugby World Cup final">2021</a></li> <li><i><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2025</span></i></li> <li><i><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2029</span></i></li> <li><i><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2033</span></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Squads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_squads" title="1991 Women's Rugby World Cup squads">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_squads" title="1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_squads" title="1998 Women's Rugby World Cup squads">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_squads" title="2002 Women's Rugby World Cup squads">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_squads" title="2006 Women's Rugby World Cup squads">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_squads" title="2010 Women's Rugby World Cup squads">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_squads" title="2014 Women's Rugby World Cup squads">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_Rugby_World_Cup_squads" title="2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Rugby_World_Cup_squads" title="2021 Rugby World Cup squads">2021</a></li> <li><i><span class="tmp-color" 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hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RugbyFest_1990" title="RugbyFest 1990">Women's World Rugby Festival 1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>Notes:</b> No qualifiers between 1991–1998; by invitation only. 2002 & 2006 Only had qualifiers for Asia, everyone else were by invitation only.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Women&#039;s_rugby_union" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rugby World Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXV" title="WXV">WXV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Africa_Women%27s_Cup" title="Rugby Africa Women's Cup">Africa Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia_Rugby_Women%27s_Championship" title="Asia Rugby Women's Championship">Asia Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Americas_North_Women%27s_Rugby_Championship" title="Rugby Americas North Women's Rugby Championship">North America Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americas_Rugby_Trophy" title="Americas Rugby Trophy">South America Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Europe_Women%27s_Championship" title="Rugby Europe Women's Championship">Europe Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Rugby_Women%27s_Championship" title="Oceania Rugby Women's Championship">Oceania Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Six_Nations_Championship" title="Women's Six Nations Championship">Six Nations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cross-Regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Four_Series" title="Pacific Four Series">Pacific Four Series</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Canada_Cup_(rugby_union)" title="Canada Cup (rugby union)">Canada Cup</a> (1993–2005)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Nations_Cup_(rugby_union)" title="Women's Nations Cup (rugby union)">Women's Nations Cup</a> (2008–13)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Rugby_Super_Series" title="Women's Rugby Super Series">Women's Rugby Super Series</a> (2015–19)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Domestic union<br />competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89lite_1" title="Élite 1">Élite 1</a> (FRA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premiership_Women%27s_Rugby" title="Premiership Women's Rugby">Premiership Women's Rugby</a> (ENG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby_Aupiki" title="Super Rugby Aupiki">Super Rugby Aupiki</a> (NZL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby_Women%27s" title="Super Rugby Women's">Super Rugby Women's</a> (AUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRFU_Women%27s_Interprovincial_Series" title="IRFU Women's Interprovincial Series">IRFU Women's Interprovincial Series</a> (IRL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Elite_Rugby" title="Women's Elite Rugby">Women's Elite Rugby</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_League_Rugby" title="Women's Premier League Rugby">Women's Premier League</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_Rugby_Sevens" title="Premier Rugby Sevens">Premier Rugby Sevens</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serie_A_Elite_(women%27s_rugby_union)" title="Serie A Elite (women's rugby union)">Serie A Elite</a> (ITA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serie_A_(women%27s_rugby_union)" title="Serie A (women's rugby union)">Serie A</a> (ITA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Womens_Premiership_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Womens Premiership (rugby union)">Scottish Womens Premiership</a> (SCO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Challenge" title="Celtic Challenge">Celtic Challenge</a> (IRL, SCO, WAL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premier_Division" title="Women's Premier Division">Women's Premier Division</a> (ZAR)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International 7s<br />competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Global</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_SVNS" title="Women's SVNS">Women's SVNS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens#Women's_tournament" title="Rugby World Cup Sevens">Rugby World Cup Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Summer_Olympics#Women's_tournaments" title="Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics">Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Sevens_Challenger_Series" title="World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series">World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Africa_Women%27s_Sevens" title="Africa Women's Sevens">Africa Women's Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" title="Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series">Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Championship" title="Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship">Oceania Women's Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Americas_North_Women%27s_Sevens" title="Rugby Americas North Women's Sevens">RAN Women's Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Europe_Women%27s_Sevens" title="Rugby Europe Women's Sevens">Rugby Europe Women's Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudam%C3%A9rica_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens" title="Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens">Sudamérica Rugby Women's Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Commonwealth_Games#Women's" title="Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Pan_American_Games#Women's_medal_table" title="Rugby sevens at the Pan American Games">Pan American Games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical<br /> firsts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First international match</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1982_Netherlands_v_France_(women%27s_rugby_union_match)" title="1982 Netherlands v France (women's rugby union match)">1982 Netherlands v France (women's rugby union match)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First international tournament</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_Women%27s_Rugby_European_Cup" title="1988 Women's Rugby European Cup">1988 Women's Rugby European Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First cross-continental tournament</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RugbyFest_1990" title="RugbyFest 1990">RugbyFest 1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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rugby union team">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Fiji women's national rugby union team">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="France women's national rugby union team">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Germany women's national rugby union team">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Hong Kong women's national rugby union team">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland women's national rugby union team">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italy_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy women's national rugby union team">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Japan women's national rugby union team">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Kazakhstan women's national rugby union team">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Netherlands women's national rugby union team">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand women's national rugby union team">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Russia women's national rugby union team">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoa_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Samoa women's national rugby union team">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland women's national rugby union team">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa women's national rugby union team">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spain_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Spain women's national rugby union team">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Sweden women's national rugby union team">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="United States women's national rugby union team">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales women's national rugby union team">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Teams with no <a class="mw-selflink selflink">World Cup</a> appearances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Austria_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Austria women's national rugby union team">Austria</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andorra_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Andorra women's national rugby union team">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahamas_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Bahamas women's national rugby union team">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbados_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Barbados women's national rugby union team">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Belgium women's national rugby union team">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national rugby union team">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Botswana women's national rugby union team">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazil_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Brazil women's national rugby union team">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Bulgaria women's national rugby union team">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Burkina Faso women's national rugby union team">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Burundi_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Burundi women's national rugby union team">Burundi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameroon_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Cameroon women's national rugby union team">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Cayman Islands women's national rugby union team">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="China women's national rugby union team">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombia_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Colombia women's national rugby union team">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatia_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Croatia women's national rugby union team">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Czech Republic women's national rugby union team">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Denmark women's national rugby union team">Denmark</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/El_Salvador_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="El Salvador women's national rugby union team">El Salvador</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Finland women's national rugby union team">Finland</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guatemala_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Guatemala women's national rugby union team">Guatemala</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyana_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Guyana women's national rugby union team">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="India women's national rugby union team">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ivory Coast women's national rugby union team">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Jamaica women's national rugby union team">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Kenya women's national rugby union team">Kenya</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Kyrgyzstan women's national rugby union team">Kyrgyzstan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laos_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Laos women's national rugby union team">Laos</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvia_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Latvia women's national rugby union team">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Luxembourg women's national rugby union team">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Madagascar women's national rugby union team">Madagascar</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Malaysia women's national rugby union team">Malaysia</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Mexico women's national rugby union team">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Namibia women's national rugby union team">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Norway women's national rugby union team">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Papua New Guinea women's national rugby union team">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Philippines women's national rugby union team">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portugal_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Portugal women's national rugby union team">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romania_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Romania women's national rugby union team">Romania</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rwanda_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Rwanda women's national rugby union team">Rwanda</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines women's national rugby union team">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegal_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Senegal women's national rugby union team">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbia_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Serbia women's national rugby union team">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Singapore women's national rugby union team">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Switzerland women's national rugby union team">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thailand_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Thailand women's national rugby union team">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonga_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Tonga women's national rugby union team">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Trinidad and Tobago women's national rugby union team">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Tunisia women's national rugby union team">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Uganda women's national rugby union team">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Uzbekistan women's national rugby union team">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-redirect" title="World Rugby Sevens Series">Sevens Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_U20_Championship" title="World Rugby U20 Championship">U20 World Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_U20_Trophy" title="World Rugby U20 Trophy">U20 Trophy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">World Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens" title="Rugby World Cup Sevens">World Cup Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="World Rugby Women's Sevens Series">Sevens Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_X#Tournaments" title="Rugby X">Rugby X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXV" title="WXV">WXV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multi-sport events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics">Olympic Games <small>(7s)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Rugby union at the Asian Games">Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Commonwealth_Games" title="Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games <small>(7s)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_at_the_Mediterranean_Games" title="Rugby union at the Mediterranean Games">Mediterranean Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Pacific_Games" title="Rugby sevens at the Pacific Games">Pacific Games <small>(7s)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_Pan_American_Games" title="Rugby sevens at the Pan American Games">Pan American Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_World_Games" title="Rugby sevens at the World Games">World Games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Intercontinental</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Americas_Pacific_Challenge" title="World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge">Americas Pacific Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Nations_Cup" title="World Rugby Nations Cup">Nations Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Pacific_Nations_Cup" title="World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup">Pacific Nations Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Pacific_Challenge" title="World Rugby Pacific Challenge">Pacific Rugby Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rugby_Championship" title="The Rugby Championship">The Rugby Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Four_Series" title="Pacific Four Series">Pacific Four Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Rugby_Sevens_Men%27s_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Tournament">Arab Rugby Sevens Men's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Rugby_Sevens_Women%27s_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab Rugby Sevens Women's Tournament">Arab Rugby Sevens Women's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rugby_Championship#U20_Rugby_Championship" title="The Rugby Championship">The Rugby Championship U20</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Continental</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Africa_Cup" title="Rugby Africa Cup">Rugby Africa Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Africa_Women%27s_Cup" title="Rugby Africa Women's Cup">Rugby Africa Women's Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Africa_Men%27s_Sevens" title="Africa Men's Sevens">Africa Men's Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Africa_Women%27s_Sevens" title="Africa Women's Sevens">Africa Women's Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U20_Barth%C3%A9s_Trophy" title="U20 Barthés Trophy">U20 Barthés Trophy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asia_Rugby_Championship" title="Asia Rugby Championship">Asia Rugby Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia_Rugby_Sevens_Series" title="Asia Rugby Sevens Series">Asian Sevens Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia_Rugby_Women%27s_Championship" title="Asia Rugby Women's Championship">Asia Rugby Women's Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Series" title="Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series">Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia_Rugby_U19_Championship" title="Asia Rugby U19 Championship">U19 Championship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Six_Nations_Championship" title="Six Nations Championship">Six Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Europe_International_Championships" title="Rugby Europe International Championships">Europe International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Six_Nations_Championship" title="Women's Six Nations Championship">Women's Six Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Europe_Women%27s_Championship" title="Rugby Europe Women's Championship">Europe Women's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Europe_Sevens" title="Rugby Europe Sevens">Europe Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Europe_Women%27s_Sevens" title="Rugby Europe Women's Sevens">Europe Women's Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Nations_Under_20s_Championship" title="Six Nations Under 20s Championship">U20 Six Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Europe_Under-20_Championship" title="Rugby Europe Under-20 Championship">U20 Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Europe_Under-18_Championship" title="Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship">U18 Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Europe_Under-18_Sevens_Championship" title="Rugby Europe Under-18 Sevens Championship">U18 Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Europe_Women%27s_Under-18_Sevens_Championship" title="Rugby Europe Women's Under-18 Sevens Championship">U18 Women's Sevens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Rugby_Men%27s_Championship" title="Oceania Rugby Men's Championship">Oceania Men's Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Rugby_Women%27s_Championship" title="Oceania Rugby Women's Championship">Oceania Women's Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Rugby_Men%27s_Sevens_Championship" title="Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship">Oceania Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Rugby_Women%27s_Sevens_Championship" title="Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship">Oceania Women's Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Rugby_Under_20_Championship" title="Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship">U20 Championship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Americas_North_Championship" title="Rugby Americas North Championship">RAN Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americas_Rugby_Championship" title="Americas Rugby Championship">Americas Rugby Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americas_Rugby_Challenge" title="Americas Rugby Challenge">Americas Rugby Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Americas_North_Women%27s_Rugby_Championship" title="Rugby Americas North Women's Rugby Championship">RAN Women's Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Americas_North_Sevens" title="Rugby Americas North Sevens">RAN Sevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Americas_North_Women%27s_Sevens" title="Rugby Americas North Women's Sevens">RAN Women's Sevens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_at_the_Pacific_Games" title="Rugby union at the Pacific Games">Pacific Games <small>(15s)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens_at_the_World_Games" title="Rugby sevens at the World Games">World Games <small>(7s)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churchill_Cup" title="Churchill Cup">Churchill Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crescent_Cup" title="Crescent Cup">Crescent Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Rim_Rugby_Championship" title="Pacific Rim Rugby Championship">Pacific Rim Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PARA_Pan_American_Championship" title="PARA Pan American Championship">Pan American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serendib_International_Cup" title="Serendib International Cup">Serendib International Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Cup_(rugby_union)" title="Super Cup (rugby union)">Super Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Tbilisi_Cup" title="World Rugby Tbilisi Cup">Tbilisi Cup</a></li> <li><a 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rugby union">Women's international rugby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Rankings" title="World Rugby Rankings">World Rugby Rankings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rugby_Awards" title="World Rugby Awards">World Rugby Awards</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="World_cups" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li 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football <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup" title="FIFA Club World Cup">men's club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="FIFA Women's World Cup">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Women%27s_Club_World_Cup" title="FIFA Women's Club World Cup">women's club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONIFA_World_Football_Cup" title="CONIFA World Football Cup">ConIFA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_World_Cup" title="Athletics World Cup">Athletics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IAAF_Continental_Cup" title="IAAF Continental Cup">Continental</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_International_Cup" title="Australian Football International Cup">Australian rules football</a></li> <li>Badminton <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cup" title="Thomas Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uber_Cup" title="Uber Cup">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudirman_Cup" title="Sudirman 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title="ICC Men's T20 World Cup">men T20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Cricket_World_Cup" title="Women's Cricket World Cup">women ODI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_T20_World_Cup" title="Women's T20 World Cup">women T20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_Cricket_World_Cup" title="Indoor Cricket World Cup">indoor</a></li></ul></li> <li>Darts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PDC_World_Cup_of_Darts" title="PDC World Cup of Darts">PDC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDF_World_Cup" title="WDF World Cup">WDF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fencing_World_Cup" title="Fencing World Cup">Fencing</a></li> <li>Field hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_FIH_Hockey_World_Cup" title="Men's FIH Hockey World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_FIH_Hockey_World_Cup" title="Women's FIH Hockey World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Futsal <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Futsal_World_Cup" title="FIFA Futsal World Cup">FIFA men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Futsal_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup">FIFA women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMF_Futsal_World_Cup" title="AMF Futsal World Cup">AMF men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMF_Futsal_World_Cup" title="AMF Futsal World Cup">AMF women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Golf <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Cup_(men%27s_golf)" title="World Cup (men's golf)">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Cup_of_Golf" title="Women's World Cup of Golf">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Cup_of_Hockey" title="World Cup of Hockey">Ice hockey</a></li> <li>Kabaddi <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kabaddi_World_Cup_(circle_style)" title="Kabaddi World Cup (circle style)">Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabaddi_World_Cup_(standard_style)" title="Kabaddi World Cup (standard style)">Standard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kho_Kho_World_Cup" title="Kho Kho World Cup">Kho kho</a></li> <li>Lacrosse <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Lacrosse_Women%27s_World_Championship" title="World Lacrosse Women's World Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Para ice hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Para_Ice_Hockey_Championships" title="World Para Ice Hockey Championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Challenge" title="Women's World Challenge">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pes%C3%A4pallo_World_Cup" title="Pesäpallo World Cup">Pesäpallo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitch_and_Putt_World_Cup" title="Pitch and Putt World Cup">Pitch and putt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Cup_of_Pool" title="World Cup of Pool">Pool (nine-ball)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IQA_World_Cup" title="IQA World Cup">Quidditch/Quadball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roll_Ball_World_Cup" title="Roll Ball World Cup">Roll ball</a></li> <li>Motorsport <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIA_Motorsport_Games" title="FIA Motorsport Games">auto racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motocross_des_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="Motocross des Nations">motocross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quadcross_of_Nations" title="Quadcross of Nations">quadcross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speedway_of_Nations" title="Speedway of Nations">speedway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIM_Trial_World_Championship" title="FIM Trial World Championship">trial</a></li></ul></li> <li>Roller derby <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_Roller_Derby_World_Cup" title="Men's Roller Derby World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_Derby_World_Cup" title="Roller Derby World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rowing_Cup" title="World Rowing Cup">Rowing</a></li> <li>Rugby league <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_League_World_Cup" title="Rugby League World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Rugby_League_World_Cup" title="Women's Rugby League World Cup">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_League_World_Cup_9s" title="Rugby League World Cup 9s">nines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_Rugby_League_World_Cup" title="Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup">wheelchair</a></li></ul></li> <li>Rugby union <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" title="Rugby World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens" title="Rugby World Cup Sevens">sevens</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISTAF_World_Cup" title="ISTAF World Cup">Sepaktakraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Cup_(snooker)" title="World Cup (snooker)">Snooker</a></li> <li>Softball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_Softball_World_Cup" title="Men's Softball World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Softball_World_Cup" title="Women's Softball World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Cup_Taekwondo_Team_Championships" title="World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships">Taekwondo</a></li> <li>Tennis <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Davis_Cup" title="Davis Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean_King_Cup" title="Billie Jean King Cup">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopman_Cup" title="Hopman Cup">mixed</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touch_World_Cup" title="Touch World Cup">Touch football</a></li> <li>Volleyball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIVB_Volleyball_Men%27s_World_Cup" title="FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIVB_Volleyball_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Water polo <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FINA_Water_Polo_World_Cup" title="FINA Water Polo World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FINA_Women%27s_Water_Polo_World_Cup" title="FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Wrestling <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_World_Cup" title="Wrestling World Cup">teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Clubs_Cup" title="World Wrestling Clubs Cup">clubs</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Individual</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archery_World_Cup" title="Archery World Cup">Archery</a></li> <li>Bowling <ul><li><a href="/wiki/QubicaAMF_Bowling_World_Cup" title="QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup">Ten-pin bowling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninepin_Bowling_Classic_Singles_World_Cup" title="Ninepin Bowling Classic Singles World Cup">Nine-pin bowling classic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canoe_Slalom_World_Cup" title="Canoe Slalom World Cup">Canoe slalom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildwater_Canoeing_World_Cup" title="Wildwater Canoeing World Cup">Wildwater canoeing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_World_Cup" title="Chess World Cup">Chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Cyclo-cross_World_Cup" title="UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup">Cyclo-cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Aquatics_Diving_World_Cup" title="World Aquatics Diving World Cup">Diving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dressage_World_Cup" title="Dressage World Cup">Equestrian dressage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fencing_World_Cup" title="Fencing World Cup">Fencing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIG_World_Cup" title="FIG World Cup">Gymnastics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artistic_Gymnastics_World_Cup" title="Artistic Gymnastics World Cup">artistic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_Gymnastics_World_Cup" title="Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup">rhythmic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Mountain_Bike_World_Cup" title="UCI Mountain Bike World Cup">Mountain bike racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orienteering_World_Cup" title="Orienteering World Cup">Orienteering</a></li> <li>Paralympic <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_World_Cup" title="Paralympic World Cup">summer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Winter_World_Cup" title="Paralympic Winter World Cup">winter</a></li></ul></li> <li>Road bicycle racing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Road_World_Cup" title="UCI Road World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Women%27s_Road_World_Cup" title="UCI Women's Road World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailing_World_Cup" title="Sailing World Cup">Sailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Show_Jumping_World_Cup" title="Show Jumping World Cup">Show jumping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISSF_World_Cup" title="ISSF World Cup">Sport shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Aquatics_Swimming_World_Cup" title="World Aquatics Swimming World Cup">Swimming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Table_Tennis_World_Cup" title="Table Tennis World Cup">Table tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Cup" title="UCI Track Cycling World Cup">Track cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Cup" title="World Triathlon Cup">Triathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IWF_World_Cup" title="IWF World Cup">Weightlifting</a></li> <li>Wushu <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taolu_World_Cup" title="Taolu World Cup">Taolu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanda_World_Cup" title="Sanda World Cup">Sanda</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Winter sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biathlon_World_Cup" title="Biathlon World Cup">Biathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curling_World_Cup" title="Curling World Cup">Curling</a></li> <li>Skiing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Alpine_Ski_World_Cup" title="FIS Alpine Ski World Cup">Alpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Cross-Country_World_Cup" title="FIS Cross-Country World Cup">Cross-country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Freestyle_Ski_World_Cup" title="FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup">Freestyle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Ski_Cross_World_Cup" title="FIS Ski Cross World Cup">ski cross</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Nordic_Combined_World_Cup" title="FIS Nordic Combined World Cup">Nordic combined</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Ski_Jumping_World_Cup" title="FIS Ski Jumping World Cup">Ski jumping</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Ski_Flying_World_Cup" title="FIS Ski Flying World Cup">ski flying</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Snowboard_World_Cup" title="FIS Snowboard World Cup">Snowboarding</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISMF_World_Cup_Ski_Mountaineering" title="ISMF World Cup Ski Mountaineering">Ski mountaineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Cup_in_Ski_Orienteering" title="World Cup in Ski Orienteering">Ski orienteering</a></li> <li>Sledding <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobsleigh_World_Cup" title="Bobsleigh World Cup">Bobsleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luge_World_Cup" title="Luge World Cup">Luge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeleton_World_Cup" title="Skeleton World Cup">Skeleton</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISU_Speed_Skating_World_Cup" title="ISU Speed Skating World Cup">Speed skating</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ISU_Short_Track_World_Tour" title="ISU Short Track World Tour">Short track</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>See also: <a href="/wiki/Template:Main_world_championships" title="Template:Main world championships">World championships</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="World_championships" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Main_world_championships" title="Template:Main world championships"><abbr 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Team_sport#Olympic_team_sports" title="Team sport">Team</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Association football <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup" title="FIFA Club World Cup">men's club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="FIFA Women's World Cup">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Women%27s_Club_World_Cup" title="FIFA Women's Club World Cup">women's club</a></li></ul></li> <li>Baseball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic" title="World Baseball Classic">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Baseball_World_Cup" title="Women's Baseball World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Basketball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup" title="FIBA Basketball World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_Women%27s_Basketball_World_Cup" title="FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_3x3_World_Cup" title="FIBA 3x3 World Cup">3x3 basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_Intercontinental_Cup" title="FIBA Intercontinental Cup">club</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIVB_Beach_Volleyball_World_Championships" title="FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships">Beach volleyball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Curling_Championships" title="World Curling Championships">Curling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Mixed_Doubles_Curling_Championship" title="World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship">mixed doubles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Mixed_Curling_Championship" title="World Mixed Curling Championship">mixed</a></li></ul></li> <li>Field hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_FIH_Hockey_World_Cup" title="Men's FIH Hockey World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_FIH_Hockey_World_Cup" title="Women's FIH Hockey World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Handball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IHF_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="IHF World Men's Handball Championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IHF_World_Women%27s_Handball_Championship" title="IHF World Women's Handball Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Ice hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="Ice Hockey World Championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IIHF_World_Women%27s_Championship" title="IIHF World Women's Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup_Sevens" title="Rugby World Cup Sevens">Rugby 7s</a></li> <li>Softball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_Softball_World_Cup" title="Men's Softball World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Softball_World_Cup" title="Women's Softball World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Volleyball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIVB_Volleyball_Men%27s_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIVB_Volleyball_Men%27s_Club_World_Championship" title="FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship">men's club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIVB_Volleyball_Women%27s_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIVB_Volleyball_Women%27s_Club_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship">women's club</a></li></ul></li> <li>Water polo <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Water_polo_at_the_World_Aquatics_Championships#Men's_tournament" title="Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_polo_at_the_World_Aquatics_Championships#Women's_tournament" title="Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships">women</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Individual_sport" title="Individual sport">Individual</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Aquatics_Championships" title="World Aquatics Championships">Aquatic sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Archery_Championships" title="World Archery Championships">Archery</a></li> <li>Athletics <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Athletics_Championships" title="World Athletics Championships">outdoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Athletics_Race_Walking_Team_Championships" title="World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships">race walking</a></li></ul></li> <li>Badminton <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cup" title="Thomas Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uber_Cup" title="Uber Cup">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudirman_Cup" title="Sudirman Cup">mixed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BWF_World_Championships" title="BWF World Championships">individual</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biathlon_World_Championships" title="Biathlon World Championships">Biathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBSF_World_Championships_(bobsleigh_and_skeleton)" title="IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton)">Bobsleigh and skeleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBA_World_Boxing_Championships" title="IBA World Boxing Championships">Boxing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IBA_Women%27s_World_Boxing_Championships" title="IBA Women's World Boxing Championships">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Canoeing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ICF_Canoe_Slalom_World_Championships" title="ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships">slalom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships" title="ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships">sprint</a></li></ul></li> <li>Cycling <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UCI_BMX_World_Championships" title="UCI BMX World Championships">BMX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Mountain_Bike_World_Championships" title="UCI Mountain Bike World Championships">mountain biking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Road_World_Championships" title="UCI Road World Championships">road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships" title="UCI Track Cycling World Championships">track</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Urban_Cycling_World_Championships" title="UCI Urban Cycling World Championships">urban</a></li></ul></li> <li>Dance sport <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_DanceSport_Federation#Breaking_world_champions_-_adult_-_b_boy" title="World DanceSport Federation">breakdancing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FEI_World_Equestrian_Games" title="FEI World Equestrian Games">Equestrianism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Dressage_Championships" title="World Dressage Championships">dressage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Eventing_Championships" title="World Eventing Championships">eventing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Show_Jumping_Championships" title="World Show Jumping Championships">show jumping</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Fencing_Championships" title="World Fencing Championships">Fencing</a></li> <li>Golf <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Cup_(men%27s_golf)" title="World Cup (men's golf)">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Cup_of_Golf" title="Women's World Cup of Golf">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gymnastics_World_Championships" title="Gymnastics World Championships">Gymnastics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships" title="World Artistic Gymnastics Championships">artistic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_Gymnastics_World_Championships" title="Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships">rhythmic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trampoline_Gymnastics_World_Championships" title="Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships">trampoline</a></li></ul></li> <li>Ice skating <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Figure_Skating_Championships" title="World Figure Skating Championships">figure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Short_Track_Speed_Skating_Championships" title="World Short Track Speed Skating Championships">short track</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Speed_Skating_Championships" title="World Speed Skating Championships">speed</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Judo_Championships" title="World Judo Championships">Judo</a></li> <li>Luge <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIL_World_Luge_Championships" title="FIL World Luge Championships">artificial track</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIL_World_Luge_Natural_Track_Championships" title="FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships">natural track</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Modern_Pentathlon_Championships" title="World Modern Pentathlon Championships">Modern pentathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rowing_Championships" title="World Rowing Championships">Rowing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_championships_in_sailing" title="World championships in sailing">Sailing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sailing_World_Championships" title="Sailing World Championships">Olympic Class Combined Worlds</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISSF_World_Shooting_Championships" title="ISSF World Shooting Championships">Shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Skateboarding_Championship" title="World Skateboarding Championship">Skateboarding</a></li> <li>Skiing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Alpine_World_Ski_Championships" title="FIS Alpine World Ski Championships">alpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Nordic_World_Ski_Championships" title="FIS Nordic World Ski Championships">Nordic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Freestyle_World_Ski_Championships" title="FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships">freestyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Snowboard_World_Championships" title="FIS Snowboard World Championships">snowboarding</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFSC_Climbing_World_Championships" title="IFSC Climbing World Championships">Sport climbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Surfing_Games" title="World Surfing Games">Surfing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Table_Tennis_Championships" title="World Table Tennis Championships">Table tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Taekwondo_Championships" title="World Taekwondo Championships">Taekwondo</a></li> <li>Tennis <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Davis_Cup" title="Davis Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean_King_Cup" title="Billie Jean King Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Championship_Series" title="World Triathlon Championship Series">Triathlon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Mixed_Relay_Championships" title="World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships">mixed relay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Weightlifting_Championships" title="World Weightlifting Championships">Weightlifting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Championships" title="World Wrestling Championships">Wrestling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Discontinued</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basque_Pelota_World_Championships" title="Basque Pelota World Championships">Basque pelota</a></li> <li>Croquet <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Croquet_Federation#World_Champions_(Singles)" title="World Croquet Federation">singles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Croquet_Federation#World_Champions_(Teams)" title="World Croquet Federation">team</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karate_World_Championships" title="Karate World Championships">Karate</a></li> <li>Lacrosse <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Lacrosse_Championship" title="World Lacrosse Championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Lacrosse_Women%27s_World_Championship" title="World Lacrosse Women's World Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Polo_Championship" title="World Polo Championship">Polo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rackets_World_Championships" title="Rackets World Championships">Rackets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_real_tennis_world_champions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of real tennis world champions">Real tennis</a></li> <li>Tug of war <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TWIF_Outdoor_World_Championships" title="TWIF Outdoor World Championships">outdoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TWIF_Indoor_World_Championships" title="TWIF Indoor World Championships">indoor</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_sports" title="Paralympic sports">Paralympic sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Team</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Blind_Football_Championships" title="World Blind Football Championships">Blind football</a></li> <li>Para ice hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Para_Ice_Hockey_Championships" title="World Para Ice Hockey Championships">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Challenge" title="Women's World Challenge">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_Basketball_World_Championship" title="Wheelchair Basketball World Championship">Wheelchair basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IHF_Wheelchair_Handball_World_Championship" title="IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship">Wheelchair handball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Wheelchair_Rugby_Championships" title="World Wheelchair Rugby Championships">Wheelchair rugby</a></li> <li>Wheelchair curling <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Wheelchair_Curling_Championship" title="World Wheelchair Curling Championship">mixed team</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goalball_World_Championships" title="Goalball World Championships">Goalball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Para_Volleyball_Championship" title="World Para Volleyball Championship">Sitting volleyball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Individual</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Para_Archery_Championship" title="World Para Archery Championship">Archery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Para_Athletics_Championships" title="World Para Athletics Championships">Athletics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BWF_Para-Badminton_World_Championships" title="BWF Para-Badminton World Championships">Badminton</a></li> <li>Bobsleigh and skeleton</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFSC_Paraclimbing_World_Championships" title="IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships">Climbing</a></li> <li>Cycling <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Para-cycling_Track_World_Championships" title="UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships">track cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Para-cycling_Road_World_Championships" title="UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships">road cycling</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Para_Powerlifting_Championships" title="World Para Powerlifting Championships">Powerlifting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Shooting_Para_Sport_Championships" title="World Shooting Para Sport Championships">Shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Para_Snowboard_Championships" title="World Para Snowboard Championships">Snowboard</a></li> <li>Skiing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Para_Alpine_Skiing_Championships" title="World Para Alpine Skiing Championships">alpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Para_Nordic_Skiing_Championships" title="World Para Nordic Skiing Championships">Nordic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Para_Swimming_Championships" title="World Para Swimming Championships">Swimming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Para_Table_Tennis_Championships" title="World Para Table Tennis Championships">Table tennis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Combat_sport" title="Combat sport">Combat sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_IBJJF_Jiu-Jitsu_Championship" title="World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship">Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ju-Jitsu_World_Championships" title="Ju-Jitsu World Championships">Ju-Jitsu World Championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Kendo_Championship" title="World Kendo Championship">Kendo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WAKO_Amateur_World_Championships" title="List of WAKO Amateur World Championships">Kickboxing (amateur)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFMA_World_Muaythai_Championships" title="IFMA World Muaythai Championships">Muaythai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Sambo_Championships" title="World Sambo Championships">Sambo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumo_World_Championships" title="Sumo World Championships">Sumo</a></li> <li>Wrestling <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Beach_Wrestling_Championships" title="World Beach Wrestling Championships">beach wrestling</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Wushu_Championships" title="World Wushu Championships">Wushu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cue_sports" title="Cue sports">Cue sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Carom billiards <ul><li>Three-cushion <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UMB_World_Three-cushion_Championship" title="UMB World Three-cushion Championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UMB_Women%27s_World_Three-cushion_Championship" title="UMB Women's World Three-cushion Championship">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UMB_World_Three-cushion_Championship_for_National_Teams" title="UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams">team</a></li></ul></li> <li>Five-pins <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Five-pin_billiards#World_Five-pins_Championship" title="Five-pin billiards">individual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five-pin_billiards#World_Championship_5_Pins_National_Teams" title="Five-pin billiards">team</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artistic_Billiards_World_Championship" title="Artistic Billiards World Championship">artistic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Billiards_Championship_(English_billiards)" title="World Billiards Championship (English billiards)">English billiards</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IBSF_World_Billiards_Championship" title="IBSF World Billiards Championship">amateurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Women%27s_Billiards_Championship" title="World Women's Billiards Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Pool <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_world_eight-ball_champions#British-style_eight-ball_pool" title="List of world eight-ball champions">blackball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Eight-ball_World_Championship" title="Chinese Eight-ball World Championship">chinese eight ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPA_World_Eight-ball_Championship" title="WPA World Eight-ball Championship">eight-ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPA_World_Nine-ball_Championship" title="WPA World Nine-ball Championship">men nine-ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPA_Women%27s_World_Nine-ball_Championship" title="WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship">women nine-ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Cup_of_Pool" title="World Cup of Pool">team nine-ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_pyramid#WPA_World_Pyramid_Pool_Championship" title="Russian pyramid">pyramid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPA_World_Ten-ball_Championship" title="WPA World Ten-ball Championship">ten-ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Straight_Pool_Championship" title="World Straight Pool Championship">straight pool</a></li></ul></li> <li>Snooker <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Snooker_Championship" title="World Snooker Championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Women%27s_Snooker_Championship" title="World Women's Snooker Championship">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Cup_(snooker)" title="World Cup (snooker)">team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IBSF_World_Snooker_Championship" title="IBSF World Snooker Championship">amateurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six-red_World_Championship" title="Six-red World Championship">six-red</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mind_sport" title="Mind sport">Mind sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_world_backgammon_champions" title="List of world backgammon champions">Backgammon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Bridge_Championships" title="World Bridge Championships">Bridge</a></li> <li>Chess <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Chess_Championship" title="Women's World Chess Championship">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Team_Chess_Championship" title="World Team Chess Championship">team</a></li></ul></li> <li>Draughts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Draughts_World_Championship" title="Draughts World Championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Draughts_Championship" title="Women's World Draughts Championship">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Checkers/Draughts_Championship" title="World Checkers/Draughts Championship">checkers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Draughts-64_World_Championship_winners" title="List of Draughts-64 World Championship winners">draughts-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Women%27s_Draughts-64_World_Championship_winners" title="List of Women's Draughts-64 World Championship winners">draughts-64 women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Amateur_Go_Championship" title="World Amateur Go Championship">Go</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Puzzle_Championship" title="World Puzzle Championship">Puzzles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Scrabble_Championship" title="World Scrabble Championship">Scrabble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Sudoku_Championship" title="World Sudoku Championship">Sudoku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Xiangqi_Championship" title="World Xiangqi Championship">Xiangqi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Motorsport" title="Motorsport">Motorsport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Auto_racing" title="Auto racing">Auto racing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Formula_E" title="Formula E">Formula E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIA_International_Hill_Climb_Cup" title="FIA International Hill Climb Cup">Hill climb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karting_World_Championship" title="Karting World Championship">Karting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rally_Championship" title="World Rally Championship">Rallying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIA_World_Rallycross_Championship" title="FIA World Rallycross Championship">Rallycross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rally-Raid_Championship" title="World Rally-Raid Championship">Rally raid</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIA_World_Baja_Cup" title="FIA World Baja Cup">Bajas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIA_World_Endurance_Championship" title="FIA World Endurance Championship">Sports Car Endurance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TCR_World_Tour" title="TCR World Tour">Touring Car</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Motorcycle_sport" title="Motorcycle sport">Motorcycle sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIM_Endurance_World_Championship" title="FIM Endurance World Championship">Endurance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enduro_World_Championship" title="Enduro World Championship">Enduro</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIM_SuperEnduro_World_Championship" title="FIM SuperEnduro World Championship">SuperEnduro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIM_Hard_Enduro_World_Championship" title="FIM Hard Enduro World Championship">Hard Enduro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Six_Days_Enduro" title="International Six Days Enduro">team endurance</a></li></ul></li> <li>Ice racing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Individual_Ice_Speedway_World_Championship" title="Individual Ice Speedway World Championship">individual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_Speedway_of_Nations" title="Ice Speedway of Nations">team</a></li></ul></li> <li>Grand Prix <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing" title="Grand Prix motorcycle racing">MotoGP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing" title="Grand Prix motorcycle racing">Moto2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing" title="Grand Prix motorcycle racing">Moto3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MotoE_World_Championship" title="MotoE World Championship">MotoE</a></li></ul></li> <li>Motocross <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Motocross_World_Championship" title="Motocross World Championship">individual</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIM_Women%27s_Motocross_World_Championship" title="FIM Women's Motocross World Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motocross_des_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="Motocross des Nations">nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIM_Supercross_World_Championship" title="FIM Supercross World Championship">Supercross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SuperMotocross_World_Championship" title="SuperMotocross World Championship">SuperMotocross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidecarcross_World_Championship" title="Sidecarcross World Championship">Sidecarcross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIM_Snowcross_World_Championship" title="FIM Snowcross World Championship">Snowcross</a></li></ul></li> <li>Production <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superbike_World_Championship" title="Superbike World Championship">Superbike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supersport_World_Championship" title="Supersport World Championship">Supersport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supersport_300_World_Championship" title="Supersport 300 World Championship">Supersport 300</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIM_Women%27s_Motorcycling_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="FIM Women's Motorcycling World Championship">Women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rally-Raid_Championship" title="World Rally-Raid Championship">Rally raid</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIM_Bajas_World_Cup" title="FIM Bajas World Cup">Bajas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidecar_World_Championship" title="Sidecar World Championship">Sidecar</a></li> <li>Speedway <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speedway_Grand_Prix" title="Speedway Grand Prix">individual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speedway_World_Cup" title="Speedway World Cup">team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Individual_Speedway_Long_Track_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship">long track</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Team_Long_Track_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Team Long Track World Championship">team long track</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIM_Flat_Track_World_Championship" title="FIM Flat Track World Championship">flat track</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIM_Supermoto_World_Championship" title="FIM Supermoto World Championship">Supermoto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supermoto_of_Nations" title="Supermoto of Nations">team</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIM_Trial_World_Championship" title="FIM Trial World Championship">Trial</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trial_des_Nations" title="Trial des Nations">nations</a></li></ul></li> <li>E-Bike <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIM_E-Bike_Cross_World_Cup" title="FIM E-Bike Cross World Cup">cross</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Aeroplane sport <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FAI_World_Aerobatic_Championships" title="FAI World Aerobatic Championships">Aerobatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FAI_World_Grand_Prix" title="FAI World Grand Prix">Aerobatic GP</a></li></ul></li> <li>Powerboating <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aquabike_World_Championship" title="Aquabike World Championship">Aquabike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formula_1_Powerboat_World_Championship" title="Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship">F1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formula_4S_Powerboat_World_Championship" title="Formula 4S Powerboat World Championship">F4s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Class_1_World_Powerboat_Championship" title="Class 1 World Powerboat Championship">offshore</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Model_Auto_Racing#Eligibility_to_IFMAR_World_Championship_event" title="International Federation of Model Auto Racing">Radio-controlled racing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IFMAR_1:10_Electric_Off-Road_World_Championship" title="IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship">1:10 electric off-road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFMAR_1:8_IC_Off-Road_World_Championship" title="IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship">1:8 nitro off-road</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tank_biathlon" title="Tank biathlon">Tank biathlon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Team</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>American football <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IFAF_World_Championship" title="IFAF World Championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFAF_Women%27s_World_Championship" title="IFAF Women's World Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_International_Cup" title="Australian Football International Cup">Australian football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball5_World_Cup" title="Baseball5 World Cup">Baseball5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ball_Hockey_World_Championship" title="Ball Hockey World Championship">Ball hockey</a></li> <li>Bandy <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandy_World_Championship" title="Bandy World Championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandy_World_Cup" title="Bandy World Cup">men's club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Bandy_World_Championship" title="Women's Bandy World Championship">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandy_World_Cup_Women" title="Bandy World Cup Women">women's club</a></li></ul></li> <li>Cricket <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ICC_World_Test_Championship" title="ICC World Test Championship">Test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_World_Cup" title="Cricket World Cup">ODI (men)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Cricket_World_Cup" title="Women's Cricket World Cup">ODI (women)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICC_Men%27s_T20_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="ICC Men's T20 World Cup">T20 (men)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_T20_World_Cup" title="Women's T20 World Cup">T20 (women)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IHF_Beach_Handball_World_Championships" title="IHF Beach Handball World Championships">Beach handball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Beach_Soccer_World_Cup" title="FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup">Beach soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_tennis#ITF_Beach_Tennis_World_Championship" title="Beach tennis">Beach tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICF_Canoe_Polo_World_Championships" title="ICF Canoe Polo World Championships">Canoe polo</a></li> <li>Dancesport <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WDSF_World_Formation_Latin_Championships" title="WDSF World Formation Latin Championships">Formation Latin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodgeball_World_Championship" title="Dodgeball World Championship">Dodgeball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fistball#Results" title="Fistball">Fistball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFAF_Flag_Football_World_Championship" title="IFAF Flag Football World Championship">Flag football</a></li> <li>Floorball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_World_Floorball_Championship" title="Men's World Floorball Championship">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_World_Floorball_Championship" title="Women's World Floorball Championship">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Futsal <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Futsal_World_Cup" title="FIFA Futsal World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Futsal_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup">women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_Futsal_Cup" title="Intercontinental Futsal Cup">men's club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Futsal_World_Tournament" title="Women's Futsal World Tournament">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Indoor hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_Indoor_Hockey_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Indoor_Hockey_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIRS_Inline_Hockey_World_Championships" title="FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships">Inline hockey</a></li> <li>Kabaddi <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kabaddi_World_Cup_(Circle_style)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style)">Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabaddi_World_Cup_(standard_style)" title="Kabaddi World Cup (standard style)">Standard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kho_Kho_World_Cup" title="Kho Kho World Cup">Kho kho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IKF_World_Korfball_Championship" title="IKF World Korfball Championship">Korfball</a></li> <li>Lacrosse <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Lacrosse_Box_Championships" title="World Lacrosse Box Championships">indoor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Life_Saving_Championships" title="World Life Saving Championships">Life saving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMF_World_Cup" title="WMF World Cup">Minifootball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netball_World_Cup" title="Netball World Cup">Netball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padel_World_Championship" title="Padel World Championship">Padel tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IQA_World_Cup" title="IQA World Cup">Quidditch/Quadball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Ringette_Championships" title="World Ringette Championships">Ringette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Rogaining_Championships" title="World Rogaining Championships">Rogaining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roll_Ball_World_Cup" title="Roll Ball World Cup">Roll Ball</a></li> <li>Roller derby <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Men%27s_Roller_Derby_World_Cup" title="Men's Roller Derby World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_Derby_World_Cup" title="Roller Derby World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Roller hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roller_Hockey_World_Cup" title="Roller Hockey World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Roller_Hockey_World_Cup" title="Women's Roller Hockey World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Rugby league <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_League_World_Cup" title="Rugby League World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Club_Challenge" title="World Club Challenge">men's club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Rugby_League_World_Cup" title="Women's Rugby League World Cup">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Rugby union <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup" title="Rugby World Cup">men</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Sailing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ISAF_Offshore_Team_Racing_World_Championship" title="ISAF Offshore Team Racing World Championship">Yachts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISAF_Team_Racing_World_Championship" title="ISAF Team Racing World Championship">Dinghies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISTAF_World_Cup" title="ISTAF World Cup">Sepaktakraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socca_World_Cup" title="Socca World Cup">Socca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISU_World_Synchronized_Skating_Championships" title="ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships">Synchronized skating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tchoukball#World_events" title="Tchoukball">Tchoukball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_Hockey_World_Championships" title="Underwater Hockey World Championships">Underwater hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_Rugby_World_Championships" title="Underwater Rugby World Championships">Underwater rugby</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Individual</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Air_Games" title="World Air Games">Air sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Hot_Air_Ballooning_Championships" title="World Hot Air Ballooning Championships">ballooning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Gliding_Championships" title="World Gliding Championships">gliding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Parachuting_Championships" title="World Parachuting Championships">parachuting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Paragliding_Championships" title="World Paragliding Championships">paragliding</a></li></ul></li> <li>Aquatics <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Water_Ski_World_Championships" title="Water Ski World Championships">water skiing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Armwrestling_Championship" title="World Armwrestling Championship">Armwrestling</a></li> <li>Archery <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archery_World_Cup#Indoor_World_Cup_(Indoor_Archery_World_Series)" title="Archery World Cup">indoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_3D_Archery_Championships" title="World 3D Archery Championships">3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Field_Archery_Championships" title="World Field Archery Championships">field</a></li></ul></li> <li>Athletics <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Athletics_Cross_Country_Championships" title="World Athletics Cross Country Championships">cross country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Athletics_Half_Marathon_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="World Athletics Half Marathon Championships">half marathon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Athletics_Indoor_Championships" title="World Athletics Indoor Championships">indoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Decathlon_World_Championships" title="Women's Decathlon World Championships">women's decathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Athletics_Relays" title="World Athletics Relays">relays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IAU_100_km_World_Championships" title="IAU 100 km World Championships">100 km</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Mountain_Running_Championships" title="World Mountain Running Championships">mountain running</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Long_Distance_Mountain_Running_Championships" title="World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships">long distance mountain running</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Snowshoe_Championships" title="World Snowshoe Championships">snowshoe running</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skyrunning_World_Championships" title="Skyrunning World Championships">skyrunning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IAU_Trail_World_Championships" title="IAU Trail World Championships">trail running</a></li></ul></li> <li>Bowling <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WTBA_World_Tenpin_Bowling_Championships" title="WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships">Tenpin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine-pin_bowling" title="Nine-pin bowling">Ninepin</a> (<a href="/wiki/World_Singles_Ninepin_Bowling_Classic_Championships" title="World Singles Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships">singles</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Team_Ninepin_Bowling_Classic_Championships" title="World Team Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships">team</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Bowls <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Indoor_Bowls_Championships" title="World Indoor Bowls Championships">indoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Bowls_Championship" title="World Bowls Championship">outdoor</a></li></ul></li> <li>Canoeing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ICF_Canoe_Marathon_World_Championships" title="ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships">marathon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICF_Canoe_Ocean_Racing_World_Championships" title="ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships">ocean race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildwater_Canoeing_World_Championships" title="Wildwater Canoeing World Championships">wildwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICF_Stand_Up_Paddling_World_Championships" title="ICF Stand Up Paddling World Championships">SUP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canoe_Sailing_World_Championship" title="Canoe Sailing World Championship">canoe sailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICF_Canoe_Freestyle_World_Championships" title="ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships">freestyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Waveski_Surfing_Titles" title="World Waveski Surfing Titles">waveski</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crokinole#World_Crokinole_Championship" title="Crokinole">Crokinole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CrossFit_Games" title="CrossFit Games">CrossFit</a></li> <li>Cycling <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Cyclo-cross_World_Championships" title="UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships">cyclo-cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Indoor_Cycling_World_Championships" title="UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships">indoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Mountain_Bike_Marathon_World_Championships" title="UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships">mountain bike marathon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCI_Trials_World_Championships" title="UCI Trials World Championships">trials</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Professional_Darts_Championship" title="World Professional Darts Championship">Darts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WDF_World_Darts_Championship" title="WDF World Darts Championship">WDF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PDC_World_Darts_Championship" title="PDC World Darts Championship">PDC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PDC_World_Cup_of_Darts" title="PDC World Cup of Darts">team</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finswimming_World_Championships" title="Finswimming World Championships">Finswimming</a></li> <li>Fishing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Freshwater_Angling_Championships" title="World Freshwater Angling Championships">freshwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Fly_Fishing_Championships" title="World Fly Fishing Championships">fly fishing</a></li></ul></li> <li>Gymnastics <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acrobatic_Gymnastics_World_Championships" title="Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships">acrobatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerobic_Gymnastics_World_Championships" title="Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships">aerobic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkour_World_Championships" title="Parkour World Championships">parkour</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UIAA_Ice_Climbing_World_Championships" title="UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships">Ice Climbing</a></li> <li>Modern pentathlon <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biathle#Biathle_World_Championships" title="Biathle">biathle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triathle#Triathle_World_Championships" title="Triathle">triathle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laser_Run_World_Championships" title="Laser Run World Championships">laser run</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mounted_games#World_Team_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="Mounted games">Mounted games</a></li> <li>Orienteering <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Orienteering_Championships" title="World Orienteering Championships">foot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Ski_Orienteering_Championships" title="World Ski Orienteering Championships">ski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Mountain_Bike_Orienteering_Championships" title="World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships">mountain bike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trail_Orienteering_Championships" title="World Trail Orienteering Championships">trail</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A9tanque_World_Championships" title="Pétanque World Championships">Pétanque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IPF_Powerlifting_World_Championships" title="IPF Powerlifting World Championships">Powerlifting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racquetball_World_Championships" title="Racquetball World Championships">Racquetball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Skate_Games" title="World Skate Games">Roller Sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artistic_Skating_World_Championships" title="Artistic Skating World Championships">artistic skating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inline_Alpine_World_Championship" title="Inline Alpine World Championship">inline alpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inline_Downhill_World_Championship" title="Inline Downhill World Championship">inline downhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inline_Speed_Skating_World_Championships" title="Inline Speed Skating World Championships">inline speed skating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_Freestyle_Skating_World_Championship" title="Roller Freestyle Skating World Championship">roller freestyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Scootering_Championship" title="World Scootering Championship">scooter</a></li></ul></li> <li>Rowing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Rowing_Coastal_Championships" title="World Rowing Coastal Championships">coastal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Indoor_Rowing_Championships" title="World Indoor Rowing Championships">indoor</a></li></ul></li> <li>Shooting <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IPSC_Handgun_World_Shoots" title="IPSC Handgun World Shoots">practical handgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IPSC_Rifle_World_Shoots" title="IPSC Rifle World Shoots">practical rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IPSC_Shotgun_World_Shoots" title="IPSC Shotgun World Shoots">practical shotgun</a></li></ul></li> <li>Skiing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Ski_Flying_World_Championships" title="FIS Ski Flying World Championships">flying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIS_Speed_World_Ski_Championships" title="FIS Speed World Ski Championships">speed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Championships_of_Ski_Mountaineering" title="World Championships of Ski Mountaineering">ski mountaineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Telemarking_Championships" title="World Telemarking Championships">telemarking</a></li></ul></li> <li>Squash <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Squash_Championships" title="World Squash Championships">individual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Squash_Doubles_Championships" title="World Squash Doubles Championships">doubles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSF_World_Team_Squash_Championships" title="WSF World Team Squash Championships">team</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_Biathlon_World_Championships" title="Summer Biathlon World Championships">Summer biathlon</a></li> <li>Strength athletics <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Strongest_Man" title="World's Strongest Man">men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Strongest_Woman" title="World's Strongest Woman">women</a></li></ul></li> <li>Surfing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Surf_League" title="World Surf League">short board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Surf_League#WSL_Longboard_Championship_Tour_champions" title="World Surf League">long board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Surf_League#WSL_Big_Wave_Tour_champions" title="World Surf League">big wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISA_World_SUP_and_Paddleboard_Championship" title="ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship">SUP/paddleboard</a></li></ul></li> <li>Swimming <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FINA_World_Swimming_Championships_(25_m)" class="mw-redirect" title="FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)">short course</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Teqball_Federation#Teqball_World_Championships" title="International Teqball Federation">Teqball</a></li> <li>Triathlon <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Aquathlon_Championships" title="World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships">Aquathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Duathlon_Championships" title="World Triathlon Duathlon Championships">Duathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ironman_World_Championship" title="Ironman World Championship">Ironman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ironman_70.3_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Ironman 70.3 World Championship">Ironman 70.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Cross_Championships" title="World Triathlon Cross Championships">cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Cross_Duathlon_Championships" title="World Triathlon Cross Duathlon Championships">cross duathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Long_Distance_Championships" title="World Triathlon Long Distance Championships">long distance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Long_Distance_Duathlon_Championships" title="World Triathlon Long Distance Duathlon Championships">long distance duathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Sprint_Distance_Championships" title="World Triathlon Sprint Distance Championships">sprint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Triathlon_Winter_Championships" title="World Triathlon Winter Championships">winter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Yo-Yo_Contest" title="World Yo-Yo Contest">Yo-yo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Esports" title="Esports">Esports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty_Championship" title="Call of Duty Championship"><i>Call of Duty</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter-Strike_Major_Championships" title="Counter-Strike Major Championships"><i>Counter-Strike</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_International_(esports)" title="The International (esports)"><i>Dota 2</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esailing_World_Championship" title="Esailing World Championship"><i>eSailing</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFAe_World_Cup" title="FIFAe World Cup"><i>FIFA</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortnite_World_Cup" title="Fortnite World Cup"><i>Fortnite</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Legends_World_Championship" title="League of Legends World Championship"><i>League of Legends</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_Legends:_Bang_Bang_World_Championship" title="Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship"><i>Mobile Legends: Bang Bang</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classic_Tetris_World_Championship" title="Classic Tetris World Championship"><i>NES Tetris</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overwatch_World_Cup" title="Overwatch World Cup"><i>Overwatch</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EFootball.Open" title="EFootball.Open"><i>Pro Evolution Soccer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Invitational" title="Six Invitational"><i>Rainbow Six Siege</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocket_League_Championship_Series" title="Rocket League Championship Series"><i>Rocket League</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smite_World_Championship" title="Smite World Championship"><i>Smite</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/StarCraft_II_World_Championship_Series" title="StarCraft II World Championship Series"><i>StarCraft II</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valorant_Champions_Tour" title="Valorant Champions Tour"><i>Valorant</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>See also: <a href="/wiki/Template:Main_world_cups" title="Template:Main world cups">World 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