Teams from the Southern Hemisphere (Australia´s Wallabies, New Zealand´s All Blacks, & South Africa´s Springboks) have always been considered as the best in the World, but until 1987 there was not an official tournament where this could be confirmed or rejected. Besides, due to appartheid, South Africa was banned from official games until 1992, so they did not take part in the first two editions. The World Cup is also known as William Webb Ellis Trophy.
Los equipos del Hemisferio Sur (Wallabies de Australia, All Blacks de Nueva Zelanda y Springboks de Sudáfrica), han sido considerados tradicionalmente como los mejores del mundo, sin embargo, hasta 1987 no había ningún torneo oficial donde se pudiera demostrar esto. Además, debido al appartheid, Sudáfrica no pudo competir en torneos internacionales hasta 1992, por lo que no participó en las dos primeras ediciones. La Copa del Mundo es también conocida como Trofeo William Webb Ellis.
| Ed | Site / Lugar* | Year | 1st / 1º | 2nd / 2º | 3rd / 3º |
| I | New Zealand | 1987 | New Zealand | France | Wales |
| II | England | 1991 | Australia | England | New Zealand |
| III | South Africa | 1995 | South Africa | New Zealand | France |
| IV | Wales (Cymru) | 1999 | Australia | France | South Africa |
| V | Australia | 2003 | England | Australia | New Zealand |
| VI | France | 2007 | South Africa | England | Argentina |
*: Site of the final match / Lugar donde se jugó la final.
All the champions / Todos los campeones
I New Zealand & Australia 1987 ( / )
| NEW ZEALAND | ||
Mark Brooke-Cowden, Zinzan Brooke-Cowden, Keiron Crowley, John Drake, Andy Earl, Sean Fitzpatrick, Grant Fox, John Gallagher, Craig Green, Michael Jones, David Kirk, John Kirwan, McCahill, Steve McDowell, Pierce, Wayne Shelford, Joe Stanley, Taylor, G Whetton, Alan Whetton. |
II England 1991 ( / )
| AUSTRALIA | ||
| David Campese, Troy Coker, Anthony Daly, John Eales, Rob Egerton, Nick Farr-Jones, John Flet, Daniel Herbert, Tim Horan, Phil Kearns, Jason Little, Michael Lynagh, Rod McCall, Ewan McKenzie, ? Miller, Willie Ofahengaue, Simon Poidevin, Matsy Roebuck, ? Stattery. |
III South Africa 1995 ( / )
| SOUTH AFRICA Trainer: Kitch Christie | ||
| Mark Andrews, Robbie Brink, James Dalton, Os Durandt, Pieter Hendriks, Marius Hurter, Gavin Johnson, Andre Joubert, Ruben Kruger, Hennie le Roux, Japie Mulder, Krynaw Otto, Garry Pagel, Francois Pienaar, Adriaan Richter, Chris Rossouw, Johan Roux, Christiaan Scholtz, James Small, Rudolf Straeuli, Joel Stransky, Hannes Strydom, Balie Swart, Joost van der Westhuizen, Brendan Venter, Kobus Wiese, Chester Williams. |
IV Wales (Cymru) 1999 (01.X / 06.XI)
| AUSTRALIA | ||
| Andrew Blades, Tom Bowman, Matt Burke, Matt Cockbain, Mark Connors, Dan Crowley, John Eales, Owen Finegan, Michael Foley, David Giffin, George Gregan, Nathan Grey, Richard Harry, Daniel Herbert, Tim Horan, Rod Kafer, Phil Kearns, Toutai Kefu, Stephen Larkham, Chris Latham, Jason Little, Patricio Noriega, Jeremy Paul, Joe Roff, Scott Staniforth, Tiaan Strauss, Ben Tune, Chris Whitaker, Jim Williams, David Wilson. |
V Australia 2003 (10.X / 22.XI)
| ENGLAND Coach: Clive Woodward | ||
| Stuart Abbott, Neil Back, Iain Balshaw, Kyran Bracken, Mike Catt, Ben Cohen, Martin Corry, Lawrence Dallaglio, Matt Dawson, Paul Grayson, Will Greenwood, Danny Grewcock, Andy Gomersall, Richard Hill, Martin Johnson, Ben Kay, Jason Leonard, Josh Lewsey, Dan Luger, Lewis Moody, Mark Regan, Jason Robinson, Steve Thompson, Mike Tindall, Phil Vickery, Dorian West, Julian White, Jonny Wilkinson, Trevor Woodman, Joe Worsley. |
20. England: Woodman, Thompsom, Vickery (Leonard 86´), Martin
Johnson, Kay, Hill (Moody 93´), Dallaglio, Back; Dawson, Wilkinson; Cohen,
Tindall (Catt 79´), Greenwood, Robinson; y Lewsey (Balshaw 86´).
17. Australia: Young (Dunning 92´), Cannon
(Paul 56´) Baxter, Harrison, Sharpe, G. Smith, Waugh, Lyons (Cockbain 56´); Gregan, Larkham
(substituted by Giteau "bleeding" twice); Tuqiri, Flatley, Mortlock,
Sailor (Roff 71´) y Rogers.
Score: Try: ensayo; Penalty
Kick: Golpe de Castigo; Drop Goal: Drop
VI France 2007 (07.IX / 20.X)
| SOUTH AFRICA Coach: Jake White | ||
| Bakkies Botha, BJ. Botha, Gary Botha, Schalk Burger, Jean de Villiers, Bismarck du Plessis, Fourie du Preez, Jannie du Plessis, Os du Randt, Jaque Fourie, Bryan Habana, Butch. James, Ricky Januarie, Wayne Julies, Victor Matfield, Percy Montgomery, Johann Muller, Akona Ndungane, Wynand Olivier, Ruan Pienaar, JP Pietersen, Andre Pretorius, Danie Roussouw, Bobby Skinstad, John Smit, Juan Smith, Gurthro Steenkamp, Francois Steyn, Albert van den Berg, CJ van der Linde, Wickus van Heerden, Ashwin Willemse. |
15 - Sudáfrica: Montgomery; Pietersen, Fourie, Steyn, Habana; James (ap.), Du Preez (m.m.); Rossouw (Van Heerden, m.73), Smith (B. du Plessis, m.75), Burger; Matfield, Botha; Van der Linde, Smit y Du Randt.
6 - Inglaterra: Robinson (Hipkiss, m.48); Sackey, Tait, Catt (Flood, m.51), Cueto; Wilkinson (ap.), Gomarsal; (m.m.); Moody (Worsley, m.63) (Richards, m.71), Easter (Dallaglio, m.66), Corry; Kay, Shaw; Vickery (Stevens, m.41), Regan (Chuter, m.63) y Sheridan.
Score: Try: ensayo; Penalty
Kick: Golpe de Castigo; Drop Goal: Drop
Marcador: 3-0, m.7: golpe de Montgomery;
3-3, m.12: golpe de Wilkinson;
6-3, m.16: golpe de Montgomery;
9-3, m.40: golpe de Montgomery. Descanso.
9-6, m.44: golpe de Wilkinson;
12-6, m.51: golpe Montgomery;
15-6, m.62: golpe de Steyn.
Árbitro: Alain Rolland (IRL)
Incidencias: Final del Mundial de rugby disputada en el Estadio de Francia de Saint-Denis ante unos 80.000 espectadores. Asistieron los presidentes de la anfitriona Francia, Nicolas Sarkozy, de Sudáfrica, Thabo Mbeki, el primer ministro británico, Gordon Brown, y los príncipes británicos
William y Harry.
| Ps | Country | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 1. | Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2. | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3. | England | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4. | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5. | France | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6. | Wales | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| . | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
John Eales, Daniel Herbert, Tim Horan, Phil Kearns & Jason Little (AUS, 1991 & 1999) and Os du Randt (RSA, 1995 & 2007) are the only players to win the World Cup twice / son los únicos jugadores que han ganado la Copa del Mundo dos veces.
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