1999 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification

For the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, the Oceanian Federation was allocated three places in the final tournament and one place in the repechage. Seven teams played in the Oceania qualifiers that were held over three stages from 1996 to 1998. Australia, Fiji and Western Samoa were the top three sides and secured their places as Oceania 1, Oceania 2 and Oceania 3, respectively, for RWC 99. Tonga qualified for the repechage tournament. Round 1 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 COK PNG TAH 2 0 0 62 19 1 0 1 111 28 0 0 2 6 132 Cook Islands Papua New Guinea Tahiti po green1 Advance to Second round 20 February 1997 ESPNscrum 22 November 1996 Cook Islands 22–19 Papua New Guinea Report Avarua Tereora Stadium, Rarotonga (Cook Islands) 8 February 1997 Papua New Guinea 92–6 Tahiti Report Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) 20 February 1997 Tahiti 0–40 Cook Islands Report Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Papeete (French Polynesia) Round 2 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 FIJ TON COK 2 0 0 73 17 1 0 1 78 32 0 0 2 19 121 Fiji Tonga Cook Islands green1 Advance to Third round po po 5 July 1997 ESPNscrum 21 June 1997 Fiji 20–10 Tonga Report LasagavibauN. LittleTuilevu N. Little N. Little Uhi Tonga Afeaki National Stadium, Suva (Fiji) Glenn Wahlstrom (New Zealand) 27 June 1997 Cook Islands 7–53 Fiji Report LasagavibauL. LittleMocelutu (3)RaiwaluiTawakeJone Waqabitu N. Little (5) N. Little Avarua Tereora Stadium, Rarotonga (Cook Islands) Steve Walsh (New Zealand) 5 July 1997 Tonga 68–12 Cook Islands Report Faka'osi'folauMolitikaNgauamoTatafu (2)Taumalolo (3)Tonga, Tu'ipulotu Tonga (9) Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nukuʻalofa (Tonga) Stuart Dickinson (Australia) Round 3 main WDL Q points 3 2 1 AUS AUS FIJ FIJ SAM SAM Western Samoa TON TON 3 0 0 165 33 2 0 1 78 99 1 0 2 59 71 0 0 3 35 134 #C0FFC0 A A A #ffffcc B complete DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue18 September 1998SAM Western Samoa28–20TONSydney, Australia18 September 1998AUS66–20FIJSydney, Australia22 September 1998FIJ26–18SAM Western SamoaCanberra, Australia22 September 1998AUS74–0TONCanberra, Australia26 September 1998AUS25–13SAM Western SamoaBrisbane, Australia26 September 1998FIJ32–15TONBrisbane, Australia Australia, Fiji, and Western Samoa qualified for RWC 1999, Tonga qualified for the 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 Oceania Category:1996 in Oceanian rugby union Category:1997 in Oceanian rugby union Category:1998 in Oceanian rugby union