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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Date Match Venue Result
28-May-2005  Saint Lucia -  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St Lucia 36-25

South Pool

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

Final Standings

Country GP W D L +/- Pts
 Barbados 3 3 0 0 103 9
 Guyana 3 2 0 1 95 7
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 62 5
 Saint Lucia 3 0 0 3 -260 3

Match Schedule

Date Match Venue Result
8-Aug-2005 Guyana - Barbados Guyana 17-27
8-Aug-2005 St Lucia - Trinidad and Tobago Guyana 0-82
10-Aug-2005 Guyana - St Lucia Guyana 97-0
10-Aug-2005 Barbados - Trinidad and Tobago Guyana 25-13
13-Aug-2005 Barbados - St Lucia Guyana 81-0
13-Aug-2005 Guyana - Trinidad and Tobago Guyana 29-21

North Pool

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

Final Standings

Country GP W D L +/- Pts
 Bahamas 3 2 0 1 18 7
 Cayman Islands 3 2 0 1 5 7
 Jamaica 3 1 1 1 -8 6
 Bermuda 3 0 1 2 -15 4

Match Schedule

Date Match Venue Result
5-Jun-2005 Jamaica - Bermuda Jamaica 10-10
5-Jun-2005 Bahamas - Cayman Islands Bahamas 23-12
8-Jun-2005 Bermuda - Bahamas Bahamas 15-24
8-Jun-2005 Cayman Islands - Jamaica Bahamas 18-8
11-Jun-2005 Cayman Islands - Bermuda Cayman Islands 12-6
11-Jun-2005 Jamaica - Bahamas Jamaica 5-3

Playoff - Winner North Pool vs Winner South Pool

Barbados progresses to Round 3b.

Date Match Venue Result
1-Oct-2005  Barbados -  Bahamas Trinidad 52-3

Round 1b - 2004

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

Final Standings

Country GP W D L +/- Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 150 9
 Venezuela 3 2 0 1 8 7
 Peru 3 1 0 2 -75 5
 Colombia 3 0 0 3 -83 3

Match Schedule

Date Match Venue Result
10-Oct-2004 Brazil - Peru São Paulo 73-3
13-Oct-2004 Brazil - Colombia São Paulo 74-0
16-Oct-2004 Peru - Colombia São Paulo 15-10
6-Nov-2004 Peru - Venezuela Lima 22-32
13-Nov-2004 Colombia - Venezuela Bogotá 27-31
20-Nov-2004 Venezuela - Brazil Caracas 5-11

Round 2 - 2005

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

Final Standings

Country GP W D L +/- Pts
 Chile 2 2 0 0 58 6
 Paraguay 2 1 0 1 21 4
 Brazil 2 0 0 2 -79 2

Match Schedule

Date Match Venue Result
2-Oct-2005 Paraguay - Brazil Asunción 45-8
8-Oct-2005 Chile - Paraguay Santiago 38-22
13-Oct-2005 Brazil - Chile Sao José dos Campos 13-55

Round 3a – July 2006

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

Current Standings

Country GP W D L +/- Pts
 Argentina 2 2 0 0 73 6
 Uruguay 2 1 0 1 2 4
 Chile 2 0 0 2 -75 2

Match Schedule

Date Match Venue Result
01-Jul-2006 Chile - Argentina Santiago 13-60
08-Jul-2006 Argentina - Uruguay Argentina 26-0
22-Jul-2006 Uruguay - Chile Uruguay 43-15

Round 3b – July 2006

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

Final Standings

Country GP W D L +/- Pts
 Canada 2 2 0 0 115 6
 United States 2 1 0 1 42 4
 Barbados 2 0 0 2 -157 2

Match Schedule

Date Match Venue Result
24-Jun-2006 Barbados - Canada Bridgetown (Barbados) 3-69
1-Jul-2006 United States - Barbados Palo Alto (Stanford) (United States) 91-0
12-Aug-2006 Canada - United States St. 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

Date Match Venue Result
30-Sep-2006 Uruguay - United States Montevideo, Uruguay 13-42
7-Oct-2006 United States - Uruguay Palo Alto, CA USA 33-7

United States win 75-20 on aggregate

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