1999 Rugby World Cup – repechage qualification

In the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, there were two repechage positions available to qualify for the final tournament. Seven teams qualified for the repechage, three representing Europe and one each from Africa, Asia, Americas, and Oceania.

The teams were split into two groups and played a knockout format in each group with the African team given a bye into the second round. The two group winners were Uruguay and Tonga who secureed the final two berths at RWC 1999.^[1][2]

Repechage 1

	Semifinal							Final
	Tonga		37	27	64
	Georgia		6	28	34
								Tonga		58	82	140
								South Korea		26	15	41
	Netherlands		31	14	45
	South Korea		30	78	108

6 March 1999

Tonga	37–6	Georgia

Nukuʻalofa, Tonga

28 March 1999

Georgia	28–27	Tonga

Tbilisi, Georgia

14 March 1999

Netherlands	31–30	South Korea

Amsterdam, Netherlands

4 April 1999

South Korea	78–14	Netherlands

Seoul, South Korea

16 April 1999

Tonga	58–26	South Korea

Nukuʻalofa, Tonga

4 May 1999

South Korea	15–82	Tonga

Seoul, South Korea

Repechage 2

	Semifinal					Final
						Morocco		24
	Uruguay		79			Uruguay		36
	Portugal		33

13 March 1999

Uruguay	46–9	Portugal

Montevideo, Uruguay

3 April 1999

Portugal	24–33	Uruguay

Lisbon, Portugal

18 April 1999

Uruguay	18–3	Morocco

Montevideo, Uruguay

1 May 1999

Morocco	21–18	Uruguay

Casablanca, Morocco

• Uruguay and Tonga qualified for RWC 1999.

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