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2002 Women's Rugby World Cup Host nation Spain Dates 2002-05-13 – 2002-05-25 No. of nations 16 Champions New Zealand Runner-up England Matches played 32
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 . 16 nations competed in four groups of four. Each nation played two pool games to determine their ranking, then moving into the latter rounds of finals, effectively making a straight knock-out competition. The competition was won by defending champions, New Zealand .
Qualifier
Asia
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Pool stages
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Semi-finals Final
May 20, 2002
[[England women 's national rugby union team|England]]63
May 24, 2002
Italy 9
[[England women 's national rugby union team|England]]13
May 20, 2002
Spain 5
Spain 62
Japan 0
3rd-Place final
May 24, 2002
[[Italy women 's national rugby union team|Italy]]30
Japan 3
Pool D
Semi-finals Final
May 20, 2002
[[Canada women 's national rugby union team|Canada]]57
May 24, 2002
Ireland 0
[[Canada women 's national rugby union team|Canada]]11
May 20, 2002
Scotland 0
Scotland 13
Samoa 3
3rd-Place final
May 24, 2002
Ireland 0
Samoa 22
Play-offs
13th-16th
9th-12th
Semi-finals Final
May 20, 2002
[[Wales women 's national rugby union team|Wales]]35
May 24, 2002
Italy 3
Wales 14
May 20, 2002
[[Samoa women 's national rugby union team|Samoa]]17
[[Samoa women 's national rugby union team|Samoa]]14
[[Kazakhstan women 's national rugby union team|Kazakhstan]]3
3rd-Place final
May 24, 2002
Italy 3
[[Kazakhstan women 's national rugby union team|Kazakhstan]]20
5th-8th
Semi-finals Final
May 20, 2002
Australia 0
May 24, 2002
[[United States women 's national rugby union team|United States]]18
[[United States women 's national rugby union team|United States]]23
May 20, 2002
Scotland 5
Spain 16
[[Scotland women 's national rugby union team|Scotland]]23
3rd-Place final
May 24, 2002
[[Australia women 's national rugby union team|Australia]]30
Spain 0
Semi-finals
Semi-finals Final
May 20, 2002
[[New Zealand women 's national rugby union team|New Zealand]]30
May 24, 2002
France 0
[[New Zealand women 's national rugby union team|New Zealand]]19
May 20, 2002
England 9
Canada 10
[[England women 's national rugby union team|England]]53
3rd-Place final
May 24, 2002
[[France women 's national rugby union team|France]]41
Canada 7
2002 Women's Rugby World Cup Winners
New Zealand Second title
External links
Tournaments Qualifying Finals Squads Statisitics Overview Related articles Notes: No qualifiers between 1991–1998; by invitation only. 2002 & 2006 Only had qualifiers for Asia, everyone else were by invitation only.