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1999 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification

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The Confederation of African Rugby was allotted one place in the 1999 Rugby World Cup by direct qualification (Africa 1) and one place in the repechage tournament. This was in addition to the automatic qualifying place granted to South Africa as champions of the 1995 tournament.

Nine teams participated in the qualification tournament for Africa which was held in four stages. The first two stages (Rounds 1 and 2) were played in 1997 and the last two stages (Rounds 3 and 4) were played in 1998.

The three lowest ranked sides played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away), with top placed team progressing to the next round and the other two teams dropping out. Rounds two and three were played in a similar fashion – the three lowest ranked remaining sides (i.e. the winner of the previous round and the next two lowest ranked teams) played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away).

The final stage changed the pattern in that the top two teams from round three progressed to round four, and all matches were played in Rabat, Morocco. A four team single round robin was played and Namibia secured the (Africa 1) qualification for RWC 1999 as the top placed side, with Morocco in second place progressing to the repechage.[1][2]

Round 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Arabian Gulf 2 2 0 0 97 43 +54 6
2  Zambia 2 1 0 1 50 57 −7 4
3  Botswana 2 0 0 2 26 73 −47 2
Source: [citation needed]
Match Results
Date Home Score Away Venue
18 Apr 1997  Arabian Gulf 53–13  Botswana Manama, Bahrain
26 Apr 1997  Zambia 30–44  Arabian Gulf Luanshya, Zambia
17 May 1997  Botswana 13–20  Zambia Gaborone, Botswana

Round 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Tunisia 2 1 0 1 63 17 +46 4
2   Arabian Gulf 2 1 0 1 30 48 −18 4
3  Kenya 2 1 0 1 42 70 −28 4
Source: [citation needed]
Date Team #1 Score Team #2 Venue
13 June 1997 Arabian Gulf 12–11 Tunisia Manama, Bahrain
6 September 1997 Kenya 37–18 Arabian Gulf Nairobi, Kenya
20 September 1997 Tunisia 52–5 Kenya Tunis, Tunisia

Round 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1 69 41 +28 4
2  Namibia 2 1 0 1 49 46 +3 4
3  Tunisia 2 1 0 1 29 60 −31 4
Source: [citation needed]
Date Team #1 Score Team #2 Venue
4 April 1998 Zimbabwe 43–9 Tunisia Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
18 April 1998 Tunisia 20–17 Namibia Tunis, Tunisia
9 May 1998 Namibia 32–26 Zimbabwe Windhoek, Namibia

Round 4

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All round 4 matches were held in Rabat, Morocco.

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Namibia 3 3 0 0 78 32 +46 9
2  Morocco 3 2 0 1 29 29 0 7
3  Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 55 54 +1 5
4  Ivory Coast 3 0 0 3 13 60 −47 3
Source: [citation needed]
Date Team #1 Score Team No. 2
12 September 1998 Morocco 15–9 Zimbabwe
12 September 1998 Namibia 22–10 Côte d'Ivoire
16 September 1998 Zimbabwe 32–0 Côte d'Ivoire
16 September 1998 Morocco 8–17 Namibia
19 September 1998 Namibia 39–14 Zimbabwe
19 September 1998 Morocco 6–3 Côte d'Ivoire

Namibia qualified for RWC 1999, Morocco qualified for repechage.

References

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  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.