2007 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification

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In qualification for the 2007 Rugby World Cup , there were two places available for Oceania teams, and one place in the repechage. In the group rounds, there were three points awarded for a win, two for a draw, and one for a loss. There were no bonus points awarded.

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Qualification process

Round 1 and 2

These rounds corresponded to the 2005 FORU Oceania Cup, played by the six lowest tier teams of Oceania. Teames were divided in two pools: Pool A, with three teams from the Oceania East region, and Pool B with three teams from the Oceania West region. The winner of each group qualified for the finals (Round 2), a playoff home and away. The winner advanced to Round 4.

Round 3

A round robin league between Tonga, Samoa and Fiji. Winner qualified directly to RWC 2007 as Oceania 1, Runner Up as Oceania 2, and third place advanced to Round 4.

Round 4

Winner of Round 2 vs 3rd placed team from Round 3. Winner progressed to Repechage round as "Oceania 3", to meet "Asia 2".

Round 1

Pool A

Papua New Guinea won the pool and advanced to Round 2.

Final Standings

CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 22001326
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 2101-864
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 2002-462
DateMatchVenueResult
29-Jul-2005Vanuatu - Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 20–12
13-Aug-2005Solomon Islands - Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands 7-45
20-Aug-2005Papua New Guinea - Vanuatu Papua New Guinea 97–3

Pool B

Cook Islands won the pool and advanced to Round 2.

Final Standings

CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 2200446
Flag of Niue.svg  Niue 2101284
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 2002-722
DateMatchVenueResult
22-Jul-2005Niue - Tahiti Niue 55–8
30-Jul-2005Tahiti - Cook Islands Tahiti 22–47
06-Aug-2005Cook Islands - Niue Cook Islands 24–5

Round 2

The teams split the series, with Cook Islands winning on aggregate score to advance to Round 4.

DateMatchVenueResult
03-Sep-2005 Cook Islands - Papua New GuineaCook Islands37–12
10-Sep-2005 Papua New Guinea - Cook IslandsPapua New Guinea20–11

Cook Islands won 48–32 on aggregate

Round 3

Samoa and Fiji qualified for RWC 2007 as Oceania 1 & 2, Tonga progressed to Round 4.

Final Standings

CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 43015510
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 4301-910
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 4004-464
DateMatchVenueResult
25-Jun-2005Fiji - Tonga Fiji 19–11
02-Jul-2005Samoa - Tonga Samoa 50–28
09-Jul-2005Fiji - SamoaFiji10–38
16-Jul-2005Tonga - Fiji Tonga 19–24
23-Jul-2005Tonga - SamoaTonga19–30
30-Jul-2005Fiji - SamoaFiji21–15

Round 4

Tonga swept the series and advanced to Repechage Round as Oceania 3, to meet Asia 2, South Korea.

DateMatchVenueResult
23-Jun-2006Cook Islands - TongaRarotonga, Cook Islands10–77
8-Jul-2006Tonga - Cook IslandsTonga90–0

Tonga won 167–10 on aggregate

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