1994 Women's Rugby World Cup
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The 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup was the second world cup for women. It was originally scheduled to be held in the Amsterdam
, Netherlands
(April 10–24) but was cancelled only weeks before. However, a replacement competition has been organised around the same dates in Scotland
.
The official reason for the cancellation was that the event organisers failed to get official endorsement of the event as the "Women's World Cup" from the International Rugby Board (IRB). Indeed the minutes of the 1993 Interim meeting of the IRB have the following to say about the "1994 Women's International Tournament":
"The Council agreed to defer consideration of participation by member unions in the tournament until such time as a formal request is received from the organizers."http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/clubs/womens_rugby/RugbyRoot/rugby/games/Sched94/womenswc.html
Hence not only was there uncertainty to whether it really was the "Women's World Cup" or not, but the IRB refused to endorse it regardless of its status - the "deferral" (above) was in practice a refusal to endorse as the next scheduled IRB meeting was only days before the event was due to start. It was not until 2009 that the IRB officially endorsed the event as a "world cup" when it published, for the first time, a list of previous winners in a press release.
Because of this, the Unions of some countries decided not to pay team expenses (including New Zealand, where women's rugby was by now fully integrated in the national union, and ultimately others as well) or withdrew their entries. Several team members decided to go ahead and raised the money themselves, but the surrounding uncertainty of the event status and the financial risk from teams pulling out prompted the event organisers to (rather abruptly) cancel it.
The women who had trained so hard, and had gone to much trouble raising money etc., were so disappointed at the cancellation that an alternative tournament in Scotland was soon organised. despite the IRB threatening sanctions against unions taking part in this unendorsed event, it went ahead.
Officially it (and its predecessor in 1991) were never endorsed by the IRB the Scottish organisers did not pursue the issue. However, all of the participating teams regarded it as the "real" World Cup.
Eventually eleven of the original sixteen entrants took part - as well as New Zealand, Netherlands also withdrew from both participation as well as hosts, and Spain pulled out very late - after the groups had been drawn - and were replaced by a Scottish Students team. Italy and Germany were also notable absentees.
Once the event was underway proved to be a great success http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ouwrugby/AhistoryoftheWomensRugbyWorldCup.shtml, England
exacting revenge for their 1991
defeat to USA, beating the defending champions 38-23 in the final.
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Amsterdam
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, Netherlands
Netherlands
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(April 10–24) but was cancelled only weeks before. However, a replacement competition has been organised around the same dates in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
.
The official reason for the cancellation was that the event organisers failed to get official endorsement of the event as the "Women's World Cup" from the International Rugby Board (IRB). Indeed the minutes of the 1993 Interim meeting of the IRB have the following to say about the "1994 Women's International Tournament":
"The Council agreed to defer consideration of participation by member unions in the tournament until such time as a formal request is received from the organizers."http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/clubs/womens_rugby/RugbyRoot/rugby/games/Sched94/womenswc.html
Hence not only was there uncertainty to whether it really was the "Women's World Cup" or not, but the IRB refused to endorse it regardless of its status - the "deferral" (above) was in practice a refusal to endorse as the next scheduled IRB meeting was only days before the event was due to start. It was not until 2009 that the IRB officially endorsed the event as a "world cup" when it published, for the first time, a list of previous winners in a press release.
Because of this, the Unions of some countries decided not to pay team expenses (including New Zealand, where women's rugby was by now fully integrated in the national union, and ultimately others as well) or withdrew their entries. Several team members decided to go ahead and raised the money themselves, but the surrounding uncertainty of the event status and the financial risk from teams pulling out prompted the event organisers to (rather abruptly) cancel it.
The women who had trained so hard, and had gone to much trouble raising money etc., were so disappointed at the cancellation that an alternative tournament in Scotland was soon organised. despite the IRB threatening sanctions against unions taking part in this unendorsed event, it went ahead.
Officially it (and its predecessor in 1991) were never endorsed by the IRB the Scottish organisers did not pursue the issue. However, all of the participating teams regarded it as the "real" World Cup.
Eventually eleven of the original sixteen entrants took part - as well as New Zealand, Netherlands also withdrew from both participation as well as hosts, and Spain pulled out very late - after the groups had been drawn - and were replaced by a Scottish Students team. Italy and Germany were also notable absentees.
Once the event was underway proved to be a great success http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ouwrugby/AhistoryoftheWomensRugbyWorldCup.shtml, England
England women's national rugby union team
The England women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of England, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 1982.-History:Women’s Rugby was first played seriously in Great Britain in the late 1970s...
exacting revenge for their 1991
1991 Women's Rugby World Cup
The 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup was the first Women's Rugby World Cup. The tournament was not approved by the International Rugby Board , yet it still went ahead despite the disapproval of the sports governing body—France only confirmed their participation minutes before the draw was made on...
defeat to USA, beating the defending champions 38-23 in the final.
Pool A
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 126 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 121 |
Pool B
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 26 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 117 |
Pool C
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 8 | |
| Ireland Ireland women's national rugby union team The Ireland rugby union team, represents both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in rugby union-Squad:Squad for 2011 Women's RBS 6 Nations*Niamh Briggs *Niamh Kavanagh *Lynne Cantwell... |
1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 36 |
 Scottish Students |
0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 95 |
Pool D
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 13 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 11 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 57 |
Round robin
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Ladder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 12 | 9th | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 56 | 10th | |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 57 | 11th | |
| Scottish Students |
0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 65 | 12th |
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Plate final
Quarter-finals
Championship semi-finals
Shield semi-finals
Cup final
Cup 3rd/4th place
Shield final (5th place)
Shield 3rd/4th (7th place)
See also
- Women's Rugby World CupWomen's Rugby World CupThe Women's Rugby World Cup is the premier international competition in rugby union for women. The tournament is organised by the sport's governing body the International Rugby Board...
- Rugby World CupRugby World CupThe Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....
- Rugby World Cup SevensRugby World Cup SevensThe Rugby World Cup Sevens is the premier international Rugby sevens competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Rugby Board , and is contested by the men's national sevens teams every four years. The inaugural tournament was held in 1993 in Scotland, the...
- Scottish Womens Rugby Union