2015 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification

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2015 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification
Tournament details
Dates24 March 2012 – 29 May 2014
No. of nations18
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
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In the Americas Region for 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying, Argentina had automatically qualified for the World Cup, and two places were available in the Americas qualification process, which were taken by Canada and the United States. An additional Americas team, Uruguay, also qualified as the Play-off winner.

Contents

Format

2015 Rugby World Cup qualification process for Americas. NOTE: Round 3A should read 2013, not 2012. RWC 2015 QUALIFICATION PROCESS.jpg
2015 Rugby World Cup qualification process for Americas. NOTE: Round 3A should read 2013, not 2012.

The qualification process for the 2–3 teams from the Americas participating in the 2015 Rugby World Cup are as follows: [1]

Round 1:

Round 1 was split into two sections, Round 1A and Round 1B.

Round 1 consisted of the bottom five teams of the NACRA region, to the IRB rankings, playing each other in a robin-round format. The winning nations of either zone then advanced to Round 2 of their respective zones. The winning nations in either zone after Round 2, earned the right to compete for the NACRA Rugby Championship title, thus being able to advance to the Round 1 Final.

Round 2:

Round 3:

Like Round 1, Round 3 was also split into two sections, Round 3A and Round 3B.

Entrants

The 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying teams that will compete for the 2015 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification. (World rankings, shown in brackets, are to first Americas qualification match on 24 March 2012)

Qualified nations

Round 1

Round 1A: 2012 NACRA Rugby Championship

The 2012 NACRA Championship was the first qualifying event for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The tournament featured nine IRB members from the Caribbean and North and South America. Those teams, along with their IRB World Ranking and rating points as of March 19, 2012, were as follows:

Teams

Zone 1

Round 1

The winning team, Cayman Islands, advanced to Zone 1 Round 2 to face Bahamas and Bermuda.

Advanced to Zone 1 Round 2
PlaceNationGamesPointsTable
points
playedwondrawnlostforagainstdifference
1Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 21016432+326
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 21018160+215
3Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 21013386-534
Round 2

The winning team, Bermuda, advanced to the final of the 2012 NACRA Championship, or Round 1A final, to face Zone 2 winners Guyana.

Advanced to Round 1A Final
PlaceNationGamesPointsTable
points
playedwondrawnlostforagainstdifference
1Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 22002311+128
2Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 21013014+166
3Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 20021543-280

Zone 2

Round 1

The winning team, Barbados, advanced to Zone 2 Round 2 to face Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.

Advanced to Zone 2 Round 2
PlaceNationGamesPointsTable
points
playedwondrawnlostforagainstdifference
1Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2200853+828
2Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2002385-820
Round 2

The winning team, Guyana, advanced to the final of the 2012 NACRA Caribbean Championship, or Round 1A Final, to face Zone 1 winners Bermuda.

Advanced to Round 1A Final
PlaceNationGamesPointsTable
points
playedwondrawnlostforagainstdifference
1Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 21103010+206
2Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 21013223+94
3Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 20111342-292

Round 1A Final: NACRA Rugby Championship Final

The winning team, Bermuda, advanced to the Round 1 Final to face the winner of the 2012 CONSUR B, or Round 1B victors, Paraguay.

23 June 2012
15:30 AST (UTC-04)
Bermuda  Flag of Bermuda.svg18–0Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
National Sports Center, Hamilton
Referee: Pablo Septien (Mexico)

Round 1B: 2012 CONSUR Rugby Championship B

The winning team, Paraguay, advanced to the Round 1 Final to face Bermuda, the winner of the 2012 NACRA Rugby Championship.

Advanced to Round 1 Final
PlaceNationGamesPointsTable
points
playedwondrawnlostforagainstdifference
1Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 330019628+1689
2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 32019266+266
3Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 310239116–773
4Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 300329146–1170

Number in brackets indicates the pre-tournament IRB ranking of team

Round 1 Final

The winner of 2012 NACRA Rugby Championship, Bermuda, played the winner of the 2012 CONSUR B tournament, Paraguay, in order to progress through to Round 2. Paraguay were the home team as they were the higher ranked team at 39 to Bermuda's 49.

29 September 2012
16:00 PYT (UTC-04)
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg29–14Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
Stats [21]
Club Universitario de Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)

Round 2

Round 2A: 2012 CONSUR Rugby Championship A

The top two teams remained in CONSUR A for the 2013 tournament (Round 3A), thus still being able to qualify for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The bottom placed team, Brazil, had to face a relegation challenge, Round 2 Final, from the CONSUR B champion, Paraguay, to earn to right to compete in the 2013 tournament and stay within the chance of qualifying for Rugby World Cup 2015.

Stays in contention of RWC place
Advances to Round 2 Final
TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferencePts
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 22005441+136
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 21014533+123
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 20022146-250

Round 2 Final: CONSUR A/B relegation playoff

Paraguay, the winner of Round 1, faced Brazil, the last placed team in the 2012 Consur A competition, or Round 2A, for the right to compete in the 2013 Consur A, or Round 3A, and remain within the chance of qualifying for the World Cup.

Being the higher ranked team, Brazil hosted the match in front of over 10,000 spectators in São Paulo, Brazil's biggest ever home crowd. [22]

27 October 2012
13:30 BRT (UTC-03)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg35–22 Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg
Stats [23]
Estádio Nicolau Alayon, São Paulo
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)

Round 3

Round 3A: 2013 CONSUR Rugby Championship A

Round 3A was contested concurrently with the 2013 South American Rugby Championship "A" in Montevideo, Uruguay and Temuco, Chile between 27 April and 4 May 2013. [24] However, this tournament included already qualified nation Argentina, and therefore had no effect on who advanced to the NACRA-CONSUR playoff final. This means fixtures against Argentina by Brazil, Chile or Uruguay were not included as Rugby World Cup qualification matches. The winner of this qualifying round, Uruguay, advanced to the NACRA-CONSUR playoff final, to stay in contention for qualifying for the 2015 Rugby World Cup as Americas 2 or to progress to the Repechage qualifying.

Advanced to NACRA-CONSUR playoff final
PlaceNationGamesPointsTable
points
playedwondrawnlostforagainstdiff
1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 22008116+656
2Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 21014745+23
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 20022996–670

Round 3B: United States v Canada Home & Away playoffs

Canada defeated the USA in a two-legged play off, sweeping the series and winning 40–20 on aggregate, thus qualifying for the World Cup as Americas 1. USA progressed to the NACRA-CONSUR playoff final against Uruguay.

17 August 2013
18:30 EDT (UTC-04)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg9–27Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pen: Wyles (3/5) 40', 60', 75'Stats [28] Try: Mack 1' c
Jones 50' c
Van der Merwe 63' c
Con: Pritchard (3/3) 1', 51', 64'
Pen: Pritchard (2/2) 14', 38'
Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina
Attendance: 5,258
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
24 August 2013
16:00 EDT (UTC-04)
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg13–11Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Try: Pritchard 22' m
Marshall 60' m
Con: Pritchard (0/2)
Pen: Pritchard (1/3) 20'		Stats [29] Try: Ngwenya 16' m
Con: Wyles (0/1)
Pen: Wyles (2/4) 40', 66'
BMO Field, Toronto
Attendance: 10,207
Referee: JP Doyle (England)

Round 3 Final: NACRA-CONSUR playoff final

The losing team from Round 3B, United States, played the winner from Round 3A, Uruguay to determine who qualifies as Americas 2. The final consisted of a home-and-away series, with the winner on aggregate, United States (59–40 or 1–0), qualifying for the World Cup as Americas 2.

The loser, Uruguay, advanced to the repechage to play Asia 2, Hong Kong.

22 March 2014
16:00 UYT (UTC-03)
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg27–27Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Try: Prada 32' c
Ormaechea 73' m
Con: Berchesi (1/2) 33'
Pen: Berchesi (5/8) 4', 22', 30', 36', 42'		Stats [30] Try: Thiel 38' c
Manoa 46' c
Wyles 53' c
Con: Niua (3/3) 39', 47', 54'
Pen: Niua (2/3) 2', 27'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
29 March 2014
15:30 EDT (UTC-04)
United States  Flag of the United States.svg32–13Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Try: Fry 46' c
Petri 61' c
S. Suniula 66' c
A. Suniula 68' m
Con: Wyles (3/4) 47', 62', 67'
Pen: Wyles (2/3) 35', 76'		Stats [31] Try: Prada 23' c
Con: Berchesi (1/1) 23'
Pen: Berchesi (2/3) 37', 40+1'
Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Kennesaw, Georgia
Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Greg Garner (England)

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