1999 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification

For the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, the Americas were allocated three places in the final tournament and one place in the repechage.

Eleven teams played in the American qualifiers that were held over four stages from 1996 to 1998. Argentina, Canada and United States were the top three sides and secured their places as Americas 1, Americas 2 and Americas 3, respectively, for RWC 99. Uruguay qualified for the repechage tournament.^[1][2]

Round 1

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	41	0	+41	3
2	Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	41	−41	1
3	Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Guyana withdrew from the group.

Match Results
Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue
11 November 1996	Trinidad and Tobago	41–0	Brazil	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Bermuda	2	2	0	0	76	6	+70	6
2	Bahamas	2	1	0	1	40	47	−7	4
3	Barbados	2	0	0	2	26	89	−63	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Team #1	Score	Team #2	Venue
22 March 1997	The Bahamas	3–24	Bermuda	Nassau, The Bahamas
5 April 1997	Barbados	23–37	The Bahamas	Bridgetown, Barbados
19 April 1997	Bermuda	52–3	Barbados	Hamilton, Bermuda

Round 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Chile	2	2	0	0	100	14	+86	6
2	Bermuda	2	1	0	1	60	71	−11	4
3	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	0	2	12	87	−75	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Team #1	Score	Team #2	Venue
20 September 1997	Trinidad and Tobago	6–35	Chile	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
5 October 1997	Bermuda	52–6	Trinidad and Tobago	Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
18 October 1997	Chile	65–8	Bermuda	Santiago, Chile

Round 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Uruguay	2	2	0	0	63	17	+46	6
2	Chile	2	1	0	1	68	26	+42	4
3	Paraguay	2	0	0	2	9	97	−88	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Team #1	Score	Team #2	Venue
21 March 1998	Chile	54–6	Paraguay	Santiago, Chile
28 March 1998	Paraguay	3–43	Uruguay	Asunción, Paraguay
4 April 1998	Uruguay	20–14	Chile	Montevideo, Uruguay

Round 4

All round 4 matches were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	161	52	+109	9
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	97	83	+14	7
3	United States	3	1	0	2	59	99	−40	5
4	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	31	114	−83	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Team #1	Score	Team No. 2
15 August 1998	Uruguay	15–38	Canada
15 August 1998	Argentina	52–24	United States
18 August 1998	Canada	31–14	United States
18 August 1998	Argentina	55–0	Uruguay
22 August 1998	United States	21–16	Uruguay
22 August 1998	Argentina	54–28	Canada

Argentina, Canada, and United States qualified for RWC 1999, Uruguay qualified for repechage.

References

1. "1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Results". ESPN Scrum. 1 September 1996.
2. "1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Points Tables". ESPN Scrum. 1 September 1996.