1999 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification

For the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, the Oceanian Federation was allocated three places in the final tournament and one place in the repechage.

Seven teams played in the Oceania qualifiers that were held over three stages from 1996 to 1998. Australia, Fiji and Western Samoa were the top three sides and secured their places as Oceania 1, Oceania 2 and Oceania 3, respectively, for RWC 99. Tonga qualified for the repechage tournament.[1][2]

Round 1
CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Cook Islands220062–196
 Papua New Guinea2101111–284
 Tahiti20026–1322
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
22 November 1996Cook Islands22–19Papua New GuineaRarotonga, Cook Islands
8 February 1997Papua New Guinea92–6TahitiPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea
20 February 1997Tahiti0–40Cook IslandsPapeete, French Polynesia

Round 2
CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Fiji220073–176
 Tonga210178–324
 Cook Islands200219–1212
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
21 June 1997Fiji20–10TongaSuva, Fiji
27 June 1997Cook Islands7–53FijiRarotonga, Cook Islands
5 July 1997Tonga68–12Cook IslandsNukuʻalofa, Tonga

Round 3
CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Australia3300165–339
 Fiji320178–997
 Western Samoa310259–715
 Tonga300335–1343
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
18 September 1998Western Samoa28–20TongaSydney, Australia
18 September 1998Australia66–20FijiSydney, Australia
22 September 1998Fiji26–18Western SamoaCanberra, Australia
22 September 1998Australia74–0TongaCanberra, Australia
26 September 1998Australia25–13Western SamoaBrisbane, Australia
26 September 1998Fiji32–15TongaBrisbane, Australia

Australia, Fiji, and Western Samoa qualified for RWC 1999, Tonga qualified for the 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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