1991 Rugby World Cup qualifying

Rugby qualifying competition September 2020 1987 1991 33 1995 For the 1991 Rugby World Cup, 16 nations participated in the finals tournament, half of which came through qualifying matches, and the other were granted automatic entry as they were quarter-finalists at the 1987 Rugby World Cup. The 25 teams taking part in regional qualifiers together with the 8 teams which qualified automatically brings to 33 the total number of teams participating in the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Qualified teams Africa ZIM (Africa 1) Europe ENG (automatic qualifier) FRA (automatic qualifier) IRE (automatic qualifier) ITA (Europe 1) ROU (Europe 2) SCO (automatic qualifier) WAL (automatic qualifier)Americas ARG alt (Americas 2) CAN (Americas 1) USA (Americas 3) Oceania and Asia AUS (automatic qualifier) FIJ (automatic qualifier) JPN (Oceania/Asia 2) NZL (automatic qualifier) SAM Western Samoa (Oceania/Asia 1) Automatic qualifiers The five tournament hosts, as well as all quarter-finalists from the previous (1987) Rugby World Cup, automatically qualified for the final tournament. ENG (quarter-finalist and host) FIJ (quarter-finalist) IRE (quarter-finalist and host) SCO (quarter-finalist and host) AUS (semi-finalist) WAL (semi-finalist and host) FRA (finalist and host) NZL (champions) Regional qualifiers Africa ZIM (Africa 1) Europe ITA (Europe 1) ROU (Europe 2) Asia and Oceania In qualification for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, Asia and Oceania were combined. The qualifying round-robin tournament was played in Japan in April 1990. The top two teams (Western Samoa and Japan) qualified for the finals and were allocated to Pool 3 and Pool 2, respectively. SAM Western Samoa (Asia 1) JPN (Asia 2) Standings TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferencePointsSAM Western Samoa330012321 +1029JPN32016563 +27TON31026462 +25KOR300339145−1063 Results 8 April 1990 JPN Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground, Tokyo TON 28–16 8 April 1990 KOR Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground, Tokyo WSM 7–74 11 April 1990 JPN Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground, Tokyo KOR 26–10 11 April 1990 TON Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground, Tokyo WSM 3–12 15 April 1990 JPN Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground, Tokyo WSM 11–37 15 April 1990 KOR Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground, Tokyo TON 22–45 Americas Three nations from the Americas competed in qualifying matches for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Because the Americas region had three places at the 1991 Rugby World Cup, all three participating countries from the Americas—Argentina, Canada and the United States—qualified for the finals tournament, with the qualifying tournament deciding to which pool each team would be allocated at the finals. CAN (Americas 1) ARG alt (Americas 2) USA (Americas 3) Standings TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferencePointsCAN43016738 +2910ARG alt42025746 +118USA41032969–406 Results DateHomeScoreAwayVenue23 September 1989CAN21–3USAVarsity Stadium, Toronto8 November 1989ARG alt23–6USA José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires30 March 1990CAN15–6ARG altBurnaby Lake Sports Complex, Vancouver7 April 1990USA6–13ARG altSanta Barbara, United States9 June 1990USA14–12CANChief Stealth, Seattle16 June 1990ARG alt15–19CANJosé Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires Canada, Argentina and the United States qualified for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, with Canada allocated to Pool 4, Argentina to Pool 3 and the United States to Pool 2. See also Africa qualification European qualification Americas qualification Asia and Oceania qualification External links Rugbyworldcup.com