France women at the Rugby World Cup explained

France women's national rugby union team has played 43 matches in every edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup since its inauguration in 1991.^[1] They have placed third in seven of nine tournaments, their worst placing was at the 1998 World Cup in Netherlands where they finished in eighth place.

On 30 June 2011, the then IRB announced that France would be hosting the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.^{[2] [3]}

1991 World Cup

Semi-finals

1994 World Cup

Finals

Cup Quarter-finalCup Semi-finalCup 3rd place

1998 World Cup

Finals

Cup Quarter-finalPlate Semi-final7th place

2002 World Cup

Finals

Semi-final3rd place

2006 World Cup

Pool stage

Pool B ⇔ Pool C
Pool	Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
B		3	0	0	119	16	14
C		2	0	1	75	37	10
C		2	0	1	34	35	9
B		1	0	2	88	42	6
B		1	0	2	48	67	5
C		0	0	3	20	179	0

Finals

Semi-final3rd place

2010 World Cup

Pool stage

See main article: article and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool C.

	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

Finals

Semi-final3rd place

2014 World Cup

Pool stage

See main article: 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup Pool C.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
	3	3	0	0	15	98	6	+92	2	14
	3	2	0	1	6	54	23	+31	0	8
	3	1	0	2	4	38	54	−16	1	5
	3	0	0	3	0	9	116	−107	0	0

Finals

Semi-final3rd place

2017 World Cup

Pool stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
	3	3	0	0	23	141	19	+122	2	14
	3	2	0	1	7	48	52	−4	0	8
	3	1	0	2	8	46	82	−36	2	6
	3	0	0	3	7	43	125	−82	0	0

Finals

Semi-final3rd place

2021 World Cup

Pool stage

See main article: article and 2021 Rugby World Cup Pool C.

Finals

Quarter-finalSemi-final3rd place

Overall record

Overall record against all nations in the World Cup:

Country	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Win %
	5	4	0	1	107	43	+64	80%
	6	4	0	2	140	50	+90	66.66%
	5	0	0	5	24	72	–48	0%
	1	1	0	0	44	0	+44	100%
	4	4	0	0	120	23	+97	100%
	1	1	0	0	39	3	+36	100%
	3	3	0	0	233	14	+219	100%
	2	2	0	0	54	18	+36	100%
	4	0	0	4	41	140	–99	0%
	2	1	0	1	24	34	–10	50%
	2	2	0	0	95	8	+88	100%
	1	0	0	1	9	22	–13	0%
	2	2	0	0	52	9	+43	100%
	2	2	0	0	52	32	+20	100%
	2	2	0	0	53	0	+53	100%
Total	42	28	0	14	1,087	468	+619	66.66%

Notes and References

1. Web site: History - Rugby World Cup 2021 . 2023-07-29 . www.rugbyworldcup.com . en.
2. Web site: France to Host 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120128160616/http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/news/newsid%3D2044307.html . 2012-01-28 . 2011-06-30 . WRWC . 1.
3. Web site: About Rugby World Cup 2021 . 2023-07-29 . www.rugbyworldcup.com . en.