History of The Rugby World Cup - Knockout Statistics

Knockout Statistics

For the teams that made the knock-out stages (quarter-finals) of the World Cup, the following table shows which team knocked them out of the competition, unless they won. England have knocked out both Australia and France three times each, while New Zealand have knocked out Scotland three times.

Team 1987 lost to 1991 lost to 1995 lost to 1999 lost to 2003 lost to 2007 lost to 2011 lost to
New Zealand W Australia South Africa France Australia France W
Australia France W England W England England New Zealand
England Wales Australia New Zealand South Africa W South Africa France
South Africa(1) DNP DNP W Australia New Zealand W Australia
France New Zealand England South Africa Australia England England New Zealand
Scotland New Zealand England New Zealand New Zealand Australia Argentina N/A
Ireland Australia Australia France Argentina(4) France N/A Wales
Wales New Zealand N/A N/A Australia England N/A France
Samoa(2) DNP Scotland South Africa Scotland(4) N/A N/A N/A
Argentina N/A N/A N/A France N/A South Africa New Zealand
Fiji(3) France N/A DNQ England(4) N/A South Africa N/A
Canada N/A New Zealand N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1 Did not compete in 1987 and 1991 because of a sports boycott on South Africa due to Apartheid. 2 Known as Western Samoa until 1997. Not invited to play in the 1987 World Cup. 3 Did not qualify for the 1995 World Cup. 4 Knocked out in playoff to decide quarter-finals line-up.

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