title: United States women at the Rugby World Cup
text: # United States women at the Rugby World Cup
  
  The United States women's national rugby union team has played 38 matches at the Women's Rugby World Cup, from the inaugural tournament in 1991 to 2017. They have competed in every edition of the Rugby World Cup and have made it to the finals three times. The Eagles won the inaugural competition in 1991 and were runners-up in 1994, and 1998.
  
  ## By position
  
  Rugby World Cup :
  
  | Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Squad |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 6 | Squad |
  | 1994 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 387 | 53 | Squad |
  | 1998 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 76 | Squad |
  | 2002 | 7th place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 43 | Squad |
  | 2006 | 5th place | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 47 | Squad |
  | 2010 | 5th place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 82 | Squad |
  | 2014 | 6th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 95 | 139 | Squad |
  | 2017 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 128 | 135 | Squad |
  | 2021 | Quarter-final | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 100 | Squad |
  | 2025 | TBD |
  | 2029 | TBD |
  | 2033 | Automatically Qualified as Hosts | Automatically Qualified as Hosts | Automatically Qualified as Hosts | Automatically Qualified as Hosts | Automatically Qualified as Hosts | Automatically Qualified as Hosts | Automatically Qualified as Hosts | Automatically Qualified as Hosts |
  | Total | Champions | 42 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 1301 | 681 | Squad |
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  ## 1991 Rugby World Cup
  
  | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
  | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7 |
  | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 74 |
  
  ## 1994 Rugby World Cup
  
  | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 0 |
  | Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 126 |
  | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 121 |
  
  ## 1998 Rugby World Cup
  
  | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Ladder |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 16 | 3rd |
  | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 56 | 6th |
  | Wales | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 35 | 9th |
  | Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 167 | 16th |
  
  ## 2002 Rugby World Cup
  
  | Position | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Table points | Overall ranking |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Position | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | Table points | Overall ranking |
  | 1 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 21 | 6 | 4th |
  | 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 21 | 4 | 5th |
  | 3 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 41 | 4 | 11th |
  | 4 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 124 | 2 | 14th |
  
  ## 2006 Rugby World Cup
  
  Pool B ⇔ Pool C
  
  | Pool | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | B | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 16 | 14 |
  | C | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 37 | 10 |
  | C | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 35 | 9 |
  | B | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 42 | 6 |
  | B | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 67 | 5 |
  | C | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 179 | 0 |
  
  ## 2010 Rugby World Cup
  
  | Po | Nation | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | BP | TP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 10 | +136 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
  | 2 | Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
  | 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 59 | +14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
  | 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 170 | −167 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
  
  ## 2014 Rugby World Cup
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 80 | 36 | +44 | 1 | 13 |
  | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 127 | 25 | +102 | 3 | 11 |
  | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 2 | 6 |
  | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 166 | −149 | 0 | 0 |
  
  ## 2017 Rugby World Cup
  
  | Team | P | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 159 | 44 | +115 | 3 | 15 |
  | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 93 | 59 | +34 | 3 | 11 |
  | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 107 | −80 | 0 | 4 |
  | Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 102 | −69 | 0 | 0 |
  
  ## Overall record
  
  Overall record against all nations in the World Cup:
  
  | Country | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Win % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Australia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 49 | 75% |
  | Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 20 | 100% |
  | England | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 146 | 20% |
  | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 52 | 0% |
  | Ireland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 169 | 59 | 60% |
  | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 100% |
  | Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 100% |
  | Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 7 | 100% |
  | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 100% |
  | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 178 | 20% |
  | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 100% |
  | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 100% |
  | Spain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 21 | 75% |
  | Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 10 | 100% |
  | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 100% |
  | Wales | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 15 | 100% |
  | Total | 38 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 1236 | 581 | 65.79% |
  