2017 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifying

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2017 Rugby World Cup qualifying
Tournament details
Dates2014 – 2017
No. of nations20
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The qualification process for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup began on 14 February 2015. Twelve teams qualified for the tournament, which was held in Ireland [1] in 2017.

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Qualification process

Following the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, seven teams received an automatic qualification berth - these berths being given to the top seven teams (England, Canada, France, Ireland, New Zealand, the United States and Australia). The remaining five berths for the 2017 finals were awarded through regional tournaments.

The non-automatic qualification process began on 14 February 2015.

Regional qualification

There are 12 nations participating in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. Seven teams have automatically qualified by virtue of their performance at the prior Rugby World Cup, leaving five teams to qualify through regional matches. Regional Qualification began on 14 February 2015, during the second round of the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship.

RegionAutomatic qualifiersTeams in qualifying processQualifying
places		Qualified teamsWorld Cup pools
Americas200Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (AQ)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (AQ)		A
B
Asia022Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 		A
C
Europe393Flag of England.svg  England (AQ)
Flag of France.svg  France (AQ)
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland (AQ)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 		B
C
C
B
B
A
Oceania220Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (AQ)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (AQ)		C
A
TOTAL7135--

Europe

European Qualification

England, France, and Ireland automatically qualified by virtue of their finishes in the 2014 tournament. In addition, there were three other places available for European countries.

Round One

The top two teams from the combined 2015 and 2016 Women's Six Nations Championship, Italy and Wales, qualified directly. The remaining team, Scotland, proceeded to Round Three.

PositionNationGamesPointsTriesTable
points
PlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiff
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10505147199-52-10
2Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 10406125148-23-8
3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 10001056373-317-0


Round Two

The top team from the 2016 Women's European Championship proceeded to Round Three. The tournament took place in Spain in October, 2016, with Spain being declared champions. [2]

Round Three

Scotland and the winner of Round Two, Spain, played a home-and-away series to determine the final European qualifier. Spain won both games.

Asia and Oceania

Asian Qualification

The top two teams of the 2016 Asia Rugby Women's Championship qualified to the Repechage. The ARWC was contested between Japan and Hong Kong, Kazakhstan withdrew from the tournament.

Oceania Qualification

New Zealand and Australia automatically qualified due to their finishes in the 2014 tournament. A third team, Fiji, defeated Papua New Guinea 37–10 in the Oceania qualifier to move on to the repechage.

2016-11-05
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg37–10Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea

Repechage

The two best-ranked teams from a final qualifying tournament featuring one team from Oceania and two teams from Asia. [3]

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2200758+679
2Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 21015327+265
3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 20027100−930
Source: [ citation needed ]
2016-12-09
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg45–7Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
2016-12-13
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg55–0Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
2016-12-17
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg8–20Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Sources

  1. ↑ "Ireland to host Women's Rugby World Cup 2017". World Rugby.
  2. ↑ "Reunión comisión delegada" (PDF) (in Spanish). Federación Española de Rugby.
  3. ↑ "Canada confirmed for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup tournament". The Globe And Mail.

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