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Regional qualification process set for Rugby World Cup 2019

World Rugby announces details of the regional qualification process for Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan.

World Rugby has announced details of the regional qualification process for Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan.

Following the most compelling and competitive Rugby World Cup to date, the qualification process is designed to deliver the top 20 teams in the world to rugby's showcase tournament, while promoting a pathway for all full member unions to qualify.

With 12 teams having secured their place at Japan 2019 courtesy of finishing in the top three of their respective pools, the remaining eight places will be determined by a process of regional and cross-regional qualifiers which will begin in 2016 and, for the first time, a stand-alone round-robin repechage tournament to determine the final qualifier in 2018. All teams will be determined by November 2018.

RWC 2019 qualification principles
12 automatic qualifiers: Top three teams in each Rugby World Cup 2015 pool automatically qualify for Japan 2019 (New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Ireland, Scotland, France, Wales, Georgia, Japan, England and Italy)

One European qualifier: The highest-ranked team from the Rugby Europe Championship (excluding Georgia) will qualify for RWC 2019

Two Oceania qualifiers: Two teams to qualify for RWC 2019 from a Pacific Tri-Nations championship played on a home and away basis over June 2016 and 2017

One Europe/Oceania play-off qualifier: The third place team from the Pacific Tri-Nations will play a home and away play-off with the second-ranked team in the Rugby Europe Championship (excluding Georgia) with the winner on aggregate qualifying for RWC 2019. The loser will qualify for the repechage tournament

Two Americas qualifiers: Canada and USA will play home and away with the winner on aggregate qualifying for RWC 2019. The loser will play home and away against the top-ranked South American team (excluding Argentina) home and away with the winner on aggregate qualifying for RWC 2019. The loser of this match qualifies for the repechage tournament

One African qualifier: The winner of the Rugby Africa Championship will qualify for RWC 2019. The runner-up qualifies for the repechage tournament

Asia/Oceania play-off for repechage place: The highest-ranked team from the Asian Rugby Championship (excluding Japan) will play home and away against the winner of the Oceania Cup with the winner on aggregate qualifying for the repechage tournament

One repechage qualifier: The repechage tournament will feature four teams playing in a round-robin format with the winners qualifying for RWC 2019

Regional qualification process set for Rugby World Cup 2019

Bit of an uproar about this in some places as they are bringing the WC to Asia but taking the automatic Asian place away due to Japan hosting the tournament which means Japan likely to be the only Asian team in the tournament. Probably not good planning if trying to promote the game in Asia.

I'll be there BB... it's going to be awesome!

My T-rak and I, might host you lot... see the final live - then BBQ and beer at ours!

(no fights, stabbings, shootings, knives, bombs, hidden explosives allowed ok?)

My plan is to be there aswell, but will have to wait a few years yet to see if possible as in need to know dates as presumably will be held in September/October again which gives me problems with my daughter as will need to find someone to leave her with here in the UK as that's in term time. Maybe have a 3 week holiday in Thailand and fly in/out of Japan for the games or maybe stay a week in Japan if Scotland end up having 2 games close together time and location wise, anyway just have to wait and see.

I hope England get White too as that will take their playing style back to the stone ages.

^ at least we used to win occasionally back then...

Win our lineouts and keep the ball tight. Repeat.

I think England will end up with a Kiwi coach as seems to have worked out well for everyone else in the Northern hemisphere just a case of which one they poach.

^ I hope we don't poach anyone like the Wales or Ireland coach just by offering big bucks - I reckon both those coaches have stronger ideals than that... A couple of good coaches are free, so let's have one of those.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

^ I hope we don't poach anyone like the Wales or Ireland coach just by offering big bucks - I reckon both those coaches have stronger ideals than that... A couple of good coaches are free, so let's have one of those.

Money talks and everyone has a price and no other country can offer a coach what England can.

Who is the Japan coach? Seems he would be a good choice given what he did in Japan. May be too pricey for England however.

Originally Posted by Norton

Who is the Japan coach? Seems he would be a good choice given what he did in Japan. May be too pricey for England however.

Eddie Jones and he is one of the bookies favourites. No one is too pricey for England as compared to other unions they have unlimited resources.

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Nice!

Originally Posted by buriramboy

Money talks and everyone has a price and no other country can offer a coach what England can.

Lots of money for a crap system, crap team, crap administrators, snobby fans...no wonder Graham Henry has already said he isn't interested.

Originally Posted by NZdick1983

I'll be there BB... it's going to be awesome!

My T-rak and I, might host you lot... see the final live - then BBQ and beer at ours!

(no fights, stabbings, shootings, knives, bombs, hidden explosives allowed ok?)

You're on.

We won

Red on the way . . .

^Black to Black world cup winners...