2014 Women's Rugby World Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |
 France
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| Dates | August 1, 2014 – August 17, 2014 |
| No. of nations | 12 |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
|
 England
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Runner-up 
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 Canada
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Third-place 
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France
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Top scorer(s) |
Emily Scarratt (70) |
| Most tries |
 Selica Winiata (6) Shakira Baker (6) |
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| Qualified for semi-finals |
| Qualified for 5th place playoff |
| Qualified for 9th place playoff |
| Qualified for semi-finals |
| Qualified for 5th place playoff |
| Qualified for 9th place playoff |
The 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup, and the sixth held in Europe. The World Cup Final took place on August 17.
All of the pool games for the World Cup took place at the Centre National du Rugby (CNR) in Marcoussis and Marcoussis Rugby Club with the French union adopting the concept of restricting the tournament to one or two locations as in the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup in London. Marcoussis is about 20 miles south of Paris.
The knockout stages of the tournament also saw matches played at the CNR in Marcoussis, with the semi-finals, Bronze Final and Final taking place at Stade Jean-Bouin in the French capital – home of Stade Français.
The matches took place on August 1, 5, 9, 13, with the final played on August 17.
The tournament format was the same as in 2010, with 12 teams split into three pools of four. The pool allocation draw took place once all 12 teams were confirmed.
England won the final 21-9 against Canada on 17 August.
On 27 August 2009 the International Rugby Board (IRB; now known as World Rugby) announced that it was inviting bids to host the 2014 event. Unions had until 30 October 2009 to express an interest with the chosen host being announced on 12 May 2010. The announcement was an important development in the history of women's rugby as the IRB had never previously announced a competition to host a Women's World Cup with such publicity, nor so far ahead of the event. The chosen hosts for 2014 would also have had four years to prepare – twice as long as any previous host. The announcement was also significant because, for the first time, the IRB included the "unofficial" 1991 and 1994 World Cups in their official list of previous tournaments.
On 21 December 2009, the IRB announced the four nations that formally applied to host the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup:
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