For the 1991 Rugby World Cup

1991 Rugby World Cup

The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France; at that time, the five European countries that participated in the Five Nations Championship making it the first Rugby World Cup to be staged in the...

, 16 nations participated in the finals tournament, half of which came through qualifying matches, and the other were granted automatic entry as they were quarter-finalists at the 1987 Rugby World Cup

1987 Rugby World Cup

The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. New Zealand and Australia agreed to co-host the first ever tournament with New Zealand hosting seventeen pool stage matches, two quarter-finals and the final with Australia being the junior partner hosting seven pool matches, two...

. The 25 teams taking part in regional qualifiers together with the 8 teams which qualified automatically brings to 33 the total number of teams participating in the 1991 Rugby World Cup.

Qualified teams

Africa } (Africa 1) Europe } (automatic qualifier and host) } (automatic qualifier) } (automatic qualifier) } (Europe 1) } (Europe 2) } (automatic qualifier) } (automatic qualifier)

Americas } (Americas 2) } (Americas 1) } (Americas 3) Oceania and Asia } (automatic qualifier) } (automatic qualifier) } (Oceania/Asia 2) } (automatic qualifier and champion) } (Oceania/Asia 1)

Automatic qualifiers

Tournament hosts, as well as all quarterfinalists from the previous (1987) Rugby World Cup, are automatically qualified into the Finals. (quarter-finalist and host) (quarter-finalist) (quarter-finalist) (quarter-finalist) (semi-finalist) (semi-finalist) (finalist) (champions)

See also

• Africa Qualification
  1991 Rugby World Cup - Africa qualification
  For the 1991 Rugby World Cup, there was one African position available. Eventually Zimbabwe would qualify through to the finals tournament. All matches were played in Harare, Zimbabwe in May, 1990-Overview:Final Standings...
  
  
• European Qualification
  1991 Rugby World Cup - European qualification
  In 1989-1990, 14 European teams competed for the two available positions in the 1991 Rugby World Cup.- Pool 1 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
  
  
• Americas qualification
  1991 Rugby World Cup - Americas qualification
  For the 1991 Rugby World Cup a number of Americas nations competed to qualify for the finals tournament. Argentina, Canada and the USA all qualified for the finals tournament.-Qualifying Tournament:Final Standings...
  
  
• Asia and Oceania qualification

External links

• Rugbyworldcup.com