1999 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification

The Confederation of African Rugby was allotted one place in the 1999 Rugby World Cup by direct qualification (Africa 1) and one place in the repechage tournament. This was in addition to the automatic qualifying place granted to South Africa as champions of the 1995 tournament.

Nine teams participated in the qualification tournament for Africa which was held in four stages. The first two stages (Rounds 1 and 2) were played in 1997 and the last two stages (Rounds 3 and 4) were played in 1998.

The three lowest ranked sides played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away), with top placed team progressing to the next round and the other two teams dropping out. Rounds two and three were played in a similar fashion – the three lowest ranked remaining sides (i.e. the winner of the previous round and the next two lowest ranked teams) played a single round robin tournament (drawn for home or away).

The final stage changed the pattern in that the top two teams from round three progressed to round four, and all matches were played in Rabat, Morocco. A four team single round robin was played and Namibia secured the (Africa 1) qualification for RWC 1999 as the top placed side, with Morocco in second place progressing to the repechage.[1][2]

Round 1
Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
 Arabian Gulf 22009743+546
 Zambia 21015057−74
 Botswana 20022673−472
Match Results
Date Home Score Away Venue
18 Apr 1997  Arabian Gulf 53–13  Botswana Manama, Bahrain
26 Apr 1997  Zambia 30–44  Arabian Gulf Luanshya, Zambia
17 May 1997  Botswana 13–20  Zambia Gaborone, Botswana

Round 2
CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Tunisia210163–174
 Arabian Gulf210130–484
 Kenya210142–704
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
13 June 1997Arabian Gulf12–11TunisiaManama, Bahrain
6 September 1997Kenya37–18Arabian GulfNairobi, Kenya
20 September 1997Tunisia52–5KenyaTunis, Tunisia

Round 3
CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Zimbabwe210169–414
 Namibia210149–464
 Tunisia210129–604
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue
4 April 1998Zimbabwe43–9TunisiaBulawayo, Zimbabwe
18 April 1998Tunisia20–17NamibiaTunis, Tunisia
9 May 1998Namibia32–26ZimbabweWindhoek, Namibia

Round 4

All round 4 matches were held in Rabat, Morocco.

CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Namibia330078–329
 Morocco320129–297
 Zimbabwe310255–545
 Ivory Coast300313–603
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam No. 2
12 September 1998Morocco15–9Zimbabwe
12 September 1998Namibia22–10Côte d'Ivoire
16 September 1998Zimbabwe32–0Côte d'Ivoire
16 September 1998Morocco8–17Namibia
19 September 1998Namibia39–14Zimbabwe
19 September 1998Morocco6–3Côte d'Ivoire

Namibia qualified for RWC 1999, Morocco qualified for repechage.

References
  1. "1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Results". ESPN Scrum. 1 September 1996.
  2. "1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Points Tables". ESPN Scrum. 1 September 1996.
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