1999 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification

For the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, the Americas were allocated three places in the final tournament and one place in the repechage.

Eleven teams played in the American qualifiers that were held over four stages from 1996 to 1998. Argentina, Canada and United States were the top three sides and secured their places as Americas 1, Americas 2 and Americas 3, respectively, for RWC 99. Uruguay qualified for the repechage tournament.[1][2]

Round 1

Group 1

CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Trinidad and Tobago110041–03
 Brazil10010–411
 Guyana00000–00

Guyana withdrew from the group.

Match Results
Date Home Score Away Venue
11 November 1996  Trinidad and Tobago 41–0  Brazil Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Group 2

CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Bermuda220076–66
 Bahamas210140–474
 Barbados200226–892
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
22 March 1997The Bahamas3–24BermudaNassau, The Bahamas
5 April 1997Barbados23–37The BahamasBridgetown, Barbados
19 April 1997Bermuda52–3BarbadosHamilton, Bermuda

Round 2

CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Chile2200100–146
 Bermuda210160–714
 Trinidad and Tobago200212–872
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
20 September 1997Trinidad and Tobago6–35ChilePort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
5 October 1997Bermuda52–6Trinidad and TobagoDevonshire Parish, Bermuda
18 October 1997Chile65–8BermudaSantiago, Chile

Round 3

CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Uruguay220063–176
 Chile210168–264
 Paraguay20029–972
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
21 March 1998Chile54–6ParaguaySantiago, Chile
28 March 1998Paraguay3–43UruguayAsunción, Paraguay
4 April 1998Uruguay20–14ChileMontevideo, Uruguay

Round 4

All round 4 matches were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Argentina3300161–529
 Canada320197–837
 United States310259–995
 Uruguay300331–1143
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam No. 2
15 August 1998Uruguay15–38Canada
15 August 1998Argentina52–24United States
18 August 1998Canada31–14United States
18 August 1998Argentina55–0Uruguay
22 August 1998United States21–16Uruguay
22 August 1998Argentina54–28Canada

Argentina, Canada, and United States qualified for RWC 1999, Uruguay qualified for repechage.

References

  1. ↑ "1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Results". ESPN Scrum. 1 September 1996.
  2. ↑ "1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Points Tables". ESPN Scrum. 1 September 1996.
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