1999 Rugby World Cup

1999 Rugby World Cup

Tournament details
Host nations	Wales  United Kingdom  France  Ireland
Dates	1 October 1999 – 6 November 1999
No. of nations	20 (65 qualifying)
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	France
Third-place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	41
Top scorer(s)	Gonzalo Quesada (102)
Most tries	Jonah Lomu (8)
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The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era.^[1] The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland. As the opening ceremony, first match and the Final would take place in Cardiff, Wales, the Welsh team were awarded the automatic qualification berth afforded the hosts. Only four automatic qualification places were available for the 1999 tournament; the other three went to the top three teams from the previous World Cup in 1995; champions (South Africa), runners-up (New Zealand), and third-place play-off winners (France).

The tournament was expanded to 20 teams (from 16), divided into five groups of four teams, a scenario that necessitated a quarter-final play-off round involving the five runners-up and best third-placed team to decide who would join the pool winners in the last eight. Qualification for the final 16 places took place between 63 other nations. The 1999 tournament saw the introduction of a repechage, effectively a second chance for teams that had finished runners-up in each qualifying zone. Uruguay and Tonga were the first nations to profit from the repechage, and took their places alongside fellow qualifiers Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Argentina, Fiji, Samoa, Romania, Canada, Namibia, Japan, Spain and the United States.

The tournament began with the opening ceremony in the newly-built Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, with Wales beating Argentina 23–18, and Colin Charvis scoring the first try of the tournament. Australia won the tournament, becoming the first nation to do so twice and also to date the only team ever to win after having to qualify for the tournament, with a 35–12 triumph over France, who were unable to repeat their semi-final victory over pre-tournament favourites New Zealand.^[2][3]

The overall attendance for the tournament was 1.75 million^[4]

Contents 1 Qualifying 2 Venues 3 Pools & Format 4 Squads 5 Pool stage 5.1 Pool A 5.2 Pool B 5.3 Pool C 5.4 Pool D 5.5 Pool E 5.6 Ranking of third-placed teams 6 Play-off Stage 6.1 Quarter-final Play-offs 7 Knock-out stage 7.1 Quarter-finals 7.2 Semi-finals 7.3 Third-place play-off 7.4 Final 8 References 9 External links

Qualifying

The following 20 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Of the 20 teams, only four of those places were automatically allocated and did not have to play any qualification matches. These went to the champions, runners-up and the third-placed nations at the 1995 and the tournament host, Wales. A record 65 nations from five continents were therefore involved in the qualification process designed to fill the remaining 16 spots.

Africa	Americas	Europe	Oceania/Asia
Namibia (Africa)  South Africa (World Champions)	Argentina (Americas 1)  Canada (Americas 2)  United States (Americas 3)  Uruguay (Repechage 2)	England (Europe 2)  France  Ireland (Europe 1)  Italy (Europe 5)  Romania (Europe 4)  Scotland (Europe 3)  Spain (Europe 6)  Wales	Australia (Oceania 1)  Fiji (Oceania 2)  New Zealand  Samoa (Oceania 3)  Tonga (Repechage 1)  Japan (Asia)

Venues

Venues
City	Stadium	Capacity
Saint-Denis	Stade de France	80,000
London	Twickenham Stadium	75,000
Cardiff	Millennium Stadium	74,500
Edinburgh	Murrayfield Stadium	67,500
Glasgow	Hampden Park	52,500
Dublin	Lansdowne Road	49,250
Lens	Stade Félix Bollaert	41,800
Bordeaux	Parc Lescure	38,327
Toulouse	Stadium Municipal	37,000
Huddersfield	McAlpine Stadium	24,500
Bristol	Ashton Gate	21,500
Béziers	Stade de la Méditerranée	18,000
Leicester	Welford Road Stadium	16,500
Wrexham	Racecourse Ground	15,500
Limerick	Thomond Park	13,500
Belfast	Ravenhill Stadium	12,500
Llanelli	Stradey Park	10,800
Galashiels	Netherdale	6,000

Wales won the right to host the World Cup in 1999. The centrepiece venue for the tournament was the Millennium Stadium, built on the site of the old National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park at a cost of £126 million from Lottery money and private investment. Other venues in Wales were the Racecourse Ground and Stradey Park. An agreement was reached so that the other unions in the Five Nations Championship (England, France, Ireland and Scotland) also hosted matches.

Venues in England included Twickenham and Welford Road, rugby union venues, as well as Ashton Gate in Bristol and the McAlpine (now Galpharm) Stadium in Huddersfield, which normally host football. Scottish venues included Murrayfield Stadium, the home of the Scottish Rugby Union, Hampden Park, the home of the Scottish Football Association and the smallest venue in the 1999 tournament, Netherdale, in Galashiels, in the Scottish Borders. Venues in Ireland included Lansdowne Road, the traditional home of the Irish Rugby Football Union, Ravenhill, the Northern Ireland IRFU owned venue and Thomond Park. France used five venues, the most of any nation, including the French national stadium, Stade de France, which hosted the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Pools & Format

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E
South Africa  Scotland  Spain  Uruguay	New Zealand  England  Italy  Tonga	France  Fiji  Canada  Namibia	Wales  Argentina  Samoa  Japan	Australia  Ireland  United States  Romania

With the expansion of the Rugby World Cup from 16 to 20 teams an unusual and complex format was used with the teams split into five pools of four teams with each team playing each other in their group once.

• Pool A was played in Scotland
• Pool B was played in England
• Pool C was played in France
• Pool D was played in the principal host nation Wales
• Pool E was played in Ireland with matches played in both the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland

Points System

The points system that was used in the pool stage was unchanged from both 1991 and 1995:

• 3 points for a win
• 2 points for a draw
• 1 point for playing

The five pool winners qualified automatically to the Quarter-Finals. The five pool runners-up and the best third place side qualified for the Quarter-final Play-offs.

Knock-out stage

The five group runners up and the best third place team from the group stage (which was Argentina) contested the Quarter Final Play-Offs in three one-off matches that decided the remaining three places in the Quarter-Finals, with the losers being eliminated. The unusual format meant that two Pool winners in the quarter-finals would have to play each other. From the Quarter Final stage it became a simple knockout tournament. The semi-final losers played off for third place. The Draw and format for the knock-out stage was set as follows.

Quarter-final Play-offs Draw

• Match H: Pool B Runner-up v Pool C Runner-up
• Match G: Pool A Runner-up v Pool D Runner-up
• Match F: Pool E Runner-up v Best Third Place Side

Quarter-finals Draw

• Match M: Pool D Winners v Pool E Winners
• Match J: Pool A Winners v Play-off H Winners
• Match L: Pool C Winners v Play-off F Winners
• Match K: Pool B Winners v Play-off G Winners

Semi-finals Draw

• Match J Winners v Match M Winners
• Match L Winners v Match K Winners

A total of 41 matches (30 Pool Stage & 11 Knock-out) were played throughout the tournament over 35 days from Friday 1 October 1999 to Saturday 6 November 1999.

Squads

Pool stage

The tournament began on Friday 1 October 1999 in the newly-built Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, with Wales beating Argentina in a hard fought game 23–18 to get their campaign off to a positive start. The Pool stage of the tournament played out as was widely expected with the Tri Nations teams of New Zealand (who inflected a massive 110–3 win against Italy at the Galpharm Stadium in Huddersfield), South Africa and Australia all winning their pools easily without losing a single game. For the then Five Nations Championship teams who all played their pool matches in their own countries it was a case of mixed fortunes with France winning their pool without losing a game. Host Wales also won their pool, though they suffered 31–38 defeat at the hands of Samoa in front of a home crowd at the Millennium Stadium. However as expected England, Ireland and Scotland all finished second in their pools and were forced to try to qualify for the Quarter-Finals via the play-offs alongside fellow runners-up Samoa and Fiji, and Argentina as the best third placed side from all five pools.

Qualified for Quarter-finals

Qualified for Quarter-final Play-offs

Pool A

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	132	35	9
Scotland	3	2	0	1	120	58	7
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	42	97	5
Spain	3	0	0	3	18	122	3

2 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	Uruguay	27–15	Spain	Netherdale, Galashiels Referee: Chris White (England)
	Tries: Diego Ormaechea, Penalty try, Alfonso Cardoso, Juan Menchaca Con: Diego Aguirre, Federico Sciarra Pen: Diego Aguirre		Pen: Andrei Kovalenco (5)

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3 October 1999 17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	Scotland	29–46	South Africa	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Colin Hawke (New Zealand)
	Tries: Martin Leslie, Alan Tait Con: Kenny Logan (2) Pen: Kenny Logan (4) Drop: Gregor Townsend		Tries: Ollie Le Roux, Deon Kayser, Joost van der Westhuizen, Robbie Fleck, Andre Venter, Brendan Venter Con: Jannie de Beer (5) Pen: Jannie de Beer (2)

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8 October 1999 16:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	Scotland	43–12	Uruguay	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
	Tries: Robbie Russell, Gary Armstrong, Glenn Metcalfe, Martin Leslie, Gordon Simpson, Gregor Townsend Con: Kenny Logan (5) Pen: Kenny Logan		Pen: Diego Aguirre (3), Federico Sciarra

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10 October 1999 17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	South Africa	47–3	Spain	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
	Tries: André Vos (2), Anton Leonard, Penalty try, Pieter Muller, Bob Skinstad, Werner Swanepoel Con: Jannie de Beer (6)		Pen: Ferran Velazco Querol

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15 October 1999 17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	South Africa	39–3	Uruguay	Hampden Park, Glasgow Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)
	Tries: Albert van den Berg (2), Joost van der Westhuizen, Deon Kayser, Robbie Fleck Con: Jannie de Beer (4) Pen: Jannie de Beer (2)		Pen: Diego Aguirre

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16 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	Scotland	48–0	Spain	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)
	Tries: Cameron Mather (2), James McLaren, Shaun Longstaff, Duncan Hodge, Cameron Murray, Penalty try Con: Duncan Hodge (5) Pen: Duncan Hodge

Pool B

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	176	28	9
England	3	2	0	1	184	47	7
Tonga	3	1	0	2	47	171	5
Italy	3	0	0	3	35	196	3

2 October 1999 17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	England	67–7	Italy	Twickenham, London Attendance: 73,470 Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)
	Tries: Jonny Wilkinson, Richard Hill, Dan Luger, Neil Back, Phil de Glanville, Martin Corry, Matt Dawson, Matt Perry Con: Jonny Wilkinson 6 Pen: Jonny Wilkinson 5		Tries: Diego Dominguez Con: Diego Dominguez

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3 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	New Zealand	45–9	Tonga	Ashton Gate, Bristol Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)
	Tries: Jonah Lomu (2), Byron Kelleher, Norm Maxwell, Josh Kronfeld Con: Andrew Mehrtens (4) Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (4)		Pen: Siua Taumalolo (3)

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9 October 1999 16:30 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	England	16–30	New Zealand	Twickenham, London Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)
	Tries: Phil de Glanville Con: Jonny Wilkinson Pen: Jonny Wilkinson (3)		Tries: Byron Kelleher, Jeff Wilson, Jonah Lomu Con: Andrew Mehrtens (3) Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (3)

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10 October 1999 19:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	Italy	25–28	Tonga	Welford Road, Leicester Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)
	Tries: Alessandro Moscardi Con: Diego Dominguez Pen: Diego Dominguez (6)		Tries: Taunaholo Taufahema, 'Isileli Fatani, Sateki Tuipulotu Con: Sateki Tuipulotu (2) Pen: Sateki Tuipulotu (2) Drop: Sateki Tuipulotu

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14 October 1999 13:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	New Zealand	101–3	Italy	McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)
	Tries: Jeff Wilson (3), Glen Osborne (2), Jonah Lomu (2), Taine Randell, Tony Brown, Christian Cullen, Mark Hammett, Daryl Gibson, Scott Robertson, Dylan Mika Con: Tony Brown (11) Pen: Tony Brown (3)		Pen: Diego Dominguez

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15 October 1999 13:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)	England	101–10	Tonga	Twickenham, London Attendance: 72,485 Referee: Wayne Erickson (Australia)
	Tries: Jeremy Guscott (2), Phil Greening (2), Dan Luger (2), Austin Healey (2), Will Greenwood (2), Matt Dawson, Matt Perry, Richard Hill Con: Paul Grayson (12) Pen: Paul Grayson (4)		Tries: Tevita Tiueti Con: Sateki Tuipulotu Pen: Sateki Tuipulotu

Pool C

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	108	52	9
Fiji	3	2	0	1	124	68	7
Canada	3	1	0	2	114	82	5
Namibia	3	0	0	3	42	186	3

1 October 1999 21:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)	Fiji	67–18	Namibia	Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)
	Tries: Fero Lasagavibau (2), Setareki Tawake Naivaluwaqa, Jacob Raulini, Viliame Satala, Alifereti Mocelutu Vuivau, Greg Smith, Imanueli Tikomaimakogai, Emori Katalau Con: Waisale Serevi (8) Pen: Waisale Serevi (2)		Tries: Mario Jacobs, Johannes Senekal Con: Leandre Van Dyk Pen: Leandre Van Dyk (2)

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2 October 1999 14:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)	France	33–20	Canada	Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers Referee: Brian Campsall (England)
	Tries: Émile Ntamack, Stéphane Glas, Thomas Castaignède, Olivier Magne Con: Richard Dourthe (2) Pen: Richard Dourthe (3)		Tries: Morgan Williams (2) Con: Robert Ross, Gareth Rees Pen: Robert Ross, Gareth Rees

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8 October 1999 21:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)	France	47–13	Namibia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Referee: Chris White (England)
	Tries: Ugo Mola (3), Emile Ntamack, Pierre Mignoni, Philippe Bernat-Salles Con: Richard Dourthe (4) Pen: Richard Dourthe (3)		Tries: Arthur Samuelson Con: Leandre Van Dyk Pen: Leandre Van Dyk (2)

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9 October 1999 13:30 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)	Fiji	38–22	Canada	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Referee: Ed Morrison (England)
	Tries: Viliame Satala (2), Marika Vunibaka, Fero Lasagavibau Con: Nicky Little (3) Pen: Nicky Little (3) Drop: Nicky Little		Tries: Mike James Con: Gareth Rees Pen: Gareth Rees (4) Drop: Gareth Rees

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14 October 1999 20:30 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)	Canada	72–11	Namibia	Stade de Toulouse Referee: Andrew Cole (Australia)
	Tries: Winston Stanley (2), Rod Snow (2), Kyle Nichols (2), Al Charron, Robert Ross, Morgan Williams Con: Gareth Rees (9) Pen: Gareth Rees (3)		Tries: Quinton Hough Pen: Leandre Van Dyk (2)

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16 October 1999 14:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)	France	28–19	Fiji	Stade de Toulouse Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)
	Tries: Christophe Juillet, Christophe Dominici, Penalty try Con: Richard Dourthe (2) Pen: Richard Dourthe (2), Christophe Lamaison		Tries: Alfred Uluinayau Con: Nicky Little Pen: Nicky Little (4)

Pool D

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Wales	3	2	0	1	118	71	7
Samoa	3	2	0	1	97	72	7
Argentina	3	2	0	1	83	51	7
Japan	3	0	0	3	36	140	3

Final ranking of Wales, Samoa, and Argentina was according to total points scored.

1 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Wales	23–18	Argentina	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)
	Tries: Colin Charvis, Mark Taylor Con: Neil Jenkins (2) Pen: Neil Jenkins (3)		Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (6)

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3 October 1999 13:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Samoa	43–9	Japan	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Referee: Andrew Cole (Australia)
	Tries: Brian Lima (2), Steven So'oialo (2), Silao Leaegailesolo Con: Silao Leaegailesolo (3) Pen: Silao Leaegailesolo (4)		Pen: Keiji Hirose (3)

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9 October 1999 14:30 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Wales	64–15	Japan	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Joël Dume (France)
	Tries: Mark Taylor (2), Robert Howley, Scott Gibbs, David Llewellyn, Gareth Thomas, Allan Bateman, Shane Howarth, Penalty try Con: Neil Jenkins (8) Pen: Neil Jenkins		Tries: Patiliai Tuidraki, Daisuke Ohata Con: Keiji Hirose Pen: Keiji Hirose

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10 October 1999 13:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Argentina	32–16	Samoa	Stradey Park, Llanelli Referee: Wayne Erickson (Australia)
	Tries: Alejandro Allub Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (8) Drop: Gonzalo Quesada		Tries: Peter Paramore Con: Silao Leaegailesolo Pen: Silao Leaegailesolo (3)

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14 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Wales	31–38	Samoa	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Ed Morrison (England)
	Tries: Gareth Thomas, Penalty try (2) Con: Neil Jenkins (2) Pen: Neil Jenkins (4)		Tries: Stephen Bachop (2), Filiga Falaniko, Patrick Lam, Silao Leaegailesolo Con: Silao Leaegailesolo (5) Pen: Silao Leaegailesolo

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16 October 1999 19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Argentina	33–12	Japan	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
	Tries: Diego Albanese, Agustín Pichot Con: Felipe Contepomi Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (7)		Pen: Keiji Hirose (4)

Pool E

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	135	31	9
Ireland	3	2	0	1	100	45	7
Romania	3	1	0	2	50	126	5
United States	3	0	0	3	52	135	3

2 October 1999 19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Ireland	53–8	United States	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Joël Dume (France)
	Tries: Keith Wood (4), Eric Elwood (2), Brian O'Driscoll, Justin Bishop Con: David Humphreys (5) Pen: David Humphreys	Report	Tries: Kevin Dalzell Pen: Kevin Dalzell

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3 October 1999 19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Australia	57–9	Romania	Ravenhill, Belfast Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
	Tries: Toutai Kefu (3), Joe Roff (2), Rod Kafer, Matthew Burke, Jason Little, Tim Horan Con: Matthew Burke (5), John Eales	Report	Pen: Petre Mitu (3)

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9 October 1999 19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	United States	25–27	Romania	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)
	Tries: Kurt Shuman, Brian Hightower, Dan Lyle Con: Kevin Dalzell (2) Pen: Kevin Dalzell (2)	Report	Tries: Adrian Petrache (2), Gheorghe Solomie (2), Con: Petre Mitu (2) Pen: Petre Mitu

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10 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Ireland	3–23	Australia	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)
	Pen: David Humphreys	Report	Tries: Ben Tune, Tim Horan Con: Matthew Burke (2) Pen: Matthew Burke (2), John Eales

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14 October 1999 17:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Australia	55–19	United States	Thomond Park, Limerick Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)
	Tries: Scott Staniforth (2), Chris Latham, Chris Whitaker, Michael Foley, Matthew Burke, Stephen Larkham, Tiaan Straaus Con: Matthew Burke (5), Joe Roff Pen: Matthew Burke	Report	Tries: Juan Grobler Con: Kevin Dalzell Pen: Kevin Dalzell (4)

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15 October 1999 19:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Ireland	44–14	Romania	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Brian Campsell (England)
	Tries: Conor O'Shea (2), Andrew Ward, Tom Tierney, Dion O'Cuinneagain Con: Eric Elwood (5) Pen: Eric Elwood (2) Drop goals: Brian O'Driscoll	Report	Tries: Daniel Sauan Pen: Petre Mitu (3)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Qualified for Quarter-final Play-offs

Team	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Argentina	2	0	1	83	51	7
Canada	1	0	2	114	82	5
Uruguay	1	0	2	42	97	5
Romania	1	0	2	50	126	5
Tonga	1	0	2	47	171	5

Play-off Stage

The Quarter-final play-offs were three one-off knock-out matches between the runners up of each pool and the third best placed side from all five pools to decide the remaining three places in the Quarter-finals. The matches were played in mid-week between the completion of the pool stage and the start of the Quarter-finals. The matches produced fairly easy wins for England, beating Fiji 45–24, and also for Scotland, beating Samoa 35–20. However the final match produced the shock of the round where Argentina upset Ireland 28–24 in Lens.

Quarter-final Play-offs

20 October 1999 13:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	England	45–24	Fiji	Twickenham, London Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)
	Tries: Dan Luger, Neil Back, Nick Beal, Phil Greening Con: Matt Dawson, Jonny Wilkinson Pen: Jonny Wilkinson (7)	Report	Tries: Viliame Satala, Meli Nakauta, Imanueli Tikomaimakogai Con: Nicky Little (3) Pen: Waisale Serevi

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20 October 1999 15:30 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Scotland	35–20	Samoa	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)
	Tries: Cameron Murray, Martin Leslie, Penalty try Con: Kenny Logan Pen: Kenny Logan (5) Drop:Gregor Townsend	Report	Tries: Brian Lima, Semo Sititi Con: Silao Leaegailesolo (2) Pen: Silao Leaegailesolo (2)

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20 October 1999 20:30 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)	Ireland	24–28	Argentina	Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens Attendance: 41,320 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
	Pen: David Humphreys (7) Drop: David Humphreys	Report	Tries: Diego Albanese Con: Gonzalo Quesada Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (7)

Knock-out stage

The winners from the Quarter-final Play-offs joined the pool winners (who unlike their counterparts had enjoyed a week long rest) in the Quarter Finals, with England, hosts Wales and Scotland all being knocked out, and with France (who beat Argentina in their quarter-final) being the only team left from the Northern Hemisphere. The Semi-finals, which were both played at Twickenham, produced two of the closest matches of the tournament, with Australia beating South Africa 27–21 in extra-time after normal time ended with the scores locked at 21–21. The second semi-final between favorites New Zealand and underdogs France was an all time classic, as France overturned a 10-24 half time deficit to win 43–31 and reach their second World Cup final. France and Australia met at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, 6 November 1999 with Australia overcoming France 35-12 to become the first team to win the Webb Ellis Cup twice. The Cup was presented by HM Queen Elizabeth II to Australian captain John Eales.^[5][6]

The overall attendance for the tournament was 1.75 million^[7]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 October – Stade de France, Paris
	South Africa	44
					30 October – Twickenham, London
	England	21
					South Africa	21
	23 October – Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
					Australia (a.e.t.)	27
	Australia	24
									6 November – Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
	Wales	9
									Australia	35
	24 October – Murrayfield, Edinburgh
									France	12
	New Zealand	30
					31 October – Twickenham, London
	Scotland	18
					New Zealand	31			Third place
	24 October – Lansdowne Road, Dublin
					France	43
	France	47							South Africa	22
	Argentina	26							New Zealand	18
									4 November– Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Quarter-finals

23 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	Wales	9–24	Australia	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,499 Referee: Colin Hawke (New Zealand)
	Pens: Neil Jenkins (3)	Report	Tries: George Gregan (2), Ben Tune Con: Matthew Burke (3) Pen: Matthew Burke

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24 October 1999 14:00 CEST/GMT+2 (UTC+02)	South Africa	44–21	England	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)
	Tries: Joost van der Westhuizen, Pieter Rossouw Con: Jannie de Beer (2) Pen: Jannie de Beer (5) Drop: Jannie de Beer (5)	Report	Pen: Paul Grayson (6), Jonny Wilkinson

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24 October 1999 18:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	New Zealand	30–18	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 67,529 Referee: Ed Morrison (England)
	Tries: Tana Umaga (2) Jeff Wilson, Jonah Lomu Con: Andrew Mehrtens (2) Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (2)	Report	Tries: Cameron Murray, Budge Pountney Con: Kenny Logan Pen: Kenny Logan Drop: Gregor Townsend

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24 October 1999 15:30 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	France	47–26	Argentina	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)
	Tries: Xavier Garbajosa (2), Philippe Bernat-Salles (2), Emile Ntamack Con: Christophe Lamaison (5) Pen: Christophe Lamaison (4)	Report	Tries: Agustín Pichot, Lisandro Arbizu Con: Gonzalo Quesada (2) Pen: Gonzalo Quesada (3), Felipe Contepomi

Semi-finals

30 October 1999 15:00 WEST/GMT+1 (UTC+01)	South Africa	21 – 27 (a.e.t)	Australia	Twickenham, London Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)
	Pen: Jannie de Beer (6) Drop: Jannie de Beer	Report	Pen: Matthew Burke (8) Drop: Stephen Larkham

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31 October 1999 15:00 WET/GMT (UTC+00)	New Zealand	31–43	France	Twickenham, London Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)
	Tries: Jonah Lomu (2), Jeff Wilson Con: Andrew Mehrtens (2) Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (4)	Report	Tries:Christophe Lamaison, Christophe Dominici, Richard Dourthe, Philippe Bernat-Salles Con: Christophe Lamaison (4) Pen: Christophe Lamaison (3) Drop: Christophe Lamaison (2)

Third-place play-off

4 November 1999 20:00 WET/GMT (UTC+00)	South Africa	22–18	New Zealand	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)
	Tries: Breyton Paulse Con: Henry Honiball Pen: Henry Honiball (3) Drop goals: Percy Montgomery (2)	Report	Pen: Andrew Mehrtens (6)

Final

6 November 1999 15:00 WET/GMT (UTC+00)	Australia	35–12	France	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 72,500 Referee: André Watson (South Africa)
	Tries: Ben Tune, Owen Finegan Con: Matthew Burke (2) Pen: Matthew Burke (7)	Report	Pen: Christophe Lamaison (4)

References

External links

• Rugbyworldcup.com
• 1999 Rugby World Cup Reports and Statistics
• 1999 Rugby World Cup on Worldcupweb.com
• 1999 Rugby World Cup on SAweb.co.za

Preceded by 1995 Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup 1999 Australia

Succeeded by 2003 Rugby World Cup

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