Rugby World Cup
Tournaments

Rugby World Cup

Section Title: Tournaments
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Year	Host(s)	Final	Bronze Final	Number of teams

Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd place	Score	4th place

1987	New Zealand New Zealand Australia Australia	New Zealand	29–9	France	Wales	22–21	Australia	16

1991	Europe Europe	Australia	12–6	England	New Zealand	13–6	Scotland	16

1995	South Africa South Africa	South Africa	15–12 (aet)	New Zealand	France	19–9	England	16

1999	Wales Wales	Australia	35–12	France	South Africa	22–18	New Zealand	20

2003	Australia Australia	England	20–17 (aet)	Australia	New Zealand	40–13	France	20

2007	France France	South Africa	15–6	England	Argentina	34–10	France	20

2011	New Zealand New Zealand	New Zealand	8–7	France	Australia	21–18	Wales	20

2015	England England	New Zealand	34–17	Australia	South Africa	24–13	Argentina	20

2019	Japan Japan	To be determined	20

2023	France France	To be determined

Sentence(s)

The Rugby World Cup inaugural tournament, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand in 1987 with sixteen teams taking part.

final_sentence: The Rugby World Cup inaugural tournament, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand in 1987 with sixteen teams taking part.