2017 Women's Rugby World Cup
This article is about the rugby union competition, for the rugby league competition see the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nations |  Ireland |
| Dates | 9 August 2017 – 26 August 2017 |
| No. of nations | 12 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  New Zealand |
Runner-up  |  England |
Third-place  |  France |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Attendance | 45,412 (1,514 per match) |
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The 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was held in Ireland in August 2017. New Zealand became the 2017 champions by beating England 41–32 in the final, held on 26 August. Matches were held in Dublin and Belfast.[1] The pool stages were held at University College Dublin with the semi finals and finals held at Queen's University and Kingspan Stadium in Belfast.[2]
The tournament took place three rather than four years after the previous Women's Rugby World Cup because World Rugby wanted to move away from clashing with other events.[3] The event will return to a four-year cycle after 2017.[4]
The 2017 tournament set attendance records for a Women's World Cup. The tournament drew 45,412 fans over 30 matches. The final was played in front of a crowd of 17,115, and the pool matches sold out.
Contents
1 Bidding process
2 Qualifying
2.1 Qualified teams
3 Match officials
4 Squads
5 Pool stage
5.1 Pool A
5.2 Pool B
5.3 Pool C
6 Finals
6.1 Knockout Rankings
6.2 Tie breakers
6.3 Rankings 9 to 12 Play-offs
6.4 Rankings 5 to 8 Play-offs
6.5 Finals
6.5.1 Semi-Finals
6.5.2 Third and Fourth Place Playoff
6.5.3 Final
7 Final classification
8 Broadcasting
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
Bidding process
On 2 March 2015, it was announced that the Irish Rugby Football Union had submitted a bid to host to Women's Rugby World Cup in August 2017.[5] The Irish bid was the only one made to host the event. On 13 May 2015 it was announced that Ireland would host the event in Dublin and Belfast.[6]
On 4 June 2015 it was announced that Garrett Tubridy had been appointed tournament director for the event.[7]
Qualifying
Ireland, the host nation, had already qualified automatically by finishing in the top seven teams at the 2014 tournament before being announced as hosts. A further six teams (England, Canada, France, New Zealand, USA and Australia) qualified automatically as top seven finishers at the 2014 tournament.[8] Italy and Wales qualified as the top two teams across the 2015 and 2016 Women's Six Nations excluding England, France, and Ireland. The remaining three qualifiers (Hong Kong, Spain and Japan) were determined by the end of 2016.
Qualified teams
| Americas | Europe | Oceania | Asia |
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Match officials
At the end of March 2017, World Rugby announced fourteen match officials: nine referees and five assistants.[9]
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Squads
Pool stage
The pool draw took place on 9 November 2016 at Belfast.[10]
Each pool was a single round-robin of six games, in which each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same pool. Teams were awarded four points for a win, two points for a draw, one point for a loss by one to seven points, and none for a defeat by more than seven points. A team scoring four or more tries in one match scored a bonus point.
The tournament comprised 12 teams in three pools of four with the pool winners plus the best runner-up progressing to the semi-finals.[11]
All times are local, Western European Summer Time (UTC+1).[12]
Pool A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 213 | 17 | +196 | 3 | 15 |
 Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 118 | 48 | +70 | 1 | 9 |
 Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 74 | −23 | 1 | 5 |
 Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 258 | −243 | 0 | 0 |
Test no. 1206 9 August 2017 14:00 | New Zealand | 44–12 | Wales | Billings Park UCD, Dublin |
| Report[13] |
Test no. 1208 9 August 2017 17:15 | Canada | 98–0 | Hong Kong | Billings Park UCD, Dublin |
| Report[14] |
Test no. 1211 13 August 2017 12:00 | New Zealand | 121–0 | Hong Kong | Billings Park UCD, Dublin |
| Report[15] |
Test no. 1214 13 August 2017 17:00 | Canada | 15–0 | Wales | Billings Park UCD, Dublin |
| Report[16] |
Test no. 1217 17 August 2017 12:00 | Canada | 5–48 | New Zealand | Billings Park UCD, Dublin |
| Report[17] |
Test no. 1221 17 August 2017 17:15 | Wales | 39–15 | Hong Kong | UCD Bowl, Dublin |
| Report[18] |
Pool B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 159 | 44 | +115 | 3 | 15 |
 United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 93 | 59 | +34 | 3 | 11 |
 Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 107 | −80 | 0 | 4 |
 Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 102 | −69 | 0 | 0 |
Test no. 1205 9 August 2017 14:00 | England | 56–5 | Spain | UCD Bowl, Dublin |
| Report[19] |
Test no. 1207 9 August 2017 16:30 | United States | 24–12 | Italy | UCD Bowl, Dublin |
| Report[20] |
Test no. 1212 13 August 2017 14:30 | England | 56–13 | Italy | Billings Park UCD, Dublin |
| Report[21] |
Test no. 1213 13 August 2017 14:45 | United States | 43–0 | Spain | UCD Bowl, Dublin |
| Report[22] |
Test no. 1218 17 August 2017 14:30 | England | 47–26 | United States | Billings Park UCD, Dublin |
| Report[23] |
Test no. 1219 17 August 2017 14:45 | Italy | 8–22 | Spain | UCD Bowl, Dublin |
| Report[24] |
Pool C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 141 | 19 | +122 | 2 | 14 |
| Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 0 | 8 |
 Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 82 | −36 | 2 | 6 |
 Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 125 | −82 | 0 | 0 |
Test no. 1209 9 August 2017 19:00 | Ireland | 19–17 | Australia | UCD Bowl, Dublin |
| Report[25] |
Test no. 1210 9 August 2017 19:45 | France | 72–14 | Japan | Billings Park UCD, Dublin |
| Report[26] |
Test no. 1215 13 August 2017 17:15 | Ireland | 24–14 | Japan | UCD Bowl, Dublin |
| Report[27] |
Test no. 1216 13 August 2017 19:45 | France | 48–0 | Australia | UCD Bowl, Dublin |
| Report[28] |
Test no. 1220 17 August 2017 17:00 | Australia | 29–15 | Japan | Billings Park UCD, Dublin |
| Report[29] |
Test no. 1222 17 August 2017 19:45 | France | 21–5 | Ireland | UCD Bowl, Dublin |
| Report[30] |
Finals
Knockout Rankings
At the completion of the pool stage, teams were ranked first according to their position within their pool (positions 1 to 3 were the pool winners, positions 4 to 6 were the pool runners up, etc.) and then by competition points. The top four teams progressed to the tournament semi-finals, teams ranked 5–8 progressed to the 5th to 8th play-offs, and the teams ranked 9–12 progressed to the 9th to 12th play-offs.[31]
| Qualified for semi-finals |
| Qualified for 5th to 8th playoffs |
| Qualified for 9th to 12th playoffs |
| Rank | Team | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | A1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 17 | +196 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | England | B1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 44 | +115 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | France | C1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 19 | +122 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | United States | B2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 59 | +34 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Canada | A2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 48 | +70 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Ireland | C2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Australia | C3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 82 | −36 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Wales | A3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 74 | −23 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Spain | B3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 107 | −80 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Italy | B4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 102 | −74 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Japan | C4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 125 | −82 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Hong Kong | A4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 258 | −243 | 0 | 0 |
Tie breakers
If teams were tied on pool points they were ranked by rules applied in the following order –
1. The team that won the match between the two teams was ranked first (does not apply to teams in different pools)
2. If the teams were still level, the difference between points scored and points conceded was used to rank the teams
3. Difference between tries scored and tries conceded was used to rank the teams
4. Most points scored
5. Most tries scored
6. Coin toss
Rankings 9 to 12 Play-offs
9th v 12th and 10th v 11th
22 August 2017 12:00 |
Italy | 22–0 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Report[32] |
Queen's University Belfast |
22 August 2017 14:30 |
Spain | 31–7 | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| Report[33] |
Queen's University Belfast |
11th & 12th Playoff
26 August 2017 12:00 |
Japan | 44–5 | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| Report[34] |
Queen's University Belfast |
9th & 10th Playoff
26 August 2017 14:30 |
Italy | 20–15 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Report[35] |
Queen's University Belfast |
Rankings 5 to 8 Play-offs
22 August 2017 14:00 |
Ireland | 24–36 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Report[36] |
Kingspan Stadium, Belfast |
22 August 2017 17:00 |
Canada | 52–0 | Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Report[37] |
Queen's University Belfast |
7th & 8th Playoff
26 August 2017 14:00 |
Ireland | 17–27 | Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Report[38] |
Kingspan Stadium, Belfast |
5th & 6th Playoff
26 August 2017 14:30 |
Australia | 12–43 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Report[39] |
Queen's University Belfast |
Finals
The team ranked first after the pool stages played the team ranked fourth and the team ranked second played the team ranked third.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 22 August 2017 | ||||||
| New Zealand | 45 | |||||
| 26 August 2017 | ||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||
| New Zealand | 41 | |||||
| 22 August 2017 | ||||||
| England | 32 | |||||
| England | 20 | |||||
| France | 3 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 26 August 2017 | ||||||
| France | 31 | |||||
| United States | 23 | |||||
Semi-Finals
22 August 2017 16:00 GMT (UTC+00) |
New Zealand | 45–12 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Report[40] |
Kingspan Stadium, Belfast |
22 August 2017 18:45 GMT (UTC+00) |
England | 20–3 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Report[41] |
Kingspan Stadium, Belfast |
Third and Fourth Place Playoff
26 August 2017 16:00 GMT (UTC+00) |
France | 31–23 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Report[42] |
Kingspan Stadium, Belfast |
Final
26 August 2017 18:45 GMT (UTC+00) |
England | 32–41 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
Try: Penalty Try 25' Thompson 32', 55' Noel-Smith 77' Con: Scarratt 33', 78' Pen: Scarratt 15', 51' | Report[43] | Try: Winiata 8', 69' Natua 39', 45', 58' Smith 53' Cocksedge 63' Con: Cocksedge 46', 54', 58' |
Kingspan Stadium, Belfast Attendance: 17,115 Referee: Joy Neville |
Final classification
| Nation | |
|---|---|
 | New Zealand |
 | England |
 | France |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Canada |
| 6 | Australia |
| 7 | Wales |
| 8 | Ireland |
| 9 | Italy |
| 10 | Spain |
| 11 | Japan |
| 12 | Hong Kong |
Broadcasting
Australia: Foxtel
Canada: TSN[44] and RDS[45]
France: Eurosport and France Télévisions[46]
Ireland: Eir Sport and RTE[47]
Spain: RTVE[48]
United Kingdom: ITV[49]
USA: NBC Sports[50]
See also
- Rugby World Cup
- Rugby World Cup Sevens
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External links
- Official Site
