2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying
For the final of the Rugby Union World Cup 2011, which will be held in September and October in New Zealand, the top three winners of each of the four preliminary round groups are automatically eligible to start at the 2007 World Championships. After the International Rugby Board had considered briefly to limit the number of participants to 16 teams, he confirmed on 30 November 2007 that continue to 20 teams will participate. This means that eight finalists will qualify in qualifying tournaments.
- 1a 3.1 Round
- 3.2 Round 1b
- 3.3 Round 2
- 3.4 Round 3
- 3.5 Round 3b
- 3.6 Round 4
- 4.1 Round 1
- 2a 4.2 Round
- 4.3 Round 2b
- 4.4 Round 3
- 5.1 Round 1
- 5.2 Round 2
- 5.3 Round 3
- 5.4 Round 4
- 5.5 Round 5
- 5.6 Round 6
- 6.1 Round 1
- 6.2 Round 2
Qualified teams
- Argentina Argentina
- Australia Australia *
- England England *
- Fiji Fiji *
- France France *
- Georgia Georgia
- Ireland Ireland *
- Italy Italy *
- Japan Japan
- Canada Canada
- Namibia Namibia
- New Zealand New Zealand *
- Romania Romania
- Russia Russia
- Samoa Samoa
- Scotland Scotland *
- South Africa South Africa *
- Tonga Tonga *
- United States United States
- Wales *
* Automatically eligible to start
Africa
Africa has a fixed starting point for the final disposal. Qualifying began with the African Cup of Nations 2008. Participated in the tournament 14 teams. Four teams contested a previous qualification at two places. Then, the remaining twelve teams were divided into four groups of three teams. The four semi-finalists met in June 2009. The winner (Namibia ) qualified for the World Cup finals, second place (Tunisia ) advances in the Barrage Round.
Round 1
The winners of the pre-qualification took part in the African Cup of Nations 2008.
Round 2
Group A
Namibia qualified for the semifinals.
Group B
Ivory Coast qualified for the semifinals.
Group C
Tunisia qualified for the semifinals.
Group D
Uganda qualified for the semifinals.
Round 3
The four winners of the second round of play for a place in the final, in which the set representative of Africa was determined.
Namibia and Tunisia qualified for the final.
Round 4
Between the two teams, the direct qualifier was identified for the World Cup. The loser got another chance to qualify in the play-off round.
Namibia qualified directly for the World Cup.
America
North and South America together had two fixed starting positions for the final disposal. In addition, for a third team had the opportunity to qualify through a barrage against a European team. The qualifications included a tournament with Caribbean and Central American teams in the Cayman Islands. Trinidad and Tobago, the winner of this tournament, met Brazil, the winner of the South American qualifying group. The winner of this game came in the third round to Uruguay and Chile. Then came the decisive round against the United States and Canada, with two teams directly qualified and third place as America 3 came into the Barrage Round.
Round 1a
Prequalification
Quarterfinals
Semifinal
Final
The final winner Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the next round of qualifying and ran against Brazil.
Round 1b
The qualifying round was 1b in Asunción, capital of Paraguay, discharged.
Brazil qualified with four wins for the second round.
Round 2
Brazil prevailed with a total score of 55:20 and qualified for the third round.
Round 3
In the third round Brazil met Uruguay and Chile. With two wins Uruguay advanced to the next round.
Round 3b
Canada and the United States played in July 2009 from a starting place for the World Cup. The loser of this duel met 3a on the winner of the round.
Canada prevailed with a score of 47:30 and qualified as a first team for the World Cup.
Round 4
In the fourth round met Uruguay (winner of the round 3a) and the United States to each other ( loser of the round 3b) to play out the second solid starting place in America. The United States qualified for the World Cup with two victories. Uruguay advanced than America 3 further into the Barrage Round ago.
Asia
Asia had a solid starting place for the final disposal. This was the winner of the Asian Five Nations 2010. The runner-up of this tournament moved as Asia 2 in the Barrage Round ago.
Round 1
Semifinal
Final
Thailand moved to the final victory over Malaysia before the second round and met the other three representatives of the first division of the Asia Cup.
Round 2
There were advancing the four best teams in the Topdivision the Asian Five Nations 2009 in the next round, the fifth-placed team was eliminated.
Round 2b
The winner of Division 1 of the Asian Five Nations 2009 met in round 3 of the top four teams in the Topdivision.
Semifinal
Final
Arabia qualified for the third round.
Round 3
The third round was also the final round of the qualification process in Asia. Japan took the winner of the Asian Five Nations 2010 Asia than 1 part in the World Cup, the runner- Kazakhstan moved up to the Barrage Round.
* The match against Japan Kazakhstan was moved from Almaty to Tokyo.
Europe
Europe had two fixed starting positions for the final disposal, while a third team advancing to the Barrage Round. The qualification process included Divisions 1 to 3 C of the 2008-2010 European Nations Cup and playoff games.
Round 1
In the first round, the winners of Division 3C (Israel ) and 3B (Slovenia ) met each other in a playoff game. The winner advanced to the second round of qualifying.
Division 3C
Division 3B
Playoff
Israel advanced to the second round.
Round 2
In the second round the winner of the first round hit on the winner of the 3A Division. The winner of this playoff came next round.
Division 3A
Playoff
Lithuania qualified for the third round.
Round 3
In the third round, the winner of round 2 hit on the winner of the Division 2B, the winner of this playoff game further advanced into the fourth round.
Division 2B
Playoff
Round 4
In the fourth round, the winner of round 3 and the winner of the 2A Division came together and played for a place in the sixth round.
Playoff
Round 5
The fifth round included the first division of the European Nations Cup from 2008 to 2010. The top two teams qualified automatically for the World Cup. Third- moved in the sixth round before and met the winner of the round 4
Division 1
Round 6
In the sixth round of the Third Division 1 hit on the winner of the fourth round. The winners of this tie was advancing into the Barrage Round.
Playoff
Romania advanced than Europe 3 further into the Barrage Round ago.
Oceania
Oceania was a place for the World Cup finals available, the Samoa and the winner of the Oceania Cup 2009 accounted among themselves.
Round 1
The winners of the Western and Eastern Group of the Oceania Cup 2009 played out for a place in the second round.
Semifinal
Final
Papua New Guinea moved into the second round.
Round 2
Papua New Guinea, winner of the first round, scored in the second and decisive round in Samoa.
Samoa qualified with two wins and a total score of 188:19 for the World Cup.
Barrage Round
In the Barrage Round Tunisia met (Africa 2), Uruguay ( America 3 ), Kazakhstan ( Asia 2 ) and Romania ( Europe 3) each other to play off the last place to the World Cup finals. First, the European representative to the African and the representative of America's played against Asia in the semi-final against each other. The venue was the team with the higher ranking in the IRB world rankings. The winners advance clashed in return game in the final.
Semifinal
Final
Romania qualified with a win and a total score of 60:33 for the World Cup.