RWC 2007 Qualifying process

(IRB.COM) Friday 29 June 2007

Africa (CAR)

Round 1a - 2004/ 2005
Home OR Away basis

Northern Pool	Southern Pool
Cameroon	Botswana
Nigeria	Swaziland
Senegal	Zambia

Home AND Away
Winner Northern Pool v Winner Southern Pool

Round 1b - 2004/ 2005
Home OR Away basis

Pool A	Pool B
Cote d'Ivoire	Madagascar
Zimbabwe	Kenya
Winner Round 1a	Uganda

Home AND Away
2nd Pool A v 2nd Pool B

Round 2 - 2005/ 2006
Home AND Away basis

Pool 1	Pool 2
Namibia	Morocco
Tunisia	Winner Round 1b Pool A
Winner Round 1b Pool A	Winner Round 1b Pool A

Round 3 – 2006
Home AND Away basis

Winner Round 2 Pool 1 v Winner Round 2 Pool 2

Winner qualifies direct to RWC 2007 as Africa 1 Runner up advances to the Repechage Round as Africa 2, to play Europe 4

Americas (PARA)

Round 1a - 2005

Preliminary qualifier: Home OR Away basis
St Lucia v St Vincent and the Grenadines

NORTH POOL (Cayman Islands)	SOUTH POOL (Barbados)
Bahamas	Barbados
Bermuda	Guyana
Cayman Islands	St Vincent and the Grenadines/St Lucia
Jamaica	Trinidad

Play-off between Winner North and Winner South

Winner progresses to Round 3b

Round 1b - 2004
Home OR Away basis
CONSUR 2nd Division
Brazil, Columbia, Peru, Venezuela

Winner progresses to Round 2

Round 2 - 2005
Home OR Away basis
Winner Round 1b, Chile, Paraguay

Winner progresses to Round 3a

Round 3a – 2006
Home OR Away basis
Winner Round 2, Argentina, Uruguay

Winner progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 1
Runner Up progresses to Round 4

Round 3b – 2006
Home OR Away basis
Winner Round 1a, Canada, USA

Winner progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 2
Runner Up progresses to Round 4

Round 4 – 2006
Home AND Away basis
Runner Up Round 3a v Runner Up Round 3b

Winner progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 3
Runner Up progresses to Repechage Round as Americas 4, to meet the winner of Africa 2 vs Europe 4

Asia (ARFU)

Round 1a – 2005
Home OR Away basis

Division 2	Division 3 Pool A	Division 3 Pool B
3rd Div 1 (2004)	3rd Div 2 (2004)	2nd Div 3 (2004)
2nd Div 2 (2004)	1st Div 4 (2004)	3rd Div 3 (2004)
1st Div 3 (2004)	2nd Div 4 (2004)	3rd Div 4 (2004)
		Guam

Round 1b – October 2005
Home AND Away Basis

1st Division 3 Pool A v 1st Division 3 Pool B

Round 2 – March – May 2006
Home OR Away basis

Division 1	Division 2
1st Div 1 2005	3rd Div 1 2005
2nd Div 1 2005	2nd Div 2 2005
1st Div 2 2005	1st (2005 play off winner)

Round 3 – October - November 2006
Home OR Away basis

Division 1

1st Div 1 2006

2nd Div 1 2006

1st Div 2 2006

Winner qualifies directly to RWC 2007 as Asia 1
Runner up advances to the Repechage Round as Asia 2, to play Oceania 3

Europe (FIRA-AER)

Round 1 – September / October 2004
Home AND Away basis

Match 1/2 - Andorra v Norway
Match 3/4 - Bosnia & Herzegovina v Austria
Match 5/6 - Finland v Bulgaria
Match 7/8 - Israel v Lithuania

Round 2a - October 2004 to April 2005
Home OR Away basis

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
6th Div A Spain	2nd Div 2A Germany	3rd Div 2A Netherlands	4th Div 2A Poland
3rd Div 2B Croatia	2nd Div 2B Denmark	5th Div 2A Sweden	1st Div 2B Switzerland
4th Div 2B Slovenia	1st Div 3A Moldavia	5th Div 2B Belgium	2nd Div 3A Malta
2nd Div 3B Hungary	1st Div 3B Luxemburg	4th Div 3A Latvia	3rd Div 3A Serbia and M'negro
Rd 1 qualifier Andorra-Norway	Rd 1 qualifier Bosnia-Austria	Rd 1 qualifier Israel-Lithuania	Rd 1 qualifier Finland-Bulgaria

Round 2b - 15 May to 5 June 2005
Play Off - Home AND Away basis

Match 49 & 50 - 3rd Pool A vs 3rd Pool D
Match 51 & 52 - 3rd Pool B vs 3rd Pool C

Round 3a - October 2005 to April 2006
Home OR Away basis

Pool A	Pool B
1st Pool A	1st Pool B
1st Pool D	1st Pool C
2nd Pool B	2nd Pool A
2nd Pool C	2nd Pool D
Winner Matches 51&52	Winner Matches 49&50