2014 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying

The qualification process for the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup began on 5 February 2012. A total of 12 teams will qualify for the tournament, which will be held in France[1] between 1 and 17 August 2014.

2014 Rugby World Cup qualifying
Tournament details
Dates2010 – 2014
No. of nations26
2010
2017

Qualification process

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Following WRWC 2010, six teams received an automatic qualification berth - these berths being given the top 3 teams (New Zealand, England, and Australia), the hosts (France), Canada, and the United States. The remaining six berths for the tournament will be awarded through regional tournaments.

The non-automatic qualification process began on 5 February 2012. Twenty teams competed in over 49 matches to win one of the six remaining places at the 2014 tournament.

Regional qualification

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There will be 12 nations participating in the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. Six teams have automatically qualified by virtue of their performance at the prior Rugby World Cup, leaving six teams to qualify through regional matches. Regional Qualification began on 5 February 2012, during the first round of the 2012 Women's Six Nations Championship.

In all, 26 national teams have been involved in the 2014 World Cup - six as automatic qualifiers and 20 as entrants in the qualification rounds.

Region Automatic qualifiers Teams in qualifying process Qualifying places Qualified teams World Cup pools
Africa (CAR) 0 3 1   South Africa C
Americas (NACRA/CONSUR) 2 0 0   Canada (AQ)
  United States (AQ)
A
B
Asia (ARFU) 0 7 1   Kazakhstan B
Europe (FIRA-AER) 2 10 4   England (AQ)
  France (AQ)
  Ireland
  Samoa *
  Spain
  Wales
A
C
B
A
A
C
Oceania (FORU) 2 0 0   Australia (AQ)
  New Zealand (AQ)
C
B
TOTAL 6 20 6

* Samoa, despite being from Oceania, qualified through the European tournament.

African Qualification

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Round One

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The initial round of African qualification was the annual, two game, Elgon Cup tournament between Kenya and Uganda. Each team won their home games, however Uganda won on point aggregate.

22 June 2013
Uganda  13–8  Kenya
Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala

One game each. Uganda   win the Elgon Cup 30–26 on aggregate

Round Two

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South Africa played a single game against the Round One winners, Uganda. South Africa won easily, and secured qualification to the World Cup.

7 September 2013
South Africa  63–3  Uganda
East London, Eastern Cape

Americas Qualification

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Canada and the United States automatically qualified.

Asian Qualification

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The winner of the 2013 ARFU Asian Four Nations, Kazakhstan, qualified directly.

Round One

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Singapore won the 2012 ARFU D2. They were promoted to D1 and were eligible to qualify

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 June 2012
 
 
  Laos0
 
16 June 2012
 
  Singapore74
 
  Singapore21
 
14 June 2012
 
  Thailand19
 
  Philippines18
 
 
  Thailand50
 

Round Two

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Kazakhstan defeated tough competition to win the 2013 ARFU A4N and qualify directly.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 September 2013
 
 
  Japan82
 
7 September 2013
 
  Hong Kong0
 
  Kazakhstan25
 
4 September 2013
 
  Japan23
 
  Kazakhstan91
 
 
  Singapore5
 

European Qualification

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France automatically qualified by virtue of being hosts. England automatically qualified by finishing second in the 2010 tournament. In addition, there were four other places available for European countries.

(Samoa participated in the European qualification)

Round One

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The top two teams from the combined 2012 and 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship, Ireland and Wales, qualify directly. The remaining two teams, Italy and Scotland, proceed to Round Three.

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Tries
1   Ireland 10 8 0 2 197 67 130 25 16
2   Wales 10 4 0 6 105 192 -86 16 8
3   Italy 10 3 0 7 94 225 -131 9 6
4   Scotland 10 0 0 10 15 342 -327 2 0

Round Two

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The top two teams from the 2012 Women's European Championship (Group B) proceed to Round Three.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 May 2012
 
 
  Finland0
 
7 May 2012
 
  Netherlands105
 
  Sweden10
 
3 May 2012
 
  Netherlands3
 
  Russia0
 
 
  Sweden67
 

Round Three

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The four teams from the previous two rounds, plus Spain and Samoa, competed in a tournament. The top two teams, Spain and Samoa, qualified.

Position Nation Games Match points Bonus points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Tries (4+) Losing (≤7)
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 171 7 3 0 15
2   Samoa 3 2 0 1 84 69 3 0 11
3   Scotland 3 2 0 1 95 42 2 0 10
4   Italy 3 2 0 1 99 62 1 0 9
5   Netherlands 3 0 0 3 21 138 0 0 0
6   Sweden 3 0 0 3 8 147 0 0 0

Oceanic Qualification

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New Zealand and Australia automatically qualified by finishing first and third respectively in the 2010 tournament. Samoa qualified through the European qualification.

Sources

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  1. ^ "WRWC 2014 dates and venues announced". IRB. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
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  • [1]. RWCWomens.com