2003 Rugby World Cup qualifying

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2003 Rugby World Cup qualifying
Tournament details
Dates1999 – 2003
No. of nations89
1999
2007

The qualification process for the 2003 Rugby World Cup began during the pool stages of the 1999 tournament in Wales, during which the quarterfinalists were awarded automatic qualification for the 2003 event. A further twelve teams qualified through regional tournaments and the repechage process.[1]

Qualifiers

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
Qualified at
1999 RWC
Qualified via
Regional Slots
Qualified via
Repechage

Qualifiers

79 teams competed qualifying.

Region Teams entered
qualifying
process
Qualifying
berths
Repechage
berths
Qualified
team(s)
Repechage
team(s)
Africa 12 1 1 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Americas 17 2 1 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Asia 11 1 1 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Europe 32 4 1 File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
File:Flag of Georgia (1990–2004).svg Georgia
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Oceania 9 2 1 File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa
File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga
TOTALS 81 10 5 (1 WC Place)

Repechage qualification

Africa qualification

In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, there was one position for an African nation, as well as the possibility of repechage qualification. Namibia qualified, joining automatic qualifiers South Africa at the competition in Australia.

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 2 1 0 1 41 25 +16 4
2 File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 2 1 0 1 21 29 −8 4
3 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 2 1 0 1 37 45 −8 4
Source: [citation needed]

Match schedule

Date Match Venue Result
28 July 2001 Zambia - Cameroon Chingola, Zambia 25-24
11 August 2001 Uganda – Zambia Kyadondo, Uganda 21-12
25 August 2001 Cameroon - Uganda Douala, Cameroon 17-0

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 2 2 0 0 57 32 +25 6
2 File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 2 1 0 1 24 34 −10 4
3 File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Swaziland 2 0 0 2 24 39 −15 2
Source: [citation needed]

Match schedule

Date Match Venue Result
1 September 2001 Botswana - Swaziland Gaborone, Botswana 13-3
16 September 2001 Madagascar – Botswana Antananarivo, Madagascar 31-11
29 September 2001 Swaziland - Madagascar Malkerns, Swaziland 21-26

Round 2

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 2 2 0 0 57 44 +13 6
2 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2 1 0 1 60 42 +18 4
3 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 2 0 0 2 39 70 −31 2
Source: [citation needed]

Match Schedule

Date Match Venue Result
13 October 2001 Madagascar - Kenya Antananarivo, Madagascar 27-20
27 October 2001 Cameroon – Madagascar Yaoundé, Cameroon 24-30
24 November 2001 Kenya - Cameroon Nairobi, Kenya 40-15

Round 3

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 2 2 0 0 40 34 +6 6
2 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 2 1 0 1 49 48 +1 4
3 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 2 0 0 2 29 36 −7 2
Source: [citation needed]
Match schedule
Date Match Venue Result
18 May 2002 Tunisia - Morocco Tunis, Tunisia 27-26
25 May 2002 Ivory Coast – Tunisia Abidjan, Ivory Coast 8-13
1 June 2002 Morocco - Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast 23-21

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 2 2 0 0 154 30 +124 6
2 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1 82 45 +37 4
3 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 2 0 0 2 3 164 −161 2
Source: [citation needed]

Match schedule

Date Match Venue Result
2 June 2002 Madagascar - Zimbabwe Antananarivo, Madagascar 3-52
15 June 2002 Namibia – Madagascar Windhoek, Namibia 112-0
29 June 2002 Zimbabwe - Namibia Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 30-42

Round 4

Namibia won the round based on total tries scored (4 to 3). Namibia qualified to Pool A of the 2003 Rugby World Cup as Africa 1. Tunisia advanced to Repechage.

Date Match Venue Result
30 November 2002 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia – Tunisia Windhoek, Namibia 26-19
6 December 2002 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia – Namibia Tunis, Tunisia 24-17

Americas qualification

In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, a number of positions were available to Americas nations. Canada, Uruguay and the USA would eventually qualify.

Round 1 (North)

Winner (Trinidad and Tobago) qualified to Round 2.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
20 November 2001 - Cayman Islands
 
 
File:Flag of Bermuda.svg BermudaForfeit
 
22 November 2001 - Cayman Islands
 
File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia0
 
File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda18
 
20 November 2001 - Cayman Islands
 
File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados5
 
File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados25
 
24 November 2001 - Cayman Islands
 
File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas18
 
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago23
 
20 November 2001 - Cayman Islands
 
File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda12
 
File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands32
 
22 November 2001 - Cayman Islands
 
File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana13
 
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago12
 
20 November 2001 - Cayman Islands
 
File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands8
 
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago51
 
 
File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica5
 

Round 1 (South)

Valid also as 2001 South American Rugby Championship "B" Winner (Brazil) qualified to Round 2.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3 3 0 0 112 24 +88 9
2 File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 3 2 0 1 104 33 +71 7
3 File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 3 1 0 2 59 107 −48 5
4 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 3 0 0 3 22 133 −111 3
Source: [citation needed]

Match Schedule

Date Match Venue Result
6-October-2001 Venezuela - Colombia Venezuela 55-0
13-October-2001 Venezuela - Peru Venezuela 46-19
27-October-2001 Brazil - Peru Brazil 51-9
11-November-2001 Colombia - Brazil Colombia 12-47
17-November-2001 Brazil - Venezuela Brazil 14-3
17-November-2001 Peru-Colombia Peru 31-10

Round 2

Winner (Brazil) qualified to Round 3.

Date Match Venue Result
22-December-2001 File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago - Brazil Arima (Trinidad and Tobago) 10-11
26-January-2002 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil - Trinidad and Tobago Brazil 9-0

Round 3

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 2 2 0 0 103 11 +92 6
2 File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 2 1 0 1 19 70 −51 4
3 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2 0 0 2 19 60 −41 2
Source: [citation needed]

Match schedule

Date Match Venue Result
13-April-2002 Brazil - Chile Brazil 6-46
20-April-2002 Paraguay - Brazil Paraguay 14-13
28-April-2002 Chile - Paraguay Chile 57-5

Round 4

Top two (Canada and Uruguay) qualified to World Cup as Americas 1 and 2. 3rd Place (USA) to Repechage.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 6 5 0 1 192 80 +112 16
2 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 6 3 0 3 115 144 −29 12
3 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 6 2 0 4 107 139 −32 10
4 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 6 2 0 4 93 144 −51 10
Source: [citation needed]

Match Schedule

Date Match Venue Result
29-June-2002 Canada - USA Canada 26-9
13-July-2002 USA - Canada United States 13-36
27-July-2002 Chile - Uruguay Chile 10-6
10-August-2002 USA - Chile United States 35-22
10-August-2002 Canada - Uruguay Canada 51-16
15-August-2002 USA - Uruguay United States 28-24
17-August-2002 Canada - Chile Canada 27-6
24-August-2002 Uruguay - Canada Uruguay 25-23
24-August-2002 Chile - USA Chile 21-13
31-August-2002 Uruguay - USA Uruguay 10-9
31-August-2002 Chile - Canada Chile 11-29
7-September-2002 Uruguay - Chile Uruguay 34-23

Asia qualification

In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, there was one position available to the Asia qualifiers, as well as the possibility of further repechage qualification. Japan would go on to qualify for the competition.

Round 1 – April 2002

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 1 1 0 0 57 3 +54 3
2 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 1 1 0 0 34 5 +29 3
3 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 2 0 0 2 8 91 −83 2
Source: [citation needed]
Match schedule
Date Match Venue Result
30 March 2002 Malaysia - Chinese Taipei Ipoh, Malaysia 3-57
6 April 2002 Singapore – Malaysia Yio Chu Kang, Singapore 34-5
Not Played Chinese Taipei - Singapore Taiwan Singapore Foreited

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 2 2 0 0 32 15 +17 6
2   Arabian Gulf 2 1 0 1 47 37 +10 4
3 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 2 0 0 2 28 55 −27 2
Source: [citation needed]
Match schedule
Date Match Venue Result
5 April 2002 Arabian Gulf - Thailand Doha, Qatar 40-20
12 April 2002 Thailand – Hong Kong Bangkok, Thailand 8-15
20 April 2002 Hong Kong – Arabian Gulf Hong Kong 17-7

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2 1 0 1 64 24 +40 4
2 File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 2 1 0 1 23 27 −4 4
3 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 35 71 −36 4
Source: [citation needed]
Match schedule
Date Match Venue Result
5 April 2002 Sri Lanka - China Colombo, Sri Lanka 9-7
12 April 2002 China – Kazakhstan Shanghai, China 57-15
20 April 2002 Kazakhstan – Sri Lanka Almaty Kazakhstan 20-14

Round 2 – May, 2002

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 0 49 36 +13 6
2 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 49 27 +22 4
3 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2 0 0 2 28 63 −35 2
Source: [citation needed]

Match schedule

Date Match Venue Result
18 May 2002 Chinese Taipei - Hong Kong Tainan, Taiwan 20-15
25 May 2002 China – Chinese Taipei Shanghai, China 21-29
1 June 2002 Hong Kong - China Hong Kong 34-7

Round 3 – June–July, 2002

Winner (Japan) qualified to Pool B of 2003 Rugby World Cup as Asia 1. Runner-up (Korea) advanced to Repechage.

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4 4 0 0 420 47 +373 12
2 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 4 2 0 2 214 183 +31 8
3 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 4 0 0 4 44 448 −404 4
Source: [citation needed]

Match schedule

Date Match Venue Result
16 June 2002 Japan - Korea Tokyo, Japan 90-24
23 June 2002 Chinese Taipei - Korea Tainan, Taiwan 31-54
30 June 2002 Korea – Chinese Taipei Seoul, South Korea 119-7
6 July 2002 Japan – Chinese Taipei Tokyo, Japan 155-3
14 July 2002 Korea - Japan Seoul, South Korea 17-55
21 July 2002 Chinese Taipei - Japan Tainan, Taiwan 3-120

References

  1. "Qualifying Results".