1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying
The 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying was held in several continental zones. Four countries qualified automatically—Wales as tournament hosts, South Africa as reigning champions, New Zealand as runners-up in the previous tournament, and France as winners of the third-place playoff in the previous tournament. Repechage was first introduced for the 1999 competition qualifying.[1][2][3]
Tournaments
Qualified teams
Automatic qualifiers
Only the tournament hosts, as well as the two finalists and the third place getter from the previous Rugby World Cup, were automatically qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
Regional qualifiers
Africa
Europe
Asia
Americas
Oceania
References
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France (Third place) 
New Zealand (Runner-up) 
South Africa (Champion)
Wales (Host)
Namibia (Africa 1)
England (Europe 1)
Ireland (Europe 2)
Scotland (Europe 3)
Italy (Europe 4)
Romania (Europe 5)
Spain (Europe 6)
Japan (Asia 1)
Argentina (Americas 1)
Canada (Americas 2)
United States (Americas 3)
Uruguay (Repechage 2)
Australia (Oceania 1)
Fiji (Oceania 2)
Western Samoa (Oceania 3)
Tonga (Repechage 1)