2006 Women's Rugby World Cup

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2006 Women's Rugby World Cup
2006-08-31 – 2006-09-17
Host nation	Canada
No. of nations	12
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	England
Matches played	30
Top scorer	Heather Moyse (35)
Preceded by	2002 Women's Rugby World Cup

The 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup (officially IRB Rugby World Cup 2006 Canada and sometimes referred to as the women's world cup) took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The tournament began on 31 August and ended on 17 September 2006. The 2006 tournament was the third World Cup approved by the IRB, the previous two being held 2002 in Spain and in the Netherlands, in 1998. The Black Ferns of New Zealand won the 2006 World Cup, defeating England in the final, as they had in 2002. It was New Zealand's third successive title.

The semi-finals were also direct repeats of the 2002 tournament - in fact five of the top six places in the final rankings were unchanged. Elsewhere the USA advanced from 7th in 2002 to 5th, and Ireland climbed from 13th to 8th while Australia (5th to 7th), Spain (8th to 9th), and Samoa (9th to 10th) slipped down.

The period prior to the competition had not been without controversy. The decision to award the hosting of the competition to Canada ahead of a strong bid from England surprised many.

In addition there were no qualifying tournaments for the 2006 World Cup. Instead teams were invited to take part by the IRB with selection based on performances at the World Cup in 2002 and in international matches between 2002 and 2005. This resulted in accusations of a lack of clarity in regard to some selection decisions. In particular the awarding of the final place in the tournament to Samoa instead of Wales (following a poor performance by Wales in the 2005 Six Nations) was the cause of some controversy and comment prior to the event.

Contents 1 Qualifiers 1.1 Asia 2 Pools 2.1 Pool A 2.2 Pool B 2.3 Pool C 2.4 Pool D 3 Pool matches 3.1 Round one 3.2 Round two 3.3 Round three 4 Knock-out stages 4.1 Semi-Finals 4.2 5th/8th classification play-offs 4.3 9th/12th place classification play-offs 4.4 7th/8th place play-off 4.5 9th/10th place play-off 4.6 11th/12th place play-off 4.7 5th/6th place play-off 4.8 3rd/4th place play-off 4.9 World Cup Final 5 External links

[edit] Qualifiers

[edit] Asia

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	2005-06-03	Hong Kong	0-78	Japan	Bangkok	[4/17/4]

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	2005-06-03	Thailand	0-67	Kazakhstan	Bangkok	[1/31/1]

[504]
	2005-06-05	Thailand	?-?	Hong Kong	Bangkok	[2/5/2]

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	2005-06-05	Kazakhstan	19-3	Japan	Bangkok	[32/18/1]

Kazakhstan qualify

[edit] Pools

[edit] Pool A

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
New Zealand	3	0	0	137	7	14
Spain	1	0	2	14	115	4
Kazakhstan	0	0	3	22	97	0

[edit] Pool B

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
England	3	0	0	119	16	14
Australia	1	0	2	88	42	6
Ireland	1	0	2	48	67	5

[edit] Pool C

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
France	2	0	1	75	37	10
United States	2	0	1	34	35	9
South Africa	0	0	3	20	179	0

[edit] Pool D

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Canada	2	0	1	131	71	10
Scotland	2	0	1	56	38	10
Samoa	1	0	2	32	69	5

[edit] Pool matches

[edit] Round one

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	2006-08-31	New Zealand	66-7	Canada	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[57/43/8]

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	2006-08-31	Spain	0-24	Scotland	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[74/96/14]

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	2006-08-31	Kazakhstan	0-20	Samoa	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[33/9/2]

[560]
	2006-08-31	England	18-0	United States	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[119/55/6]

[561]
	2006-08-31	Australia	68-12	South Africa	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[18/7/1]

[562]
	2006-08-31	Ireland	0-43	France	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[75/108/12]

[edit] Round two

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	2006-09-04	New Zealand	50-0	Samoa	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[44/10/1]

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	2006-09-04	England	74-8	South Africa	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[120/8/2]

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	2006-09-04	Canada	79-0	Spain	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[58/75/1]

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	2006-09-04	Australia	10-24	France	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[19/109/2]

[567]
	2006-09-04	Kazakhstan	17-32	Scotland	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[34/97/1]

[568]
	2006-09-04	Ireland	11-24	United States	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[76/56/3]

[edit] Round three

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	2006-09-08	New Zealand	21-0	Scotland	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[45/98/3]

[570]
	2006-09-08	Spain	14-12	Samoa	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[76/11/1]

[571]
	2006-09-08	Canada	45-5	Kazakhstan	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[59/35/2]

[572]
	2006-09-08	England	27-8	France	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[121/110/20]

[573]
	2006-09-08	Australia	6-10	United States	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[20/57/3]

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	2006-09-08	Ireland	37-0	South Africa	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[77/9/1]

[edit] Knock-out stages

[edit] Semi-Finals

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	2006-09-12	New Zealand	40-10	France	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[46/111/3]

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	2006-09-12	Canada	6-10	England	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[60/122/12]

[edit] 5th/8th classification play-offs

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	2006-09-12	Ireland	10-11	Scotland	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[78/99/14]

[578]
	2006-09-12	United States	29-12	Australia	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[21/58/4]

[edit] 9th/12th place classification play-offs

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	2006-09-12	Samoa	43-10	South Africa	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[12/10/1]

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	2006-09-12	Spain	17-12	Kazakhstan	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[77/1/36]

[edit] 7th/8th place play-off

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	2006-09-16	Ireland	14-18	Australia	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[22/79/2]

[edit] 9th/10th place play-off

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	2006-09-16	Samoa	5-10	Spain	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[13/78/2]

[edit] 11th/12th place play-off

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	2006-09-16	Kazakhstan	36-0	South Africa	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[37/11/1]

[edit] 5th/6th place play-off

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	2006-09-17	Scotland	0-24	United States	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	[100/59/5]

[edit] 3rd/4th place play-off

[585]
	2006-09-17	Canada	8-17	France	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	[61/112/6]

[edit] World Cup Final

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	2006-09-17	England	17-25	New Zealand	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	[123/47/10]

2006 Women's Rugby World Cup Winners
New Zealand Third title

[edit] External links

• 2006 WRWC Homepage
• WRWC 2006
• 247.tv - Live video and replays of all the Women's Rugby World Cup matches

v • d • e Women's Rugby World Cup Wales 1991 · Scotland 1994 · Netherlands 1998 · Spain 2002 · Canada 2006 · England 2010 See also: Women's World Rugby Festival 1990

v • d • e Rugby union schedule for 2006
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Celtic League					IRL in NZ and AUS			Magners League
H. Cup	Six Nations Championship		Heineken Cup		WAL in ARG				H. Cup	AUS in ITA, IRL, SCO	H. Cup
Guinness Premiership					ENG in AUS			Guinness Premiership
Top 14					FRA in RSA		Top 14
	Super 14				NZ in ARG	Tri Nations				NZ in ENG, FRA, WAL
			Shute Shield
	World Sevens Series										Sevens
		Powergen Cup		North America 4	SCO in RSA	North America 4				RSA in IRL and ENG
		GFI Hong Kong Tens			U21 World C'ship	Air New Zealand Cup				ARG in ENG, ITA, FRA
		Commonwealth Sevens	Pacific Rugby Cup		Churchill Cup			Australian Provincial C'ship		PI in SCO, WAL, IRL
		European Challenge Cup			Pacific Five Nations		Currie Cup
		2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying