1. Squads

2. Match Officials

3. Qualifier

4. Competition format

5. World Cup Tournament
    Cup (positions 1–4)  Ranking matches 5–8  Ranking matches 9–16  Ranking matches 13–16 

6. Match details
    Pool A  Pool B  Pool C  Pool D 

7. Play-offs
    13th–16th  9th–12th  5th–8th  Semi-finals 

8. Finals
    15th/16th  13th/14th  11th/12th  9th/10th  7th/8th  5th/6th  3rd/4th  Final 

9. Final Table

10. External links

11. Notes

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. The format^[1] was the same as the previous tournament and again 16 nations competed.

For the first time a pre-tournament qualification match took place to decide Asia's second representative but other than that all competitors took part by invitation. 14 of the 16 teams taking part were the same as in 1998 but two lowest ranked European teams (Sweden and Russia) were replaced by teams from Asia (Japan) and Oceania (Samoa).

The competition was won by defending champions, New Zealand.

Squads

Match Officials

Referees:

• S Cortabarria (Spain)^[2]
• G De Santis (Italy)^[3]
• Nicky Inwood (New Zealand)^[4]

Qualifier

test# = 296|

date = 2000-12-15|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| HKG}} |

score = 0–62|

noaway = {{Ruw|JPN}} |

stadium = Aberdeen Park, Hong Kong|

code = 3/11/3}}

Competition format

The format was the same as the previous tournament and again 16 nations competed. The teams were divided into four pools of four teams each, according to each team's seeding.

For the first set of matches the highest seeded team played the lowest seeded team while the two mid-seeded teams played each other.

After the first round of matches the positions in each pool were recalculated with the winners of the first matches in first and second places, and the losers in third and fourth places.

In the second set of matches, the top two teams and the bottom two teams from each pool played each other. The final pool standings were calculated from the results of these matches to give the final four positions in each pool.

The four top teams in each of the pools went forward to contest the World Cup title. The second placed teams from each pool play for 5th position (the Plate), the third place teams for 9th (the Bowl), and the fourth placed teams for 13th (the Shield). The four teams in each of these groups are reseeded to decide who plays who at this stage of the tournament.

The two winning teams from each of these 'semi-finals' then faced each other in the 'final', whilst the losing teams played each other.^[5]

World Cup Tournament

Although not strictly speaking a knock-out as – in theory – a team losing a game on Day 1 could still qualify dependent on results on Day 2, in practice this was a complex tournament that is best understood by means of the following graphics. Note that this should not be taken to imply that the draw for any round of games was predetermined – each successive round was drawn using seedings and rankings based on previous matches:

Cup (positions 1–4)

Ranking matches 5–8

Ranking matches 9–16

Ranking matches 13–16

Match details

Pool A

test# = 361|

date = 2002-05-13|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| GER}} |

score = 0–117|

noaway = {{Ruw|NZL}} |

stadium = Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 35/29/2}}

test# = 362|

date = 2002-05-13|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| AUS}} |

score = 30–0|

noaway = {{Ruw|WAL}} |

stadium = Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 14/68/1}}

test# = 369|

date = 2002-05-17|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| GER}} |

score = 0–77|

noaway = {{Ruw|WAL}} |

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 36/69/2}}

test# = 370|

date = 2002-05-18|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| AUS}} |

score = 3–36|

noaway = {{Ruw|NZL}} |

stadium = Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 15/30/6}}

Pool B

test# = 363|

date = 2002-05-13|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| USA}} |

score = 87–0|

noaway = {{Ruw|NED}} |

stadium = Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 41/56/3}}

test# = 364|

date = 2002-05-13|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| FRA}} |

score = 31–12|

noaway = {{Ruw|KAZ}} |

stadium = Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 77/27/3}}

test# = 371|

date = 2002-05-17|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| NED}} |

score = 10–37|

noaway = {{Ruw|KAZ}} |

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 57/28/2}}

test# = 372|

date = 2002-05-18|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| FRA}} |

score = 21–9|

noaway = {{Ruw|USA}} |

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 78/42/2}}

Pool C

test# = 365|

date = 2002-05-13|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| ENG}} |

score = 63–9|

noaway = {{Ruw|ITA}} |

stadium = Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 82/36/2}}

test# = 366|

date = 2002-05-13|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| ESP}} |

score = 62–0|

noaway = {{Ruw|JPN}} |

stadium = Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 45/12/1}}

test# = 373|

date = 2002-05-17|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| ITA}} |

score = 30–3|

noaway = {{Ruw|JPN}} |

stadium = Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 37/13/1}}

test# = 374|

date = 2002-05-18|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| ESP}} |

score = 5–13|

noaway = {{Ruw|ENG}} |

stadium = Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 46/83/8}}

Pool D

test# = 367|

date = 2002-05-13|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| CAN}} |

score = 57–0|

noaway = {{Ruw|IRE}} |

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 33/45/1}}

test# = 368|

date = 2002-05-13|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| SCO}} |

score = 13–3|

noaway = {{Ruw|SAM}} |

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 63/2/1}}

test# = 375|

date = 2002-05-17|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt|IRE}} |

score = 0–22|

noaway = {{Ruw|SAM}} |

stadium = Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 46/3/1}}

test# = 376|

date = 2002-05-18|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| CAN}} |

score = 11–0|

noaway = {{Ruw|SCO}} |

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 34/64/2}}

Play-offs

13th–16th

test# = 377|

date = 2002-05-20|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| GER}} |

score = 0–18|

noaway = {{Ruw|IRE}} |

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 37/47/3}}

test# = 378|

date = 2002-05-20|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| JPN}} |

score = 37–3|

noaway = {{Ruw|NED}} |

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 14/58/1}}

9th–12th

test# = 379|

date = 2002-05-20|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| WAL}} |

score = 35–3|

noaway = {{Ruw|ITA}} |

stadium = Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 70/38/4}}

test# = 380|

date = 2002-05-20|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| SAM}} |

score = 9–3|

noaway = {{Ruw|KAZ}} |

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 4/29/1}}

5th–8th

test# = 381|

date = 2002-05-21|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| AUS}} |

score = 17–5|

noaway = {{Ruw|USA}} |

report = http://www.worldrugby.org/match/11737|

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 16/43/2}}

test# = 382|

date = 2002-05-21|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| ESP}} |

score = 16–23|

noaway = {{Ruw|SCO}} |

stadium = Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 47/65/9}}

Semi-finals

test# = 383|

date = 2002-05-21|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| NZL}} |

score = 30–0|

noaway = {{Ruw|FRA}} |

stadium = Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 31/79/2}}

test# = 384|

date = 2002-05-21|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| CAN}} |

score = 10–53|

noaway = {{Ruw|ENG}} |

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 35/84/6}}

Finals

15th/16th

test# = 385|

date = 2002-05-24|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| GER}} |

score = 19–20|

noaway = {{Ruw|NED}} |

stadium = Zaragoza|

code = 38/59/12}}

13th/14th

test# = 386|

date = 2002-05-24|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt|IRE}} |

score = 23–3|

noaway = {{Ruw|JPN}} |

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 48/15/2}}

11th/12th

test# = 387|

date = 2002-05-24|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| ITA}} |

score = 3–20|

noaway = {{Ruw|KAZ}} |

stadium = Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 39/30/2}}

9th/10th

test# = 388|

date = 2002-05-24|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| WAL}} |

score = 14–17|

noaway = {{Ruw|SAM}} |

stadium = Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 71/5/1}}

7th/8th

test# = 389|

date = 2002-05-25|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| ESP}} |

score = 5–23|

noaway = {{Ruw|USA}} |

stadium = Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona|

code = 48/44/2}}

5th/6th

test# = 390|

date = 2002-05-25|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt|AUS}} |

score = 30–0|

noaway = {{Ruw|SCO}} |

stadium = Girona, Barcelona|

code = 17/66/2}}

3rd/4th

test# = 391|

date = 2002-05-25|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| FRA}} |

score = 41–7|

noaway = {{Ruw|CAN}} |

homescore = Tries: Nathalie Amiela (2) Dalphine Plantet (2), Annabel Donnadieu, Clotilde Flaugere
Con: Estelle Sardini (2)
Pen: Estelle Sardini|

awayscore = Try: Julie Foster
Con: Kelly McCallum|

stadium = Olympic Stadium, Barcelona|

code = 80/36/3}}

Final

test# = 392|

date = 2002-05-25|

nohome = {{Ruw-rt| ENG}} |

score = 9–19|

noaway = {{Ruw|NZL}} |

awayscore = Tries: Monique Hirovanaa, Cheryl Waaka
Pen: Tammi Wilson (3)|

homescore = Pen: Shelley Rae (2)
Drop: Shelley Rae|

stadium = Olympic Stadium, Barcelona|

code = 85/32/6}}

Final Table

External links

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20020602095310/http://www.irb.org/picture_images/wrwc2002/news/index.htm IRB reports (from Webarchive)]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20091219110828/http://rugby.iespana.es/h3.htm Information on the 2002 Women's Rugby World Championship (in Spanish)]

Notes

• Carlos Yushimito
• Carlos Zafon
• Carlos Zafón
• Carlos Zalduendo
• Carlos Zambrano (baseball)
• Carlos Zambrano (disambiguation)
• Carlos Zarate (boxer)
• Carlos Zarate, Jr.
• Carlos Zarate Serna
• Carlos Zefiro
• Carlos Zegarra
• Carlos zena
• Carlos Zerpa
• Carlos Zorrilla
• Carlos Zurita
• Carlos Zurita, Duke of Soria
• Carlos Zurita, Duke of Soria and Hernani
• Carlos Zurita y Delgado
• Carlos Zárate (cyclist)
• Carlos Zárate Jr.
• Carlos Zéfiro
• Carlos Álvarez (baritone)
• Carlos Álvarez (vice-president)
• Carlot
• Carlota Cove