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 [ edit ] Group 1 [ edit ] Guyana withdrew from the group.
Group 2 [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Bermuda 2 2 0 0 76 6 +70 6 2 Bahamas 2 1 0 1 40 47 −7 4 3 Barbados 2 0 0 2 26 89 −63 2
Date Team #1 Score Team #2 Venue 22 March 1997 The Bahamas 3–24 Bermuda Nassau , The Bahamas 5 April 1997 Barbados 23–37 The Bahamas Bridgetown , Barbados 19 April 1997 Bermuda 52–3 Barbados Hamilton, Bermuda
Round 2 [ edit ] Round 3 [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Uruguay 2 2 0 0 63 17 +46 6 2 Chile 2 1 0 1 68 26 +42 4 3 Paraguay 2 0 0 2 9 97 −88 2
Date Team #1 Score Team #2 Venue 21 March 1998 Chile 54–6 Paraguay Santiago, Chile 28 March 1998 Paraguay 3–43 Uruguay Asunción , Paraguay 4 April 1998 Uruguay 20–14 Chile Montevideo , Uruguay
Round 4 [ edit ] All round 4 matches were held in Buenos Aires , Argentina.
Date Team #1 Score Team No. 2 15 August 1998 Uruguay 15–38 Canada 15 August 1998 Argentina 52–24 United States 18 August 1998 Canada 31–14 United States 18 August 1998 Argentina 55–0 Uruguay 22 August 1998 United States 21–16 Uruguay 22 August 1998 Argentina 54–28 Canada
Argentina, Canada, and United States qualified for RWC 1999, Uruguay qualified for repechage.
References [ edit ]
Tournaments Qualifying Knockout stages Finals Squads Statistics Overview Overall records Notes: There was no qualification for the 1987 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.