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three rounds; Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3. The first phase of the tournament is Round 1a, where two groups of three teams play each other. The respective winners of the two groups play each other for a place in Round 1b. Round 1b consists again of two groups of three teams; the winner of both pools will enter Round 2. The runners-up of both pools play each other to enter Round 2 with the winners. Round 2 also consists of two groups of three teams, with the winners of each group qualifying for Round 3. Round 3 is a to game series between the respective group winners from Round 2. The winner qualifies for the World Cup, and the loser will enter a
Repechage round.
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2, the winner and runner up into
Division 1 of Round 2 with third place into Division 2 of Round 2. Division 2 of Round 1a sees another three teams play each other once, the top two teams go through to Round 2, the winner entering Division 1 of Round 2and the runner up Division 2 of Round 2. Round 2 is broken up into two divisions of three nations, each nation plays each other once. The top two teams from Division 1 and top team from Division 2 go through to round 3. The winner of Round 3 will qualify directly to the World Cup as Asia 1. The runner-up will advance to the Repechage round as Asia 2, to play Oceania 3 for Repechage 2.
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750:
progresses directly to the World Cup as
Americas 1. The runner-up progresses to Round 4. The winner of the Round 3b competition of three nations progresses directly to the World Cup as Americas 2. The runner-up progresses to Round 4. Round 4 is a to match play-off consisting of the runners-up of each Round 3 tournaments. The winner progresses directly to the World Cup as Americas 3. The runner up progresses to Repechage round as Americas 4, to meet the winner of Africa 2 v Europe 4, for the first Repechage place in the World Cup.
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1b sees three nations from the
Oceania West region play each other once, the winner of the group will also qualify for Round 2. Round 3 is a two match playoff between the winners of Round 1a and 1b. The winner moves to Round 4. Round 3 is a three nation tournament, teams play each other twice. The top two ranked nations will enter the World Cup as Oceania 1 and Oceania 2. The third ranked nation moves to Round 4. The winner of the two game Round 4 tournament advances to Repechage 2 where they meet Asia 1 for a World Cup place.
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149:
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520:
165:
784:, consisting of six nations will all gain a place in either Round 4 or 5. The top three nations enter Round 5, with the bottom three entering Round 4. Winners of Round 4 enter Round 5. Round 5 is broken up into two pools of three nations, the first placed nation of a pool qualifies for the World Cup (Europe 1 and Europe 2) while second placed sides of the Round 5 pools enter Round 6. Round 6 is a two-game tournament which Europe 3 (World Cup entry) and Europe 4 (repechage).
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116:
1165:
373:
780:
Round 2 sees 20 nations broken up into four pools of five teams – each playing each other twice. The top two ranked nations of each pool will gain entry to Round 3, with the third placed nations of each pool entering a play-off, the top two ranked sides from the playoff enter round 3. Round 3 consists of 10 nations playing each other twice in two pools of five nations. Winners of each pool enter a play-off, with the play-off winner entering Round 4. The
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100:
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There are two available positions in the World Cup of
Oceanic nations, with a potential third in the form of a Repechage. the tournament is split up into four rounds. Round 1a sees three nations from the Oceania East region play each other once, the winner of the group will qualify for Round 2. Round
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The Asia qualification process is broken up into three rounds – Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3. There is one place for an Asia team in the World Cup, with a second potential place in the form of a
Repechage. Three teams in Division 1 of Round 1a play each other once. All three teams go through to Round
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There is one place available for
African teams, and one place in the repechage. In the group rounds, there are three points awarded for a win, two for a draw, and one for a loss. Games are played on a home and away basis. There are no bonus points awarded. The African qualification is broken up into
744:
There are three available places in the World Cup for
Americas nations via qualification, as well as a potential fourth qualifier in the form of a Repechage. The Americas qualification tournament is broken up into four rounds; Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 and Round 4. The first phase, Round 1a, is a
779:
There are three places available for
European teams, and one place in the repechage. The teams are 'ranked' according to their division in the European Nations Cup, taking into account the relegations and promotions at the end of the previous competition. The format is broken up into six rounds.
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nations – with the pool winners playing in a playoff to reach round 3b. Round 1b is a group of four CONSUR 2nd
Division nations – the winner progresses to Round 2. Round 2 is a three nation competition with the winner moving to Round 3a. The winner of the Round 3a competition of three nations
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held in France. The 86 teams taking part in regional qualifying competitions together with the 8 teams which have qualified automatically brings to 94 the total number of teams participating in the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
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858:
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903:
451:
883:
431:
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898:
446:
893:
878:
441:
426:
936:
1903:
888:
851:
774:
739:
436:
820:
1898:
1041:
793:
1946:
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1377:
759:
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1238:
1034:
525:
170:
1078:
121:
1170:
825:
378:
1015:
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1590:
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1580:
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1570:
1550:
1158:
1118:
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497:
349:
138:
1893:
1310:
1194:
929:
781:
609:
316:
287:
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1334:
1322:
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1098:
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581:
476:
300:
271:
242:
210:
105:
1274:
1138:
511:
226:
154:
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1812:
1807:
1802:
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1792:
1787:
1782:
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1522:
1517:
1512:
1507:
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1492:
1487:
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630:
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546:
407:
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332:
255:
190:
52:
47:
830:
1888:
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644:
362:
1862:
1469:
1458:
1370:
922:
1747:
1742:
1737:
1732:
1727:
1722:
1717:
1712:
1707:
1702:
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969:
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959:
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1667:
1662:
1657:
1652:
1647:
1642:
1637:
1632:
1627:
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1363:
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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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competition for entry to Round 3b. It is contested between two pools of four
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List of nations in qualification for the 2007 Rugby World Cup
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The places for the 2007 World Cup were outlined as:
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1406:England / France / Ireland / Scotland / Wales 1991
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833:Official travel agent of the Rugby World Cup 2007.
826:Official IRB 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying news
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775:2007 Rugby World Cup - European qualification
740:2007 Rugby World Cup - Americas qualification
794:2007 Rugby World Cup - Oceania qualification
725:2007 Rugby World Cup - Africa qualification
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859:
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760:2007 Rugby World Cup - Asia qualification
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62:There were 20 places available for the
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821:2007 World Cup news from Planet Rugby
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1947:2007 Rugby World Cup qualification
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14:
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131:
114:
98:
868:2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying
19:2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying
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1:
733:
1401:Australia / New Zealand 1987
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7:
802:
768:
718:
666:2007 qualifying tournaments
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874:
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462:
44:
36:
28:
23:
532:
1904:Records and statistics
442:European qualification
432:Americas qualification
447:Oceania qualification
1058:2007 Rugby World Cup
946:2007 Rugby World Cup
782:European Nations Cup
427:Africa qualification
64:2007 Rugby World Cup
458:Regional qualifiers
20:
1459:United States 2031
437:Asia qualification
411:(repechage 2)
320:(repechage 1)
24:Tournament details
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231:
215:
195:
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158:(Americas 2)
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142:(Americas 1)
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60:
59:
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1914:Team appearances
1899:Multiple winners
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410:
406:
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394:
390:
388:
387:
377:
375:
374:
366:(Oceania 2)
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1882:Overall records
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1544:Knockout stages
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986:
983:
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978:
976:
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968:
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947:
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935:
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928:
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917:
905:
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869:
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827:
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748:
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661:(Repechage 2)
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649:
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632:
621:
620:
612:(Repechage 1)
611:
600:
597:
586:
583:
572:
569:
558:
557:
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537:
536:
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526:United States
516:
513:
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478:
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364:
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171:United States
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96:
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68:
65:
54:
49:
43:
39:
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22:
16:
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1752:
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1457:
1450:
1436:England 2015
1126:Fourth place
1079:South Africa
1000:
867:
797:
778:
763:
743:
728:
674:
528:(Americas 3)
514:(Americas 2)
500:(Americas 1)
122:South Africa
61:
15:
1919:Try scorers
1446:France 2023
1426:France 2007
1394:Tournaments
1171:New Zealand
1106:Third place
713:Repechage 2
710:Repechage 1
647:(Oceania 2)
633:(Oceania 1)
421:Tournaments
379:New Zealand
32:2003 – 2007
1894:Hat-tricks
1868:Theme song
1771:Statistics
1470:Qualifying
1441:Japan 2019
1416:Wales 1999
1202:Pool stage
1011:Statistics
1001:Qualifying
792:See also:
773:See also:
758:See also:
738:See also:
723:See also:
689:Americas 3
686:Americas 2
683:Americas 1
598:(Europe 3)
584:(Europe 2)
570:(Europe 1)
479:(Africa 1)
1909:Red cards
1159:Australia
1119:Argentina
1086:Runner-up
1066:Champions
1060:finalists
904:Repechage
747:Caribbean
707:Oceania 2
704:Oceania 1
498:Argentina
452:Repechage
350:Australia
214:(holders)
139:Argentina
81:Americas
1941:Category
1846:Overview
1311:Portugal
1195:Scotland
884:Americas
803:See also
734:Americas
701:Europe 3
698:Europe 2
695:Europe 1
680:Africa 1
610:Portugal
549:(Asia 1)
484:Americas
317:Portugal
288:Scotland
90:Oceania
55:→
46:←
1853:History
1347:Namibia
1335:Georgia
1323:Ireland
1299:Romania
1099:England
994:General
899:Oceania
788:Oceania
617:Oceania
596:Georgia
582:Romania
477:Namibia
301:Georgia
272:Romania
243:Ireland
230:(hosts)
211:England
106:Namibia
87:Europe
78:Africa
1873:Trophy
1696:Squads
1620:Finals
1344:
1332:
1320:
1308:
1296:
1284:
1275:Canada
1272:
1260:
1248:
1236:
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1212:
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1180:
1168:
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1139:France
1136:
1116:
1096:
1076:
1006:Squads
975:Pool D
970:Pool C
965:Pool B
960:Pool A
953:Stages
894:Europe
879:Africa
769:Europe
719:Africa
692:Asia 1
656:
642:
628:
607:
593:
579:
565:
554:Europe
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523:
512:Canada
509:
495:
474:
463:Africa
405:
389:
376:
360:
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208:
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155:Canada
152:
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119:
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1858:Hosts
1287:Italy
1263:Japan
1251:Wales
1227:Samoa
1215:Tonga
985:Final
659:Tonga
631:Samoa
568:Italy
547:Japan
408:Tonga
392:Samoa
333:Wales
256:Italy
191:Japan
84:Asia
29:Dates
1836:2031
1829:2027
1823:2023
1818:2019
1813:2015
1808:2011
1803:2007
1798:2003
1793:1999
1788:1995
1783:1991
1778:1987
1761:2031
1754:2027
1748:2023
1743:2019
1738:2015
1733:2011
1728:2007
1723:2003
1718:1999
1713:1995
1708:1991
1703:1987
1686:2031
1679:2027
1673:2023
1668:2019
1663:2015
1658:2011
1653:2007
1648:2003
1643:1999
1638:1995
1633:1991
1628:1987
1609:2031
1602:2027
1596:2023
1591:2019
1586:2015
1581:2011
1576:2007
1571:2003
1566:1999
1561:1995
1556:1991
1551:1987
1534:2031
1528:2027
1523:2023
1518:2019
1513:2015
1508:2011
1503:2007
1498:2003
1493:1999
1488:1995
1483:1991
1478:1987
1183:Fiji
889:Asia
754:Asia
645:Fiji
533:Asia
363:Fiji
53:2011
48:2003
1943::
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