1999 Rugby World Cup - European qualification

In the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying, European teams played for six places in the final tournament

1999 Rugby World Cup

The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era. The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland...

. Three more places were available in the repechage. France and Wales were automatic qualifiers.

Pool 1

Ukraine qualify for Round B.

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1		4	4	0	0	177	21
12
2		4	2	0	2	18	70
8
3		4	1	1	2	40	50
7
4		1	0	0	2	46	73
7
5		4	1	0	3	15	82
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Match Schedule

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Pool 2

Croatia qualify for Round B.

Final Standings

125
Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1		4	4	0	0	192	67
12
2		4	3	0	1	165	52
10
3		4	2	0	2	42	125
8
4		4	0	0	4	44	171
6
5		4	0	0	4	15	82
4

Pool 3

Andorra qualify for Round B.

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1		4	4	0	0	139	65
12
2		4	3	0	1	191	60
10
3		4	2	0	2	50	79
8
4		4	0	0	4	70	157
6
5		4	0	0	4	27	116
4

Pool 1

Italy and Georgia qualify for Round C.

Final Standings

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1		4	4	0	0	220	62
12
2		4	3	0	1	74	60
10
3		4	2	0	2	105	90
8
4		4	1	0	3	85	92
6
5		4	0	0	4	26	206
4

Pool 2

Romania and Netherlands qualify for Round C.

Final Standings

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Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1		4	4	0	0	238	51
12
2		4	3	0	1	106	78
10
3		4	2	0	2	97	87
8
4		1	0	0	3	58	152
6
5		4	0	0	4	49	180
4

Pool 3

Spain and Portugal qualify for Round C.

Final Standings

116
Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1		4	4	0	0	158	42
12
2		4	3	0	1	120	60
10
3		4	2	0	2	102	82
8
4		4	1	0	3	80	105
6
5		4	0	0	4	45	216
4

Pool 1

Ireland and Romania qualify for RWC 1999, Georgia goes forward to Repechage.

Final Standings

88
Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1		2	2	0	0	123	35
6
2		2	1	0	1	62	76
4
3		2	0	0	2	23	97
2

Match Schedule

Point system: try 5 pt., conversion: 2 pt., penalty kick 3pt. drop 3pt,
Click "show" for more info about match (scorers, line-up etc)

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Pool 2

England and Italy qualify for RWC 1999, Netherlands goes forward to Repechage.

Final Standings

118
Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1		2	2	0	0	133	15
6
2		2	1	0	1	82	30
4
3		2	0	0	2	7	177
2

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Pool 3

Scotland and Spain qualify for RWC 1999, Portugal goes forward to Repechage.
Final Standings

156
Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	diff.	Table points
1		2	2	0	0	170	14
6
2		2	1	0	1	24	102
2
3		2	0	0	2	28	106
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Match Schedule

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Bilbiography

Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

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