Overall Rugby World Cup Team Performance Records

The following table shows the generally performance records of the teams from the Six Nations and Tri-Nations competitions, plus the teams that made the knock-out stages (the quarter-finals) in at least one of the World Cups played so far. If they played in the tournament, the entries in the table show the stage at which they were knocked out, or whether they won the tournament.

Team	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	Qtr-finals	Semi-finals	Finals	Champions
Australia	SF	W	QF	W	F	QF	6	4	3	2
South Africa(1)	DNP	DNP	W	SF	QF	W	4	3	2	2
England	QF	F	SF	QF	W	F	6	4	3	1
New Zealand	W	SF	F	SF	SF	QF	6	5	2	1
France	F	QF	SF	F	SF	SF	6	5	2	0
Scotland	QF	SF	QF	QF	QF	QF	6	1	0	0
Ireland	QF	QF	QF	Group	QF	Group	4	0	0	0
Wales	SF	Group	Group	QF	QF	Group	3	1	0	0
Argentina	Group	Group	Group	QF	Group	SF	2	1	0	0
Samoa(2)	DNP	QF	QF	Group	Group	Group	2	0	0	0
Fiji(3)	QF	Group	DNQ	Group	Group	QF	2	0	0	0
Canada	Group	QF	Group	Group	Group	Group	1	0	0	0
Italy	Group	Group	Group	Group	Group	Group	0	0	0	0