1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying

Rugby qualifying competition November 2020 1995 1999 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. Tournaments Africa Qualification European Qualification Americas qualification Asia qualification Oceania qualification Repechage Qualified teams Europe England (Europe 1) FRA (Automatic qualifier) Ireland (Europe 2) Italy (Europe 4) Romania (Europe 5) Scotland (Europe 3) Spain (Europe 6) WAL (Host) Africa RSA (Champion) NAM (Africa 1)Americas ARG (Americas 1) CAN (Americas 2) URU (Repechage 2) USA (Americas 3) Oceania AUS (Oceania 1) FIJ (Oceania 2) NZL (Automatic qualifier) SAM Western Samoa (Oceania 3) TON (Repechage 1) Asia JPN (Asia 1) Automatic qualifiers 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. FRA (Third place) NZL (Runner-up) RSA (Champion) WAL (Host) Regional qualifiers Africa NAM (Africa 1) Europe England (Europe 1) Ireland (Europe 2) Scotland (Europe 3) Italy (Europe 4) Romania (Europe 5) Spain (Europe 6) Asia JPN (Asia 1) Americas ARG (Americas 1) CAN (Americas 2) USA (Americas 3) URU (Repechage 2) Oceania AUS (Oceania 1) FIJ (Oceania 2) SAM Western Samoa (Oceania 3) TON (Repechage 1) 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 1 September 1996 1999 World Cup Qualifiers Sports Illustrated CNN http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rugby/world_cup/news/1998/09/27/wc_qualifiers_standings/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040503171636/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rugby/world_cup/news/1998/09/27/wc_qualifiers_standings/ 3 May 2004