2007 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification

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.

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

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Papua New Guinea22001326
 Vanuatu2101-864
 Solomon Islands2002-462
DateMatch VenueResult
29-Jul-2005Vanuatu - Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands20-12
13-Aug-2005Solomon Islands - Papua New GuineaSolomon Islands7-45
20-Aug-2005Papua New Guinea - VanuatuPapua New Guinea97-3

Pool B

Cook Islands won the pool and advanced to Round 2.

Final Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Cook Islands2200446
 Niue2101284
 Tahiti2002-722
DateMatch VenueResult
22-Jul-2005Niue - TahitiNiue55-8
30-Jul-2005Tahiti - Cook IslandsTahiti22-47
06-Aug-2005Cook Islands - NiueCook Islands24-5

Round 2

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

DateMatch VenueResult
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

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Samoa43015510
 Fiji4301-910
 Tonga4004-464
DateMatch VenueResult
25-Jun-2005Fiji - TongaFiji19-11
02-Jul-2005Samoa - TongaSamoa50-28
09-Jul-2005Fiji - SamoaFiji10-38
16-Jul-2005Tonga - FijiTonga19-24
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.

DateMatch VenueResult
23-Jun-2006Cook Islands - TongaRarotonga, Cook Islands10-77
8-Jul-2006Tonga - Cook IslandsTonga90-0

Tonga won 167-10 on aggregate

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