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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]
The final stage of the qualification process concluded in November 2022 with a four-teamed round-robin format Final Qualification Tournament. The four teams were: Kenya (Africa 2) United States (Americas 3) Portugal (Europe 3) Hong Kong (Asia/Pacific 2) Portugal won the final Qualifier and joined Pool C of the 2023 World Cup.
The final match saw the Eagles playing for a 3rd-place finish in Pool C and an automatic qualification into the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The Eagles faced Italy (the Azzurri) and the scoring began early by the Azzurri, but the Eagles struck back with a Chris Wyles try and conversion to level the match 7-7.
Rugby World Cup qualification is a process that determines which nations will compete at the Rugby World Cup, a men's rugby union competition.. Unlike previous tournaments (where eight teams, the quarter-finalists from the preceding World Cup, qualified automatically and twelve places were available through qualification) the 2011 World Cup would be the first to be contested by twelve ...
Rugby Africa will be granted one place at the World Cup, which will be awarded at the conclusion of the third round of the African qualification process; the 2025 Africa Cup, where the winners will qualify fo the World Cup as Africa 1. The runner-up (Africa 2) advances to an African / Asia play-off match against Asia 2, to decide who progresses ...
At the time, the United States was the only bidder for the 2031 Rugby World Cup and the following month (November 2021) were in an “exclusive targeted dialogue” with World Rugby with regard to hosting the 2031 edition. [4] In April 2022, President Joe Biden sent a letter of support to World Rugby affirming his support for the bid. [5]
In recent years they have played on a home and away basis, with many of these meetings serving as qualification rounds for the Rugby World Cup. From 2013 to 2015 and in 2019, Canada and the United States played every June in the tournament now known as the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup , along with Japan , Fiji , Tonga , and Samoa . [ 3 ]
2011 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers United States [330] [331] 173 July 11, 2009 Canada: 18 41 Ellerslie Rugby Park: Edmonton, Alberta: 2011 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers Canada [332] 174 November 14, 2009 Uruguay: 27 22 Estadio Charrúa: Montevideo, Uruguay: 2,000 2011 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers United States [333] [334] 175 November 21, 2009 Uruguay ...