2011 Rugby World Cup – repechage qualification

The 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying process ended with a play-off to decide the 20th and final qualifier. Four teams, the best non-qualifier from each region except Oceania, competed for the last place at the 2011 Rugby World Cup finals in New Zealand. Romania beat Uruguay in the play-off final, and went on to compete in Pool B in New Zealand, along with Argentina, England, Scotland and Georgia. The play-off was contested on a knockout basis, with a semi-final and a two-legged home and away final. One semi-final featured Romania, the winner of the European Nations Cup Champions Playoff Series, defeating Tunisia, the loser of the African final. The other saw Uruguay, the loser of Round Four of the Americas qualification, beat Kazakhstan, the second-place finisher at the 2010 Asian Five Nations. The host of each semi-final was the team with the higher IRB Ranking at the moment when it became known who the two teams were. Romania won the final over Uruguay with a victory and a draw to qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Participants Qualifying zoneNationAfricaTUN (34**)AmericasURU (22*)AsiaKAZ (26*)EuropeROU (19**) * IRB World Rankings on 22 May 2010, the date that both the Asia and Americas qualifiers were known. ** IRB World Rankings on 5 June 2010, the date that both the African and European qualifiers were known. Preliminary round 17 July 2010 ROU 56–13 TUN Stadionul Gloria, Buzău Pascal Gauzere (France) 17 July 2010 URU 44–7 KAZ Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Francisco Pastrana (Argentina) Qualification final Romania 60–33 Uruguay 21–21 39–12 First leg 13 November 2010 URU 21–21 Report ROU Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo 10,000 Mark Lawrence (South Africa) Second leg 27 November 2010 ROU 39–12 Report URU Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, Bucharest 5,000 Alain Rolland (Ireland) Sources Official site 2011 Play-off Category:2010–11 in Romanian rugby union rugby union rugby union rugby union de:Rugby-Union-Weltmeisterschaft 2011/Qualifikation fr:Qualifications pour la Coupe du monde de rugby à XV de 2011 it:Coppa del Mondo di rugby 2011 (Qualificazioni)