2015 Rugby World Cup – repechage qualification

thumb|Uruguay vs Russia For the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying, there were three inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final qualification spot to the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The process ended with the 20th and final team to qualify for the World Cup. Four teams, the best non-qualifier from each region except Oceania, competed for the last place at the Rugby World Cup finals in England.http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/repechage/index.html RWC 2015 Repechage Playoff Chart 2012-09-22 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120918094033/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/repechage/index.html 2012-09-18 Uruguay won the final play, thus becoming the 20th qualifier for the World Cup and joined hosts England, Australia, Wales and Fiji in Pool A. Format The play-off was contested on a knockout basis, with one-game semi-finals and a two-legged home and away final. One semi-final featured the third place team from European qualification and the second place team from African qualification. The other saw the third placed team from the Americas qualification and the second place team from the Asia qualification. The host of each semi-final was the team with the higher IRB Ranking at the moment it became known who the two teams were. Teams Confederation Placement Team Africa Round Three runner-up ZIM (27) Americas Round Three third URU (19) Asia Round Three runner-up HKG (23) Europe Round Six winner RUS (20) Matches Preliminary round The first match was contested between Russia and Zimbabwe, and the second match between Uruguay and Hong Kong. Upon completion of African qualifying on July 6, Russia outranked Zimbabwe 20th to 27th and thus earned the right to host. Likewise, upon completion of Asian qualifying on May 25, Uruguay outranked Hong Kong 20th to 23rd to earn the right to host. 2 August 2014 19:00 KRAT (UTC+08) RUS 23–15 Statshttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match=14766/index.html Official RWC 2015 Site www.rugbyworldcup.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140811183112/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14766/index.html 2014-08-11 ZIM Klyuchnikov 7' mSimplikevich 24' mGresev 51' c Kushnarev (1/3) 52' Kushnarev (2/3) 2', 73' Groenewald 27' cChitokwindo 78' m Cronjé (1/2) 28' Cronjé (1/3) 48' Central Stadium, Krasnoyarsk 6,500http://redyarsk.ru/articles/detail.php?id=5388 Музыка сумбура redyarsk.ru 14 September 2017 Nigel Owens (Wales) Team details FB 15Igor KlyuchnikovRW 14Mikhail BabaevOC 13Vasily ArtemyevIC 12Alexei MakovetskiyLW 11Denis Simplikevich 76FH 10Yuri KushnarevSH 9 Alexander Yanyushkin 44 50N8 8 Viktor Gresev 59 65OF 7 Andrei TemnovBF 6 Andrei Garbuzov 76RL 5 Andrei Ostrikov 44LL 4 Alexander Voytov (c)TP 3 Andrei Igretsov 55 65HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze 76LP 1 Grigory TsnobiladzeReplacements:HK 16Stanislav Selskiy 76PR 17Innokenty Zykov 59LK 18Artem Fatakhov 44FL 19Pavel Butenko 76CE 20Igor Galinovskiy 76SH 21Alexey Shcherban 44 50FH 22Ramil GaisinCoach:FRA Raphaël Saint-André FB 15Danny RobertsonRW 14Tafadzwa ChitokwindoOC 13Riann O'NeillIC 12Daniel Hondo (c)LW 11Shayne MakombeFH 10Guy Cronje 50 64SH 9 Hilton Mudariki 65N8 8 Lambert GroenewaldOF 7 Jacques LeitaoBF 6 Graeme Lawler 59RL 5 Sanele Sibanda 74LL 4 Jan Ferreira 40TP 3 Kevin Nqindi 65HK 2 Keith Murray 65LP 1 Pieter JoubertReplacements:HK 16Matthew Mandioma 65PR 17Lawrence Cleminson 65FL 18Takunda Chifokoyo 59FL 19Fortunate Chipendu 40N8 20Kingsley Lang 74SH 21Peter du Toit 65FH 22Lenience Tambwera 50 64Coach:ZIM Brendon Dawson Touch judges: Sean Brickell (Wales) Wayne Davies (Wales) 2 August 2014 15:45 UYT (UTC-03) URU 28–3 Statshttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match=14765/index.html Official RWC 2015 Site www.rugbyworldcup.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140811183428/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14765/index.html 2014-08-11 HKG Berchesi 69' mMagno 80' m Ormaechea (5/8) 3', 28', 57', 67', 74'Berchesi (1/1) 43' McAdam (1/1) 13' Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo 5,000 Federico Anselmi (Argentina) Team details FB 15Gastón MieresRW 14Santiago Gibernau 69OC 13Joaquín PradaIC 12Alberto RománLW 11Jerónimo EtcheverryFH 10Felipe BerchesiSH 9 Agustín OrmaecheaN8 8 Alejandro Nieto 77OF 7 Diego MagnoBF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara 67RL 5 Mathias Palomeque 55LL 4 Franco Lamanna 76TP 3 Oscar Durán 61HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach (c) 61LP 1 Alejo Corral 73Replacements:HK 16Arturo Avalo 61PR 17Carlos Arboleya 61PR 18Rodolfo De Mula 73FL 19Santiago Vilaseca 55LK 20Cristofer Soares De Lima 76FL 21Juan de Freitas 67SH 22Guillermo Lijtenstein 69FH 23Alejo Durán 58Coach:URU Pablo Lemoine FB 15Alex McQueenRW 14Salom Yiu Kam Shing 47OC 13Lloyd JonesIC 12Jake PhelpsLW 11Rowan VartyFH 10Chris McAdam 76SH 9 Jaime Hood 76N8 8 Pale Tauti 61OF 7 Matt LammingBF 6 Nick Hewson (c) 66RL 5 Jack DelaforceLL 4 Paul Dywer 67TP 3 James Cooper 79HK 2 Alex Harris 61LP 1 Leon Wei Hon Sum 51Replacements:HK 16Tom Bolland 61PR 17Jack BennettPR 18Phil Leung Chun Hon 79FL 19Bill Brant 67FL 20Alex Baddeley 61CE 21Niall Rowark 76SH 22Charles Cheung Ho Ning 76WG 23Tom McQueen 47Coach:SCO Andrew Hall Touch judges: UAR Appt (Argentina) UAR Appt (Argentina) Television match official: Qualification round The final stage of the Repechage qualification, and Rugby World Cup qualification, was a two-legged series between Russia and Uruguay. As Uruguay were the higher ranked team upon completion of the preliminary round, they traveled to Russia for the first leg and host the second. Uruguay won the series with an aggregate score of 57–49. Russia 49–57 Uruguay 22–21 27–36 First leg 27 September 2014 16:00 KRAT (UTC+08) RUS 22–21 Statshttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match=14783/index.html Official RWC 2015 Site www.rugbyworldcup.com https://archive.today/20140927180807/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match=14783/index.html 2014-09-27 URU G. Tsnobiladze 39' c Kushnarev (1/1) 40' Kushnarev (5/5) 2', 20', 33', 53', 66' Berchesi (7/9) 4', 18', 26', 37', 56', 60', 63' Central Stadium, Krasnoyarsk 4,000 George Clancy (Ireland) Team details FB 15Vasily ArtemyevRW 14Mikhail Babaev 61OC 13Dimitry Gerasimov 75IC 12Alexei MakovetskiyLW 11Vladimir OstroushkoFH 10Yuri KushnarevSH 9 Alexander Yanyushkin 68N8 8 Viktor GresevOF 7 Andrei GarbuzovBF 6 Andrei Temnov 77RL 5 Kirill KuleminLL 4 Alexander Voytov (c) 50TP 3 Evgeni Pronenko 50HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze 72LP 1 Grigory TsnobiladzeReplacements:HK 16Vladislav Korshunov 72PR 17Andrei Igretsov 63 50FL 18Andrei Ostrikov 50FL 19Pavel Butenko 77WG 20Denis Simplikevich 75SH 21Ruslan Yagudin 68FB 22Ramil GaisinCoach:FRA Raphaël Saint-André FB 15Gastón MieresRW 14Santiago GibernauOC 13Joaquín PradaIC 12Alberto RománLW 11Jerónimo Etcheverry 75FH 10Felipe BerchesiSH 9 Agustín OrmaecheaN8 8 Alejandro NietoOF 7 Diego Magno 75BF 6 Juan Manuel GaminaraRL 5 Rodrigo Capó OrtegaLL 4 Santiago Vilaseca 62TP 3 Oscar Durán 53HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach (c) 77LP 1 Alejo CorralReplacements:HK 16Arturo Ávalo 77PR 17Carlos Arboleya 53LK 18Franco Lamanna 78LK 19Mathias Palomeque 62FL 20Juan de Freitas 75WG 21Leandro LeivasSH 22Alejo DuránCoach:URU Pablo Lemoine Touch judges: David Wilkinson (Ireland) Olly Hodges (Ireland) Television match official: Simon McDowell (Ireland) Second leg 11 October 2014 15:45 UYT (UTC-03) URU 36–27 Statshttp://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match=14784/index.html Official RWC 2015 Site www.rugbyworldcup.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141018175455/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D14784/index.html 2014-10-18 RUS Prada 45' cCorral 54' cOrmaechea 63' c Berchesi (3/3) 46', 55', 64' Berchesi (5/6) 14', 19', 32', 34', 77' Yanyushkin 38' mArtemyev 72' c Kushnarev (1/2) 73' Kushnarev (5/6) 10', 21', 24', 36', 45' Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo 14,000 Romain Poite (France) Team details FB 15Gastón MieresRW 14Santiago Gibernau 48OC 13Joaquín PradaIC 12Alberto RománLW 11Jerónimo Etcheverry 71FH 10Felipe BerchesiSH 9 Agustín OrmaecheaN8 8 Alejandro Nieto 64OF 7 Diego MagnoBF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara 73RL 5 Rodrigo Capó OrtegaLL 4 Santiago Vilaseca 45TP 3 Oscar Durán 45HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach (c) 60LP 1 Alejo CorralReplacements:HK 16Arturo Ávalo 60PR 17Carlos Arboleya 68 45LK 18Franco Lamanna 64LK 19Mathias Palomeque 45FL 20Juan de Freitas 73WG 21Leandro Leivas 48SH 22Alejo Durán 71Coach:URU Pablo Lemoine FB 15Vasily ArtemyevRW 14Denis Simplikevich 66OC 13Mikhail BabaevIC 12Dimitry GerasimovLW 11Vladimir OstroushkoFH 10Yuri KushnarevSH 9 Alexander Yanyushkin 76N8 8 Viktor GresevOF 7 Andrei OstrikovBF 6 Andrei Temnov 70RL 5 Kirill KuleminLL 4 Alexander Voytov (c) 55TP 3 Andrei Igretsov 31 47HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze 57LP 1 Grigory TsnobiladzeReplacements:HK 16Vladislav Korshunov 57PR 17Evgeni Pronenko 47FL 18Andrei Garbuzov 55FL 19Pavel Butenko 70WG 20Igor KlyuchnikovSH 21Alexey Shcherban 76FB 22Ramil GaisinCoach:FRA Raphaël Saint-André Man of the Match: Agustín Ormaechea (Uruguay) Touch judges: Juan Sylvestre (Argentina) Francisco Pastrana (Argentina) Television match official: Santiago Borsani (Argentina) References External links Rugby World Cup Repechage qualification 2015 repechage Category:2014 in Russian rugby union Category:2014 in Zimbabwean sport Category:2014 in Uruguayan sport Category:2014 in Hong Kong sport