1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying
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| Dates | 1995 – 1999 |
| No. of nations | 71 |
← 1995 2003 → | |
The 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying was held in several continental zones. Four countries qualified automatically—Wales as tournament hosts, South Africa as reigning champions, New Zealand as runners-up in the previous tournament, and France as winners of the third-place playoff in the previous tournament. Repechage was first introduced for the 1999 competition qualifying.[1][2][3]
Tournaments
[edit]- Africa Qualification
- European Qualification
- Americas qualification
- Asia qualification
- Oceania qualification
- Repechage
Qualified teams
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Automatic qualifiers
[edit]Only the tournament hosts, as well as the two finalists and the third-place winner from the previous Rugby World Cup, were automatically qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
France (Third place)
New Zealand (Runner-up)
South Africa (Champion)
Wales (Host)
Regional qualifiers
[edit]Africa
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Namibia (Africa 1)
Europe
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England (Europe 1)
Ireland (Europe 2)
Scotland (Europe 3)
Italy (Europe 4)
Romania (Europe 5)
Spain (Europe 6)
Asia
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Japan (Asia 1)
Americas
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Argentina (Americas 1)
Canada (Americas 2)
United States (Americas 3)
Uruguay (Repechage 2)
Oceania
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Australia (Oceania 1)
Fiji (Oceania 2)
Western Samoa (Oceania 3)
Tonga (Repechage 1)
References
[edit]- ^ "1999 World Cup Qualifiers". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 1 September 1996. Archived from the original on 3 May 2004.
- ^ "1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Results". ESPN Scrum. 1 September 1996.
- ^ "1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Points Tables". ESPN Scrum. 1 September 1996.