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2003 Rugby World Cup – European qualification

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Field	Value
datefrom	23 September 2000
dateto	24 November 2002
nations	32
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There were a number of positions open to European nations to qualify for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. Ireland, Romania, Georgia and Italy, joining a number of other nations that automatically qualified.

Round 1 (2000–2001)

The 18 teams that entered qualification at this stage were divided into three pools of six teams each. The winners of each pool and the best runner-up advanced to the second round of qualifying.

Pool A

Pos	Pld	W	L	+/−	Pts
1	5	5	0	+208	15
2	5	4	1	+79	13
3	5	3	2	+78	11
4	5	2	3	+51	9
5	5	1	4	−222	7
6	5	0	5	−194	5

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
23 September 2000		9–41	****	Stavanger, Norway
21 October 2000		10–42	****	Vienna, Austria
28 October 2000	****	24–19		Riga, Latvia
28 October 2000	****	44–3		Korsangens, Sweden
11 November 2000	****	38–12		Riga, Latvia
3 March 2001		3–62	****	Luxembourg
17 March 2001		3–21	****	Israel
5 May 2001	****	43–3		Israel
5 May 2001		3–116	****	Cessange, Luxembourg
12 May 2001	****	77–0		Vienna, Austria
19 May 2001	****	37–0		Riga, Latvia
19 May 2001	****	35–20		Växjö, Sweden
2 June 2001	****	21–6		Vienna, Austria
9 June 2001		7–51	****	Borrebanen, Norway
9 June 2001	****	17–10		Korsangens, Sweden

Pool B

Pos	Pld	W	L	+/−	Pts
1	5	4	1	+166	13
2	5	3	2	+45	11
3	5	3	2	+43	11
4	5	2	3	−9	9
5	5	2	3	−58	9
6	5	1	4	−187	7

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
30 September 2000	****	13–12		Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 October 2000	****	43–6		Geneva, Switzerland
14 October 2000		9–90	****	Pernik, Bulgaria
14 October 2000	****	12–9		Andorra la Vella, Andorra
28 October 2000	****	27–21		Százhalombatta, Hungary
5 November 2000	****	46–6		Dimitrovgrad, Yugoslavia
31 March 2001	****	25–10		Dimitrovgrad, Yugoslavia
5 May 2001	****	38–25		Lausanne, Switzerland
5 May 2001	****	30–8
12 May 2001	****	59–10		Andorra la Vella, Andorra
12 May 2001	****	61–23		Basel, Switzerland
12 May 2001	****	23–13
25 May 2001	****	13–10		Gornji, Yugoslavia
25 May 2001	****	23–13		Andorra la Vella, Andorra
25 May 2001	****	46–7

Pool C

Pos	Pld	W	D	L	+/−	Pts
1	5	5	0	0	+71	15
2	5	3	1	1	+46	12
3	5	3	0	2	+25	11
4	5	2	1	2	+38	10
5	5	1	0	4	−30	7
6	5	0	0	5	−150	5

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
28 October 2000		15–17	****	Menton, France
28 October 2000	****	24–10		King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
18 November 2000		19–19		Ljubljana, Slovenia
18 November 2000	****	58–8		Bender, Moldova
25 November 2000		0–26	****	Three Cities, Malta
2 December 2000		8–13	****	Menton, France
20 January 2001		3–9	****	Three Cities, Malta
3 March 2001		12–18	****	Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France
7 April 2001	****	26–10		Brussels, Belgium
21 April 2001		11–39	****	Three Cities, Malta
28 April 2001	****	30–15		Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 May 2001	****	29–20		Laakdal, Belgium
12 May 2001	****	45–5		Ljubljana, Slovenia
12 May 2001	****	33–10		Vilnius, Lithuania
2 June 2001	****	20–16		Chișinău, Moldova

Round 2 (2001–2002)

The four teams that qualified from Round 1 were joined by the six teams from the European Nations Cup Second Division. They were divided into two pools of five teams each. Each pool was played as a single round-robin tournament, and the winner of each pool advanced to Round 3.

Pool A

Pos	Pld	W	L	+/−	Pts
1	4	4	0	+69	12
2	4	2	2	+24	8
3	4	2	2	+23	8
4	4	2	2	+19	8
5	4	0	4	−135	4

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
22 September 2001		18–60	****	Riga, Latvia
29 September 2001	****	18–6		Gdańsk, Poland
7 October 2001	****	37–12		Trelleborg, Sweden
20 October 2001	****	32–10		Malmö, Sweden
27 October 2001	****	33–21		Frederiksberg, Denmark
3 November 2001		19–26	****	Copenhagen, Denmark
10 November 2001	****	34–24		Heidelberg, Germany
24 November 2001	****	44–0		Hanover, Germany
6 April 2002	****	20–12		Gdynia, Poland
6 April 2002		8–32	****	Riga, Latvia

Pool B

Pos	Pld	W	L	+/−	Pts
1	4	4	0	+95	12
2	4	3	1	+46	10
3	4	2	2	−14	8
4	4	1	3	−40	6
5	4	0	4	−87	4

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
22 September 2001	****	46–3		Prague, Czech Republic
6 October 2001		6–32	****	Lausanne, Switzerland
13 October 2001		5–13	****	Makarska, Croatia
13 October 2001	****	21–10		Kyiv, Ukraine
20 October 2001	****	41–7		Kyiv, Ukraine
27 October 2001		15–22	****	Brussels, Belgium
3 November 2001	****	26–8		Prague, Czech Republic
10 November 2001	****	18–16		Makarska, Croatia
24 November 2001		0–26	****	Brussels, Belgium
24 November 2001		11–30	****	Hermance, Switzerland

Round 3 (May–June 2002)

The two teams that advanced from Round 2 were joined by the four lowest-ranked teams from the 2000–01 European Nations Cup First Division. The six teams were divided into two pools of three teams each, again played as a single round-robin, with the winners of each pool advancing to Round 4.

Pool A

Pos	Pld	W	L	+/−	Pts
1	2	1	1	+1	4
2	2	1	1	0	4
3	2	1	1	−1	4

Date	Home team	Score	Venue
4 May 2002	****	27–15	Warsaw, Poland
18 May 2002	****	39–26	Jamor, Portugal
2 June 2002	****	34–21	Madrid, Spain

Pool B

Pos	Pld	W	L	+/−	Pts
1	2	2	0	+81	6
2	2	1	1	+23	4
3	2	0	2	−104	2

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
5 May 2002		18–37	****	Prague, Czech Republic
21 May 2002		12–54	****	Amsterdam, Netherlands
1 June 2002	****	65–3		Monino, Russia

Round 4 (September–October 2002)

In Round 4, the two teams that advanced from Round 3 were joined by the two remaining teams from the 2000–01 European Nations Cup First Division, as well as Ireland and Italy. The six teams were divided into two pools of three teams each, which were again played as a single round-robin. The top two teams from each pool qualified directly for the Rugby World Cup, while the bottom team from each pool advanced to Round 5.

Pool A

Italy qualified for the Rugby World Cup as Europe 2 and were placed in Pool D, while Romania qualified as Europe 3 and were placed in Pool A.

Pos	Pld	W	L	+/−	Pts
1	2	2	0	+55	6
2	2	1	1	+53	4
3	2	0	2	−108	2

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
22 September 2002		3–50	****	Valladolid, Spain
28 September 2002	****	25–17		Parma, Italy
5 October 2002	****	67–6		Iași, Romania

Pool B

Ireland qualified for the Rugby World Cup as Europe 1 and were placed in Pool A, while Georgia qualified as Europe 4 and were placed in Pool C.

Pos	Pld	W	L	+/−	Pts
1	2	2	0	+81	6
2	2	1	1	−45	4
3	2	0	2	−36	2

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
21 September 2002		3–35	****	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
28 September 2002	****	63–14		Dublin, Ireland
13 October 2002	****	17–13		Tbilisi, Georgia

Round 5 (October–November 2002)

The two teams that advanced from Round 4 played a two-legged tie. The winners advanced to the repechage.

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue
27 October 2002		3–36	****	Madrid, Spain
24 November 2002		22–38	****	Krasnodar, Russia

Russia won 58–41 on aggregate. However, after it was determined they used ineligible South African players, they were ejected from the competition and Spain advanced to Repechage.

Bibliography

References

[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-71224045.html Russia frozen out of World Cup over illegal South Africans] {{webarchive. link. (16 May 2011)

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