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New Zealand - 22 May 1987 - 12 June 1987

Winner : New Zealand

 

Podium

1	New Zealand
2	France
3	Wales

 

Pool 1 (New Zealand - 23/05/1987 - 03/06/1987)

Classification

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Australia	9	3	3	0	0	108	41	+67
2	England	7	3	2	0	1	100	32	+68
3	United States	5	3	1	0	2	39	99	-60
4	Japan	3	3	0	0	3	48	123	-75

Last matches

23 May 1987
	Australia	19 - 6	England
24 May 1987
	United States	21 - 18	Japan
30 May 1987
	England	60 - 7	Japan
31 May 1987
	Australia	47 - 12	United States
3 June 1987
	England	34 - 6	United States
	Australia	42 - 23	Japan

Detail of the results

Pool 2 (New Zealand - 24/05/1987 - 03/06/1987)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Wales	9	3	3	0	0	82	31	+51
2	Ireland	7	3	2	0	1	84	41	+43
3	Canada	5	3	1	0	2	65	90	-25
4	Tonga	3	3	0	0	3	29	98	-69

Last matches

24 May 1987
	Canada	37 - 4	Tonga
25 May 1987
	Wales	13 - 6	Ireland
29 May 1987
	Wales	29 - 16	Tonga
30 May 1987
	Ireland	46 - 19	Canada
3 June 1987
	Ireland	32 - 9	Tonga
	Wales	40 - 9	Canada

Detail of the results

Pool 3 (New Zealand - 22/05/1987 - 01/06/1987)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	New Zealand	9	3	3	0	0	190	34	+156
2	Argentina	5	3	1	0	2	49	90	-41
3	Fiji	5	3	1	0	2	56	101	-45
4	Italy	5	3	1	0	2	40	110	-70

Last matches

22 May 1987
	New Zealand	70 - 6	Italy
24 May 1987
	Fiji	28 - 9	Argentina
27 May 1987
	New Zealand	74 - 13	Fiji
28 May 1987
	Argentina	25 - 16	Italy
31 May 1987
	Italy	18 - 15	Fiji
1 June 1987
	New Zealand	46 - 15	Argentina

Detail of the results

Pool 4 (New Zealand - 22/05/1987 - 02/06/1987)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	France	8	3	2	1	0	145	44	+101
2	Scotland	8	3	2	1	0	135	69	+66
3	Romania	5	3	1	0	2	61	130	-69
4	Zimbabwe	3	3	0	0	3	53	151	-98

Last matches

22 May 1987
	Romania	21 - 20	Zimbabwe
23 May 1987
	France	20 - 20	Scotland
28 May 1987
	France	55 - 12	Romania
30 May 1987
	Scotland	60 - 21	Zimbabwe
2 June 1987
	Zimbabwe	12 - 70	France
	Scotland	55 - 28	Romania

Detail of the results

Playoffs (New Zealand - 07/06/1987 - 12/06/1987)

Quarter-Finals

7 June 1987
	Wales	16 - 3	England
	New Zealand	30 - 3	Scotland
	France	31 - 16	Fiji
	Australia	33 - 15	Ireland

Semi-Finals

9 June 1987
	Australia	24 - 30	France
	New Zealand	49 - 6	Wales

Third Place Match

11 June 1987
	Australia	21 - 22	Wales

Final

12 June 1987
	New Zealand	29 - 9	France

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 5
  • Number of rounds : 8
  • Matches : 32
  • Home victories : 28 (88 %)
  • Away victories : 3 (9 %)
  • Drawn matches : 1 (3 %)

  • Best round in points : 1st (1431 points)
  • Average points per match : 50.66
  • Average points scored at home : 35.53
  • Scoring average: away games : 15.13
  • Total number of points : 1621
  • Average points per round : 202.63
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	New Zealand	6
  2	Wales	5
  3	Australia	4
  4	France	4
  5	England	2
  6	Ireland	2

  Drawn matches

  1	France	1
  2	Scotland	1
  3	Argentina	0
  4	Australia	0
  5	Canada	0
  6	England	0

  Losses

  1	Fiji	3
  2	Japan	3
  3	Tonga	3
  4	Zimbabwe	3
  5	Argentina	2
  6	Australia	2

World Cup 1987 - Participating teams

Argentina

Australia

Canada

England

Fiji

France

Ireland

Italy

Japan

New Zealand

Romania

Scotland

Tonga

United States

Wales

Zimbabwe

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