National Team Appearances in The Rugby World Cup - Comprehensive Team Results

Comprehensive Team Results

Legend
  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF — Quarterfinals (knockout round of 8)
  • R2 — Round 2 (1999: quarterfinal playoffs)
  • R1 — Round 1 (pool stage)
  • L — Last place
  • •• — Invited or qualified but declined or withdrew
  • • — Did not qualify
  • — Not invited (1987) / Did not enter / Withdrew
  • — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team 1987
(16)		 1991
(16)		 1995
(16)		 1999
(20)		 2003
(20)		 2007
(20)		 2011
(20)
Argentina R1
 R1
 R1
 QF
 R1
 3rd QF
Australia 4th 1st QF
 1st 2nd QF
 3rd
Canada R1
 QF
 R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
England QF
 2nd 4th QF
 1st 2nd QF
Fiji QF
 R1
 • R2
 R1
 QF
 R1
France 2nd QF
 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 2nd
Georgia ••(2) • • R1
 R1
 R1
Ireland QF
 QF
 QF
 R2
 QF
 R1
 QF
Italy R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
Ivory Coast(1) • R1
 • • • •
Japan R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
Namibia • R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
New Zealand 1st 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd QF
 1st
Portugal • • • • R1
 •
Romania R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
Russia ••(2) • • • • R1
Samoa(3) QF
 QF
 R2
 R1
 R1
 R1
Scotland QF
 4th QF
 QF
 QF
 QF
 R1
South Africa(4) 1st 3rd QF
 1st QF
Spain • • R1
 • • •
Tonga R1
 • R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
United States R1
 R1
 • R1
 R1
 R1
 R1
Uruguay • R1
 R1
 • •
Wales 3rd R1
 R1
 QF
 QF
 R1
 4th
Zimbabwe R1
 R1
 • • • • •
1 The team representing Côte d'Ivoire (also known as Ivory Coast) is recognised as Ivory Coast by the International Rugby Board. 2 Georgia and Russia were part of the Soviet Union in 1987, whose national team declined an invitation to the inaugural World Cup on political grounds. 3 Samoa was known as Western Samoa until 1997. 4 South Africa did not compete in 1987 and 1991 while subject to an international sporting boycott in opposition to the country's apartheid regime.

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