2011 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification

There was one qualifier for Rugby World Cup 2011 from the Oceania region. The qualifying process began with the 2009 Oceania Nations Cup, with the winner going on to play Samoa.

The first stage was the four team Oceania Nations Cup. The Cup was played as a straight knock-out. The winner then advanced to the final qualifier against Samoa, a two legged playoff to decide the Oceania Qualifier who faced South Africa, Wales, Fiji, and the African qualifier (Namibia) in Pool D

Oceania was the only region not to send a team to the 20th place playoff.

Round 1: Oceania Cup

Papua New Guinea won the 2009 Oceania Cup and advanced to Round 2.^[1]

	Semi-finals				Final
	June 27, 2009
	Papua New Guinea	86
	Vanuatu	12
					July 4, 2009
					Papua New Guinea	29
					Cook Islands	21
	June 27, 2009
	Cook Islands	29
	Niue	7

Semi-finals

27 June 2009

Papua New Guinea	86–12	Vanuatu

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

27 June 2009

Cook Islands	29–7	Niue

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Final

4 July 2009

Papua New Guinea	29–21	Cook Islands

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Round 2: Oceania final

Samoa won 188-19 on aggregate and progressed to the 2011 Rugby World Cup finals as Oceania 1.

Home and away

27 June 2009

Samoa	115–7	Papua New Guinea

Apia Park, Apia

27 June 2009

Papua New Guinea	12–73	Samoa

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby

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