Everyone enjoys close game, and today, the fans were not let down. Three of the games featured 1-goal margins of victory, with the USA Stripes winning twice by a single goal, while the Swedes squeaked by the Brits by the same amount.

The USA Stripes advanced to the gold medal championship game by defeating a determined Australian team by a score of 43-42. The Swedes secured a top-half place at the tournament by edging Great Britain by a score of 34-33.

In games featuring our Canadian players, our split squads had similarly split results, with the Nordiques earning bronze by defeating the Australian National Team by a score of 39-35, and the Ice slipping to the Belgians by a three-point margin, 39-36. The Nordiques finish the 10-team tournament in 3rd place, while the Ice placed 8th.

The full results of Pools “A” and “B”, displayed in pool format, can be found here, along with a list of the composition of each team involved in the World Rugby Challenge. The complete scores from the tournament, which concluded yesterday with an intra-squad USA final, appear below:

Saturday - January 19, 2002

Game 21: 1st A vs. 2nd B - USA Stripes vs. Australia 43-42 (o.t.)
Game 22: 1st B vs. 2nd A - USA Stars vs. Canada Nordiques 34-29
Game 23: 10/9th Game - Germany vs. Switzerland 35-33
Game 24: 8/7th Game - Belgium vs. Canada Ice 39-36
Game 25: 6/5th Game - Great Britain vs. Sweden 33-34
Game 26: 3rd/ 4th Place Game - Australia vs. Canada Nordiques 35-39
Game 27: Championship Game - USA Stripes vs. USA Stars 55-54 (t.o.t.)