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2007 Rugby World Cup - Qualifying
2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying
Teams participating in the 2007 Rugby World Cup: 94
Automatic qualifiers: 8
Regional qualifiers: 86
Automatic qualifiers
(hosts and all quarter-finalists from the previous Rugby World Cup)
•  France - Host and Semifinalist
•  South Africa
•  Ireland - Quarter-finalist
•  Scotland - Quarter-finalist
•  Wales - Quarter-finalist
•  New Zealand - Semifinalist
•  Australia - Runner-up
•  England - Champions
2007 Rugby World Cup - Africa qualification
15 teams - 2.25 places
Automatic qualifier: South Africa
Qualified:
 Namibia - Qualified as Africa 1
Failed to qualify:
• Botswana - Africa, Round 1a
• Cameroon - Africa, Round 1a
• Côte d'Ivoire - Africa, Round 2
• Kenya - Africa, Round 2
• Madagascar - Africa, Round 1b
• Morocco - Repechage 1, Round 1
• Nigeria - Africa, Round 1a
• Senegal - Africa, Round 1b
• Swaziland - Africa, Round 1a
• Tunisia - Africa, Round 2
• Uganda - Africa, Round 2
• Zambia - Africa, Round 1a Playoff
• Zimbabwe - Africa, Round 1b Playoff
2007 Rugby World Cup - Americas qualification
19 teams, 3.5 places
Qualified teams:
 Argentina - Qualified as Americas 1
 Canada - Qualified as Americas 2
 United States - Qualified as Americas 3
Failed to qualify:
• Bahamas - Americas, Round 1a
• Barbados - Americas, Round 3b
• Bermuda - Americas, Round 1a
• Brazil - Americas, Round 2
• Cayman Islands Cayman Islands - Americas, Round 1a
• Chile - Americas, Round 3a
• Colombia - Americas, Round 1b
• Guyana - Americas, Round 1a
• Jamaica - Americas, Round 1a
• Paraguay - Americas, Round 2
• Peru - Americas, Round 1b
• Saint Lucia - Americas, Round 1a
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - for Americas, Round 1a
• Trinidad and Tobago - Americas, Round 1a
• Uruguay - Repechage 1, Round 2
• Venezuela - Americas, Round 1b
2007 Rugby World Cup - Asia qualification
13 teams, 1.5 places
Qualified:  Japan - Qualified as Asia 1
Failed to qualify:
• Arabian Gulf - Asia, Round 2
• China - Asia, Round 1a
• Chinese Taipei - Asia, Round 1a
• Guam - Asia, Round 1a
• Hong Kong - Asia, Round 3
• India - Asia, Round 1a
• South Korea - Repechage 2
• Kazakhstan - Asia, Round 1b
• Malaysia - Asia, Round 1a
• Singapore - Asia, Round 1a
• Sri Lanka - Asia, Round 2
• Thailand - Asia, Round 1a
2007 Rugby World Cup - European qualification
36 teams, 8.25 places
Automatic qualifiers:
France
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
England
Qualified:
 Georgia - Qualified as Europe 3
 Italy - Qualified as Europe 1
 Portugal - Qualified as Repechage 1
 Romania -Qualified as Europe 2
Failed to qualify:
• Andorra - Europe, Round 3
• Austria - Europe, Round 2
• Belgium - Europe, Round 3
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Europe, Round 1
• Bulgaria - Europe, Round 2
• Croatia - Europe, Round 3
• Czech Republic - Europe, Round 4
• Denmark - Europe, Round 2 Playoff
• Finland - Europe, Round 1
• Germany - Europe, Round 3 Playoff
• Hungary - Europe, Round 2
• Israel - Europe, Round 1
• Latvia - Europe, Round 2
• Lithuania - Europe, Round 2
• Luxembourg - Europe, Round 2
• Malta - Europe, Round 3
• Moldova - Europe, Round 3
• Netherlands - Europe, Round 3
• Norway - Europe, Round 1
• Poland - Europe, Round 3
• Russia - Europe, Round 5
• Serbia and Montenegro - Europe, Round 3
• Spain - Europe, Round 5
• Sweden - Europe, Round 2 Playoff
• Switzerland - Europe, Round 2
• Ukraine - Europe, Round 4
2007 Rugby World Cup - Oceania qualification
11 teams, 4.5 places
Automatic qualifiers:
Australia
New Zealand
Qualified:
 Fiji - Qualified as Oceania 2
 Samoa - Oceania 1
 Tonga - Qualified as Repechage 2
Failed to qualify:
• Cook Islands - Oceania, Round 4
• Papua New Guinea - Oceania, Round 2
• Niue - Oceania, Round 1a
• Solomon Islands - Oceania, Round 1a
• Tahiti - Oceania, Round 1a
• Vanuatu - Oceania, Round 1a
2007 Rugby World Cup - Repechage qualification
Repechage 1
Morocco 5 - 10 Portugal
Portugal 16 - 15 Morocco
Portugal 12 - 5 Uruguay
Uruguay 18 - 12 Portugal
Repechage 2
Tonga 85 - 3 Korea
2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool stages
Pool A
England
Samoa
South Africa
Tonga
United States
Pool B
Australia
Canada
Fiji
Japan
Wales
Pool C
Italy
New Zealand
Portugal
Romania
Scotland
Pool D
Argentina
France
Georgia
Ireland
Namibia
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