2014 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying

July 2024 2014 Rugby World Cup qualifying 2010 2014 26 2010 2017 The qualification process for the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup began on 5 February 2012. A total of 12 teams will qualify for the tournament, which will be held in France http://www.rwcwomens.com/mediazone/mediarelease/newsid=2066385.html WRWC 2014 dates and venues announced IRB 2 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903095248/http://www.rwcwomens.com/mediazone/mediarelease/newsid=2066385.html 3 September 2014 dead between 1 and 17 August 2014. Qualification process Following WRWC 2010, six teams received an automatic qualification berth - these berths being given the top 3 teams (New Zealand, England, and Australia), the hosts (France), Canada, and the United States. The remaining six berths for the tournament will be awarded through regional tournaments. The non-automatic qualification process began on 5 February 2012. Twenty teams competed in over 49 matches to win one of the six remaining places at the 2014 tournament. Regional qualification There will be 12 nations participating in the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. Six teams have automatically qualified by virtue of their performance at the prior Rugby World Cup, leaving six teams to qualify through regional matches. Regional Qualification began on 5 February 2012, during the first round of the 2012 Women's Six Nations Championship. In all, 26 national teams have been involved in the 2014 World Cup - six as automatic qualifiers and 20 as entrants in the qualification rounds. Region Automatic qualifiers Teams in qualifying process Qualifying places Qualified teams World Cup pools Africa (CAR) 0 3 1 RSA C Americas (NACRA/CONSUR) 2 0 0 CAN (AQ)USA (AQ) AB Asia (ARFU) 0 7 1 KAZ B Europe (FIRA-AER) 2 10 4 ENG (AQ)FRA (AQ)IRESAM *ESPWAL ACBAAC Oceania (FORU) 2 0 0 AUS (AQ)NZL (AQ) CB TOTAL 6 20 6 * Samoa, despite being from Oceania, qualified through the European tournament. African Qualification Round One The initial round of African qualification was the annual, two game, Elgon Cup tournament between Kenya and Uganda. Each team won their home games, however Uganda won on point aggregate. 15 June 2013 KEN 18–17 UGA Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi 22 June 2013 UGA 13–8 KEN Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala One game each. UGA win the Elgon Cup 30–26 on aggregate Round Two South Africa played a single game against the Round One winners, Uganda. South Africa won easily, and secured qualification to the World Cup. 7 September 2013 RSA 63–3 UGA East London, Eastern Cape Americas Qualification Canada and the United States automatically qualified. Asian Qualification 2013 Asia Women's Four Nations The winner of the 2013 ARFU Asian Four Nations, Kazakhstan, qualified directly. Round One Singapore won the 2012 ARFU D2. They were promoted to D1 and were eligible to qualify 14 June 2012 LAO 0 SIN 74 14 June 2012 PHI 18 THA 50 16 June 2012 SIN 21 THA 19 Round Two Kazakhstan defeated tough competition to win the 2013 ARFU A4N and qualify directly. 4 September 2013 JPN 82 HKG 0 4 September 2013 KAZ 91 SIN 5 7 September 2013 #ccffcc KAZ 25 JPN 23 European Qualification France automatically qualified by virtue of being hosts. England automatically qualified by finishing second in the 2010 tournament. In addition, there were four other places available for European countries. (Samoa participated in the European qualification) Round One 2012 Women's Six Nations Championship 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship The top two teams from the combined 2012 and 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship, Ireland and Wales, qualify directly. The remaining two teams, Italy and Scotland, proceed to Round Three. Position Nation Games Points Tablepoints Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Tries 1 IRE 10 8 0 2 197 67 130 25 16 2 WAL 10 4 0 6 105 192 -86 16 8 3 ITA 10 3 0 7 94 225 -131 9 6 4 SCO 10 0 0 10 15 342 -327 2 0 Round Two 2012 Women's European Championship The top two teams from the 2012 Women's European Championship (Group B) proceed to Round Three. 3 May 2012 FIN 0 NED 105 3 May 2012 RUS 0 SWE 67 7 May 2012 SWE 10 NED 3 Round Three 2013 Women's European Qualification Tournament The four teams from the previous two rounds, plus Spain and Samoa, competed in a tournament. The top two teams, Spain and Samoa, qualified. Position Nation Games Match points Bonus points Tablepoints Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Tries (4+) Losing (≤7) 1 ESP 3 3 0 0 171 7 3 0 15 2 SAM 3 2 0 1 84 69 3 0 11 3 SCO 3 2 0 1 95 42 2 0 10 4 ITA 3 2 0 1 99 62 1 0 9 5 NED 3 0 0 3 21 138 0 0 0 6 SWE 3 0 0 3 8 147 0 0 0 Oceanic Qualification New Zealand and Australia automatically qualified by finishing first and third respectively in the 2010 tournament. Samoa qualified through the European qualification. Sources External links . RWCWomens.com Category:2014 Women's Rugby World Cup Category:2012 in women's rugby union Category:2013 in women's rugby union