The Women's Rugby World Cup is the premier international rugby competition for women. The tournament is organized by the governing body of the sport, World Rugby. The championships are celebrated every four years; The
event was most recently held in France in August 2014. World Rugby has
chosen to re-establish the tournament in a new four-year cycle to avoid
conflict with the Olympic Games and the Sevens Women's World Cup; The next World Cup will be held in Dublin, Ireland and Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2017 and then every four years thereafter.
The first Women's Rugby World Cup was held in 1991 and was won by the United States, although it was not officially sanctioned by World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Football Board, which subsequently received retrospective In 2009, when the governing body, renamed The International Rugby Board (IRB) in 1997, included the 1991 and 1994 champions on its list of previous winners. It was not until the 1998 tournament held in the Netherlands that the tournament was officially endorsed by the IRB. The most successful team, with four titles, is New Zealand.
Before the first Rugby Women's World Cup officially sanctioned by the International Rugby Board there had been three previous tournaments of a similar nature. The first was an event held in New Zealand in August 1990. Although not considered a World Cup, the tournament was referred to as the World Rugby Festival for Women. The competition included teams representing the United States, Netherlands, Russia, and hosts, New Zealand - who emerged as winners after defeating the United States in the final.
The first tournament known as the Women's Rugby World Cup was held in 1991 and organized by Wales. Twelve countries were divided into four groups of three. The United States, contrary to expectations, took the first championship with a 19-6 win over England. In the competition of Plate Canada prevailed on Spain 18-4. After the first tournament it was decided to move the calendar of the tournament to the year before the next men's World Cup, reducing the quadrennial cycle to only three years.
The first Women's Rugby World Cup was held in 1991 and was won by the United States, although it was not officially sanctioned by World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Football Board, which subsequently received retrospective In 2009, when the governing body, renamed The International Rugby Board (IRB) in 1997, included the 1991 and 1994 champions on its list of previous winners. It was not until the 1998 tournament held in the Netherlands that the tournament was officially endorsed by the IRB. The most successful team, with four titles, is New Zealand.
Before the first Rugby Women's World Cup officially sanctioned by the International Rugby Board there had been three previous tournaments of a similar nature. The first was an event held in New Zealand in August 1990. Although not considered a World Cup, the tournament was referred to as the World Rugby Festival for Women. The competition included teams representing the United States, Netherlands, Russia, and hosts, New Zealand - who emerged as winners after defeating the United States in the final.
The first tournament known as the Women's Rugby World Cup was held in 1991 and organized by Wales. Twelve countries were divided into four groups of three. The United States, contrary to expectations, took the first championship with a 19-6 win over England. In the competition of Plate Canada prevailed on Spain 18-4. After the first tournament it was decided to move the calendar of the tournament to the year before the next men's World Cup, reducing the quadrennial cycle to only three years.
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