Ka cika wannan jumlar: An gudanar da gasar farko, wadda Australia da New Zealand suka shirya, a watan Mayu da Yuni na shekara ta 1987, da ƙasashe goma sha shida suka halarta. Gasar cin Kofin Duniya ta farko a 1987, ba ta ƙunshi wani tsari na cancanta ba; maimakon haka, wurare 16 an cika su ta atomatik ta ƙasashe mambobi bakwai na Hukumar Kwallon Rugby ta Duniya (IRFB, yanzu Rugby ta Duniya), sauran kuma ta hanyar gayyata. New Zealand ta zama zakara ta farko, inda ta doke Faransa 29 zuwa 9 a wasan karshe. Na gaba
Ingila ce ta karbi bakuncin gasar 1991, tare da wasannin da aka buga a duk fadin Burtaniya, Ireland da Faransa. An gabatar da wasannin neman cancanta don gasar ta biyu, inda aka yi takara takwas daga cikin wurare goma sha shida a cikin gasar kasashe ashirin da hudu. Wannan gasa ta ga gabatarwar gasar neman shiga; an ba da wurare takwas ga masu tseren karshe daga 1987, kuma sauran takwas da aka yanke shawarar ta gasar neman shiga gasar kasashe talatin da biyar. Ostiraliya ta lashe gasar ta biyu, inda ta doke Ingila 12 zuwa 6 a wasan karshe.