1999 Rugby World Cup – European qualification

1999 Rugby World Cup – European qualification

Tournament details
Dates	5 October 1996 – 5 December 1998
No. of nations	30
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In the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying process, European teams played for six places in the final tournament. Three more places were available in the repechage. France and Wales were automatic qualifiers.

Round A

Pool 1

Ukraine qualify for Round B.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Ukraine	4	4	0	0	177	21	+156	12
2	Yugoslavia	4	2	0	2	18	70	-52	8
3	Switzerland	4	1	1	2	40	50	-10	7
4	Israel	4	1	1	2	46	73	-27	7
5	Austria	4	1	0	3	15	82	-67	6

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Pool 2

Croatia qualify for Round B.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Croatia	4	4	0	0	192	67	+125	12
2	Latvia	4	3	0	1	165	52	+113	10
3	Moldova	4	2	0	2	53	81	-28	8
4	Norway	4	1	0	3	42	125	-83	6
5	Bulgaria	4	0	0	4	44	171	-127	4

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Pool 3

Andorra qualify for Round B.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Andorra	4	4	0	0	139	65	+74	12
2	Sweden	4	3	0	1	191	60	+131	10
3	Hungary	4	2	0	2	50	79	-29	8
4	Lithuania	4	1	0	3	70	157	-87	6
5	Luxembourg	4	0	0	4	27	116	-89	4

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Round B

Pool 1

Italy and Georgia qualify for Round C.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Italy	4	4	0	0	220	62	+158	12
2	Georgia	4	3	0	1	74	60	+14	10
3	Croatia	4	2	0	2	105	90	+15	8
4	Russia	4	1	0	3	85	92	-7	6
5	Denmark	4	0	0	4	26	206	-180	4

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Pool 2

Romania and Netherlands qualify for Round C.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Romania	4	4	0	0	238	51	+187	12
2	Netherlands	4	3	0	1	106	78	+78	10
3	Ukraine	4	2	0	2	97	87	+10	8
4	Poland	4	1	0	3	58	152	-94	6
5	Belgium	4	0	0	4	49	180	-131	4

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Pool 3

Spain and Portugal qualify for Round C.

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Spain	4	4	0	0	158	42	+116	12
2	Portugal	4	3	0	1	120	60	+60	10
3	Germany	4	2	0	2	102	82	+20	8
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	3	80	105	-25	6
5	Andorra	4	0	0	4	45	216	-171	4

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Round C

Pool 1

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

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Ireland	2	2	0	0	123	35	+88	6
2	Romania	2	1	0	1	62	76	-14	4
3	Georgia	2	0	0	2	23	97	-74	2

14 November 1998	Ireland	70–0	Georgia	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
	Try: Bell, Costello Dempsey 2, Duignan Johns, Maggs O'Shea, Scally Wallace Con: Elwood 10			Referee: Robert Davies (Wales)
Ireland: 15. Cieran Scally, Jeremy Davidson, Dion O'Cuinneagain, Justin Fitzpatrick ,
Georgia : 15. Grigol Labadze, 6. Archil Kobakhidze, 5. Vano Nadiradze, (cap) 4. Ilia Zedginidze, 3. Goderdzi Shvelidze, 2. Levan Javelidze, 1. Irakli Chikava, Replacements: Zurab Mtchedlishvili, Levan Tsabadze, Paliko Jimsheladze, Bessik Khamashuridze ,

18 November 1998	Romania	27–23	Georgia	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
	Try: Brezoianu, Mitu, Solomie Con: Mitu 3 Pen: Mitu 2		Try: Kavtarahvili, Tsabadze Con: Urjukashvili 2 Pen: Machitidze, Urjukashvili 2	Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Romania :15. Alex Manta, 5. Adrian Gîrbu, 4. Mihăiță Dragomir, 3. Constantin Stan, 2. Răzvan Mavrodin, 1. Dragoș Niculae, Replacements: Florin Mărioara, Petru Bălan, Ovidiu Slușariuc, Vasile Doja, Mihai Ciolacu
Georgia :15. Grigol Labadze, 6. Zaza Lezhava, 5. Zurab Mtchedlishvili (cap), 4. Guia Rapava-Ruskini, 3. Levan Tsabadze, 2. Akvsenti Giorgadze, 1. Mevlud Mtiulishvili, Replacements: Besso Tepnadze, Goderdzi Shvelidze, Shavleg Janelidze, Vassil Katsadze, Vano Nadiradze

21 November 1998	Ireland	53–35	Romania	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
	Try: Bell 2, O'Shea Scally, Ward Penalty try 2 Con: Elwood 3, Humphreys 3 Pen: Elwood 2		Try: Brezoianu, Fugigi Solomie, Vioreanu 2 Con: Mitu 2 Pen: Mitu 2	Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Ireland 15. Allen Clarke, 1. Peter Clohessy, Replacements: Kevin Maggs, Jeremy Davidson, Dion O'Cuinneagain, Keith Wood, David Humphreys, Conor McGuinness, Justin Fitzpatrick
Romania :15. Alex Manta, 5. Vasile Doja, 4. Mihăiță Dragomir, 3. Florin Mărioara, 2. Răzvan Mavrodin, 1. Dragoș Niculae, Replacements: Erdinci Septar, Cristian Lupu, Mihai Ciolacu, Ovidiu Slușariuc, Petru Bălan, Marius Iacob, Sergiu Mocanu

Pool 2

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

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	England	2	2	0	0	133	15	+118	6
2	Italy	2	1	0	1	82	30	+52	4
3	Netherlands	2	0	0	2	7	177	-170	2

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Pool 3

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

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff.
1	Scotland	2	2	0	0	170	14	+156	6
2	Spain	2	1	0	1	24	102	-78	4
3	Portugal	2	0	0	2	28	106	-78	2

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Bibliography

• Volpe, Francesco; Pacitti, Paolo (1999). Rugby 2000 (in Italian). GTE Gruppo Editorale.
• "Rugby World Cup–European qualifiers 1999". The Rugby Archive. 13 December 2018. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.