Rugby - World Cup - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1987

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  South Africa	4	1995	2023
  New Zealand	3	1987	2015
  Australia	2	1991	1999
  England	1	2003	2003

• Winners and finalists since 1987

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  South Africa	4	0
  New Zealand	3	2
  Australia	2	2
  England	1	3
  France		3
  Wales
  Argentina

• Various statistics since 1987
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	Argentina 2	10
  2	Australia 2	10
  3	England 2	10
  4	France 2	10
  5	Ireland 2	10
  6	Italy 2	10
  7	Japan 2	10
  8	New Zealand 2	10
  9	Scotland 2	10
  10	Wales 2	10

  Number of matches

  1	New Zealand 2	57
  2	Australia 2	53
  3	France 2	53
  4	England 2	51
  5	Wales 2	44
  6	South Africa 2	43
  7	Scotland 2	42
  8	Argentina 2	41
  9	Ireland 2	40
  10	Canada 2	33

  Games per appearance

  1	New Zealand 2	5.7
  2	South Africa 2	5.4
  3	Australia 2	5.3
  4	France 2	5.3
  5	England 2	5.1
  6	Wales 2	4.4
  7	Scotland 2	4.2
  8	Argentina 2	4.1
  9	Ireland 2	4
  10	Russia 2	4

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  Wins

  1	New Zealand 2	49
  2	Australia 2	42
  3	England 2	36
  4	France 2	36
  5	South Africa 2	36
  6	Wales 2	26
  7	Ireland 2	24
  8	Scotland 2	24
  9	Argentina 2	21
  10	Italy 2	13

  Number of wins in games played

  1	New Zealand 2	86 %
  2	South Africa 2	84 %
  3	Australia 2	79 %
  4	England 2	71 %
  5	France 2	68 %
  6	Ireland 2	60 %
  7	Wales 2	59 %
  8	Scotland 2	57 %
  9	Argentina 2	51 %
  10	Italy 2	41 %

  Drawn matches

  1	Canada 2	3
  2	France 2	2
  3	Japan 2	2
  4	England 2	1
  5	Italy 2	1
  6	Namibia 2	1
  7	New Zealand 2	1
  8	Scotland 2	1
  9	Argentina 2	0
  10	Australia 2	0

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  Losses

  1	United States 2	26
  2	Canada 2	23
  3	Japan 2	23
  4	Namibia 2	22
  5	Romania 2	22
  6	Fiji 2	21
  7	Tonga 2	21
  8	Argentina 2	20
  9	Samoa 2	19
  10	Italy 2	18

  Number of losses in games played

  1	Ivory Coast 2	100 %
  2	Portugal 2	100 %
  3	Russia 2	100 %
  4	Spain 2	100 %
  5	Zimbabwe 2	100 %
  6	Namibia 2	96 %
  7	United States 2	90 %
  8	Uruguay 2	80 %
  9	Romania 2	79 %
  10	Georgia 2	75 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	Canada 2	9 %
  2	Japan 2	6 %
  3	France 2	4 %
  4	Namibia 2	4 %
  5	Italy 2	3 %
  6	England 2	2 %
  7	New Zealand 2	2 %
  8	Scotland 2	2 %
  9	Argentina 2	0 %
  10	Australia 2	0 %

• All time table since 1987

  (Based on W=3 pts, D=2 pts and L=1 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	New Zealand	10	1987	1st	156	57	49	1	7	2534	751	+1783
  2	Australia	10	1987	1st	137	53	42	0	11	1797	754	+1043
  3	France	10	1987	2nd	127	53	36	2	15	1585	968	+617
  4	England	10	1987	1st	124	51	36	1	14	1569	783	+786
  5	South Africa	8	1995	1st	115	43	36	0	7	1512	553	+959
  6	Wales	10	1987	3rd	96	44	26	0	18	1238	865	+373
  7	Scotland	10	1987	4th	91	42	24	1	17	1259	803	+456
  8	Ireland	10	1987	-	88	40	24	0	16	1108	735	+373
  9	Argentina	10	1987	3rd	83	41	21	0	20	1100	839	+261
  10	Italy	10	1987	-	59	32	13	1	18	627	977	-350
  11	Samoa	9	1991	-	58	32	13	0	19	712	860	-148
  12	Fiji	9	1987	-	54	32	11	0	21	732	971	-239
  13	Japan	10	1987	-	51	33	8	2	23	644	1329	-685
  14	Canada	9	1987	-	50	33	7	3	23	541	1020	-479
  15	Tonga	9	1987	-	45	29	8	0	21	472	966	-494
  16	Romania	9	1987	-	40	28	6	0	22	370	1068	-698
  17	United States	8	1987	-	35	29	3	0	26	402	1048	-646
  18	Georgia	6	2003	-	30	20	5	0	15	262	646	-384
  19	Namibia	7	1999	-	24	23	0	1	22	248	1323	-1075
  20	Uruguay	5	1999	-	21	15	3	0	12	188	718	-530
  21	Russia	2	2011	-	8	8	0	0	8	76	356	-280
  22	Zimbabwe	2	1987	-	6	6	0	0	6	84	309	-225
  23	Portugal	2	2007	-	4	4	0	0	4	38	209	-171
  24	Spain	1	1999	-	3	3	0	0	3	18	122	-104
  25	Ivory Coast	1	1995	-	3	3	0	0	3	29	172	-143

General Informations

• First edition : 1987
• Editions : 10 (including 2023)
• Official name : Rugby World Cup
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup
• Organiser : International Rugby Board (IRB)
• Official website : http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/
• First winner : New Zealand
• Most wins : South Africa (4)
• Most recent winner : South Africa