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1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifying
The 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying was held in several continental zones. Four countries qualified automatically— as tournament hosts, as reigning champions, as runners-up in the previous tournament, and as winners of the third-place playoff in the previous tournament. Repechage was first introduced for the 1999 competition qualifying. Tournaments * Africa Qualification * European Qualification * Americas qualification * Asia qualification * Oceania qualification * Repechage Repechage (; french: repêchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well known example is the wild car ... Qualified teams Automatic qualifiers Only the tournament hosts, as well as the two finalists and the third-place winner from the previous Rugby World Cup, were automatically qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. * (Third place) * (Runner-up) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Rugby World Cup Qualifying
The 1995 Rugby World Cup was preceded by a qualifying campaign in which forty-five nations were entered. 16 teams participated in the finals tournament in South Africa, seven of which came through qualifying matches. Eight were granted automatic entry as they were quarter-finalists at the 1991 Rugby World Cup The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Five Nations Championship. This was ..., and South Africa qualified automatically as hosts. Tournaments * Africa qualification * European qualification * Americas qualification * Asia qualification * Oceania qualification Qualified teams References {{Rugby Union World Cup 1992 rugby union tournaments for national teams 1993 rugby union tournaments for national teams 1994 rugby union tournaments for national teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Rugby World Cup Qualifying
The qualification process for the 2003 Rugby World Cup began during the pool stages of the 1999 tournament in Wales, during which the quarterfinalists were awarded automatic qualification for the 2003 event. A further twelve teams qualified through regional tournaments and the repechage process. Qualifiers Qualifiers A total of 79 teams from around the world were involved in some stage of qualifying. Repechage qualification * Repechage 1 * Repechage 2 Africa qualification In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, there was one position for an African nation, as well as the possibility of repechage qualification. Namibia qualified, joining automatic qualifiers South Africa at the competition in Australia. Pool A , - bgcolor="C0FFC0" , , 2, , 1, , 0, , 1, , +16, , 4 , - , , 2, , 1, , 0, , 1, , -8, , 4 , - , , 2, , 1, , 0, , 1, , -8, , 4 Match schedule Pool B , - bgcolor="C0FFC0" , , 2, , 2, , 0, , 0, , +25, , 6 , - , , 2, , 1, , 0, , 1, , -10, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Rugby World Cup
The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship. It was principally hosted by Wales, and was won by Australia. This was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in the sport's professional era. Although the majority of matches were played outside Wales (shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland) the opening ceremony, the first match and the final were held in Cardiff. Four automatic qualification places were available for the 1999 tournament; Wales qualified automatically as hosts, and the other three places went to the top three teams from the previous World Cup in 1995: champions South Africa, runners-up New Zealand and third-placed France. Qualification for the final 16 places took place between 63 other nations. The tournament was expanded to 20 teams (from 16), divided into five pools of four teams, a scenario that necessitated a quarter-final play-off round involving the five runners-up and best thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Repechage
Repechage (; french: repêchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well known example is the wild card system. Types Different types of repechage can occur. As a basis for the examples below, assume that 64 competitors are divided into four pools of 16 competitors, labeled A, B, C, and D. The first three rounds of the primary championship bracket winnow the field down to eight competitors for the quarter-final. Full repechage In full repechage, a competitor who loses to the pool winner falls into the repechage bracket. The theory is that a worthy competitor who is paired with another worthy competitor should not be unduly penalized by luck of the draw, but have an opportunity to fight for at least third place. In our example, four competitors from each pool (the loser to the pool winner in the first, second, third and quarter-fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Rugby World Cup – Africa Qualification
The Confederation of African Rugby was allotted one place in the 1999 Rugby World Cup by direct qualification (Africa 1) and one place in the repechage tournament. This was in addition to the automatic qualifying place granted to as champions of the 1995 tournament. Nine teams participated in the qualification tournament for Africa which was held in four stages. The first two stages (Rounds 1 and 2) were played in 1997 and the last two stages (Rounds 3 and 4) were played in 1998. The three lowest ranked sides played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away), with top placed team progressing to the next round and the other two teams dropping out. Rounds two and three were played in a similar fashion – the three lowest ranked remaining sides (i.e. the winner of the previous round and the next two lowest ranked teams) played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away). The final stage changed the pattern in that the top two teams from round three prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Rugby World Cup – European Qualification
In the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying process, European teams played for six places in the final tournament. Three more places were available in the repechage. France and Wales were automatic qualifiers. Round A Pool 1 ''Ukraine qualify for Round B.'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool 2 ''Croatia qualify for Round B.'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool 3 ''Andorra qualify for Round B.'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Round B Pool 1 ''Italy and Georgia qualify for Round C.'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool 2 ''Romania and Netherlands qualify for Round C.'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool 3 ''Spain and Portugal qualify for Round C.'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Round C Pool 1 ''Ireland and Romania qualify for RWC 1999, Georgia goes forward to Repechage.'' Pool 2 ''England and Italy qualify for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. , and were the top three sides and secured their places as Americas 1, Americas 2 and Americas 3, respectively, for RWC 99. qualified for the repechage tournament. Round 1 Group 1 , - bgcolor="C0FFC0" , , , 1, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 41–0, , 3 , - , , , 1, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0–41, , 1 , - bgcolor=#ffcccc , , , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0–0, , 0 withdrew from the group. Group 2 , - bgcolor="C0FFC0" , , , 2, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 76–6, , 6 , - , , , 2, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 40–47, , 4 , - , , , 2, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 26–89, , 2 Round 2 , - bgcolor="C0FFC0" , , , 2, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 100–14, , 6 , - , , , 2, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 60–71, , 4 , - , , , 2, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 12–87, , 2 Round 3 , - bgcolor="C0FFC0" , , , 2, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 63–17, , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Rugby World Cup – Asia Qualification
The Asian Rugby Football Union was allotted one place in the 1999 Rugby World Cup by direct qualification (Asia 1) and one place in the repechage tournament. Eight teams participated in the qualification tournament for Asia which was held in three stages. The first two stages (Rounds 1 and 2) were played in 1997 and the last stage (Round 3) was played in 1998. The three lowest ranked sides played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away), with top placed team progressing to the next round and the other two teams dropping out. Rounds two was played in a similar fashion – the three lowest ranked remaining sides (i.e. the winner of the previous round and the next two lowest ranked teams) played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away). The final stage changed the pattern in that the top two teams from round three progressed to round four, and all matches were played in Singapore. A four team single round robin was played and secured their (Asia 1) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. , and were the top three sides and secured their places as Oceania 1, Oceania 2 and Oceania 3, respectively, for RWC 99. qualified for the repechage tournament. Round 1 , - bgcolor="C0FFC0" , , , 2, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 62–19, , 6 , - , , , 2, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 111–28, , 4 , - , , , 2, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 6–132, , 2 Round 2 , - bgcolor="C0FFC0" , , , 2, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 73–17, , 6 , - bgcolor="C0FFC0" , , , 2, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 78–32, , 4 , - , , , 2, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 19–121, , 2 Round 3 , - bgcolor="C0FFC0" , , , 3, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 165–33, , 9 , - bgcolor="C0FFC0" , , , 3, , 2, , 0, , 1, , 78–99, , 7 , - bgcolor="C0FFC0" , , , 3, , 1, , 0, , 2, , 59–71, , 5 , - bgcolor="#ffffcc" , , , 3, , 0, , 0, , 3, , 35–13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Rugby World Cup – Repechage Qualification
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