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:

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:
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
22 March 1997The Bahamas3–24BermudaNassau, The Bahamas
5 April 1997Barbados23–37The BahamasBridgetown, Barbados
19 April 1997Bermuda52–3BarbadosHamilton, 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:
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
20 September 1997Trinidad and Tobago6–35ChilePort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
5 October 1997Bermuda52–6Trinidad and TobagoDevonshire Parish, Bermuda
18 October 1997Chile65–8BermudaSantiago, 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:
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
21 March 1998Chile54–6ParaguaySantiago, Chile
28 March 1998Paraguay3–43UruguayAsunción, Paraguay
4 April 1998Uruguay20–14ChileMontevideo, 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:
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam No. 2
15 August 1998Uruguay15–38Canada
15 August 1998Argentina52–24United States
18 August 1998Canada31–14United States
18 August 1998Argentina55–0Uruguay
22 August 1998United States21–16Uruguay
22 August 1998Argentina54–28Canada

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.
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