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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.
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Notes: There was no qualification for the 1987 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.
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was held in several continental zones. Four countries qualified automatically—
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as winners of the third-place playoff in the previous tournament.
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was first introduced for the 1999 competition qualifying.
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844:"1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Points Tables"
81:as runners-up in the previous tournament, and
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830:"1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Results"
814:. CNN. 1 September 1996. Archived from
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846:. ESPN Scrum. 1 September 1996.
832:. ESPN Scrum. 1 September 1996.
19:1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying
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899:Australia / New Zealand 1987
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808:"1999 World Cup Qualifiers"
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77:as reigning champions,
1402:Records and statistics
109:Americas qualification
104:European Qualification
404:(Automatic qualifier)
169:(Automatic qualifier)
119:Oceania qualification
73:as tournament hosts,
464:Automatic qualifiers
99:Africa Qualification
65:1999 Rugby World Cup
530:Regional qualifiers
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957:United States 2031
812:Sports Illustrated
114:Asia qualification
24:Tournament details
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909:South Africa 1995
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1412:Team appearances
1397:Multiple winners
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1380:Overall records
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130:Qualified teams
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1387:All-time table
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818:on 3 May 2004.
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37:No. of nations
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1361:Qualification
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965:
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789:(Repechage 1)
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773:Western Samoa
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760:
749:
746:
735:
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726:(Repechage 2)
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714:
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710:United States
700:
697:
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683:
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671:
662:
651:
650:
641:
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627:
616:
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602:
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588:
585:
574:
571:
560:
559:
550:
539:
538:
524:
513:
510:
499:
496:
485:
483:(Third place)
482:
471:
470:
469:
452:
441:
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432:(Repechage 1)
431:
420:
417:
416:Western Samoa
406:
403:
392:
389:
378:
375:
364:
363:
362:
359:
354:
353:United States
343:
341:(Repechage 2)
340:
329:
326:
315:
312:
301:
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299:
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295:
287:
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273:
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261:
260:
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185:
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934:England 2015
838:
824:
816:the original
811:
802:
712:(Americas 3)
698:(Americas 2)
684:(Americas 1)
509:South Africa
467:
437:
360:
355:(Americas 3)
327:(Americas 2)
313:(Americas 1)
297:
272:South Africa
258:
139:
75:South Africa
63:
61:
15:
1417:Try scorers
944:France 2023
924:France 2007
892:Tournaments
775:(Oceania 3)
761:(Oceania 2)
747:(Oceania 1)
497:(Runner-up)
495:New Zealand
418:(Oceania 3)
402:New Zealand
390:(Oceania 2)
376:(Oceania 1)
93:Tournaments
79:New Zealand
32:1995 – 1999
1392:Hat-tricks
1366:Theme song
1269:Statistics
968:Qualifying
939:Japan 2019
914:Wales 1999
794:References
642:(Europe 6)
628:(Europe 5)
614:(Europe 4)
600:(Europe 3)
586:(Europe 2)
572:(Europe 1)
551:(Africa 1)
511:(Champion)
288:(Africa 1)
274:(Champion)
239:(Europe 6)
225:(Europe 3)
211:(Europe 5)
197:(Europe 4)
183:(Europe 2)
155:(Europe 1)
67:qualifying
1407:Red cards
745:Australia
682:Argentina
374:Australia
311:Argentina
124:Repechage
87:Repechage
1439:Category
1344:Overview
668:Americas
663:(Asia 1)
598:Scotland
453:(Asia 1)
298:Americas
223:Scotland
55:→
46:←
1351:History
731:Oceania
724:Uruguay
626:Romania
584:Ireland
570:England
549:Namibia
361:Oceania
339:Uruguay
286:Namibia
209:Romania
181:Ireland
153:England
1371:Trophy
1194:Squads
1118:Finals
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770:
756:
742:
721:
707:
696:Canada
693:
679:
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637:
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609:
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556:Europe
546:
535:Africa
525:(Host)
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506:
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481:France
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325:Canada
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259:Africa
253:(Host)
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220:
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192:
178:
167:France
164:
150:
140:Europe
83:France
1356:Hosts
787:Tonga
661:Japan
640:Spain
612:Italy
523:Wales
451:Japan
430:Tonga
251:Wales
237:Spain
195:Italy
71:Wales
29:Dates
1334:2031
1327:2027
1321:2023
1316:2019
1311:2015
1306:2011
1301:2007
1296:2003
1291:1999
1286:1995
1281:1991
1276:1987
1259:2031
1252:2027
1246:2023
1241:2019
1236:2015
1231:2011
1226:2007
1221:2003
1216:1999
1211:1995
1206:1991
1201:1987
1184:2031
1177:2027
1171:2023
1166:2019
1161:2015
1156:2011
1151:2007
1146:2003
1141:1999
1136:1995
1131:1991
1126:1987
1107:2031
1100:2027
1094:2023
1089:2019
1084:2015
1079:2011
1074:2007
1069:2003
1064:1999
1059:1995
1054:1991
1049:1987
1032:2031
1026:2027
1021:2023
1016:2019
1011:2015
1006:2011
1001:2007
996:2003
991:1999
986:1995
981:1991
976:1987
759:Fiji
647:Asia
438:Asia
388:Fiji
62:The
53:2003
48:1995
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