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	11
  2	Australia	11
  3	France	11
  4	Ireland	11
  5	Italy	11
  6	Japan	11
  7	New Zealand	11
  8	Scotland	11
  9	Canada	10
  10	England	10

  Number of matches

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

  Games per appearance

  1	New Zealand	5.2
  2	England	5.1
  3	Australia	4.8
  4	France	4.8
  5	South Africa	4.8
  6	Wales	4.4
  7	Russia	4
  8	Scotland	3.8
  9	Argentina	3.7
  10	Ireland	3.6

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  Wins

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

  Number of wins in games played

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

  Drawn matches

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

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  Losses

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

  Number of losses in games played

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

  Number of ties in games played

  1	Canada	9 %
  2	Japan	6 %
  3	France	4 %
  4	Namibia	4 %
  5	Italy	3 %
  6	England	2 %
  7	New Zealand	2 %
  8	Scotland	2 %
  9	Argentina	0 %
  10	Australia	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	11	1987	1st	156	57	49	1	7	2534	751	+1783
  2	Australia	11	1987	1st	137	53	42	0	11	1797	754	+1043
  3	France	11	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	9	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	11	1987	4th	91	42	24	1	17	1259	803	+456
  8	Ireland	11	1987	-	88	40	24	0	16	1108	735	+373
  9	Argentina	11	1987	3rd	83	41	21	0	20	1100	839	+261
  10	Italy	11	1987	-	59	32	13	1	18	627	977	-350
  11	Samoa	10	1991	-	58	32	13	0	19	712	860	-148
  12	Fiji	10	1987	-	54	32	11	0	21	732	971	-239
  13	Japan	11	1987	-	51	33	8	2	23	644	1329	-685
  14	Canada	10	1987	-	50	33	7	3	23	541	1020	-479
  15	Tonga	9	1987	-	45	29	8	0	21	472	966	-494
  16	Romania	10	1987	-	40	28	6	0	22	370	1068	-698
  17	United States	9	1987	-	35	29	3	0	26	402	1048	-646
  18	Georgia	7	2003	-	30	20	5	0	15	262	646	-384
  19	Namibia	7	1999	-	24	23	0	1	22	248	1323	-1075
  20	Uruguay	6	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	3	2007	-	4	4	0	0	4	38	209	-171
  24	Spain	2	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