Canada at the Women's Rugby World Cup explained

The Canadian women's national rugby union team have played 39 matches at the Rugby World Cup. They have featured in every edition of the World Cup, from the inaugural tournament in 1991 to the most recent competition in 2017.^[1] Canada has never finished a Rugby World Cup ranked lower than sixth. They have made the semi-finals four times and have contested four fifth-place play-offs, winning two and losing two.

Canada's best performance in a World Cup was in 2014 as finalists.^[2] It was their first appearance in a World Cup final.^[3] They are only the fourth team to reach the final besides England, New Zealand, and the United States.^[4]

Canada hosted the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.^{[5] [6] [7]}

1991 Rugby World Cup

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA
	2	2	0	0	48	14
	2	0	1	1	17	33
	2	0	1	1	15	33

Knockout stage

1994 Rugby World Cup

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA
	2	2	0	0	40	13
	2	1	0	1	33	11
	2	0	0	2	8	57

Knockout stage

1998 Rugby World Cup

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Ladder
	2	2	0	0	147	6	2nd
	2	1	0	1	22	79	8th
	2	1	0	1	51	16	10th
	2	0	0	2	0	139	15th

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2002 Rugby World Cup

Position	Nation	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TP	OverallRanking
1		2	2	0	0	67	0	6	2nd
2		2	1	0	1	13	14	4	7th
3		2	1	0	1	25	13	4	10th
4		2	0	0	2	0	79	2	13th

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2006 Rugby World Cup

Pool A ⇔ Pool D

Pool	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
A		3	3	0	0	137	7	14
D		3	2	0	1	131	71	10
D		3	2	0	1	56	38	10
D		3	1	0	2	32	69	5
A		3	1	0	2	14	115	4
A		3	0	0	3	22	97	0

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2010 Rugby World Cup

	Nation
1		3	3	0	0	55	24	+31	10	2	1	13
2		3	2	0	1	85	43	+42	12	7	2	10
3		3	1	0	2	49	59	−10	8	9	1	5
4		3	0	0	3	24	87	−63	2	14	1	1

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2014 Rugby World Cup

Team	P	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
	3	2	1	0	17	123	21	+102	2	12
	3	2	1	0	12	86	25	+61	2	12
	3	1	0	2	8	51	81	−30	1	5
	3	0	0	3	2	15	148	−133	0	0

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2017 Rugby World Cup

Team	P	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
	3	3	0	0	35	213	17	+196	3	15
	3	2	0	1	19	118	48	+70	1	9
	3	1	0	2	9	51	74	−23	1	5
	3	0	0	3	2	15	258	−243	0	0

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2021 Rugby World Cup

width=15%		width=25%		width=10%		width=25%
9 October 2022				Northland Events Centre, Whangārei
16 October 2022				Waitakere Stadium, Auckland
23 October 2022				Waitakere Stadium, Auckland

Third-place play-off

Overall record

Overall record against all nations in the World Cup:

Country	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Win %
	1	1	0	0	43	12	100%
	8	0	1	7	88	250	12.5%
	6	2	0	4	50	140	33.33%
	1	1	0	0	98	0	100%
	1	1	0	0	57	0	100%
	2	2	0	0	28	12	100%
	2	2	0	0	98	5	100%
	2	2	0	0	73	5	100%
	1	1	0	0	16	7	100%
	3	0	0	3	20	138	0%
	1	1	0	0	42	7	100%
	4	3	0	1	94	21	75%
	1	1	0	0	38	0	100%
	3	3	0	0	129	9	100%
	1	1	0	0	40	10	100%
	4	2	0	2	77	94	50%
	4	2	1	1	81	20	50%
Total	45	25	2	18	1,082	730	55.55%

External links

• Official site of the Rugby World Cup.
• Official site of World Rugby.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-11-17 . RWC 2021 Spotlight: Canada . 2022-09-09 . www.women.rugby . en.
2. Web site: History - Rugby World Cup 2021 . 2022-08-29 . www.rugbyworldcup.com . en.
3. News: 17 August 2014 . Women's Rugby World Cup: England beat Canada to win final . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2022-02-18.
4. Web site: Canada Women's Rugby Team . 2022-09-09 . www.rugbypass.com . en.
5. Web site: 2004-11-24 . Canada to Host Women's Rugby World Cup 2006 . 2022-09-09 . Sportcal . en-US.
6. Web site: 2006-08-30 . Edmonton welcomes players for Women's Rugby World Cup . 2022-09-09 . cbc.ca.
7. Web site: 2004-12-07 . |expected=Women's}} World Cup awarded to Canada ]. 2022-09-09 . ESPN.com . en.