2027 Men's Rugby World Cup – South America qualification
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 18 August 2024 – TBA |
| No. of nations | 8 |
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Qualifying for the 2027 Rugby World Cup for South America will begin in August 2024, with eight teams competing for one direct qualification spot into the final tournament. The runner up will play the bottom side ranked in the 2025 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup for a second direct place in the final tournament and the loser progressing to the Final Qualification Tournament. The third ranked side will also qualify for a place in the Final Qualification Tournament.[1]
Format
[edit]Qualifying will begin with two elimination matches between the bottom four ranked teams in South America; Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru and Venezuela. The first round will consist of a semi final and final format, with based on World Rugby Rankings dictating the semi-final match-ups, with the winners advancing to play each other in the final. The winner of the final, then plays the bottom placed side from Round 2, to advance to the final round of qualification.
Round 2 features Brazil, Chile and Paraguay in a round robin, format. The top two sides advance to round 4, whilst the bottom placed side will play-off against the winner of Round 1 to remain in qualification contention.
Round 4, will see the top two sides from Round 1 and the winner of the Round 1/2 play-off, join Uruguay in the final stage of qualification. This round will be round robin format, with the winner will directly qualifying for the World Cup as Sudamérica Rugby 1. The runner-up will face the bottom ranked side from the final round of the Pacific qualification process in a Sudamérica / Pacific play-off match to qualify for the World Cup. The third placed side, advances to the Final Qualification Tournament.
Entrants
[edit]Eight teams will compete during for the South America qualifiers for the 2027 Rugby World Cup, with Argentina the only team thus far qualified from the Region. (Rankings as of first qualification match in this region)
| Nation | Rank | Began play | Qualifying status |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
6 | N/A | Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup |
 Brazil |
29 | 18 August 2024 | |
 Chile |
22 | 28 September 2024 | |
 Colombia |
42 | 25 September 2024 | |
 Costa Rica |
93 | 25 September 2024 | Eliminated by Colombia on 25 September 2024 |
 Paraguay |
41 | 18 August 2024 | |
 Peru |
80 | 25 September 2024 | Eliminated by Venezuela on September 25 2024 |
 Uruguay |
17 | August 2025 | |
 Venezuela |
78 | 25 September 2024 |
Round 1
[edit]The first round was contested by four teams in a knockout format, which was held in Medellín, Colombia. It saw Colombia (42) play Costa Rica (93) and Venezuela (78) play Peru (80).[2]
Semi Finals
[edit]| 25 September 2024 10:00 COT (UTC-05) |
| Venezuela | 27–15 | Peru |
| Report |
| Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín Referee: Sergio Alvarenga (Paraguay) |
| 25 September 2024 15:00 COT (UTC-05) |
| Colombia | 136–0 | Costa Rica |
| Report |
| Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín Referee: Frank Mendez (Chile) |
Bronze Final
[edit]| 29 September 2024 10:00 COT (UTC-05) |
| Costa Rica | 0–44 | Peru |
| Report |
| Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín, Colombia |
Final
[edit]| 29 September 2024 15:00 COT (UTC-05) |
| Colombia | 50–5 | Venezuela |
| Report |
| Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín, Colombia |
Final standings
[edit]| Pos. | Team | Qualification |
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| 1 | Colombia
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Advances to Round 3 - play off v Paraguay
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| 2 | Venezuela
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| 3 | Peru
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| 4 | Costa Rica
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Round 2
[edit]| Advances to Round 4 |
| Advances to Round 3 - play off with winner of Round 1 |
| Rank | Team | Games | Points | Bonus Points |
Table Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | ||||
| 1 | Chile |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | +64 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Brazil |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 17 | +60 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Paraguay |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 141 | -124 | 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 | ||||||||||
Matches
[edit]| 18 August 2024 15:30 BRT (UTC-03) |
| Brazil | 77–17 | Paraguay |
| Try: Rodrigues 4' c Mignot (3) 13' c, 26' c, 57' c Arruda (2) 16' c, 35' c Rocha 22' c Tenorio 43' c Massari 62' c Ferreira (2) 78' c, 80' c Con: Tranquez (8/8) 5', 14', 17' ,23' ,27' ,36' ,44' ,58' Moises Duque (3/3) 63', 79', 81' | Report | Try: Gracete 38' c Urbieta 41' c Con: Urbieta (2/2) 39',42' Pen: Urbieta (1/1) 8' |
| Estádio Nicolau Alayon, São Paulo Referee: Pablo Deluca (Argentina) |
| 28 September 2024 15:00 CST (UTC-09) |
| Chile | 64–0 | Paraguay |
| Try: Saab 12’ c Bohme (2) 17’ c, 24’ c Armstrong 30’ c C. Saavedra 34’ c Martínez 48’ m D. Saavedra 55' m Garafulic 63’ m Tchimino 71’ c Torrealba 80' c Con: S.Videla (7/1) 13’, 18’, 25’, 31’, 35’ 72’, 80’ | Report |
| Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, La Pintana Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay) |
Round 3: Play-Off
[edit]The winner of this match advances to Round 4.
Round 4
[edit]| Qualifies as Sudamérica Rugby 1 |
| Advances to South America / Pacific play off |
| Advances to Final Qualification Tournament |
| Rank | Team | Games | Points | Bonus Points |
Table Points | |||||
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| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | ||||
| 1 | Brazil |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Chile |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Uruguay |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Colombia or Paraguay |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | ||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Rugby World Cup Official Site