Rugby - Women's World Cup

The women's version of the World Cup began four years after the men's. The first two events were not sanctioned by the International Rugby Board. Whereas the men took well over a century to organise a world tournament, the female of the species came up with a World Cup (although not officially sanctioned) in 1991, just nine years after the Netherlands and France contested the first-ever women's international match.

YEAR	FINAL VENUE	WINNERS	RUNNERS-UP
1991	Cardiff	USA	England
1994	Edinburgh	ENGLAND	USA
1998	Amsterdam	NEW ZEALAND	USA
2002	Barcelona	NEW ZEALAND	England
2006	Edmonton	NEW ZEALAND	England
2010	London	NEW ZEALAND	England
2014	Paris	ENGLAND	Canada
2017	Belfast	NEW ZEALAND	England
2021*	Auckland	NEW ZEALAND	England

 *Played in 2022 after postponement in 2021 due to Covid-19 pandemic