1987 Rugby World Cup

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Rugby World Cup international sports competition rugby union tournament

The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the inaugural men's Rugby Union world championship tournament, co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia and ultimately won by the New Zealand national team.

Observed surface forms (2)

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1987 Rugby World Cup Final 0 1
Rugby World Cup 1987 0 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Rugby World Cup →
international sports competition →
rugby union tournament →
champion New Zealand national rugby union team →
coHost Australia →
New Zealand →
continent Oceania →
country Australia →
New Zealand →
editionNumber 1 →
endDate 1987-06-20 →
finalCity Auckland →
finalCountry New Zealand →
finalScore New Zealand 29–9 France →
finalVenue Eden Park →
fourthPlace Australia national rugby union team →
governingBody World Rugby →
surface form: International Rugby Board
hasStage final →
pool stage →
quarter-finals →
semi-finals →
third-place play-off →
hostCity Auckland →
Brisbane →
Canberra →
Christchurch, New Zealand →
surface form: Christchurch

Dunedin →
Melbourne →
Sydney →
Wellington →
hostConfederation Oceania →
inauguralEdition true →
nextEdition 1991 Rugby World Cup →
nowGoverningBody World Rugby →
numberOfMatches 32 →
numberOfPools 4 →
numberOfTeams 16 →
organiser World Rugby →
surface form: International Rugby Board
poolName Pool 1 →
Pool 2 →
Pool 3 →
Pool 4 →
runnerUp France national rugby union team →
sport rugby union →
startDate 1987-05-22 →
thirdPlace Wales national rugby union team →
topPointScorer Grant Fox →
topPointScorerPoints 126 →
topTryScorer Craig Green →
John Kirwan →
topTryScorerTries 6 →
totalPointsScored 974 →
winner New Zealand national rugby union team →
year 1987 →

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

David Kirk → competitionParticipatedIn → 1987 Rugby World Cup →
Rugby World Cup → hasEdition → 1987 Rugby World Cup →
this entity surface form: Rugby World Cup 1987
Eden Park → hostedEvent → 1987 Rugby World Cup →
this entity surface form: 1987 Rugby World Cup Final
David Kirk → winnerOf → 1987 Rugby World Cup →
All Blacks → worldCupTitle → 1987 Rugby World Cup →