2002 Women's Rugby World Cup

Rugby union event held in Spain July 2024 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup Logo 1.webp es Copa Mundial de Rugby Femenina 2002 13 25 May 2002 Spain 16 New Zealand 2 England 32 170 1276 New ZealandTammi Wilson (48) EnglandSue Day (9) 1998 2006 The 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup was the second World Cup fully sanctioned by the sports governing body the International Rugby Board (IRB). The tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain. The formatThere are 16 teams at the IRB Women's World Cup 2002. They are divided into four Pools of four teams each, according to each team's seeding. For the first set of matches the highest seeded team plays the lowest seeded team whilst the two mid-seeded teams play each other. After the first round of matches the positions in each Pool are recalculated with the winners of the first matches in first and second places, and the losers in third and fourth places. In the second set of matches, the top two teams and the bottom two teams from each Pool play each other. The final Pool standings are calculated from the results of these matches to give the final four positions in each Pool. The four top teams in each of the Pools go forward to contest the World Cup title. The second placed teams from each Pool play for 5th position (the Plate), the third place teams for 9th (the Bowl), and the fourth placed teams for 13th (the Shield). The four teams in each of these groups are reseeded to decide who plays who at this stage of the tournament. The two winning teams from each of these 'semi-finals' then face each other in the 'final' whilst the losing teams play each other.From the IRB tournament guide was the same as the previous tournament and again 16 nations competed. For the first time a pre-tournament qualification match took place to decide Asia's second representative but other than that all competitors took part by invitation. 14 of the 16 teams taking part were the same as in 1998 but two lowest ranked European teams (Sweden and Russia) were replaced by teams from Asia (Japan) and Oceania (Samoa). The competition was won by defending champions, New Zealand. Squads 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup squads Match Officials October 2018 Referees: S Cortabarria (Spain)"England's world falls apart in final," The Times (London, England) (18 February 2002): p32 via http://womensrugbyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/08/englands-world-falls-apart-in-final.html G De Santis (Italy)"Experience counts for women," The Times (London, England) (27 May 2002): p26 via http://womensrugbyhistory.blogspot.com/2002/02/experience-counts-for-women.html Nicky Inwood (New Zealand)"IRB ANNOUNCES FEMALE REFEREE PANELS." States News Service, 20 September 2012. Academic OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A302923485/AONE?u=yorku_main&sid=AONE&xid=05d284b3. Accessed 9 November 2018. Qualifier 15 December 2000 HKG 0–62 JPN Aberdeen Sports Ground, Hong Kong Competition format The format was the same as the previous tournament and again 16 nations competed. The teams were divided into four pools of four teams each, according to each team's seeding. For the first set of matches the highest seeded team played the lowest seeded team while the two mid-seeded teams played each other. After the first round of matches the positions in each pool were recalculated with the winners of the first matches in first and second places, and the losers in third and fourth places. In the second set of matches, the top two teams and the bottom two teams from each pool played each other. The final pool standings were calculated from the results of these matches to give the final four positions in each pool. The four top teams in each of the pools went forward to contest the World Cup title. The second placed teams from each pool play for 5th position (the Plate), the third place teams for 9th (the Bowl), and the fourth placed teams for 13th (the Shield). The four teams in each of these groups are reseeded to decide who plays who at this stage of the tournament. The two winning teams from each of these 'semi-finals' then faced each other in the 'final', whilst the losing teams played each other.From the IRB tournament guide World Cup Tournament Although not strictly speaking a knock-out as – in theory – a team losing a game on Day 1 could still qualify dependent on results on Day 2, in practice this was a complex tournament that is best understood by means of the following graphics. Note that this should not be taken to imply that the draw for any round of games was predetermined – each successive round was drawn using seedings and rankings based on previous matches: Cup (positions 1–4) 13 May 2002 – Pool A GER 0 NZL 117 13 May 2002 – Pool A AUS 30 WAL 0 13 May 2002 – Pool B USA 87 NED 0 13 May 2002 – Pool B FRA 31 KAZ 12 13 May 2002 – Pool C ENG 63 ITA 9 13 May 2002 – Pool C ESP 62 JPN 0 13 May 2002 – Pool D CAN 57 IRE 0 13 May 2002 – Pool D SCO 13 SAM 3 17 May 2002 – Pool A NZL 36 AUS 3 17 May 2002 – Pool B USA 9 FRA 21 17 May 2002 – Pool C ENG 13 ESP 5 17 May 2002 – Pool D CAN 11 SCO 0 20 May 2002 – Semi-final NZL 30 FRA 0 20 May 2002 – Semi-final ENG 53 CAN 10 25 May 2002 – Final NZL 19 ENG 9 25 May 2002 – 3rd Place Final FRA 41 CAN 7 3rd Place final Ranking matches 5–8 Teams knocked out in the Cup quarter-finals 20 May 2002 AUS 17 USA 5 20 May 2002 ESP 16 SCO 23 25 May 2002 – 5th Place Final AUS 30 SCO 0 25 May 2002 – 7th Place Final USA 23 ESP 5 7th Place Final Ranking matches 9–16 Teams defeated in the first round of pool matches 18 May 2002 – Pool A GER 0 WAL 77 18 May 2002 – Pool C ITA 30 JPN 3 18 May 2002 – Pool D IRE 0 SAM 22 18 May 2002 – Pool B NED 10 KAZ 37 20 May 2002 WAL 35 ITA 3 20 May 2002 SAM 14 KAZ 3 24 May 2002 – 9th Place Final WAL 14 SAM 17 24 May 2002 – 11th Place Final ITA 3 KAZ 20 11th Place Final Ranking matches 13–16 Teams defeated in the first round of the ranking matches for 9–16 20 May 2002 GER 0 IRE 18 20 May 2002 JPN 37 NED 3 24 May 2002 – 13th Place Final IRE 0 JPN 18 24 May 2002 – 15th Place Final GER 19 NED 20 15th Place Final Match details Pool A main WDL Overall ranking points 1 NZL NZL AUS AUS WAL WAL GER GER 2 0 0 153 3 1 0 1 33 36 1 0 1 77 30 0 0 2 0 194 #ccffcc 1st 1ST #ccffcc 8th 8TH inherit 9th 9TH inherit 16th 16TH Position in each pool based on a) tournament points, b) result between sides on equal points, and c) match points difference complete 13 May 2002 GER 0–117 NZL Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona 13 May 2002 AUS 30–0 WAL Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona 17 May 2002 GER 0–77 WAL Girona, Barcelona 18 May 2002 AUS 3–36 NZL Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona Pool B main WDL Overall ranking points 1 FRA FRA USA USA KAZ KAZ NED NED 2 0 0 52 21 1 0 1 96 21 1 0 1 49 41 0 0 2 10 124 #ccffcc 4th 4TH #ccffcc 5th 5TH inherit 11th 11TH inherit 14th 14TH Position in each pool based on a) tournament points, b) result between sides on equal points, and c) match points difference complete 13 May 2002 USA 87–0 NED Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona 13 May 2002 FRA 31–12 KAZ Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona 17 May 2002 NED 10–37 KAZ Girona, Barcelona 18 May 2002 FRA 21–9 USA Girona, Barcelona Pool C main WDL Overall ranking points 1 ENG ENG ESP ESP ITA ITA JPN JPN 2 0 0 76 14 1 0 1 67 13 1 0 1 39 66 0 0 2 3 92 #ccffcc 3rd 3RD #ccffcc 6th 6TH inherit 12th 12TH inherit 15th 15TH Position in each pool based on a) tournament points, b) result between sides on equal points, and c) match points difference complete 13 May 2002 ENG 63–9 ITA Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona 13 May 2002 ESP 62–0 JPN Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona 17 May 2002 ITA 30–3 JPN Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona 18 May 2002 ESP 5–13 ENG Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona Pool D main WDL Overall ranking points 1 CAN CAN SCO SCO SAM SAM IRL Ireland 2 0 0 68 0 1 0 1 13 14 1 0 1 25 13 0 0 2 0 79 #ccffcc 2nd 2ND #ccffcc 7th 7TH inherit 10th 10TH inherit 13th 13TH Position in each pool based on a) tournament points, b) result between sides on equal points, and c) match points difference complete 13 May 2002 CAN 57–0 IRE Girona, Barcelona 13 May 2002 SCO 13–3 SAM Girona, Barcelona 17 May 2002 IRE 0–22 SAM Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona 18 May 2002 CAN 11–0 SCO Girona, Barcelona Overall ranking Teams were ranked according to the following criteria: Most match points Best points difference (points scored for minus points scored against) Best tries difference (tries scored for minus tries scored against) Best penalty kick difference (penalty kicks scored for minus penalty kicks scored against) Most points scored for Most tries scored for Most penalty kicks scored for Original Tournament seeding. This resulted in the following ranking: main WDL Semi-finals points none Ranking NZL NZL CAN CAN ENG ENG FRA FRA USA USA ESP ESP SCO SCO AUS AUS WAL WAL SAM SAM KAZ KAZ ITA ITA IRE IRE JPN JPN NED NED GER GER y y y 2 0 0 153 3 2 0 0 68 0 2 0 0 76 14 2 0 0 52 21 1 0 1 96 21 1 0 1 67 13 1 0 1 13 14 1 0 1 33 36 1 0 1 77 30 1 0 1 25 13 1 0 1 49 41 1 0 1 39 66 0 0 2 0 79 0 0 2 3 92 0 0 2 10 124 0 0 2 0 194 SF SF SF SF Semi-finals 5to8 5to8 5to8 5to8 5th–8th 9to12 9to12 9to12 9to12 9th–12th 13to16 13to16 13to16 13to16 13th–16th complete Play-offs 13th–16th 20 May 2002 GER 0–18 IRE Girona, Barcelona 20 May 2002 JPN 37–3 NED Girona, Barcelona 9th–12th 20 May 2002 WAL 35–3 ITA Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona 20 May 2002 SAM 9–3 KAZ Girona, Barcelona 5th–8th 21 May 2002 AUS 17–5 USA http://www.worldrugby.org/match/11737 Girona, Barcelona 21 May 2002 ESP 16–23 SCO Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona Semi-finals 21 May 2002 NZL 30–0 FRA Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona 21 May 2002 CAN 10–53 ENG Girona, Barcelona Finals 15th/16th 24 May 2002 GER 19–20 NED Zaragoza 13th/14th 24 May 2002 IRE 23–3 JPN Girona, Barcelona 11th/12th 24 May 2002 ITA 3–20 KAZ Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona 9th/10th 24 May 2002 WAL 14–17 SAM Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona 7th/8th 25 May 2002 ESP 5–23 USA Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona 5th/6th 25 May 2002 AUS 30–0 SCO Girona, Barcelona 3rd/4th 25 May 2002 FRA 41–7 CAN Tries: Nathalie Amiel (2) Dalphine Plantet (2), Annabel Donnadieu, Clotilde FlaugèreCon: Estelle Sartini (2)Pen: Estelle Sartini Try: Julie Foster Con: Kelly McCallum Olympic Stadium, Barcelona Final 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup final 25 May 2002 ENG 9–19 NZL Tries: Monique Hirovanaa, Cheryl WaakaPen: Tammi Wilson (3) Pen: Shelley Rae (2) Drop: Shelley Rae Olympic Stadium, Barcelona ruw 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup winners New Zealand Second Final table main WDL points none NZL NZL ENG ENG FRA FRA CAN CAN AUS AUS SCO SCO USA USA ESP ESP SAM SAM WAL WAL KAZ KAZ ITA ITA JPN JPN IRE IRE NED NED GER GER 4 0 202 12 3 1 138 43 3 1 93 58 2 2 85 94 2 2 63 54 2 2 41 53 3 1 137 26 1 3 83 66 3 1 56 30 2 2 126 50 2 2 72 58 1 3 45 121 2 2 58 95 1 3 18 97 1 3 33 180 0 4 19 232 complete Notes note Sources Rugby World Cup Women’s Stats Archivehttps://scrumhalfconnection.com/rugby-world-cup-womens-stats-archive/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250619142825/https://scrumhalfconnection.com/rugby-world-cup-womens-stats-archive/ Rugby World Cup Women's Stats Archive 19 June 2025 live Women's Rugby Data https://womensrugbydata.com/womens-rugby-world-cup-2002/ Women's Rugby World Cup 2002 References External links IRB reports (from Webarchive) Information on the 2002 Women's Rugby World Championship (in Spanish) 2002 Category:2002 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:2001–02 in Spanish rugby union R R Category:2002 in women's rugby union Category:May 2002 sports events in Europe Category:Women's sport in Catalonia Category:2002 in Catalan sport