Rugby qualifying competition
2003 Rugby World Cup qualifying Dates 1999 – 2003 No. of nations 89
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 [ edit ] Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Qualified at 1999 RWC Qualified via Regional Slots Qualified via Repechage
Qualifiers [ edit ] 79 teams competed qualifying.
Repechage qualification [ edit ] Africa qualification [ edit ] 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.
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Cameroon 2 1 0 1 41 25 +16 4 2 Uganda 2 1 0 1 21 29 −8 4 3 Zambia 2 1 0 1 37 45 −8 4
Match schedule [ edit ] Match schedule [ edit ] Round 2 [ edit ] Final standings [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Madagascar 2 2 0 0 57 44 +13 6 2 Kenya 2 1 0 1 60 42 +18 4 3 Cameroon 2 0 0 2 39 70 −31 2
Match Schedule [ edit ] Round 3 [ edit ] Match schedule [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Namibia 2 2 0 0 154 30 +124 6 2 Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1 82 45 +37 4 3 Madagascar 2 0 0 2 3 164 −161 2
Match schedule [ edit ] Round 4 [ edit ] 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 .
Americas qualification [ edit ] 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) [ edit ] Winner (Trinidad and Tobago) qualified to Round 2.
Round 1 (South) [ edit ] Valid also as 2001 South American Rugby Championship "B"
Winner (Brazil) qualified to Round 2.
Final standings [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Brazil 3 3 0 0 112 24 +88 9 2 Venezuela 3 2 0 1 104 33 +71 7 3 Peru 3 1 0 2 59 107 −48 5 4 Colombia 3 0 0 3 22 133 −111 3
Match Schedule [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Winner (Brazil) qualified to Round 3.
Round 3 [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Chile 2 2 0 0 103 11 +92 6 2 Paraguay 2 1 0 1 19 70 −51 4 3 Brazil 2 0 0 2 19 60 −41 2
Match schedule [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Top two (Canada and Uruguay) qualified to World Cup as Americas 1 and 2. 3rd Place (USA) to Repechage.
Final standings [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Canada 6 5 0 1 192 80 +112 16 2 Uruguay 6 3 0 3 115 144 −29 12 3 United States 6 2 0 4 107 139 −32 10 4 Chile 6 2 0 4 93 144 −51 10
Match Schedule [ edit ] Date Match Venue Result 29-June-2002 Canada - USA Canada 26-9 9-July-2002 Uruguay - Chile Uruguay 34-23 13-July-2002 USA - Canada United States 13-36 27-July-2002 Chile - Uruguay Chile 10-6 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 8-October-2002 USA - Chile United States 35-22 8-October-2002 Canada - Uruguay Canada 51-16
Asia qualification [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Match schedule [ edit ] 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
Match schedule [ edit ] 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
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 China 2 1 0 1 64 24 +40 4 2 Sri Lanka 2 1 0 1 23 27 −4 4 3 Kazakhstan 2 1 0 1 35 71 −36 4
Match schedule [ edit ] Round 2 – May, 2002 [ edit ] Match schedule [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Winner (Japan) qualified to Pool B of 2003 Rugby World Cup as Asia 1. Runner-up (Korea) advanced to Repechage.
Match schedule [ edit ] 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.