# 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 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| 2029 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 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 |

### Knockout stage
## 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 |

### Knockout stage
## 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 |

### Knockout stage
## 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 |

### Knockout stage
## 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 |

### Knockout stage
## 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 |

### Knockout stage
## 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 |

### Knockout stage
## 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 |

### Knockout stage
## 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% |