2007 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification

In qualification for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, 19 countries in the Pan American Rugby Association (PARA) compete for 3 direct entries and 1 repechage place (Repechage 1) against the winner of Africa 2 v Europe 4.

Qualification Process

  • Round 1a

It was the 2005 NACRA Rugby Championship with Caribbean teams. Nine teams involved The winner going through to Round 3b.

  • Round 1b

CONSUR (Confederation Sudamericana de Rugby) 2nd Division. One pool of four teams - winner progresses to round 2.

  • Round 2

Bottom two CONSUR Division 1 teams, plus winner of Round 1b, form one pool of three. Winner progresses to Round 3a.

  • Round 3a

Top two CONSUR Division 1 teams, plus winner of Round 2, form one pool of three. Winner progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 1. Runner up progresses to Round 4.

  • Round 3b

USA, Canada and winner of Round 1a form one pool of three. Winner progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 2. Runner up progresses to Round 4.

  • Round 4

Home and away playoff. Winner qualifies for RWC 2007 as Americas 3. Runner up enters Repechage round.

Round 1a - 2005

Barbados - advances to Round 3b.

Preliminary qualifier

One-off match. St Lucia progress to South Pool.

DateMatch VenueResult
28-May-2005 Saint Lucia -  Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSt Lucia36-25

South Pool

Barbados go into playoff vs winner of North Pool (Bahamas).

Final Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Barbados33001039
 Guyana3201957
 Trinidad and Tobago3102625
 Saint Lucia3003-2603

Match Schedule

DateMatch VenueResult
8-Aug-2005Guyana - BarbadosGuyana17-27
8-Aug-2005St Lucia - Trinidad and TobagoGuyana0-82
10-Aug-2005Guyana - St LuciaGuyana97-0
10-Aug-2005Barbados - Trinidad and TobagoGuyana25-13
13-Aug-2005Barbados - St LuciaGuyana81-0
13-Aug-2005Guyana - Trinidad and TobagoGuyana29-21

North Pool

Bahamas beat Cayman Islands on head to head to win pool, go into playoff against winner of South Pool (Barbados).

Final Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Bahamas3201187
 Cayman Islands320157
 Jamaica3111-86
 Bermuda3012-154

Match Schedule

DateMatch VenueResult
5-Jun-2005Jamaica - BermudaJamaica10-10
5-Jun-2005Bahamas - Cayman IslandsBahamas23-12
8-Jun-2005Bermuda - BahamasBahamas15-24
8-Jun-2005Cayman Islands - JamaicaBahamas18-8
11-Jun-2005Cayman Islands - BermudaCayman Islands12-6
11-Jun-2005Jamaica - BahamasJamaica5-3

Playoff - Winner North Pool vs Winner South Pool

Barbados progresses to Round 3b.

DateMatch VenueResult
1-Oct-2005 Barbados -  BahamasTrinidad52-3

Round 1b - 2004

CONSUR 2nd Division. Home OR Away basis. Brazil progresses to Round 2.

Final Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Brazil33001509
 Venezuela320187
 Peru3102-755
 Colombia3003-833

Match Schedule

DateMatch VenueResult
10-Oct-2004Brazil - PeruSão Paulo73-3
13-Oct-2004Brazil - ColombiaSão Paulo74-0
16-Oct-2004Peru - ColombiaSão Paulo15-10
6-Nov-2004Peru - VenezuelaLima22-32
13-Nov-2004Colombia - VenezuelaBogotá27-31
20-Nov-2004Venezuela - BrazilCaracas5-11

Round 2 - 2005

Home OR Away basis. Chile progresses to Round 3a.

Final Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Chile2200586
 Paraguay2101214
 Brazil2002-792

Match Schedule

DateMatch VenueResult
2-Oct-2005Paraguay - BrazilAsunción45-8
8-Oct-2005Chile - ParaguaySantiago38-22
13-Oct-2005Brazil - ChileSao José dos Campos13-55

Round 3a – July 2006

Home OR Away basis. Argentina progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 1. Uruguay progresses to Round 4.

Current Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Argentina2200736
 Uruguay210124
 Chile2002-752

Match Schedule

DateMatch VenueResult
01-Jul-2006Chile - ArgentinaSantiago13-60
08-Jul-2006Argentina - UruguayArgentina26-0
22-Jul-2006Uruguay - ChileUruguay43-15

Round 3b – July 2006

Home OR Away basis. Canada progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 2. USA progresses to Round 4.

Final Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Canada22001156
 United States2101424
 Barbados2002-1572

Match Schedule

DateMatch VenueResult
24-Jun-2006Barbados - CanadaBridgetown (Barbados)3-69
1-Jul-2006United States - BarbadosPalo Alto (Stanford) (United States)91-0
12-Aug-2006Canada - United StatesSt. John's (Canada)56-7

Round 4 – 2006

Winner (USA) progresses directly to RWC 2007 as Americas 3. Runner up (Uruguay) progresses to Repechage round as Americas 4, to play the winner of Africa 2 v Europe 4, for Repechage 1.

Match Schedule

DateMatch VenueResult
30-Sep-2006Uruguay - United StatesMontevideo, Uruguay13-42
7-Oct-2006United States - UruguayPalo Alto, CA USA33-7

United States win 75-20 on aggregate

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