2019 Rugby World Cup – repechage qualification

For the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying, there will be four teams competing for the final spot at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The four teams will play in a Round-robin tournament, with the winner tacking the 20th and final spot in Japan.

Format

The repechage process will be Round-robin tournament where each team will play each other once at a neutral venue. The Americas and Africa are guaranteed a repechage place, with the losing team of the Americas qualification round 4 (Americas 3) advancing to the repechage process. While the runner-up of the African qualification round 3 (Africa 2) will also gain a place in the repechage process. The final two places will be decided by inter-confederation play-offs, with the loser of the Europe/Oceania play-off (Europe 2 or Oceania 3) getting another shot a qualification in the repechage, and the winner of the Asia/Oceania play-off for repechage, advancing to the repechage process, with no direct place for an Asian team or the lower ranked teams in Oceania.

Teams

Confederation	Placement	Team
Africa	Round Three runner-up	TBD June 2018
Americas	Round Four loser	TBD 2018
Europe / Oceania	Europe/Oceania play-off loser	TBD June 2018
Asia / Oceania	Asia/Oceania play-off winner	TBD August 2018

2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Repechage

Rugby World Cup

Tournaments	Australia/New Zealand 1987 England/France/Ireland/Scotland/Wales 1991 South Africa 1995 Wales 1999 Australia 2003 France 2007 New Zealand 2011 England 2015 Japan 2019 2023

Qualifying	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

Finals	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

Squads	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Overview	History Hosts Qualification Final Trophy Theme song

Statistics	Records and statistics Hat-tricks Try scorers Red cards Team appearances Overall record

National team appearances in the Rugby World Cup by tier

Tier 1 teams	Argentina Australia England France Ireland Italy New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales

Tier 2 teams	Canada Fiji Georgia Japan Namibia Portugal Romania Russia Samoa Spain Tonga United States Uruguay

Tier 3 teams	Ivory Coast Zimbabwe

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