<Tr> <Th> Third - place </Th> <Td> France </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2014 2021 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was held in Ireland in August 2017, with New Zealand becoming champions by beating England 41 - 32 in the final, held on 26 August . Matches were held in Dublin and Belfast . The pool stages were held at University College Dublin with the semi finals and finals held at Queen's University and Kingspan Stadium in Belfast . </P> <P> The tournament took place three rather than four years after the previous Women's Rugby World Cup because World Rugby wanted to move away from clashing with other events . The event will return to a four - year cycle after 2017 . </P>

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