1999 Rugby World Cup – European qualification explained

Datefrom:	5 October 1996
Dateto:	5 December 1998
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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.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1		4	4	0	0	177	21	+156	12
2		4	2	0	2	18	70	-52	8
3		4	1	1	2	40	50	-10	7
4		4	1	1	2	46	73	-27	7
5		4	1	0	3	15	82	-67	6

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Pool 2

Croatia qualify for Round B.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1		4	4	0	0	192	67	+125	12
2		4	3	0	1	165	52	+113	10
3		4	2	0	2	53	81	-28	8
4		4	1	0	3	42	125	-83	6
5		4	0	0	4	44	171	-127	4

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Pool 3

Andorra qualify for Round B.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1		4	4	0	0	139	65	+74	12
2		4	3	0	1	191	60	+131	10
3		4	2	0	2	50	79	-29	8
4		4	1	0	3	70	157	-87	6
5		4	0	0	4	27	116	-89	4

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Round B

Pool 1

Italy and Georgia qualify for Round C.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1		4	4	0	0	220	62	+158	12
2		4	3	0	1	74	60	+14	10
3		4	2	0	2	105	90	+15	8
4		4	1	0	3	85	92	-7	6
5		4	0	0	4	26	206	-180	4

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Pool 2

Romania and Netherlands qualify for Round C.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1		4	4	0	0	238	51	+187	12
2		4	3	0	1	106	78	+78	10
3		4	2	0	2	97	87	+10	8
4		4	1	0	3	58	152	-94	6
5		4	0	0	4	49	180	-131	4

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Pool 3

Spain and Portugal qualify for Round C.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1		4	4	0	0	158	42	+116	12
2		4	3	0	1	120	60	+60	10
3		4	2	0	2	102	82	+20	8
4		4	1	0	3	80	105	-25	6
5		4	0	0	4	45	216	-171	4

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Round C

Pool 1

Ireland and Romania qualify for RWC 1999, Georgia goes forward to Repechage.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1		2	2	0	0	123	35	+88	6
2		2	1	0	1	62	76	-14	4
3		2	0	0	2	23	97	-74	2

Pool 2

England and Italy qualify for RWC 1999, Netherlands goes forward to Repechage.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1		2	2	0	0	133	15	+118	6
2		2	1	0	1	82	30	+52	4
3		2	0	0	2	7	177	-170	2

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Pool 3

Scotland and Spain qualify for RWC 1999, Portugal goes forward to Repechage.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1		2	2	0	0	170	14	+156	6
2		2	1	0	1	24	102	-78	4
3		2	0	0	2	28	106	-78	2

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Bibliography

• Book: Francesco . Volpe . Paolo . Pacitti . Rugby 2000 . GTE Gruppo Editorale . 1999 . it .
• Web site: 13 December 2018 . Rugby World Cup–European qualifiers 1999 . The Rugby Archive . 28 February 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228140708/http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/174?Stagione=1999 . 28 February 2022 . dmy-all .