For the 1991 Rugby World Cup, 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. 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.

1991 Rugby World Cup qualifying
Tournament details
Dates1987 – 1991
No. of nations33
1995

Qualified teams

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Automatic qualifiers

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The five tournament hosts, as well as all quarter-finalists from the previous (1987) Rugby World Cup, automatically qualified for the final tournament.

Regional qualifiers

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Africa

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Europe

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Asia and Oceania

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In qualification for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, Asia and Oceania were combined. The qualifying round-robin tournament was played in Japan in April 1990. The top two teams (Western Samoa and Japan) qualified for the finals and were allocated to Pool 3 and Pool 2, respectively.

Standings

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Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
  Western Samoa 3 3 0 0 123 21 +102 9
  Japan 3 2 0 1 65 63 +2 7
  Tonga 3 1 0 2 64 62 +2 5
  South Korea 3 0 0 3 39 145 −106 3

Results

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Americas

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Three nations from the Americas competed in qualifying matches for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Because the Americas region had three places at the 1991 Rugby World Cup, all three participating countries from the Americas—Argentina, Canada and the United States—qualified for the finals tournament, with the qualifying tournament deciding to which pool each team would be allocated at the finals.

Standings

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Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
  Canada 4 3 0 1 67 38 +29 10
  Argentina 4 2 0 2 57 46 +11 8
  United States 4 1 0 3 29 69 –40 6

Results

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Date Home Score Away Venue
23 September 1989   Canada 21–3   United States Varsity Stadium, Toronto
8 November 1989   Argentina 23–6   United States José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires
30 March 1990   Canada 15–6   Argentina Burnaby Lake Sports Complex, Vancouver
7 April 1990   United States 6–13   Argentina Santa Barbara, United States
9 June 1990   United States 14–12   Canada Chief Stealth, Seattle
16 June 1990   Argentina 15–19   Canada José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Canada, Argentina and the United States qualified for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, with Canada allocated to Pool 4, Argentina to Pool 3 and the United States to Pool 2.

See also

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