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South Africa are the latest winners, having won the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. The Rugby World Cup final is the last match of the competition. The winning team is declared world champion and receives the Webb Ellis Cup. [1] If the score is a draw after 80 minutes of regular play, an additional 20-minute period of play, called extra time ...
After the 2015 final, New Zealand became the first team to win the Rugby World Cup three times, and the first team to have successfully defended its title. South Africa became the second team to defend its title in 2023 and the first to win the Rugby World Cup on four occasions, as well as the first to win successive titles away from home.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. International men's rugby union competition Not to be confused with Rugby League World Cup. This article is about the men's rugby union tournament. For the women's World Cup in union, see Women's Rugby World Cup. For other world cups for rugby, see World cup of rugby. "RWC" redirects ...
François Steyn became the second South African player to win the competition twice, in the 2007 and 2019 men's Rugby World Cups, after the 2023 Rugby World Cup win the number was increased to 25 South Africans. In 2015, 14 New Zealand players won their second World Cup, having won in 2011.
This all-time table compares national teams that have participated in the Rugby World Cup by a number of criteria including matches, wins, losses, draws, total points for, total points against, etc. The table also shows – among other things – the accumulated points for every team that has ever participated in the tournament.
Pages in category "Rugby World Cup records and statistics" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up Australia 12 3 1957, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1988, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2013, 2017, 2021 1960, 1972, 2008
0–9. 1987 Rugby World Cup final; 1991 Rugby World Cup final; 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup final; 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup final; 1995 Rugby World Cup final