1999 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification

The Asian Rugby Football Union was allotted one place in the 1999 Rugby World Cup by direct qualification (Asia 1) and one place in the repechage tournament. Eight teams participated in the qualification tournament for Asia which was held in three stages. The first two stages (Rounds 1 and 2) were played in 1997 and the last stage (Round 3) was played in 1998. 3 The three lowest ranked sides played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away), with top placed team progressing to the next round and the other two teams dropping out. Rounds two was played in a similar fashion – the three lowest ranked remaining sides (i.e. the winner of the previous round and the next two lowest ranked teams) played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away). The final stage changed the pattern in that the top two teams from round three progressed to round four, and all matches were played in Singapore. A four team single round robin was played and Japan secured their (Asia 1) qualification for RWC 1999 as the top placed side, with korea in second place progressing to the repechage. Round 1 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 SRI SRI THA THA SIN SIN 2 0 0 48 30 1 0 1 31 41 0 0 2 26 34 #C0FFC0 A complete DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue1 February 1997Singapore11–16ThailandSingapore15 February 1997Thailand15–30Sri LankaBangkok, Thailand19 April 1997Sri Lanka18–15SingaporeKuala Lumpur, Malaysia Round 2 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 TPE TPE SRI SRI MAS MAS 2 0 0 82 40 1 0 1 64 46 0 0 2 28 88 #C0FFC0 A complete DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue29 November 1997Malaysia15–37Sri LankaKuala Lumpur, Malaysia20 December 1997Chinese Taipei51–13MalaysiaTaipei, Republic of China17 January 1998Sri Lanka27–31Chinese TaipeiBangkok, Thailand Round 3 All round 3 games were held in Singapore. main WDL Q points 3 2 1 JPN JPN KOR KOR TPE TPE HKG HKG 3 0 0 221 25 1 0 2 104 81 1 0 2 57 227 1 0 2 39 88 #C0FFC0 A #ffffcc B complete DateTeam #1ScoreTeam No. 224 October 1998South Korea12–40Japan24 October 1998Chinese Taipei30–12Hong Kong27 October 1998Japan134–6Chinese Taipei27 October 1998Hong Kong20–11South Korea31 October 1998Chinese Taipei21–81South Korea31 October 1998Hong Kong7–47Japan Japan qualified for RWC 1999, South Korea qualified for repechage. References 1 September 1996 1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Results ESPN Scrum http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/series/18445.html?template=results 1 September 1996 1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Points Tables ESPN Scrum http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/series/18445.html?template=pointstable 1999 Asia Category:1997 in Asian rugby union Category:1998 in Asian rugby union