1994 Women's Rugby World Cup

none June 2026 July 2024 11 24 April 1994 Scotland 12 England 1 United States 31 1341 United States Jennifer Crawford (60) United States Jennifer Crawford (10) 1991 1998 The 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup was the second world cup for women. It was originally scheduled to be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands (10–24 April) but was cancelled only weeks before. However, a replacement competition was organised around the same dates in Scotland. England beat the defending champions USA 38–23 in the final. Background The official reason for the cancellation was that the event organisers failed to get official endorsement of the event as the "Women's World Cup" from the International Rugby Board (IRB). The minutes of the 1993 Interim meeting of the IRB state the following about the "1994 Women's International Tournament": "The Council agreed to defer consideration of participation by member unions in the tournament until such time as a formal request is received from the organizers."http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/clubs/womens_rugby/RugbyRoot/rugby/games/Sched94/womenswc.html 25 June 2009 June 2020 medicmedic Hence not only was there uncertainty to whether it really was the "Women's World Cup" or not, but the IRB refused to endorse it regardless of its status – the "deferral" (above) was in practice a refusal to endorse as the next scheduled IRB meeting was only days before the event was due to start. It was not until 2009 that the IRB officially endorsed the event as a "world cup" when it published, for the first time, a list of previous winners.http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid=2033145.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230504/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid%3D2033145.html dead IRB press release 2 December 2013 Because of this, the Unions of some countries decided not to pay team expenses (including New Zealand, where women's rugby was by now fully integrated in the national union, and ultimately others as well) or withdrew their entries. Several team members decided to go ahead and raised the money themselves, but the surrounding uncertainty of the event status and the financial risk from teams pulling out prompted the event organizers to (rather abruptly) cancel it. The women who had trained so hard, and had gone to much trouble raising money etc., were so disappointed at the cancellation that an alternative tournament in Scotland was soon organized. Despite the IRB threatening sanctions against unions taking part in this unendorsed event, it went ahead. This Women's Rugby World Cup, like its predecessor in 1991, was never endorsed by the IRB and the Scottish organizers did not pursue official sanctioning. However, all of the participating teams regarded it as the "real" World Cup. Eventually eleven of the original sixteen entrants took part – as well as New Zealand, Netherlands also withdrew from both participation as well as hosts, and Spain pulled out very late – after the groups had been drawn – and were replaced by a Scottish Students team. Italy and Germany were also notable absentees. The Soviet Union would have competed but due to their dissolution, they were replaced by Russia and Kazakhstan. Once the event was underway it proved to be a great success,http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ouwrugby/AhistoryoftheWomensRugbyWorldCup.shtml A History of the Women's World Cup Users.ox.ac.uk 7 August 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081212094016/http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ouwrugby/AhistoryoftheWomensRugbyWorldCup.shtml 12 December 2008 England exacting revenge for their 1991 defeat to USA, beating the defending champions 38–23 in the final. Squads 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads Match Officials J Fleming (Boroughmuir)Hughson John The Cup tradition and England 1966 1 July 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9780719096150.003.0002 England and the 1966 World Cup 12–31 Manchester University Press 10.7228/manchester/9780719096150.003.0002 978-0-7190-9615-0 6 May 2021 subscription Pool stages Pool A main WDL n points none USA USA JPN JPN SWE SWE 2 0 0 232 0 1 0 1 10 126 0 0 2 5 121 complete 11 April 1994 SWE 0–111 USA Melrose 13 April 1994 JPN 10–5 SWE Melrose 15 April 1994 JPN 0–121 USA Melrose Pool B main WDL n points none ENG ENG SCO SCO RUS RUS 2 0 0 92 0 1 0 1 51 26 0 0 2 0 117 complete 11 April 1994 ENG 66–0 RUS Boroughmuir 13 April 1994 SCO 51–0 RUS Boroughmuir 15 April 1994 SCO 0–26 ENG Boroughmuir Pool C main WDL n points none FRA FRA IRE IRE SST SCO Scottish Students 2 0 0 108 8 1 0 1 18 36 0 0 2 13 95 complete 11 April 1994 Scottish Students SCO 8–77 FRA West of Scotland RFC 13 April 1994 Scottish Students SCO 5–18 IRE West of Scotland RFC 15 April 1994 FRA 31–0 IRE West of Scotland RFC Pool D main WDL n points none WAL WAL CAN CAN KAZ KAZ 2 0 0 40 13 1 0 1 33 11 0 0 2 8 57 complete 11 April 1994 CAN 5–11 WAL Edinburgh Academicals RFC 13 April 1994 KAZ 8–29 WAL Edinburgh Academicals RFC 15 April 1994 CAN 28–0 KAZ Edinburgh Academicals RFC Plate competition Round robin main WDL n points none Ladder KAZ KAZ SWE SWE RUS RUS SST SCO Scottish Students 3 0 0 83 12 2 0 1 46 56 1 0 2 37 57 0 0 3 24 65 inherit 9th 9TH inherit 10th 10TH inherit 11th 11TH inherit 12th 12TH complete 17 April 1994 RUS 13–20 SWE Kirkcaldy 17 April 1994 Scottish Students SCO 0–27 KAZ Kirkcaldy 19 April 1994 Scottish Students SCO 12–14 SWE Gala 19 April 1994 KAZ 25–0 RUS Gala 21 April 1994 KAZ 31–12 SWE Stirling County 21 April 1994 Scottish Students SCO 12–24 RUS Stirling County Plate final 23 April 1994 KAZ 29–12 SWE Boroughmuir Championship Bracket Championship 17 April – Gala ENG 24 CAN 10 17 April – Edinburgh FRA 99 JPN 0 17 April – Boroughmuir USA 76 IRE 0 17 April – Melrose WAL 8 SCO 0 20 April – Gala ENG 18 FRA 6 20 April – Gala USA 56 WAL 15 24 April – Edinburgh ENG 38 USA 23 24 April – Edinburgh FRA 27 WAL 0 Shield 20 April – Melrose CAN 57 JPN 0 20 April – Melrose IRE 3 SCO 10 23 April – Boroughmuir CAN 5 SCO 11 23 April – Boroughmuir IRE 11 JPN 3 Quarter-finals 17 April 1994 USA 76–0 IRE Boroughmuir 17 April 1994 ENG 24–10 CAN Gala 17 April 1994 FRA 99–0 JPN Edinburgh Academicals RFC 17 April 1994 SCO 0–8 WAL Melrose Championship semi-finals 20 April 1994 USA 56–15 WAL Gala 20 April 1994 ENG 18–6 FRA Gala Shield semi-finals 20 April 1994 CAN 57–0 JPN Melrose 20 April 1994 SCO 10–3 IRE Melrose Shield 3rd/4th (7th place) 23 April 1994 IRE 11–3 JPN Boroughmuir Shield final (5th place) 23 April 1994 SCO 11–5 CAN Boroughmuir Cup 3rd/4th place 24 April 1994 FRA 27–0 WAL Edinburgh Academicals RFC Cup final 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup final 24 April 1994 ENG 38–23 USA Edinburgh Academicals RFC Jim Fleming (Scotland) ruw 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup winners England First 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-1994/ Women's Rugby World Cup 1994 24 April 1994 See also Women's Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup Sevens Scottish Women's Rugby Union References External links Previous World Cup Women's Rugby results 1994 Category:1994 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:1993–94 in Scottish rugby union Category:Women's international rugby union competitions hosted by Scotland Category:1994 in women's rugby union Category:April 1994 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1994 in Scottish women's sport