The
1999 Rugby World Cup
The 1999 Rugby World Cup () was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship. It was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in the sport's History of rugby union#The professional era, professional era.
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qualifying was held in several continental zones. Four countries qualified automatically— as tournament hosts, as reigning champions, as runners-up in the previous tournament, and as winners of the third-place playoff in the previous tournament.
Repechage
Repechage ( , ; , ) is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well-known example is the wild card system.
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was first introduced for the 1999 competition qualifying.
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Tournaments
* Africa Qualification
* European Qualification
* Americas qualification
* Asia qualification
* Oceania qualification
* Repechage
Repechage ( , ; , ) is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well-known example is the wild card system.
Types
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Qualified teams
Automatic qualifiers
Only the tournament hosts, as well as the two finalists and the third-place winner from the previous Rugby World Cup, were automatically qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
* (Third place)
* (Runner-up)
* (Champion)
* (Host)
Regional qualifiers
Africa
* (Africa 1)
Europe
* (Europe 1)
* (Europe 2)
* (Europe 3)
* (Europe 4)
* (Europe 5)
* (Europe 6)
Asia
* (Asia 1)
Americas
* (Americas 1)
* (Americas 2)
* (Americas 3)
* (Repechage 2)
Oceania
* (Oceania 1)
* (Oceania 2)
* (Oceania 3)
* (Repechage 1)
References
{{Rugby Union World Cup