1995 Rugby World Cup qualifying

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Forty-three nations took part in the qualifying campaign for the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. 16 teams participated in the finals tournament, seven of which came through qualifying matches. Eight were granted automatic entry as they were quarter-finalists at the 1991 Rugby World Cup, and South Africa qualified automatically as hosts.

Contents 1 Automatic Qualifiers 2 Regional Qualification 2.1 Africa 2.1.1 Round 1 2.1.2 Round 2 2.2 Americas 2.2.1 Round 1 2.2.2 Round 2 2.3 Asia 2.3.1 Round 1 2.3.2 Round 2 2.4 Europe 2.4.1 Prelimary Round 2.4.2 Round 1 2.4.3 Round 2 2.4.4 Round 3 2.5 Oceania 3 External links

[edit] Automatic Qualifiers

Africa

•  South Africa (hosts)

America's

•  Canada

Europe

•  England
•  France
•  Ireland
•  Scotland

Oceania

•  Australia
•  New Zealand
• Western Samoa

[edit] Regional Qualification

[edit] Africa

[edit] Round 1

Group A

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Namibia	3	3	0	0	165	55	+110	9
Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1	118	69	+49	7
Kenya	3	2	0	2	40	105	-65	5
Arabian Gulf	3	1	0	3	64	138	-74	3

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Kenya	7 - 42	Zimbabwe
	Namibia	64 - 20	Arabian Gulf
	Kenya	9 - 60	Namibia
	Zimbabwe	50 - 21	Arabian Gulf
	Kenya	24 - 23	Arabian Gulf
	Namibia	41 - 26	Zimbabwe

Group B

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Côte d'Ivoire	2	2	0	0	44	19	+25	6
Morocco	2	1	0	1	9	30	-21	4
Tunisia	2	0	0	2	21	25	-4	2

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Tunisia	16 - 19	Côte d'Ivoire
	Tunisia	5 - 6	Morocco
	Côte d'Ivoire	25 - 3	Morocco

[edit] Round 2

Final Qualifying Group

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	0	1	39	39	0	7
Namibia	3	1	1	1	53	49	+4	6
Morocco	3	1	1	1	42	46	-4	6
Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	51	51	0	3

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Namibia	25 - 20	Zimbabwe
	Morocco	17 - 9	Côte d'Ivoire
	Morocco	9 - 21	Zimbabwe
	Côte d'Ivoire	13 - 12	Namibia
	Côte d'Ivoire	17 - 10	Zimbabwe
	Morocco	16 - 16	Namibia

Côte d'Ivoire Qualified for the World Cup

[edit] Americas

[edit] Round 1

South

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Argentina	3	3	0	0	140	20	+120	9
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	91	28	+63	7
Paraguay	3	1	0	2	31	142	-111	5
Chile	3	0	0	3	37	109	-72	3

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Chile	24 - 25	Paraguay
	Paraguay	3 - 67	Uruguay
	Uruguay	14 - 6	Chile
	Argentina	70 - 7	Chile
	Argentina	51 - 3	Paraguay
	Uruguay	10 - 19	Argentina

North

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Bermuda	3 - 60	United States

[edit] Round 2

Final Qualifying Round

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	United States	22 - 28	Argentina
	Argentina	16 - 11	United States

Argentina Qualified for the World Cup 44-33 on Aggregate

[edit] Asia

[edit] Round 1

Group A

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Japan	3	3	0	0	226	17	+209	9
Taiwan	3	2	0	1	53	80	-27	7
Malaysia	3	1	0	2	47	144	-97	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	30	115	-85	3

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Japan	56 - 5	Taiwan
	Japan	67 - 3	Sri Lanka
	Malaysia	23 - 18	Sri Lanka
	Malaysia	15 - 23	Taiwan
	Malaysia	9 - 103	Japan
	Taiwan	25 - 9	Sri Lanka

Group B

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Korea	3	3	0	0	183	33	+150	9
Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	274	41	+233	7
Thailand	3	1	0	2	82	163	-81	5
Singapore	3	0	0	3	21	323	-302	3

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Korea	28 - 17	Hong Kong
	Korea	90 - 3	Singapore
	Thailand	69 - 5	Singapore
	Hong Kong	93 - 0	Thailand
	Korea	65 - 13	Thailand
	Hong Kong	164 - 13	Singapore

[edit] Round 2

Finals

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
3rd Place Final
	Hong Kong	80 - 26	Taiwan
Qualification Final
	Japan	26 - 11	Korea

Japan Qualified for the World Cup

[edit] Europe

[edit] Prelimary Round

West Group

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	17	8	+9	6
Denmark	2	1	0	1	8	6	+2	4
Andorra	2	1	0	1	3	14	-11	2
Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
1st October 1992	Andorra	3 - 0	Denmark	Andorra La Vella
29th October 1992	Denmark	8 - 3	Switzerland	Andorra La Vella
31st October 1992	Andorra	0 - 14	Switzerland	Andorra La Vella

Luxembourg withdrew from group

Central Group

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Israel	1	1	0	0	67	8	+59	3
Hungary	1	0	0	1	8	67	-59	1
Yugoslavia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Hungary	8 - 67	Israel	Budapest, Hungary

Yugoslavia were banned from qualification process due to the political situation in the country at the time.

[edit] Round 1

West Group

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Spain	3	3	0	0	144	21	+123	9
Portugal	3	2	0	1	55	40	+15	7
Belgium	3	1	0	2	51	78	-27	5
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	3	112	-109	3

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Spain	40 - 0	Switzerland
	Portugal	8 - 3	Belgium
	Spain	67 - 6	Belgium
	Portugal	32 - 0	Switzerland
	Portugal	15 - 37	Spain
	Belgium	42 - 3	Switzerland

Central Group

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	129	112	+117	9
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	68	49	+19	7
Sweden	3	1	0	2	39	75	-36	5
Israel	3	0	0	3	10	110	-100	3

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Sweden	26 - 10	Israel
	Netherlands	42 - 6	Czech Republic
	Netherlands	56 - 0	Israel
	Czech Republic	34 - 7	Sweden
	Netherlands	31 - 6	Sweden
	Czech Republic	28 - 0	Israel

East Group A

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Russia	2	2	0	0	56	14	+42	6
Poland	2	1	0	1	28	47	-19	4
Georgia	2	0	0	2	15	38	-23	2

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Russia	15 - 9	Georgia	Sopot, Poland
	Poland	23 - 6	Georgia	Sopot, Poland
29th May 1993	Poland	5 - 41	Russia	Gdansk, Poland

East Group B

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Germany	2	2	0	0	58	10	+48	6
Latvia	2	1	0	1	12	33	-21	4
Lithuania	2	0	0	2	11	38	-27	2

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
1st May 1993	Germany	31 - 5	Lithuania	Berlin, Germany
8th May 1993	Latvia	5 - 27	Germany	Riga, Latvia
29th May 1993	Lithuania	6 - 7	Latvia	Siauliai, Lithuania

[edit] Round 2

West Group

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Wales	2	2	0	0	156	11	+145	6
Spain	2	1	0	1	35	73	-38	4
Portugal	2	0	0	2	30	137	-107	2

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Portugal	11 - 102	Wales
	Spain	0 - 54	Wales
	Spain	35 - 19	Portugal

Central Group

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Italy	2	2	0	0	167	17	+150	6
Netherlands	2	1	0	1	44	72	-28	4
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	17	139	-122	2

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Netherlands	35 - 9	Czech Republic
	Italy	104 - 8	Czech Republic
	Italy	63 - 9	Netherlands

East Group

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Romania	2	2	0	0	90	6	+84	6
Russia	2	1	0	1	69	35	+34	4
Germany	2	0	0	2	11	129	-118	2

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
2nd May 1994	Romania	60 - 6	Germany	Bucharest, Romania
4th May 1994	Russia	69 - 5	Germany	Bucharest, Romania
	Romania	30 - 0	Russia	Bucharest, Romania

[edit] Round 3

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Wales	2	2	0	0	45	28	+17	6
Italy	2	1	0	1	43	35	+8	4
Romania	2	0	0	2	15	40	-25	2

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Wales	16 - 9	Romania
	Italy	24 - 6	Romania
	Wales	29 - 19	Italy

Wales Qualified for World Cup as Europe 1

Italy Qualified for World Cup as Europe 2

Romania Qualified for World Cup as Europe 3

[edit] Oceania

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
	Fiji	11 - 24