1991 Rugby World Cup – European qualification

none 30 April 1989 7 October 1990 14 1995 In 1989–1990, 14 European teams competed for the two available positions in the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Preliminary Pool 1 (played in France) {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Difference !width=40|Points |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| SWE |3||3||0||0||98||25||+63||9 |- align=center |align=left| DEN |3||2||0||1||42||57||-15||7 |- align=center |align=left| SUI |3||1||0||2||49||74||-25||5 |- align=center |align=left| ISR |3||0||0||3||31||64||-33||3 |} 30 April 1989 ISR 15 - 22 CHE Chinon 30 April 1989 DNK 0 - 39 SWE Chinon 2 May 1989 DNK 26 - 12 CHE Tours 2 May 1989 ISR 10 - 26 SWE Tours 4 May 1989 SWE 33 - 15 CHE Loches 4 May 1989 DNK 16 - 6 ISR Tours Pool 2 Round 1 9 September 1989 CSK 23 - 6 YUG Vyškov Round 2 17 September 1989 FRG 6 - 12 NLD Heidelberg 1 October 1989 CSK 13 - 15 PRT Říčany Round 3 8 October 1989 NLD 32 - 3 PRT Metz Preliminary final 15 October 1989 NLD 24 - 3 SWE Copenhagen Round 2 Final Standings {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Difference !width=40|Points |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| ESP |3||3||0||0||110||30||+80||9 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| NED |3||2||0||1||80||68||+12||7 |- align=center |align=left| POL |3||1||0||2||61||79||-18||5 |- align=center |align=left| BEL |3||0||0||3||41||115||-74||3 |} 29 October 1989 ESP 29 - 15 NLD Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 29 October 1989 BEL 23 - 25 POL Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 1 November 1989 ESP 23 - 9 POL Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 1 November 1989 BEL 12 - 32 NLD Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 5 November 1989 ESP 58 - 6 BEL Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 5 November 1989 NLD 33 - 27 POL Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid Round 3 Final Standings {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Difference !width=40|Points |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| ITA |3||3||0||0||83||38||+45||9 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| ROM |3||2||0||1||85||42||+43||7 |- align=center |align=left| ESP |3||1||0||2||34||61||-27||5 |- align=center |align=left| NED |3||0||0||3||30||91||-61||3 |} 30 September 1990 ITA 30 - 6 ESP Stadio Battaglini, Rovigo 30 September 1990 NLD 7 - 45 ROU Monigo, Treviso 3 October 1990 ROU 19 - 6 ESP Stadio Plebiscito, Padua 3 October 1990 ITA 24 - 11 NLD Monigo, Treviso 7 October 1990 NLD 12 - 22 ESP Stadio Battaglini, Rovigo 7 October 1990 ITA 29 - 21 ROU Stadio Plebiscito, Padua ITA and ROM qualified to 1991 Rugby World Cup, Pool 1 and Pool 4, respectively. Bibliography it Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) 88-87374-40-6. it Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999). 1991 European Category:1989–90 in European rugby union Category:1990–91 in European rugby union