1999 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification explained

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

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Round 2

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Round 3

DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
18 September 199828–20Sydney, Australia
18 September 199866–20Sydney, Australia
22 September 199826–18Canberra, Australia
22 September 199874–0Canberra, Australia
26 September 199825–13Brisbane, Australia
26 September 199832–15Brisbane, Australia

Australia, Fiji, and Western Samoa qualified for RWC 1999, Tonga qualified for the repechage.