2003 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification

Rugby World Cup February 2022 January 2013 In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, a number of positions were available to Oceania nations. Fiji and Samoa qualified, joining automatic qualifiers Australia and New Zealand, while Tonga progressed to the repechage, where they faced South Korea. Round 1 The six teams in the "Small Islands" group were divided into Western and Eastern pools, comprising three teams each. The teams in each pool played each other in a single round robin, with the top team in each pool qualifying for round 3. Pool A (Eastern Zone) main WDL Q points 3 2 1 COK COK TAH TAH NIU NIU 2 0 0 114 8 1 0 1 41 92 0 0 2 14 69 #C0FFC0 A complete Date Home team Score Away team Venue 2 June 2001 COK 86–0http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/23999.html Cook Islands v Tahiti at Raratonga ESPN 2018-08-05 TAH Rarotonga, Cook Islands 9 June 2001 NIU 8–28http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/24005.html Niue Island v Cook Islands at Paliati ESPN 2018-08-05 COK Alofi, Niue 16 June 2001 TAH 41–6http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/24014.html Niue Island v Tahiti at Papetee ESPN 2018-08-05 NIU Papeete, Tahiti Pool B (Western Zone) main WDL Q points 3 2 1 PNG PNG SOL SOL VAN VAN 2 0 0 64 20 1 0 1 21 35 0 0 2 13 43 #C0FFC0 A complete Date Home team Score Away team Venue 2 June 2001 PNG 32–10http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/23998.html Papua New Guinea v Solomon Islands at Port Moresby ESPN 2018-08-05 SOL Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 9 June 2001 VAN 10–32http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/24004.html Vanuatu v Papua New Guinea at Port Vila ESPN 2018-08-05 PNG Port Vila, Vanuatu 16 June 2001 SOL 11–3http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/24013.html Solomon Islands v Vanuatu at Honiara ESPN 2018-08-05 VAN Honiara, Solomon Islands Round 2 In Round 2, the traditional three biggest Pacific Island nations played a single round-robin tournament. The top two qualified directly for the Rugby World Cup as Oceania 1 and 2 respectively, while the bottom-placed team went to Round 4 of qualifying. Fiji finished top and qualified for Pool B as Oceania 1, while Samoa finished second and were placed in Pool C as Oceania 2. main WDL Q points 3 2 1 FIJ FIJ SAM SAM TON TON 3 0 1 123 80 3 0 1 96 58 0 0 4 71 152 #C0FFC0 A A complete Date Home team Score Away team Venue 1 June 2002 SAM 16–17 FIJ Apia, Samoa 7 June 2002 TON 22–47http://www.espn.com/rugby/matchstats?gameId=24248&league=161354 Fiji vs Tonga – Match Statistics – Rugby World Cup Qualifier 2003 ESPN 2018-08-05 FIJ Nukuʻalofa Tonga 15 June 2002 TON 16–27http://www.espn.com/rugby/match?gameId=24231&league=161354 Tonga vs Samoa – Summary – Rugby World Cup Qualifier 2003 ESPN 2018-08-05 SAM Nukuʻalofa, Tonga 22 June 2002 FIJ 12–22http://www.espn.com/rugby/match?gameId=24237&league=161354 Fiji vs Samoa – Summary – Rugby World Cup Qualifier 2003 ESPN 2018-08-05 SAM Suva Fiji 28 June 2002 SAM 31–13http://www.espn.com/rugby/match?gameId=24240&league=161354 Samoa vs Tonga – Summary – Rugby World Cup Qualifier 2003 ESPN 2018-08-05 TON Apia, Samoa 6 July 2002 FIJ 47–20http://www.espn.com/rugby/match?gameId=24248&league=161354 Fiji vs Tonga – Summary – Rugby World Cup Qualifier 2003 ESPN 2018-08-05 TON Suva Fiji Round 3 Round 3 saw the winners of the two pools in round 1 play home and away to qualify for round 4. Date Home team Score Away team Venue 19 October 2002 PNG 29–14http://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15363489/png-grabs-advantage PNG grabs advantage ESPN 2018-08-05 COK Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 26 October 2002 COK 21–13http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/current/match/24307.html Cook Islands v Papua New Guinea ESPN scrum 2018-08-05 PNG Rarotonga, Cook Islands Round 4 Round 4 saw Papua New Guinea, the winners from round 3, take on Tonga, the third-placed team from round 2. The winners would qualify for the repechage. Tonga won 131–26 on aggregate to progress. Date Home team Score Away team Venue 30 November 2002 PNG 14–47 TON Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 6 December 2002 TON 84–12 PNG Nukuʻalofa, Tonga References 2003 Category:2003 Rugby World Cup qualification World Cup World Cup