1999 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification

The Confederation of African Rugby was allotted one place in the 1999 Rugby World Cup by direct qualification (Africa 1) and one place in the repechage tournament. This was in addition to the automatic qualifying place granted to South Africa as champions of the 1995 tournament. Nine teams participated in the qualification tournament for Africa which was held in four stages. The first two stages (Rounds 1 and 2) were played in 1997 and the last two stages (Rounds 3 and 4) were 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 and three were 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 Rabat, Morocco. A four team single round robin was played and Namibia secured the (Africa 1) qualification for RWC 1999 as the top placed side, with Morocco in second place progressing to the repechage. Round 1 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 ARA Arabian Gulf ZAM ZAM BOT BOT 2 0 0 97 43 1 0 1 50 57 0 0 2 26 73 #ccffcc A complete Match ResultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue18 Apr 1997Arabian Gulf53–13BOTManama, Bahrain26 Apr 1997ZAM30–44Arabian GulfLuanshya, Zambia17 May 1997BOT13–20ZAMGaborone, Botswana Round 2 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 TUN TUN ARA Arabian Gulf KEN KEN 1 0 1 63 17 1 0 1 30 48 1 0 1 42 70 #C0FFC0 A complete DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue13 June 1997Arabian Gulf12–11TunisiaManama, Bahrain6 September 1997Kenya37–18Arabian GulfNairobi, Kenya20 September 1997Tunisia52–5KenyaTunis, Tunisia Round 3 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 ZIM ZIM NAM NAM TUN TUN 1 0 1 69 41 1 0 1 49 46 1 0 1 29 60 #C0FFC0 A A complete DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue4 April 1998Zimbabwe43–9TunisiaBulawayo, Zimbabwe18 April 1998Tunisia20–17NamibiaTunis, Tunisia9 May 1998Namibia32–26ZimbabweWindhoek, Namibia Round 4 All round 4 matches were held in Rabat, Morocco. main WDL Q points 3 2 1 NAM NAM MAR MAR ZIM ZIM CIV CIV 3 0 0 78 32 2 0 1 29 29 1 0 2 55 54 0 0 3 13 60 #C0FFC0 A #ffffcc B complete DateTeam #1ScoreTeam No. 212 September 1998Morocco15–9Zimbabwe12 September 1998Namibia22–10Côte d'Ivoire16 September 1998Zimbabwe32–0Côte d'Ivoire16 September 1998Morocco8–17Namibia19 September 1998Namibia39–14Zimbabwe19 September 1998Morocco6–3Côte d'Ivoire Namibia qualified for RWC 1999, Morocco 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 Africa Category:1997 in African rugby union Category:1998 in African rugby union