1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying

Rugby tournament Of the twenty-four nations involved in 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens, nineteen were invited and five had to go through pre-tournament 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying. Four of the qualification places were won by Namibia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Spain who booked their places by reaching the semi-finals of one qualifying event in Sicily. Latvia won their place by beating Russia in the final of a mini-tournament staged in Moscow to decide who would replace the USSR, which had broken up since its invite to the world cup. The invited participants were Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Scotland, Tonga, South Africa, South Korea, USA, Wales and Western Samoa. Sicily (1992) Seventeen nations came to Catania, Sicily, in May 1992 (from 29th to 31st) to battle for four qualifying spots in the finals in 1993. They were divided into three groups, five in one and six in the other two. Taiwan, Namibia, Spain and Hong Kong were the successful qualifiers after three group stages and three knockout rounds.Sevens Explosion - World Cup History Part I: Dallaglio and co sweep to inaugural win http://ur7s.com/news/107 https://web.archive.org/web/20120224013455/http://ur7s.com/news/107 2012-02-24 dead 2009-06-17 The affair was complicated and confused. The group stages produced a situation where, by the transition from the second to the third groups, the lower ranked teams were better off losing to one another in order to face weaker opposition in stage 3. Also, the two teams with the best records leading into the quarter-finals, Namibia (played 8 won 8) and Zimbabwe (played 9 won 7, drawn 1, lost 1) ended up playing each other. Meanwhile, a Czechoslovak side that had won just one match made it to the quarterfinals at the expense of Tunisia that had won 5 of 9. Determination of Pool Winners: All matches in the tournament carry the following points A Win 3 points, A Draw 2 points, A Loss 1 point. The team with the greatest number of points at the end of preliminary rounds would declared the winner. if teams at this stage are level on points then the winner shall be: (a) the winner of the match in which tied teams played. (b) the team that scored the most tries throughout the Round . (c) the team which has conceded the fewest tries throughout the Round. (d) the total points scored by each team in all matches in the Round shall be divided by total points scored against each team and the team with the higher quotient shall be the winner. Teams eliminated on either group stage participated in the Etna Cup mini-tournament alongside an invitational Sicily side. The original groups were as follows: Group stage 1 Legend Advances to Group Stages 2 and 3 Eliminated to Etna Cup round 1 Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|NAM |4||4||0||0||122||6||+116||12 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|SWE |4||3||0||1||54||58||−4||10 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|POR |4||2||0||2||43||52||−9||8 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|POL |4||1||0||3||19||55||−36||6 |-bgcolor=ffcccc |align=left|GCC Arabian Gulf |4||0||0||4||22||89||−67||4 |} Matches 29 May 1992 NAM 18−0 POL 29 May 1992 POR 10−16 SWE 29 May 1992 POL 13−6 GCC Arabian Gulf 29 May 1992 NAM 24−6 POR 29 May 1992 SWE 16−10 GCC Arabian Gulf 29 May 1992 POL 6−9 POR 29 May 1992 NAM 38−0 SWE 29 May 1992 POR 18−6 GCC Arabian Gulf 29 May 1992 POL 0−22 SWE 29 May 1992 NAM 42−0 GCC Arabian Gulf Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|HKG 1959 |5||4||1||0||120||44||+76||14 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|ZIM |5||4||1||0||110||32||+78||14 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|BEL |5||3||0||2||66||78||−12||11 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|TCH |5||1||1||3||55||88||−33||8 |-bgcolor=ffcccc |align=left|SRI |5||1||0||4||40||103||−63||7 |-bgcolor=ffcccc |align=left|MAR |5||0||1||4||40||86||−46||6 |} Matches 29 May 1992 ZIM 10−10 HKG 1959 29 May 1992 BEL 10−0 MAR 29 May 1992 SRI 10−17 TCH 29 May 1992 ZIM 38−0 BEL 29 May 1992 HKG 1959 30−4 SRI 29 May 1992 MAR 12−12 TCH 29 May 1992 BEL 28−6 SRI 29 May 1992 ZIM 16−6 MAR 29 May 1992 HKG 1959 20−8 TCH 29 May 1992 MAR 6−16 SRI 29 May 1992 HKG 1959 28−6 BEL 29 May 1992 ZIM 24−12 TCH 29 May 1992 HKG 1959 32−16 MAR 29 May 1992 ZIM 22−4 SRI 29 May 1992 BEL 22−6 TCH Pool C {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|TAI |5||4||1||0||112||34||+78||14 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|ESP |5||4||0||1||78||46||+32||13 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|TUN |5||3||1||1||80||36||+44||12 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|GER |5||2||0||3||56||60||−4||9 |-bgcolor=ffcccc |align=left|MAS |5||0||1||4||38||100||−62||6 |-bgcolor=ffcccc |align=left|KEN |5||0||1||4||24||112||−88||6 |} Matches 29 May 1992 ESP 10−8 TUN 29 May 1992 TAI 12−6 GER 29 May 1992 MAS 12−12 KEN 29 May 1992 ESP 12−22 TAI 29 May 1992 TUN 22−0 MAS 29 May 1992 GER 22−6 KEN 29 May 1992 TAI 32−4 MAS 29 May 1992 ESP 14−0 GER 29 May 1992 TUN 22−0 KEN 29 May 1992 GER 14−12 MAS 29 May 1992 TUN 12−12 TAI 29 May 1992 ESP 22−6 KEN 29 May 1992 TUN 16−14 GER 29 May 1992 ESP 20−10 MAS 29 May 1992 TAI 34−0 KEN The 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifier Sevens Tournament from Hell by Doppo Domani, June 1992 http://02d4131.netsolhost.com/r7/7DoppoDomani.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20110714165749/http://02d4131.netsolhost.com/r7/7DoppoDomani.asp 2011-07-14 dead 2009-06-17 Group stage 2 Pool D {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left|NAM |2||2||0||0||52||14||+38||6 |- |align=left|HKG 1959 |2||1||0||1||22||40||−18||4 |- |align=left|TAI |2||0||0||2||22||42||−20||2 |} 30 May 1992 NAM 24−10 TAI 30 May 1992 NAM 28−4 HKG 1959 30 May 1992 HKG 1959 18−12 TAI Pool E {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left|ZIM |2||2||0||0||38||20||+18||6 |- |align=left|ESP |2||1||0||1||40||18||+22||4 |- |align=left|SWE |2||0||0||2||4||44||−40||2 |} 30 May 1992 SWE 0−24 ESP 30 May 1992 SWE 4−20 ZIM 30 May 1992 ZIM 18−16 ESP Pool F {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left|TUN |2||2||0||0||36||20||+16||6 |- |align=left|POR |2||1||0||1||28||24||+4||4 |- |align=left|BEL |2||0||0||2||16||36||−20||2 |} 30 May 1992 POR 10−18 TUN 30 May 1992 POR 18−6 BEL 30 May 1992 BEL 10−18 TUN Pool G {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left|GER |2||2||0||0||42||16||+26||6 |- |align=left|TCH |2||0||1||1||28||42||−14||3 |- |align=left|POL |2||0||1||1||12||24||−12||3 |} 30 May 1992 POL 0−12 GER 30 May 1992 POL 12−12 TCH 30 May 1992 TCH 16−30 GER Group stage 3 No team was eliminated from stage 2, just rearranged on new seedings that went into Pools H, I, L and M. These four pools of three teams each meant that each team had to play a further two matches and this process resulted in eight teams given a new seeding for the quarterfinals, with four teams eliminated, to play in the Etna Cup. Legend Advances to Knockout Round (semifinalists eligible for World Cup) Eliminated to Etna Cup Playoffs Pool H {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|NAM |2||2||0||0||46||4||+42||6 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|POR |2||1||0||1||16||30||−14||4 |-bgcolor=ffcccc |align=left|POL |2||0||0||2||6||34||−28||2 |} 30 May 1992 NAM 22−0 POL 30 May 1992 POR 12−6 POL 30 May 1992 NAM 24−4 POR Pool I {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|TAI |2||2||0||0||49||16||+33||6 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|TCH |2||0||1||1||20||40||−20||3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc |align=left|TUN |2||0||1||1||16||29||−13||3 |} 30 May 1992 TAI 30−10 TCH 30 May 1992 TUN 10−10 TCH 30 May 1992 TAI 19−6 TUN Pool L {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|HKG 1959 |2||2||0||0||56||0||+56||6 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|SWE |2||1||0||1||14||42||−28||4 |-bgcolor=ffcccc |align=left|GER |2||0||0||2||14||38||−28||2 |} 30 May 1992 HKG 1959 24−0 GER 30 May 1992 SWE 14−10 GER 30 May 1992 HKG 1959 32−0 SWE Pool M {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|ESP |2||2||0||0||40||12||+28||6 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left|ZIM |2||1||0||1||30||20||+10||4 |-bgcolor=ffcccc |align=left|BEL |2||0||0||2||4||42||−38||2 |} 30 May 1992 ZIM 18−4 BEL 30 May 1992 ESP 22−0 BEL 30 May 1992 ZIM 12−18 ESP Knockout round (31 May 1992) 31 May 1992 - Catania, Sicily NAM|16 ZIM 10 31 May 1992 - Catania, Sicily TAI|20 SWE 12 31 May 1992 - Catania, Sicily HKG 1959|26 TCH 06 31 May 1992 - Catania, Sicily ESP|10 POR 06 31 May 1992 - Catania, Sicily NAM|24 TAI 06 31 May 1992 - Catania, Sicily HKG 1959|14 ESP 12 31 May 1992 - Catania, Sicily NAM|26 HKG 1959 10 Etna Cup Hosts SicilyStage 1 Eliminated Teams GCC Arabian Gulf Morocco SRI Malaysia KENStage 2 Eliminated Teams POL TUN GER BEL Round 1 Etna Cup (30 May 1992) Pool A Morocco Malaysia GCC Arabian Gulf Results GCC Arabian Gulf 12 - 20 Malaysia Morocco 24 - 12 Malaysia GCC Arabian Gulf 18 - 06 Morocco Classification Morocco 4 points Malaysia 4 points GCC Arabian Gulf 4 pointsPool B Sicily KEN SRI Results Sicily 12 - 12 KEN SRI 00 - 24 KEN Sicily 34 - 00 SRI Classification Sicily 5 points KEN 5 points SRI 2 points Round 2 Etna Cup (31 May 1992) Quarter-finals KEN won POL lost TUN won Morocco lost Sicily won GER lost Malaysia 10 - 10 BEL (extra time 14–10) Semi-finals Sicily won Malaysia lost TUN won KEN lost Final Sicily won TUN lost The Sicilian team were completely fresh and faced opponents who in some cases had played nine draining games. Sicily entered Sunday having played a total of two games. The final was contested by Sicily and Tunisia. Although Tunisia led by 2 points when normal time expired, the Italian referee allowed play to continue until, in the fourteenth minute of the second half, the Sicilians scored. Former USSR representative Although the Soviet Union had originally been an invited team, it had subsequently collapsed and the former constituent nations, demanded their own qualifying event. This was held in Moscow where the Latvia team, in their first ever sporting event, overcame Ukraine and Kazakhstan to reach the final where they beat Russia to claim the last place in Edinburgh. LAT|20 GEO 1990 5 RUS|15 LTU 0 LAT|12 RUS 10 GEO 1990|19 LTU 0 References Category:Rugby World Cup Sevens qualification S