World Cup Rankings Nation 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5 - 8th finals POINTS Australia 2 0 0 1 1 4 121 New Zealand 1 1 1 1 0 4 100 France 0 2 1 0 1 4 71 S.Africa 1 0 1 0 0 2 64 England 0 1 0 1 2 4 52 Scotland 0 0 0 1 3 4 35 Wales 0 0 1 0 1 4 23 Ireland 0 0 0 0 3 4 25 Samoa 0 0 0 0 2 4 18 Canada 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 Argentina 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 Fiji 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 Romania 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 USA 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Cote d'Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Points are awarded for finishing in the Top 8 on a 1st - 50pts, 2nd - 24pts, 3rd - 12pts, 4th -10pts, 5th -8th - 7pts and one point for making the World Cup final stages. Rankings were created and supplied by www.tarik.com.au/rugby with thanks World Cup Rankings PT II rank Nation Played Won Drawn For Against Pts diff. Points Pts/ Game 1 S.Africa 12 11 0 363 163 200 34 2.833 2 New Zealand 24 20 0 1027 352 675 64 2.667 3 Australia 22 18 0 641 302 339 58 2.636 4 France 22 17 1 670 388 282 57 2.591 5 England 21 13 0 621 360 261 47 2.238 6 Scotland 19 11 1 655 343 312 42 2.211 7 Wales 16 9 0 374 328 46 34 2.125 8 Ireland 16 8 0 453 349 104 32 2.000 9 Samoa 12 6 0 287 296 -9 24 2.000 10 Canada 13 5 0 282 284 -2 23 1.769 11 Uruguay 3 1 0 42 97 -55 5 1.667 12 Argentina 14 4 0 293 382 -89 22 1.571 13 Fiji 11 3 0 247 308 -61 17 1.545 14 Italy 12 3 0 268 409 -141 18 1.500 15 Romania 12 3 0 151 417 -266 18 1.500 16 Tonga 9 2 0 129 359 -230 13 1.444 17 USA 9 1 0 115 352 -237 11 1.222 18 Japan 12 1 0 216 602 -386 14 1.167 19 Zimbabwe 6 0 0 84 309 -225 6 1.000 20 Namibia 4 0 0 42 174 -132 4 1.000 21 Spain 3 0 0 18 122 -104 3 1.000 22 Cote d'Ivoire 3 0 0 29 172 -143 3 1.000 Rankings were created and supplied by www.tarik.com.au/rugby with thanks 1 point is awarded for each game played, another 2 points is awarded for a win and 1 point for a draw. If you have any World Cup related questions, just try our infoservice on the menu bar.