Results of the 1999 Rugby World Cup

The fourth Rugby World Cup broke new ground as for the first time the big eight nations did not qualify automatically. Only the champions, the runners-up, the third place play-off winners from 1995 and the host nation were afforded that luxury.

This meant that South Africa, New Zealand, France and Wales were assured of their places in the expanded 20-team tournament with 65 nations taking part in the qualification process for the other 16 places.

Another innovation for the 1999 tournament, which also featured matches in England, France, Scotland and Ireland, was the introduction of a repechage, a second chance for teams that had finished runners-up in each qualifying zone.

Uruguay and Tonga were the first nations to profit from the Repechage and took their places alongside fellow qualifiers Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy, Argentina, Fiji, Romania, Canada, Namibia, Japan, Spain and the United States.

These 20 nations were split into five pools of four, a scenario that necessitated a quarter-final play-off round involving the five runners-up and best third placed team to decide who would join the Pool winners in the last eight.

The Millennium Stadium then saw Australia take on the French in an eagerly anticipated final. France had of course reached the inaugural final in 1987 but, just as on that occasion, they simply had nothing left as Australia became the first nation to win the World Cup twice with a 35-12 triumph.

Final

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Cardiff, Wales: Australia 35 - France 12

Third Place

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Cardiff, Wales: South Africa 22 - New Zealand 18

Semifinals

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Twickenham, England: South Africa 21 - Australia 27

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Twickenham, England: New Zealand 31 - France 43

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Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal M, Cardiff, Wales: Wales 9 - Australia 24

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Quarterfinal J, Paris: South Africa 44 - England 21

Quarterfinal L, Dublin, Ireland: France 47 - Argentina 26

Quarterfinal K, Edinburgh, Scotland: New Zealand 30 - Scotland 18

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Second Round

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Playoff H, Twickenham, England: England 45 - Fiji 24

Playoff G, Murrayfield, Scotland: Scotland 35 - Western Samoa 20

Playoff F, Lens, France: Ireland 24 - Argentina 28

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First Round

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Cardiff, Wales: Wales 23 - Argentina 18

Beziers, France: Fiji 67 - Namibia 18

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Beziers, France: France 33 - Canada 20

Galashiels, Scotland: Uruguay 27 - Spain 15

Twickenham, England: England 67 - Italy 7

Dublin, Ireland: Ireland 53 - United States 8

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Wrexham, Wales: Western Samoa 43 - Japan 9

Bristol, England: New Zealand 45 - Tonga 9

Murrayfield, Scotland: South Africa 46 - Scotland 29

Belfast, Northern Ireland: Australia 57 - Romania 9

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Murrayfield, Scotland: Scotland 43 - Uruguay 12

Bordeaux, France: France 47 - Namibia 13

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Bordeaux, France: Fiji 38 - Canada 22

Cardiff, Wales: Wales 64 - Japan 15

Twickenham, England: England 16 - New Zealand 30

Dublin, Ireland: United States 25 - Romania 27

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Llanelli, Wales: Argentina 32 - Western Samoa 16

Dublin, Ireland: Ireland 3 - Australia 23

Murrayfield, Scotland: South Africa 47 - Spain 3

Leicester, England: Italy 25 - Tonga 28

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Huddersfield, England: New Zealand 101 - Italy 3

Cardiff, Wales: Wales 31 - Western Samoa 38

Limerick, Ireland: Australia 55 - United States 19

Toulouse, France: Canada 72 - Namibia 11

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Twickenham, England: England 101 - Tonga 10

Glasgow, Scotland: South Africa 44 - Uruguay 14

Dublin, Ireland: Ireland 44 - Romania 14

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Toulouse, France: France 28 - Fiji 19

Murrayfield, Scotland: Scotland 48 - Spain 0

Cardiff, Wales: Argentina 33 - Japan 12

See also

• Rugby Union World Cup

The Rugby World Cup is the premier international Rugby Union contest in the world, first held jointly in Australia and New Zealand in 1987 and now held every four years. ...