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.