1999 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification

For the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, the Americas were allocated three places in the final tournament and one place in the repechage. Eleven teams played in the American qualifiers that were held over four stages from 1996 to 1998. Argentina, Canada and United States were the top three sides and secured their places as Americas 1, Americas 2 and Americas 3, respectively, for RWC 99. Uruguay qualified for the repechage tournament. Round 1 Group 1 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 TRI TRI BRA BRA GUY GUY 1 0 0 41 0 0 0 1 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 #C0FFC0 A #ffcccc WD complete Guyana withdrew from the group. Match ResultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue11 November 1996TRI41–0BRAPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Group 2 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 BER BER BAH BAH BAR BAR 2 0 0 76 6 1 0 1 40 47 0 0 2 26 89 #C0FFC0 A complete DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue22 March 1997The Bahamas3–24BermudaNassau, The Bahamas5 April 1997Barbados23–37The BahamasBridgetown, Barbados19 April 1997Bermuda52–3BarbadosHamilton, Bermuda Round 2 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 CHL CHL BER BER TRI TRI 2 0 0 100 14 1 0 1 60 71 0 0 2 12 87 #C0FFC0 A complete DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue20 September 1997Trinidad and Tobago6–35ChilePort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago5 October 1997Bermuda52–6Trinidad and TobagoDevonshire Parish, Bermuda18 October 1997Chile65–8BermudaSantiago, Chile Round 3 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 URU URU CHL CHL PAR PAR 2 0 0 63 17 1 0 1 68 26 0 0 2 9 97 #C0FFC0 A complete DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue21 March 1998Chile54–6ParaguaySantiago, Chile28 March 1998Paraguay3–43UruguayAsunción, Paraguay4 April 1998Uruguay20–14ChileMontevideo, Uruguay Round 4 All round 4 matches were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. main WDL Q points 3 2 1 ARG ARG CAN CAN USA USA URU URU 3 0 0 161 52 2 0 1 97 83 1 0 2 59 99 0 0 3 31 114 #C0FFC0 A A A #ffffcc B complete DateTeam #1ScoreTeam No. 215 August 1998Uruguay15–38Canada15 August 1998Argentina52–24United States18 August 1998Canada31–14United States18 August 1998Argentina55–0Uruguay22 August 1998United States21–16Uruguay22 August 1998Argentina54–28Canada Argentina, Canada, and United States qualified for RWC 1999, Uruguay 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 Americas Category:1996 in South American rugby union Category:1997 in South American rugby union Category:1998 in South American rugby union Category:1996 in North American rugby union Category:1997 in North American rugby union Category:1998 in North American rugby union