1995 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification explained

For the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, the Americas were allocated one direct qualifying place (Americas 1) in addition to the automatic qualification of which was granted a place due to reaching the quarter-final stages of the 1991 tournament.

The regional bodies, CONSUR representing South America and NAWIRA representing North America, conducted their own qualification matches in the first round determine their respective top teams. A home and away play-off between those two teams then decided the World Cup qualification place. won both matches over the to secure qualification for the 1995 tournament.

Round 1

South America

See main article: 1993 South American Rugby Championship. Standings

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	3	3	0	0	140	20	+120	9
	3	2	0	1	91	28	+63	7
	3	1	0	2	31	142	−111	5
	3	0	0	3	37	109	−72	3

Matches

Match Results
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26 September 1993		24–25		Santiago, Chile
2 October 1993		3–67		Asunción, Paraguay
9 October 1993		14–6		Montevideo, Uruguay
11 October 1993		70–7		Buenos Aires, Argentina
16 October 1993		51–3		Buenos Aires, Argentina
23 October 1993		10–19		Montevideo, Uruguay

North America

One-off match

Match Results
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12 March 1994		3–60		Devonshire, Bermuda

Round 2: Qualifying play-off

Home and away

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Match Results
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28 May 1994		22–28		Long Beach, California, USA
20 June 1994		16–11		Buenos Aires, Argentina