1994 Women's Rugby World Cup

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1994 Women's Rugby World Cup
Cupa Cruinne Rugbaidh nam Ban 1994
Tournament details
Host nationFile:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Dates11 – 24 April 1994
No. of nations12
Final positions
Champions File:Gold medal blank.svgFile:Flag of England.svg England (1st title)
Runner-up File:Silver medal blank.svgFile:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
← 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."[1]

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.[2] 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,[3] England exacting revenge for their 1991 defeat to USA, beating the defending champions 38–23 in the final.

Squads

Main article: 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup squads

Match Officials

J Fleming (Boroughmuir)[4]

Pool stages

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 2 0 0 232 0 +232
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2 1 0 1 10 126 −116
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2 0 0 2 5 121 −116
Source: [citation needed]
11 April 1994
Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg0–111File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Melrose
13 April 1994
Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg10–5File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Melrose
15 April 1994
Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg0–121File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Melrose

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD
File:Flag of England.svg England 2 2 0 0 92 0 +92
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 2 1 0 1 51 26 +25
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2 0 0 2 0 117 −117
Source: [citation needed]
11 April 1994
England File:Flag of England.svg66–0File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Boroughmuir
13 April 1994
Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg51–0File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Boroughmuir
15 April 1994
Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg0–26File:Flag of England.svg England
Boroughmuir

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD
File:Flag of France.svg France 2 2 0 0 108 8 +100
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland 2 1 0 1 18 36 −18
Scotland Scottish Students 2 0 0 2 13 95 −82
Source: [citation needed]
11 April 1994
Scottish Students Scotland8–77File:Flag of France.svg France
West of Scotland RFC
13 April 1994
Scottish Students Scotland5–18File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland
West of Scotland RFC
15 April 1994
France File:Flag of France.svg31–0File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland
West of Scotland RFC

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 2 2 0 0 40 13 +27
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2 1 0 1 33 11 +22
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 2 0 0 2 8 57 −49
Source: [citation needed]
11 April 1994
Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5–11File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
Edinburgh Academicals RFC
13 April 1994
Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg8–29File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
Edinburgh Academicals RFC
15 April 1994
Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg28–0File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
Edinburgh Academicals RFC

Plate competition

Round robin

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Ladder
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 83 12 +71 9th
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3 2 0 1 46 56 −10 10th
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3 1 0 2 37 57 −20 11th
Scotland Scottish Students 3 0 0 3 24 65 −41 12th
Source: [citation needed]
17 April 1994
Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg13–20File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Kirkcaldy
17 April 1994
Scottish Students Scotland0–27File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
Kirkcaldy
19 April 1994
Scottish Students Scotland12–14File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Gala
19 April 1994
Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg25–0File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Gala
21 April 1994
Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg31–12File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Stirling County
21 April 1994
Scottish Students Scotland12–24File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Stirling County

Plate final

23 April 1994
Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg29–12File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Boroughmuir

Championship

Bracket

Championship

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 April – Gala
 
 
File:Flag of England.svg England24
 
20 April – Gala
 
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada10
 
File:Flag of England.svg England18
 
17 April – Edinburgh
 
File:Flag of France.svg France6
 
File:Flag of France.svg France99
 
24 April – Edinburgh
 
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan0
 
File:Flag of England.svg England38
 
17 April – Boroughmuir
 
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States23
 
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States76
 
20 April – Gala
 
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland0
 
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States56
 
17 April – Melrose
 
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales15 Third place
 
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales8
 
24 April – Edinburgh
 
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland0
 
File:Flag of France.svg France27
 
 
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales0
 

Shield

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 April – Melrose
 
 
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada57
 
23 April – Boroughmuir
 
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan0
 
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada5
 
20 April – Melrose
 
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland11
 
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland3
 
 
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland10
 
Third place
 
 
23 April – Boroughmuir
 
 
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland11
 
 
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan3

Quarter-finals

17 April 1994
United States File:Flag of the United States.svg76–0File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland
Boroughmuir
17 April 1994
England File:Flag of England.svg24–10File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Gala
17 April 1994
France File:Flag of France.svg99–0File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Edinburgh Academicals RFC
17 April 1994
Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg0–8File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
Melrose

Championship semi-finals

20 April 1994
United States File:Flag of the United States.svg56–15File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
Gala
20 April 1994
England File:Flag of England.svg18–6File:Flag of France.svg France
Gala

Shield semi-finals

20 April 1994
Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg57–0File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Melrose
20 April 1994
Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg10–3File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland
Melrose

Shield 3rd/4th (7th place)

23 April 1994
Ireland File:IRFU flag.svg11–3File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Boroughmuir

Shield final (5th place)

23 April 1994
Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg11–5File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Boroughmuir

Cup 3rd/4th place

24 April 1994
France File:Flag of France.svg27–0File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
Edinburgh Academicals RFC

Cup final

Main article: 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup Final
24 April 1994
England File:Flag of England.svg38–23File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Edinburgh Academicals RFC
Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)
 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup winners 
File:Flag of England.svg
England
First title

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/clubs/womens_rugby/RugbyRoot/rugby/games/Sched94/womenswc.html. Retrieved 25 June 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[dead link‍]
  2. ↑ "IRB press release". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "A History of the Women's World Cup". Users.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Hughson, John (1 July 2016), "The Cup tradition and England 1966", England and the 1966 World Cup, Manchester University Press, pp. 12–31, doi:10.7228/manchester/9780719096150.003.0002, ISBN 978-0-7190-9615-0, retrieved 6 May 2021

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