The 2023 Rugby World Cup regional play-off and Final Qualification Tournament were the final two stages of the qualifying process for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. A cross-regional play-off match determined the Asia/Pacific play-off winner berth, after which a global repechage tournament between four teams (Africa 2, Americas 3, Europe 3 and the loser of the Asia/Pacific play-off) decided the twentieth and final team qualifying for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[1]
Tonga and Portugal secured the last two berths by winning respectively the Asia/Pacific play-off and Final Qualification Tournament.
This match will be a single leg qualification match between Asia 1 (the winner of the Asian qualification process) and Oceania 2 (the winner of Round 3 in the Oceania qualification process). The winner of this play-off qualifies for the World Cup as Asia/Pacific Play-off winner and join Pool B, whilst the loser advances to the Final Qualification Tournament.
The Final Qualification Tournament will be contested as a four-team round-robin tournament and hosted at a neutral venue in Dubai, replicating the process first introduced for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The participating teams include the runner-up of the African qualification round 3 (Africa 2), the losing side of the Americas 2 qualifier (Americas 3), the third-ranked side of the Europe qualification (Europe 3), and the loser of the Asia/Oceania play-off (Asia 1 or Oceania 2). The winner will qualify for the 2023 Rugby World Cup and will join Pool C.
Five teams progressed to the regional play-off and Final Qualification Tournament stages for the final two non-regional seeds in the World Cup. World rankings are as per date progressing to the play-off phase.
| Nation | data-sort-type="number" | Rank ! | data-sort-type="date" | Progression date | Qualifying status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 16 | 17 July 2021 | Qualified by defeating Hong Kong on 23 July 2022 | |||
| colspan=4 | |||||
| 22 | 23 July 2022 | Eliminated by United States on 12 November 2022 | |||
| 33 | 10 July 2022 | Eliminated by Portugal on 12 November 2022 | |||
| 20 | 27 June 2022 | Qualified on 18 November 2022 | |||
| 19 | 16 July 2022 | Eliminated by Portugal on 18 November 2022 |
| Qualified as Final Qualification Tournament winner |
| Nation | Games | Points | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | ||||||
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 30 | +113 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 37 | +96 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 109 | –66 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 175 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, no points for a loss 1 bonus point for scoring 4 or more tries (TBP) 1 bonus point for a loss by 7 points or under (LBP) | |||||||||||
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