1999 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification

The Asian Rugby Football Union was allotted one place in the 1999 Rugby World Cup by direct qualification (Asia 1) and one place in the repechage tournament. Eight teams participated in the qualification tournament for Asia which was held in three stages. The first two stages (Rounds 1 and 2) were played in 1997 and the last stage (Round 3) was played in 1998.

The three lowest ranked sides played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away), with top placed team progressing to the next round and the other two teams dropping out. Rounds two was played in a similar fashion – the three lowest ranked remaining sides (i.e. the winner of the previous round and the next two lowest ranked teams) played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away).

The final stage changed the pattern in that the top two teams from round three progressed to round four, and all matches were played in Singapore. A four team single round robin was played and Japan secured their (Asia 1) qualification for RWC 1999 as the top placed side, with korea in second place progressing to the repechage.[1][2]

Round 1

CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Sri Lanka220048–306
 Thailand210131–414
 Singapore200226–342
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
1 February 1997Singapore11–16ThailandSingapore
15 February 1997Thailand15–30Sri LankaBangkok, Thailand
19 April 1997Sri Lanka18–15SingaporeKuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Round 2

CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Chinese Taipei220082–406
 Sri Lanka210164–464
 Malaysia200228–882
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
29 November 1997Malaysia15–37Sri LankaKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20 December 1997Chinese Taipei51–13MalaysiaTaipei, Republic of China
17 January 1998Sri Lanka27–31Chinese TaipeiBangkok, Thailand

Round 3

All round 3 games were held in Singapore.

CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Japan3300221–259
 South Korea3102104–815
 Chinese Taipei310257–2275
 Hong Kong310239–885
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam No. 2
24 October 1998South Korea12–40Japan
24 October 1998Chinese Taipei30–12Hong Kong
27 October 1998Japan134–6Chinese Taipei
27 October 1998Hong Kong20–11South Korea
31 October 1998Chinese Taipei21–81South Korea
31 October 1998Hong Kong7–47Japan

Japan qualified for RWC 1999, South Korea 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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