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2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification

2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification

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Qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup for European Rugby began in September 2016, where 5 teams are competing for one direct qualification spot into the final tournament, and a further 26 teams competing, alongside the initial 5 teams, for a place in the Europe/Oceania play-off and or repechage.

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The qualification process came to a chaotic conclusion when 3 of the 5 teams in the 2017 and 2018 editions of the Rugby Europe Championship were effectively disqualified for fielding ineligible players. As a result, Russia qualified for the World Cup and Germany advanced to a playoff against Portugal for a place in the repechage process.

Format

The Rugby Europe Championship, controlled by Rugby Europe, is the regional qualification tournament for Rugby World Cup 2019, with the Championship, Trophy and Conference 1 and 2 being involved in the process.

The 2016–17 Rugby Europe International Championships form the majority of qualification matches for the European region. The respective winners of Round 1A and 1B, Rugby Europe Conference 2 North and South, will progress to the Round 1 Final. The overall winner of Round 1, will advance to the Round 3, where they will play against the winner of Round 2, Conference 1. The winner of Round 3 will play against the winner of the 2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy tournament in the Round 4 Final, where the winner of that final will parachute down to Round 6 - the European Final play-off.

The winner of Round 5, which is an aggregate table of the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championship's, will qualify for the World Cup as Europe 1, the runner-up will advance to Round 6.

Round 6 will see the winner of Round 4 and the runner-up of Round 5 face against each other in a one-off play-off match, the higher ranked team hosting at the time of teams decided, to earn the right to progress to a home and away Cross-Regional play-off series against the third placed team from Oceania, Oceania 3.

Entrants

Thirty one teams competed during for the 2019 Rugby World Cup – European qualification; teams world rankings are prior to the first European qualification match on 3 September 2016.

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Round 1: Rugby Europe Conference 2

Round 1A: North

Advances to Round 1 Final
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Round 1B: South

Advances to Round 1 Final
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Round 1 Final

Hungary, as winners, qualify for round 3.

20 May 2017
16:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Hungary 19–17 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report[10]
Franka Pálya, Esztergom
Attendance: 800
Referee: Andrea Spadoni (Italy)

Round 2: Rugby Europe Conference 1

Round 2A: North

Advances to Conference Final
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Round 2B: South

Advances to Conference Final
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Round 2 Final

The Czech Republic, as winners, qualify for round 3.

20 May 2017
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Czech Republic 48–14 Malta
Report[32]
Stadion Markéta, Prague
Attendance: 500
Referee: Thomas Charabas (France)

Round 3

The Czech Republic, as winners, qualify for the final of round 4.

27 May 2017
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Czech Republic 47–19 Hungary
Report[33]
Stadion ragby Císařka, Prague
Attendance: 500
Referee: François Bouzac (France)

Round 4

Round 4A: Rugby Europe Trophy

Advances to Round 4 Final
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Round 4 Final

This fixture, unlike previous knock out fixtures, doubles as part of the Rugby Europe Trophy competition. Portugal, as winners, advance to round 6.

18 November 2017
15:00 WET (UTC+0)
Portugal 45–12 Czech Republic
Report[49]
Estádio Nacional, Oeiras
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)

Round 5

Round 5A: Rugby Europe Championship

Table

For the Rugby Europe Championship teams, results are considered on a 2-year aggregate from the 2017 and 2018 seasons (excluding matches involving Georgia, who had already qualified). The winner advanced to the Rugby World Cup and the runner-up advanced to the Round 6 play-off.[50]

Qualified as Europe 1
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World Rugby received complaints against all five teams of fielding ineligible players, in breach of Regulation 8, during the qualification process. The neutral panel cleared Germany and Russia of the alleged ineligible players, but found Belgium, Romania and Spain guilty of breaching Regulation 8. The panel determined that each nation would be deducted 5 points for each game they had fielded an ineligible player, regardless of if more than one ineligible player had been fielded. The investigation found that Belgium and Romania had fielded ineligible players 6 times (a deduction of 30 points) and Spain 8 times (a deduction of 40 points) during the qualification process. This meant, with the deducted points for the respective nations, Russia would qualify ahead of Romania and Germany would advance to the play-offs ahead of Spain.[51][52] On 29 May 2018, it was confirmed that both Romania and Spain had appealed the decision.[53] On 6 June, the appeal failed and the decision was upheld meaning Russia was confirmed as Europe 1 and qualified for the World Cup, whilst Germany advanced to round 6.[54][55][56][57]

Matches

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Round 6: Final play-off

Germany, as winners, advance to the Europe/Oceania play-off.

16 June 2018
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Germany 16–13 Portugal
Try: Els 51' c
Con: Parkinson (1/1) 53'
Pen: Parkinson (3/3) 6', 64', 72'		ReportTry: Villax 48' c
Con: Rodrigues (1/1) 49'
Pen: Rodrigues (2/2) 24', 29'
Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Tom Foley (England)
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