2017 Women's Rugby World Cup

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 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]

This article is about the rugby union competition. For the rugby league competition, see 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.
2017 Women's Rugby World Cup
Tournament details
Host nations
 Ireland
Dates9 August 2017 – 26 August 2017
No. of nations12
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand (5th title)
Runner-up  England
Third place  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Attendance45,412 (1,514 per match)
Top scorer(s) Portia Woodman (65)
Most tries Portia Woodman (13)
← 2014
2021 →

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.

This proved to be the final edition of the tournament under the "Women's Rugby World Cup" name. On 21 August 2019, World Rugby announced that all future World Cups, whether for men or women, would be officially titled as the "Rugby World Cup", distinguished only by year and not by sex or gender. As such, the 2021 edition in New Zealand will bear the title of "Rugby World Cup 2021".[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

On 4 June 2015 it was announced that Garrett Tubridy had been appointed tournament director for the event.[8]

Qualifying
Main article: 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup 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.[9] 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

Match officials

At the end of March 2017, World Rugby announced fourteen match officials: nine referees and five assistants.[10]

Squads
Main article: 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squads

Pool stage

The pool draw took place on 9 November 2016 at Belfast.[11]

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.[12]

All times are local, Western European Summer Time (UTC+1).[13]

Pool A
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/− BP Pts
 New Zealand 33003521317+196315
 Canada 32011911848+7019
 Wales 310295174−2315
 Hong Kong 3003215258−24300
Test no. 1206
9 August 2017 14:00		 New Zealand  44–12  Wales Billings Park UCD, Dublin [88/178/4]
Report[14]
Test no. 1208
9 August 2017 17:15		 Canada  98–0  Hong Kong Billings Park UCD, Dublin
Report[15]
Test no. 1211
13 August 2017 12:00		 New Zealand  121–0  Hong Kong Billings Park UCD, Dublin
Report[16]
Test no. 1214
13 August 2017 17:00		 Canada  15–0  Wales Billings Park UCD, Dublin [124/179/9]
Report[17]
Test no. 1217
17 August 2017 12:00		 Canada  5–48  New Zealand Billings Park UCD, Dublin
Report[18]
Test no. 1221
17 August 2017 17:15		 Wales  39–15  Hong Kong UCD Bowl, Dublin [180/38/1]
Report[19]

Pool B
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/− BP Pts
 England 33002715944+115315
 United States 3201159359+34311
 Spain 3102427107−8004
 Italy 3003533102−6900
Test no. 1205
9 August 2017 14:00		 England  56–5  Spain UCD Bowl, Dublin
Report[20]
Test no. 1207
9 August 2017 16:30		 United States  24–12  Italy UCD Bowl, Dublin
Report[21]
Test no. 1212
13 August 2017 14:30		 England  56–13  Italy Billings Park UCD, Dublin
Report[22]
Test no. 1213
13 August 2017 14:45		 United States  43–0  Spain UCD Bowl, Dublin
Report[23]
Test no. 1218
17 August 2017 14:30		 England  47–26  United States Billings Park UCD, Dublin
Report[24]
Test no. 1219
17 August 2017 14:45		 Italy  8–22  Spain UCD Bowl, Dublin
Report[25]

Pool C
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/− BP Pts
 France 33002314119+122214
 Ireland 320174852−408
 Australia 310284682−3626
 Japan 3003743125−8200
Test no. 1209
9 August 2017 19:00		 Ireland  19–17  Australia UCD Bowl, Dublin
Report[26]
Test no. 1210
9 August 2017 19:45		 France  72–14  Japan Billings Park UCD, Dublin
Report[27]
Test no. 1215
13 August 2017 17:15		 Ireland  24–14  Japan UCD Bowl, Dublin
Report[28]
Test no. 1216
13 August 2017 19:45		 France  48–0  Australia UCD Bowl, Dublin
Report[29]
Test no. 1220
17 August 2017 17:00		 Australia  29–15  Japan Billings Park UCD, Dublin
Report[30]
Test no. 1222
17 August 2017 19:45		 France  21–5  Ireland UCD Bowl, Dublin
Report[31]

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.[32]

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 A1330021317+196315
2 England B1330015944+115315
3 France C1330014119+122214
4 United States B232019359+34311
5 Canada A2320111848+7019
6 Ireland C232014852−408
7 Australia C331024682−3626
8 Wales A331025174−2315
9 Spain B3310227107−8004
10 Italy B4300333102−6900
11 Japan C4300343125−8200
12 Hong Kong A4300315258−24300

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

Play-offs: 9th to 12th
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 August 2017
 
 
 Italy22
 
26 August 2017
 
 Japan0
 
 Italy20
 
22 August 2017
 
 Spain15
 
 Spain31
 
 
 Hong Kong7
 
Third place
 
 
26 August 2017
 
 
 Japan44
 
 
 Hong Kong5
Ninth to twelfth semifinals
Test no. 1223
22 August 2017 12:00		 Italy  22–0  Japan Queen's University Belfast
Report[33]
Test no. 1225
22 August 2017 14:30		 Spain  31–7  Hong Kong Queen's University Belfast
Report[34]
Eleventh place playoff
Test no. 1229
26 August 2017 12:00		 Japan  44–5  Hong Kong Queen's University Belfast
Report[35]
Ninth place playoff
Test no. 1231
26 August 2017 14:30		 Italy  20–15  Spain Queen's University Belfast
Report[36]

Play-offs 5th to 8th
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 August 2017
 
 
 Ireland24
 
26 August 2017
 
 Australia36
 
 Australia12
 
22 August 2017
 
 Canada43
 
 Canada52
 
 
 Wales0
 
Third place
 
 
26 August 2017
 
 
 Ireland17
 
 
 Wales27
Fifth to eighth semifinals
Test no. 1224
22 August 2017 14:00		 Ireland  24–36  Australia Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
Report[37]
Test no. 1227
22 August 2017 17:00		 Canada  52–0  Wales Queen's University Belfast
Report[38]
Seventh place playoff
Test no. 1230
26 August 2017 14:00		 Ireland  17–27  Wales Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
Report[39]
Fifth place playoff
Test no. 1232
26 August 2017 14:30		 Australia  12–43  Canada Queen's University Belfast
Report[40]

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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 August 2017
 
 
 New Zealand45
 
26 August 2017
 
 United States12
 
 New Zealand41
 
22 August 2017
 
 England32
 
 England20
 
 
 France 3
 
Third place
 
 
26 August 2017
 
 
 France31
 
 
 United States23

Semifinals
Test: 1226 22 August 2017 New Zealand  45–12  United States Kingspan Stadium, Belfast  
16:00 GMT (UTC+00) Report[41]
Test: 1228 22 August 2017 England  20–3  France Kingspan Stadium, Belfast  
18:45 GMT (UTC+00) Report[42]

Third place playoff
Test: 1233 26 August 2017 France  31–23  United States Kingspan Stadium, Belfast  
16:00 GMT (UTC+00) Report[43]

Final
Main article: 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup Final
Test: 1234 26 August 2017 England  32–41  New Zealand Kingspan Stadium, Belfast  
18:45 GMT (UTC+00) Try: Penalty Try 25'
Thompson 32', 55'
Noel-Smith 77'
Con: Scarratt 33', 78'
Pen: Scarratt 15', 51'
 Report[44] Try: Winiata 8', 69'
Natua 39', 45', 58'
Smith 53'
Cocksedge 63'
Con: Cocksedge 46', 54', 58'
 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

See also

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