2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification

The 2019 Rugby World Cup qualification for the Americas region, both NACRA and CONSUR, began in March 2016. Twenty teams will compete for the two direct qualification spots available in the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, and one spot in the Repechage.

Format

The qualification process for the Americas region will be a four round process, the same process used for the 2015 Americas qualification. Round 1 took place in 2016, where the 2016 Rugby Americas North Championship acted as the qualification tournament, Round 1A. The nine World Rugby members in the NACRA were separated into two zones, a south and north zone. The bottom placed team from the 2015 tournament, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines had to play returning team to the tournament, Jamaica, to earn the right to compete in the main tournament, with the winner of the qualifier match joining the south zone. The winners of each zone will then compete in the Championship final to earn the right to progress to the Round 1 final, to play the winners of Round 1B, which is formed by the 2016 South American Rugby Championship "B". The winner of the Round 1 final, will advance to Round 2.

Round 2 will also take place in 2016, with the 2016 South American Rugby Championship "A" forming Round 2A. The team placed bottom at the end of the Championship will play the winner of Round 1 in a CONSUR A/B relegation playoff, the winner of the playoff advancing to Round 3, the loser, therefore, being eliminated.

Round 3 will take place in 2017, with the top CONSUR division, 2017 South American Rugby Championship "A", forming Round 3A. The winner of that round will advance to Round 4, and will play a home and away playoff series against the loser of Round 3B. Round 3B will be formed by a home and away playoff series between the top two Americas nations, Canada and the United States, where the winner of the playoff series qualifying as Americas 1.

Round 4 will see the winner of Round 3A play against the loser of Round 3B in a home and away playoff series in 2018. The winner of the playoff series will qualify as Americas 2, with the loser advancing to the Repechage as Americas 3 for a second chance to qualify.

Entrants

The 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying teams that will compete for the 2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification. (World rankings, shown in brackets, are to first Americas qualification match on 5 March 2016)

Nation Rank
(5 March 2016) 		Zone Begins play Qualifying status
 Argentina 6 South America N/A Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2015 World Cup
 Bahamas 86 North America 7 May 2016 Eliminated by Cayman Islands on 21 May 2016
 Barbados 75 North America 23 April 2016 Eliminated by Trinidad and Tobago on 21 May 2016
 Bermuda 67 North America 21 May 2016 Eliminated by Cayman Islands on 18 June 2016
 Brazil 38 South America 23 April 2016
 Canada 19 North America TBA 2017
 Cayman Islands 61 North America 21 May 2016 Eliminated by Mexico on 2 July 2016
 Chile 27 South America 23 April 2016
 Colombia 47 South America October 2016 Eliminated by Paraguay on 19 November 2016
 Ecuador NR South America 27 August 2016 Eliminated by Venezuela on 5 October 2016
 Guatemala NR South America 27 August 2016 Eliminated by Ecuador on 27 August 2016
 Guyana 54 North America 23 April 2016 Eliminated by Mexico on 1 October 2016
 Jamaica 78 North America 5 March 2016 Eliminated by Guyana on 21 May 2016
 Mexico 56 North America 7 May 2016 Eliminated by Colombia on 29 October 2016
 Paraguay 37 South America 23 April 2016
 Peru 71 South America October 2016 Eliminated by Colombia on 5 October 2016
 St Vincent and the Grenadines 79 North America 5 March 2016 Eliminated by Jamaica on 5 March 2016
 Trinidad and Tobago 44 North America 23 April 2016 Eliminated by Guyana on 18 June 2016
 Uruguay 20 South America 23 April 2016
 United States 17 North America TBA 2017
 Venezuela 68 South America October 2016 Eliminated by Colombia on 8 October 2016

Notes:

Round 1

Round 1A: 2016 Rugby Americas North Championship

The qualifying match between Jamaica and St Vincent and the Grenadines was the first qualifying match for the 2019 tournament, three-and-a-half years before the start of the tournament. Jamaica defeated St Vincent and the Grenadines 48–0, eliminating them from qualifying. The match was played in front of a record crowd of 1,000 at Arnos Vale Sports Complex, and was refereed by Nigel Owens who had refereed the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final.[1] The victory boosted Jamaica to a World Rugby ranking of 72, their highest ever.[2]

Qualifier

North Zone

Advances to Championship final
Rank Team Games Points Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 148 37 +111 3 0 15
2  Cayman Islands 3 2 0 1 91 53 +38 1 0 9
3  Bermuda 3 1 0 2 51 135 –84 1 0 5
4  Bahamas 3 0 0 3 24 89 –65 0 0 0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win - 4 points
Draw - 1 points
4 or more tries - 1 point
Loss within 7 points - 1 point
Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points

South Zone

Advances to Championship final
Rank Team Games Points Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1  Guyana 3 3 0 0 93 40 +53 2 0 14
2  Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 0 1 91 41 +48 2 1 11
3  Barbados 3 1 0 2 22 87 –65 0 0 4
4  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 19 57 –38 0 0 0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win - 4 points
Draw - 1 points
4 or more tries - 1 point
Loss within 7 points - 1 point
Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points

Championship final

1 October 2016
14:00
Mexico  32–3  Guyana
Estadio Roberto Tapatío Méndez, Mexico City
Referee: Jim Rogers (United States)

Round 1B: 2016 CONSUR Rugby Championship B

Qualifier

27 August 2016
15:00
Ecuador  26–25  Guatemala

2016 CONSUR Rugby Championship B

The 2016 South American Rugby Championship "B" was held in October 2016 and hosted by Peru in Lima.

Advances to Round 1 Final
Place Nation (rank) Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 Colombia 3 3 0 0 149 29 120 9
2 Venezuela 3 2 0 2 95 51 44 6
3 Peru 3 1 0 2 87 79 8 3
4 Ecuador 3 0 0 3 20 192 -172 0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win-3 points; Draw-1 point

Round 1 Final

29 October 2016
15:00
Colombia  29–11  Mexico
Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín

Round 2

Round 2A: 2016 CONSUR Rugby Championship "A"

Advances to Round 3A
Advances to Round 2 Final
Place Nation (rank) Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 Uruguay 3 3 0 0 135 43 +92 9
2 Chile 3 1 1 1 102 66 +36 4
3 Brazil 3 1 1 1 66 77 –11 4
4 Paraguay 3 0 0 3 43 160 –117 0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win-3 points; Draw-1 point

Round 2 Final

19 November 2016
16:00
Paraguay  39-27  Colombia
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Luque

Round 3

Round 3A: 2017 CONSUR Rugby Championship "A"

Advances to Round 4
Place Nation (rank) Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
2 Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win-3 points; Draw-1 point

Round 3B: United States v Canada Home & Away playoffs

June/July 2017
Canada  v  United States
TBA
June/July 2017
United States  v  Canada
TBD

Round 4

2018
Winner Rd 3A v Loser Rd 3B
TBA
2018
Loser Rd 3B v Winner Rd 3A
TBD

See also

References

  1. ↑ worldrugby.org. "Jamaica kick off RWC 2019 qualification in style". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  2. ↑ worldrugby.org. "Jamaica kick off RWC 2019 qualification in style". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  3. ↑ Jamaica Forfeit RWC Qualifier to Barbados

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