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2023 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification

Qualifying for the 2023 Rugby World Cup for North and South America began in June 2021, with seven teams competing for two direct qualification spots into the final tournament and for one place in the Final Qualification Tournament.[1][2]

2023 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification
Tournament details
Dates26 June 2021 – 16 July 2022
No. of nations7
← 2019
2027 →
Uruguay vs United States

For the first time since 2003 the Americas qualification process combined both North and South America to determine who qualifies as Americas. This is in different to past years where Americas 1 was a default winner between a play-off series between Canada and USA.

Format edit

Qualifying began with two elimination matches between the bottom four ranked teams in South Americas; Brazil and Paraguay, and Chile and Colombia. The winners of this round moved on to join Uruguay in Round 2 in the 2021 South American Rugby Championship.

Round 2 was used to decide the winners of the North American region, a Canada vs USA play-off series, and the winners of the South American region, the 2021 Americas Rugby Championship. The winning sides, USA and Uruguay, then progressed to an Americas 1 decider to earn the right to qualify for the World Cup as Americas 1.

The runner-ups of the Regional matches then advanced to an Americas 2 repechage match with the winner of the repechage play-off matches, progressing to an Americas 2 play-off series against the loser of the Americas 1 play-off series.

The winner of this final match qualified as Americas 2, while the loser moved on to the Final Qualification Tournament as Americas 3.

Entrants edit

Seven teams competed during the Americas qualifiers for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

The Rugby Americas North entrants were reduced to just the United States and Canada, as holding the RAN Championship in 2020 and 2021 was not possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Team World rankings taken prior to the first Americas qualifying match.[4]

Teams in bold have previously competed in a Rugby World Cup.

Nation Rank Began play Qualifying status
  Argentina 9 N/A Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2019 World Cup
  Brazil 26 26 June 2021 Eliminated by Uruguay on 25 July 2021
  Canada 23 4 September 2021 Eliminated by Chile on 9 October 2021
  Chile 29 3 July 2021 Qualified as Americas 2 on 16 July 2022
  Colombia 33 3 July 2021 Eliminated with game cancellation against Chile on 2 July 2021
  Paraguay 46 26 June 2021 Eliminated by Brazil on 26 June 2021
  United States 16 4 September 2021 Advanced to Final Qualification Tournament as Americas 3 on 16 July 2022
  Uruguay 17 17 July 2021 Qualified as Americas 1 on 9 October 2021

Round 1: South American qualifiers edit

Round 1 saw the four bottom-ranked teams in South America play-off for a qualification spot in the South American Championship to advance to Round 3 or 4 to earn the right to qualify as Americas 1 or 2. Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Paraguay were seeded 1–4 (based on their World Rugby Rankings), where seed 1 would face seed 4 and seed 2 would face seed 3. Brazil (26) were seeded as 1, Chile (29) as 2, Colombia (33) as 3, and Paraguay (46) as 4. Brazil and Chile as the higher-ranked teams got home advantage.

The two winners from this round advanced to Round 2.[5]

Game 1 edit

26 June 2021
19:00
Brazil  29–0  Paraguay
Try: Lucas Spago 64' c
Felipe Sancery 80' c
Con: Moisés Duque (2/2) 65', 80'
Pen: Moisés Duque (3/3) 2', 40', 49'
Drop: Moisés Duque (2/2) 42', 56'
Cards: Gabriel Paganini   28'		Report
WR Report		Cards: Camilo Orrego   54'
Estádio Martins Pereira, São José dos Campos
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

Game 2 edit

3 July 2021
17:10
Chile  Cancelled  Colombia
WR Report
Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
  • Game cancelled on 2 July 2021 due to COVID-19 cases in the Colombian team. Chile progressed to the next round as a result.[6]

Round 2: Regional Deciders edit

Round 2A: 2021 South American Championship edit

Round 2A saw the South American winner decided and advanced to Round 3 to earn the right to qualify for the World Cup as Americas 1 whilst the runners-up progress to Round 4 for an Americas 2 repechage play-off series to advance to Round 5 to earn the right to compete for a position as Americas 2.

All South American qualifying matches were held in Montevideo due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Advances to Round 3 as South America 1
Advances to Round 4 as South America 2


Rank Team Games Points Bonus
Points 		Table Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1   Uruguay 2 2 0 0 51 23 +28 1 9
2   Chile 2 1 0 1 33 28 +5 1 5
3   Brazil 2 0 0 2 26 59 –33 0 0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points
Draw – 1 points
4 or more tries – 1 point
Loss within 7 points – 1 point
Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points
11 July 2021
16:00
Brazil  13–23  Chile
Try: Daniel Lima 40'
Con: Moisés Duque (1/1) 40'
Pen: Moisés Duque (1/1) 48'
Drop: Felipe Sancery (1/1) 10'
Cards: Gabriel Paganini   20'		Report
WR Report		Try: Augusto Bohme 22', 61'
Con: Rodrigo Fernández (1/1) 23'
Francisco Urroz (1/1) 62'
Pen: Rodrigo Fernández (1/1) 46'
Francisco Urroz (2/2) 51', 71'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
17 July 2021
16:10
Uruguay  15–10  Chile (1 BP)
Try: Germán Kessler (2) 7′, 58′
Con: Felipe Berchesi (1/1) 8′
Pen: Felipe Berchesi (1/1) 44′		Report
WR Report		Try: Rodrigo Fernández 22′
Con: Santiago Videla (1/1) 23′
Pen: Santiago Videla (1/2) 18′
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
25 July 2021
16:10
(1 BP) Uruguay  36–13  Brazil
Try: Rodrigo Silva 17' m
Gastón Mieres (3) 32' m, 49' c, 59' c
Penalty try 66'
Juan Echeverría 77' m
Con: Felipe Berchesi (1/4) 50'
Cards: Manuel Ardao   40'		Report
WR Report		Try: Penalty try 40'
Pen: Moisés Duque (2/3) 4', 22'
Cards: André Arruda   66'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

Round 2B: Canada v United States play-off series edit

Round 2B decided North America 1 and advanced the United States to Round 3 to earn the right to compete for Americas 1. The runner-up (Canada as North America 2) progresses to an Americas 2 Repechage play-off match to face South America 2, Chile to decide who advances to the final stage of the Americas qualification process to earn the right to qualify as Americas 2.

This round saw the United States and Canada face off in a home-and-away play-off series, with the United States winning on aggregate 59–50.[8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Canada   50–59   United States 34–21 16–38
4 September 2021
15:00 NDT (UTC-2:30)
Canada  34–21  United States
Try: Thomas 8' c
Rumball 42' c
LeSage 51' c
Webster 67' c
Con: Nelson (4/4) 9', 42', 52', 69'
Pen: Nelson (2/3) 18', 62'		Report
WR Report		Try: Penalty try 3'
Germishuys 36' c
Lopeti 80' c
Con: Carty (1/1) 35'
MacGinty (1/1) 80'
Swiler’s Rugby Park, St. John's
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)

Notes:

11 September 2021
19:00 MDT (UTC-06)
United States  38–16  Canada
Try: Germishuys (3) 17' m, 28' m, 40' c
Dyer 22' m
de Haas 51' m
Taufete'e 63' m
Con: MacGinty (1/6) 40'
Pen: MacGinty (1/6) 4'
Drop: de Haas (1/1) 49'		Report
WR Report		Try: Penalty try 80'
Pen: Coats (1/1) 6'
Nelson (2/2) 9', 32'
Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)

Round 3: Americas 1 decider edit

Round 3 saw Americas 1 decided, where North America 1 faced South America 1 in a home-and-away play-off series to earn the top spot from the Americas region. The runner-up by default got a second chance at qualification by moving to Round 5: Americas 2 play-off. On 9 October 2021, Uruguay qualified as Americas 1, winning the series 50–34 on aggregate.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
United States   34–50   Uruguay 19–16 15–34
2 October 2021
18:00 MDT (UTC-06)
United States  19–16  Uruguay
Try: Dolan 20' c
Dyer 39' c
Kruse 50' m
Con: Magie (2/3) 21', 40'		Report
WR Report		Try: Pujadas 78' c
Con: Berchesi (1/1) 79'
Pen: Berchesi (3/3) 9', 63', 70'
Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)

Notes:

9 October 2021
16:30 UYT (UTC-03)
Uruguay  34–15  United States
Try: Silva (2) 5' c, 55' c
Mieres 42' c
Gattas 48' c
Con: Favaro (4/4) 6', 43', 49', 56'
Pen: Favaro (2/2) 34', 38'		Report
WR Report		Try: Kruse 28' m
Dyer 64' c
Con: Carty (1/1) 65'
Pen: Magie (1/1) 9'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Referee: Damian Schneider (Argentina)

Notes:

  • Uruguay qualify for the Rugby World Cup as Americas 1 for the first time.
  • This was Uruguay's biggest winning margin over the United States.[citation needed]
  • Benjamín Bonasso (United States) made his international debut.

Round 4: Americas 2 Repechage edit

Round 4 saw the runner-up of Round 2A (South America 2) play-off against the loser of Round 2B (North America 2) in a home and away play-off series to decide who progresses to the Americas 2 qualifier. On 9 October 2021, Chile progressed to the next round, beating Canada 54–46 on aggregate. As a result, Canada failed to reach a Rugby World Cup for the first time in history.[9]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Canada   46–54   Chile 22–21 24–33
2 October 2021
17:00 PDT (UTC-07)
Canada  22–21  Chile
Try: Thomas 34' m
Braude (2) 44' c, 49' c
Con: Nelson (2/3) 45', 50'
Pen: Povey (1/1) 80'		Report
WR Report		Try: Saavedra (2) 52' m, 66' c
Con: Videla (1/2) 67'
Pen: Videla (3/4) 22', 31', 40'
Starlight Stadium, Langford
Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)
9 October 2021
15:00 CLST (UTC-03)
Chile  33–24  Canada
Try: Fernández 24' c
Dittus 50' c
Videla 69' c
Con: Videla (3/3) 25', 51', 70'
Pen: Videla (4/4) 8', 17', 34', 60'		Report
WR Report		Try: Howard 46' c
Quattrin 66' c
Lloyd 79' c
Con: Nelson (2/2) 47', 67'
Povey 80'
Pen: Nelson (1/1) 5'
Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso
Referee: Neheun Jauri Rivero (Argentina) [a]

Notes:

Round 5: Americas 2 qualifier edit

The winner of Round 5, Chile, qualified for the World Cup as Americas 2. The loser, United States, advanced to the Final Qualification Tournament as Americas 3.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chile   52–51   United States 21–22 31–29
9 July 2022
18:00 CLT (UTC–04)
Chile  21–22  United States
Try: Fernández 51' m
Videla 80' c
Con: Videla (1/1) 80+1'
Pen: Videla (3/3) 18', 23', 57'		WR ReportTry: Dyer 7' c
Taufeteʻe 45' m
Pifeleti 74' c
Con: MacGinty (2/3) 8', 75'
Pen: MacGinty (1/2) 67'
Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, Santiago
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)

Notes:

16 July 2022
13:00 MDT (UTC–06)
United States  29–31  Chile
Try: Iosefo (2) 10' c, 21' c
MacGinty 31' m
Taufeteʻe 47' c
Con: MacGinty (3/4) 11', 23', 48'
Pen: MacGinty (1/1) 58'		Report
WR Report		Try: Torrealba 33' c
M. Garafulic 39' c
Videla 51' c
Dittus 63' c
Con: Videla (4/4) 35', 39', 51', 64'
Pen: Videla (1/2) 75'
Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado
Attendance: 5,000[11]
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

Notes:

  • Chile qualify for their first Rugby World Cup on aggregate score, 52–51.
  • This was Chile's first away win over the United States and their first since 2002.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Qualifiers". World Rugby. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  2. ^ "New Format Unveiled for Americas RWC 2023 Qualifiers". Americas Rugby News. November 25, 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  3. ^ "USA, Canada to Automatically Represent Rugby Americas North in Rugby World Cup 2023 Qualifying Due to COVID-19 Complications". Rugby Americas North. 18 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Men's Rankings". World Rugby.
  5. ^ "Men's July Internationals and Rugby World Cup 2023 Qualifiers". World Rugby. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  6. ^ Chile advance in RWC qualifiers after Colombia match is cancelled
  7. ^ "Montevideo to Host South American RWC 2023 Qualifiers". Americas Rugby News. December 20, 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  8. ^ "How Teams in the Americas will Qualify for Rugby World Cup 2023". www.rugbyworldcup.com. World Rugby. 18 May 2021. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Canada fails to qualify for Rugby World Cup for 1st time ever | CBC Sports".
  10. ^ Match officials confirmed for Saturday’s World Cup Qualifiers
  11. ^ "Chile shock USA to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2023". americas rugby news. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Replaces Mathieu Raynal of France after Raynal was unable to obtain a quarantine exemption to enter Chile.[10]

External links edit

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