2011 RUGBY WORLD CUP QUALIFYING MATCHES     
AMERICAS. NAWIRA B Round 1. Tournament Format    
29.03.2008 MEXICO 47 ST VINCENT & GRENADINES 7 KINGSTOWN WCQ NAWIRA Preliminary Knockout    
20.04.2008 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 39 CAYMAN ISLANDS 12 GRAND CAYMAN WCQ NAWIRA B Knockout Round    
  BARBADOS 21 MEXICO 20 GRAND CAYMAN WCQ NAWIRA  B Knockout Round    
  BERMUDA 29 BAHAMAS 13 GRAND CAYMAN WCQ NAWIRA B Knockout Round    
  GUYANA 10 JAMAICA 3 GRAND CAYMAN WCQ NAWIRA B Knockout Round    
23.04.2008 GUYANA 25 BERMUDA 13 GRAND CAYMAN WCQ NAWIRA B Cup Semi Final    
  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 56 BARBADOS 0 GRAND CAYMAN WCQ NAWIRA B Cup Semi Final    
26.04.2008 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 40 GUYANA 26 GRAND CAYMAN WCQ NAWIRA B Cup Final    
     
AMERICAS. CONSUR B Round 1. Tournament Format. Seedings-Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela Updated 27.06.2008    
19.06.2008 BRAZIL 34 COLOMBIA 6 ASUNCION   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
  PARAGUAY 44 VENEZUELA 3 ASUNCION BRAZIL 4 4 0 0 169 19 +151 8    
21.06.2008 PARAGUAY 71 PERU 0 ASUNCION PARAGUAY 4 3 0 1 188 25 +163 6    
  VENEZUELA 32 COLOMBIA 15 ASUNCION VENEZUELA 4 2 0 2 83 123 -40 4    
23.06.2008 BRAZIL 61 VENEZUELA 7 ASUNCION COLOMBIA 4 1 0 2 41 86 -45 2    
  COLOMBIA 25 PERU 20 ASUNCION PERU 4 0 0 4 23 207 -184 0    
26.06.2008 BRAZIL 59 PERU 0 ASUNCION      
  PARAGUAY 60 COLOMBIA 7 ASUNCION    
29.06.2008 VENEZUELA 41 PERU 3 ASUNCION    
  BRAZIL 15 PARAGUAY 6 ASUNCION    
                                 
AMERICAS ROUND 1 PLAYOFF Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago Updated 19.10.2008    
11.10.2008 BRAZIL 31 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 8 PORT OF SPAIN Brazil move into the next Americas round, winning 55-20 on aggregate.    
18.10.2008 BRAZIL 24 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 12 SAO PAULO    
AMERICA ROUND 2 Tournament Format Seedings-Uruguay, Chile, Brazil Updated 03.05.2009    
25.04.2009 CHILE 79 BRAZIL 3 SANTIAGO   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
29.04.2009 URUGUAY 71 BRAZIL 3 MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY 2 2 0 0 114 12 102 4    
02.05.2009 URUGUAY 43 CHILE 9 MONTEVIDEO CHILE 2 1 0 1 88 47 41 2    
  BRAZIL 2 0 0 2 6 150 -144 0    
  Uruguay moves to Round 3 where they play loser of USA-Canada playoffs.    
     
     
AMERICA ROUND 2 Canada v USA Playoff                      Updated 15.07.2009    
04.07.2009 UNITED STATES 12 CANADA 6 CHARLESTON R2 Playoff 1st leg                    
11.07.2009 CANADA 41 UNITED STATES 18 EDMONTON R2 Playoff 2nd leg    
     
Canada wins the playoff with a 17 point aggregate and move directly to World Cup finals. USA will play Uruguay, winner of the R2 CONSUR tournament.    
AMERICA ROUND 3 Uruguay USA Playoff                      Updated 04.04.2010    
14.11.2009 UNITED STATES 27 URUGUAY 22 MONTEVIDEO R3 Playoff 1st leg    
21.11.2009 UNITED STATES 27 URUGUAY 6 LAUDERHILL R3 Playoff 2nd leg    
     
United States won the playoff with a 26 point aggregate and moved directly to the finals. Uruguay will go to the repecharge.    
AFRICA          Updated 15.07.2009
ROUND 1 Playoff Format. Two winners go to Round 2
   
   
11.05.2008 CAMEROUN 26 NIGERIA 6 YAOUNDE    
17.05.2008 BOTSWANA 25 SWAZILAND 7 GABORONE    
                                 
AFRICA  Updated 15.07.2009
ROUND 2 Round Robin Format played in four pools
   
   
POOL A: Seedings-Namibia, Senegal, Zimbabwe    
14.06.2008 NAMIBIA 13 SENEGAL 10 DAKAR   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
02.08.2009 NAMIBIA 35 ZIMBABWE 21 WINDHOEK NAMIBIA 2 2 0 0 48 31 +17 4    
  ZIMBABWE V SENEGAL not played SENEGAL 1 0 0 1 10 13 -3 0    
  ZIMBABWE 1 0 0 1 21 35 -14 0    
POOL B: Seeding-Morocco, Ivory Coast, Zambia    
14.06.2008 MOROCCO 29 ZAMBIA 18 LUSAKA   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
12.07.2008 IVORY COAST 32 ZAMBIA 9 ABIDJAN IVORY COAST 2 2 0 0 53 18 +35 4    
02.08.2008 IVORY COAST 21 MOROCCO 9 CASABLANCA MOROCCO 2 1 0 1 38 39 -1 2    
  ZAMBIA 2 0 0 2 27 61 -35 0    
POOL C: Seeding-Kenya, Tunisia, Cameroun    
14.06.2008 TUNISIA 16 CAMEROUN 12 YAOUNDE   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
12.07.2008 KENYA 76 CAMEROUN 8 NAIROBI TUNISIA 2 2 0 0 60 27 +33 4    
02.08.2008 TUNISIA 44 KENYA 15 TUNIS KENYA 2 1 0 1 91 52 +39 2    
  CAMEROUN 2 0 0 2 20 94 -70 0    
POOL D: Seeding-Uganda, Madagascar, Botswana    
14.06.2008 UGANDA 27 BOTSWANA 10 GABORONE   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
12.07.2008 MADAGASCAR 45 BOTSWANA 15 ANTANNARIVO UGANDA 2 2 0 0 59 32 +27 4    
02.08.2008 UGANDA 32 MADAGACSAR 22 KAMPALA MADAGASCAR 2 1 0 1 67 47 +20 2    
            BOTSWANA 2 0 0 2 25 72 -47 0    
     
AFRICA
ROUND 3 Four qualifying teams from Round 1 to play semi-finals home-away
Updated 15.07.2009
   
   
13.06.2009 TUNISIA 41 UGANDA 17 KAMPALA Semi-Final The two winners will play a home-away final for the Africa Cup and a place in the 2011 Rugby World Cup finals as Africa 1.    
13.06.2009 IVORY COAST 13 NAMIBIA 13 ABIDJAN Semi-Final    
27.06.2009 TUNISIA 38 UGANDA 13 TUNIS Semi-Final    
27.06.2009 NAMIBIA 54 IVORY COAST 14 WINDHOEK Semi-Final    
     
Tunisia and Namibia qualify for round 4    
AFRICA
ROUND 4 Home-away playoff. Winner qualifies directly to World Cup finals. Loser to repechage
Updated 15.07.2009
   
   
14.11.2009 NAMIBIA 18 TUNISIA 13 TUNIS    
28.11.2009 NAMIBIA 22 TUNISIA 10 WINDHOEK    
                                 
Namibia won by an aggregate of 17 points and qualify to the finals. Tunisia moves to the repecharge stage.    
ASIA Nations Division 2 Updated 16.05.2010    
ROUND 1. Tournament Knockout Format     
11.06.2008 MALAYSIA 30 PAKISTAN 5 BANGKOK Thailand gain promotion to Asia Nations Division 1 for 2009. This will be a World Cup 2011 qualifying round.    
11.06.2008 THAILAND 30 INDIA 22 BANGKOK    
14.06.2008 THAILAND 30 MALAYSIA 7 BANGKOK    
14.06.2008 INDIA 92 PAKISTAN 0 BANGKOK Not a World Cup Qualifying match, just a play off 3rd/4th    
                                 
ASIA Nations Division 1  Updated 12.11.2008    
ROUND 1 Tournament Knockout Format    
11.11.2008 SINGAPORE 20 SRI LANKA 20 TAINAN   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
13.11.2008 SINGAPORE 23 CHINA TAIPEI 22 TAINAN SINGAPORE 2 1 1 0 43 42 1 8    
15.11.2008 CHINA TAIPEI 35 SRI LANKA 23 TAINAN CHINA TAIPEI 2 1 0 1 57 46 11 6    
  China withdrew from this tournament SRI LANKA 2 0 1 1 43 55 -12 3    
Singapore are promoted to Asia 5Nations for 2009                      
ASIA Nations Division 2 Updated 19.04.2009
ROUND 1 Tournament Knockout Format
   
   
08.04.2009 CHINA-TAIPEI 36 SRI LANKA 24 DUBAI Winner-Arabian Gulf-Promoted to Asia5Nations 2010    
08.04.2009 ARABIAN GULF 36 THAILAND 17 DUBAI    
11.04.2009 ARABIAN GULF 44 CHINA TAIPEI 24 Final    
11.04.2009 SRI LANKA 51 THAILAND 17 Playoff 3rd-4th Not a World Cup Qualifying match, just a play off 3rd/4th    
ASIA FIVE NATIONS - World Cup Qualifying R1
Round 1 SEEDINGS: Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Singapore
25.04.2009 KOREA 65 SINGAPORE 0 SEOUL   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
25.04.2009 JAPAN 87 KAZAKHSTAN 10 OSAKA JAPAN 4 4 0 0 271 40 231 24    
02.05.2009 JAPAN 59 HONG KONG 6 HONG KONG KAZAKHSTAN 4 3 0 1 87 139 -52 15    
02.05.2009 KAZAKHSTAN 30 KOREA 27 KAZAKHSTAN KOREA 4 2 0 2 137 144 -7 13    
09.05.2009 KOREA 36 HONG KONG 34 SEOUL HONG KONG 4 1 0 3 110 134 -24 8    
09.05.2009 KAZAKHSTAN 22 SINGAPORE 19 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE 4 0 0 4 40 196 -156 1    
16.05.2009 JAPAN 80 KOREA 9 OSAKA Singapore is relegated to Division 1 for 2010. Arabian Gulf is promoted for the second Asia qualifying round 2010.
16.05.2009 HONG KONG 64 SINGAPORE 6 HONG KONG
23.05.2009 JAPAN 45 SINGAPORE 15 SINGAPORE
24.05.2009 KAZAKHSTAN 25 HONG KONG 6 KAZAKHSTAN
 
     
ASIA FIVE NATIONS - World Cup Qualifying Round 2
SEEDINGS: Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Hong Kong, Arabian Gulf
24.04.2010 HONG KONG 32 KOREA 8 HONG KONG   P W D L PF PA DIFF BP PT PT
24.04.2010 KAZAKHSTAN 43 ARABIAN GULF 28 ALMATY JAPAN 3 3 0 0 232 25 207 3 17 17
30.04.2010 ARABIAN GULF 16 HONG KONG 9 MANAMA HONG KONG 3 2 0 1 60 39 21 2 12 12
01.05.2010 JAPAN 71 KOREA 13 GEONGSANG ARABIAN GULF 4 2 0 2 70 131 -61 1 11 11
08.05.2010 HONG KONG 19 KAZAKHSTAN 15 HONG KONG KAZAKHSTAN 3 1 0 2 65 148 -83 2 7 7
08.05.2010 JAPAN 60 ARABIAN GULF 5 TOKYO KOREA 3 0 0 3 40 124 -84 1 1 1
14.05.2010 ARABIAN GULF 21 KOREA 19 DUBAI First place automatically qualifies for 2011 Rugby World Cup Finals.
Second place v Uruguay 17 July for repechage playoff.
Last place relegated to Division 1
15.05.2010 JAPAN 101 KAZAKHSTAN 7 TOKYO
22.05.2010 HONG KONG JAPAN TOKYO
22.05.2010 KAZAKHSTAN KOREA INCHEON
 
   
EUROPE ROUND 5  FIRA-AER CHAMPIONSHIP, DIVISION A, EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP  
SEEDINGS: Georgia, Russia, Romania, Portugal, Spain, Germany   
21.02.2009 PORTUGAL 44 GERMANY 6 LISBON   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
28.02.2009 GEORGIA 55 SPAIN 11 MADRID GEORGIA 10 8 1 1 332 132 200 27    
28.02.2009 RUSSIA 28 ROMANIA 19 BUCHAREST RUSSIA 10 7 1 2 291 175 116 25    
14.03.2009 GEORGIA 28 ROMANIA 23 TBLISSI ROMANIA 10 6 1 3 291 136 146 24    
15.03.2009 PORTUGAL 24 SPAIN 19 LISBON PORTUGAL 10 5 1 4 255 149 106 21    
21.03.2009 GEORGIA 29 RUSSIA 21 MURIAPOL SPAIN 10 2 0 8 146 299 -109 14    
21.03.2009 PORTUGAL 22 ROMANIA 21 BUCHAREST GERMANY 10 0 0 10 58 430 -455 10    
02.05.2009 RUSSIA 53 GERMANY 0 HANNOVER    
06.02.2010 RUSSIA 14 PORTUGAL 10 RUSSIA Georgia and Russia automatically qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Romania will play in the first repecharge matches, the first being against Ukraine May 22, 2nd leg 5 June.
The winner becomes Europe 3 and will then play Tunisia.

   
06.02.2010 GEORGIA 77 GERMANY 3 TBLISSI    
13.02.2010 RUSSIA 38 SPAIN 20 MADRID    
13.02.2010 GEORGIA 16 PORTUGAL 10 LISBON    
13.02.2010 ROMANIA 67 GERMANY 5 BUCHAREST    
27.02.2010 RUSSIA 21 ROMANIA 21 RUSSIA    
27.02.2010 PORTUGAL 69 GERMANY 0 HEUSENSTAMM    
27.02.2010 GEORGIA 17 SPAIN 7 TBLISSI    
13.03.2010 ROMANIA 22 GEORGIA 10 BUCHAREST    
13.03.2010 PORTUGAL 33 SPAIN 15 MADRID    
13.03.2010 RUSSIA 48 GERMANY 11 RUSSIA    
20.03.2010 SPAIN 21 GERMANY 17 HEIDELBERG    
20.03.2010 GEORGIA 36 RUSSIA 8 TRABZON, TURKEY    
20.03.2010 ROMANIA 20 PORTUGAL 9 LISBON    
27.03.2010 ROMANIA 48 SPAIN 3 BUCHAREST    
     
     
EUROPE ROUND 4  FIRA-AER CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 2A    
SEEDINGS: Czech Republic, Belgium, Moldova, Ukraine, Poland. Updated 18.04.2010    
04.10.2008 UKRAINE 13 POLAND 12 LOTZ   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
01.11.2008 BELGIUM 9 UKRAINE 8 BRUSSELS UKRAINE 7 5 0 2 122 80 42 17    
15.11.2008 POLAND 13 CZECH REPUBLIC 7 OSTRAVA CZECH REPUBLIC 8 3 1 4 136 142 -6 15    
16.11.2008 MOLDOVA 20 BELGIUM 8 CHISINAU BELGIUM 7 3 1 3 79 89 -10 14    
22.11.2008 CZECH REPUBLIC 11 MOLDOVA 9 PRAGUE POLAND 6 3 0 3 81 89 -8 12    
14.03.2009 CZECH REPUBLIC 15 BELGIUM 15 BRUSSELS MOLDOVA 6 2 0 4 105 125 -20 10    
21.03.2009 UKRAINE 20 CZECH REPUBLIC 10 ODESSA The European Nations Cup is played for bi-annually.
Lithuania (Round 3 winner) will play winner of Division 2A. The winner of that game heads into Round 5.
8 May: Ukraine 27, Lithuania 16. Ukraine goes to Round 5, and will play Romania May 22 and June 5, home and away. The winner heads to repecharge R1.
   
09.05.2009 UKRAINE 32 MOLDOVA 0 KIEV    
16.05.2009 POLAND 30 MOLDOVA 28 CHISINAU    
30.05.2009 POLAND 14 BELGIUM 3 GDANSK    
10.10.2009 UKRAINE 13 BELGIUM 11 UKRAINE    
24.10.2009 CZECH REPUBLIC 19 POLAND 5 POLAND    
31.10.2009 BELGIUM 14 MOLDOVA 3 BRUSSELS    
14.11.2009 MOLDOVA 45 CZECH REPUBLIC 30 CHISINAU    
03.04.2010 BELGIUM 19 CZECH REPUBLIC 16 PRAGUE    
10.04.2010 CZECH REPUBLIC 27 UKRAINE 16 PRAGUE    
10.04.2010 POLAND P MOLDOVA P POLAND    
24.04.2010 MOLDOVA UKRAINE CHISINAU    
24.04.2010 BELGIUM POLAND BRUSSELS    
                       
EUROPE ROUND 3  FIRA-AER CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 2B    
SEEDINGS: Netherlands, Latvia, Croatia, Malta, Sweden    
25.10.2008 CROATIA 18 MALTA 16 MARSA   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
25.10.2008 SWEDEN 21 LATVIA 5 VANESBORG NETHERLANDS 4 4 0 0 110 55 55 12    
01.11.2008 MALTA 9 SWEDEN 6 VANESBORG CROATIA 4 3 0 1 74 60 14 10    
01.11.2008 NETHERLANDS 18 CROATIA 12 AMSTERDAM MALTA 4 2 0 2 66 70 -4 8    
08.11.2008 NETHERLANDS 29 LATVIA 10 JELGAVA SWEDEN 4 1 0 3 64 73 9 6    
18.04.2009 NETHERLANDS 36 SWEDEN 24 AMSTERDAM LATVIA 4 0 0 4 47 103 -56 4    
18.04.2009 MALTA 32 LATVIA 19 RIGA The European Nations Cup is played for bi-annually.
The Netherlands progress through to the next round of Rugby World Cup 2011 qualifiers.

6 June: Lithuania 6, Netherlands 3 in Vilnius
Lithuania qualifies for Round 3 playoff 2009-10
   
25.04.2009 NETHERLANDS 27 MALTA 9 LA VALETTE    
25.04.2009 CROATIA 21 LATVIA 13 MAKARSKA    
02.05.2009 CROATIA 23 SWEDEN 13 SPLIT    
               
     
EUROPE ROUND 2  FIRA-AER CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 3A    
SEEDINGS; Andorra, Armenia, Switzerland, Serbia, Lithuania    
13.09.2008 ARMENIA 41 SERBIA 0 SMEDEREVO   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
18.10.2008 ARMENIA 35 SWITZERLAND 15 ABOVIAN LITHUANIA 4 4 0 0 133 38 94 12    
08.11.2008 LITHUANIA 26 ANDORRA 10 ANDORRA LA VELA ARMENIA 4 2 0 2 105 75 30 8    
15.11.2008 LITHUANIA 33 SWITZERLAND 0 KAUNAS SERBIA 4 2 0 2 53 104 -51 8    
06.11.2008 SERBIA 32 ANDORRA 7 SMEDEREVO SWITZERLAND 4 1 0 3 53 89 -36 6    
14.03.2009 SWITZERLAND 32 ANDORRA 9 AVUSY ANDORRA 4 1 0 3 62 100 -38 6    
21.03.2009 ANDORRA 36 ARMENIA 10 ANDORRA LA VELA The European Nations Cup is played for bi-annually.
Lithuania progress to the next round of World Cup qualifying.

23 May: Lithuania 19, Israel 3 in Netanya
Lithuania wins Round 4 and progress.
   
04.04.2009 SERBIA 12 SWITZERLAND 6 NYON    
02.05.2009 LITHUANIA 50 SERBIA 9 SPLIT    
09.05.2009 LITHUANIA 24 MOLDOVA 19 ABOVIAN    
               
     
EUROPE ROUND 1  FIRA-AER CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 3B    
SEEDINGS; Denmark, Hungary, Norway, Austria, Slovenia    
13.09.2008 SLOVENIA 32 HUNGARY 26 LJUBLIANA   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
27.09.2008 HUNGARY 26 NORWAY 15 OSLO SLOVENIA 4 4 0 0 89 64 25 12    
11.10.2008 NORWAY 11 AUSTRIA 3 OSLO HUNGARY 4 3 0 1 116 71 45 10    
18.10.2008 HUNGARY 39 DENMARK 12 KECSKEMET DENMARK 4 2 0 2 78 88 -10 8    
01.11.2008 SLOVENIA 25 DENMARK 19 ODENSE NORWAY 4 1 0 3 54 63 -9 6    
08.11.2008 SLOVENIA 18 AUSTRIA 9 VIENNA AUSTRIA 4 0 0 4 30 81 -51 4    
11.04.2009 DENMARK 20 NORWAY 18 ODENSE The European Nations Cup is played for bi-annually.
Slovenia progress to the next round of Rugby World Cup 2011 qualifiers.
May 9: Israel 26, Slovenia 19 in Netanya (Israel). Slovenia eliminated.
   
18.04.2009 HUNGARY 25 AUSTRIA 13 ESTZERGOM    
25.04.2009 DENMARK 27 AUSTRIA 6 LINZ    
25.04.2009 SLOVENIA 14 NORWAY 10 LJUBLIANA    
               
     
EUROPE ROUND 1  FIRA-AER CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 3C    
SEEDINGS: Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Finland, Israel, Greece    
04.10.2008 LUXEMBOURG 27 FINLAND 19 HELSINKI   P W D L PF PA DIFF PT    
11.10.2008 GREECE 12 FINLAND 10 HELSINKI ISRAEL 4 4 0 0 136 26 110 12    
15.11.2008 ISRAEL 11 BULGARIA 8 PERNIK GREECE 4 3 0 1 80 67 13 10    
22.11.2008 ISRAEL 25 GREECE 10 KIFISSIA BULGARIA 4 2 0 2 73 72 1 8    
29.11.2008 BULGARIA 18 LUXEMBOURG 10 LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG 4 1 0 3 51 84 -33 6    
21.03.2009 ISRAEL 30 LUXEMBOURG 0 NETANYA FINLAND 4 0 0 4 47 148 -93 4    
11.04.2009 GREECE 41 BULGARIA 18 ALEXANDROUPOLI    
25.04.2009 BULGARIA 29 FINLAND 10 PERNIK The European Nations Cup is played for bi-annually.
Israel qualify for next round of World Cup qualifiers

May 9: Israel 26, Slovenia 19 in Netanya. Slovenia eliminated
May 23: Israel v Lithuania venue TBA
   
25.04.2009 GREECE 17 LUXEMBOURG 14 LUXEMBOURG    
02.05.2009 ISRAEL 70 FINLAND 8 NETANYA    
     
               
REPECHARGE PLAYOFFS Updated 09.05.2010
Teams involved-Uruguay, Tunisia, Asia No.2, Europe No.3
   
   
17.07.2010 URUGUAY 2ND ASIA NATION Round 1,TBA Venues for the first round of repecharge are decided by the team with the highest IRB ranking.
The winner of round 2 qualifies for the final World Cup finals place.
   
  EUROPE NO.3 TUNISIA Round 1, TBA    
  URUGUAY/2ND ASIA EUROPE 3/TUNISIA R2, HOME & AWAY    
  URUGUAY/2ND ASIA EUROPE 3/TUNISIA R2, HOME & AWAY