1999 Rugby World Cup

The fourth Rugby World Cup was hosted by Wales in 1999. The co-hosts of the 1999 Rugby World Cup were England, Scotland, Ireland and France.

The event started with a shock top the rugby fans, as the top eight teams of the world could not qualify directly for the competition. Only the winner, runner-up and third place winning teams and the host nation could reach the final stage of the competition.

In the 1999 Rugby World Cup , twenty teams were selected for the final stage of the competition through qualifying matches. The top eight teams failing to clear the qualification round added a new dimension to the 1999 Rugby World Cup . For the first time in the history of Rugby World Cup, the Repechage system was introduced, in which the runner-ups finishing with a very close margin from each qualifying zone were given a chance to play in the final stage of the competition. The final stage of the 1999 Rugby World Cup was started on 1 st October. The competition ended on the 6 th of November.

Participating National Teams

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E
South Africa	New Zealand	France	Wales	Australia
Scotland	England	Fiji	Argentina	Ireland
Spain	Italy	Canada	Samoa	United States
Uruguay	Tonga	Namibia	Japan	Romania

Stadium Venues

Stadium Name	Capacity	City Name	Country
Stade de France	80000	Paris	France
Twickenham Stadium	75000	London	England, UK
Millennium Stadium	74500	Cardiff	Wales, UK
Murrayfield Stadium	67500	Edinburgh	Scotland, UK
Hampden Park	52500	Glasgow	Scotland, UK
Lansdowne Road	49250	Dublin	Ireland
Stade Félix Bollaert	41800	Lens	France
Parc Lescure	38327	Bordeaux	France
Stadium Municipal	37000	Toulouse	France
McAlpine Stadium	24500	Huddersfield	England, UK
Ashton Gate	21500	Bristol	England, UK
Stade de la Méditerranée	18000	Béziers	France
Welford Road Stadium	16500	Leicester	England, UK
Racecourse Ground	15500	Wrexham	Wales, UK
Thomond Park	13500	Limerick	Ireland
Ravenhill Stadium	12500	Belfast	Ireland
Stradey Park	10800	Llanelli	Wales, UK
Netherdale	6000	Galashiels	Scotland, UK

1999 Rugby World Cup Results

Scheduled Date	Team 1	Match Result	Team 2	Stadium Venue
Pool A
10/02/99	Spain	15 – 27	Uruguay	Galashiels
10/03/99	Scotland	29 – 46	South Africa	Edinburgh
10/08/99	Scotland	43 – 12	Uruguay	Edinburgh
10/10/99	South Africa	47 – 3	Spain	Edinburgh
10/15/99	South Africa	39 – 3	Uruguay	Glasgow
10/16/99	Scotland	48 – 0	Spain	Edinburgh
Pool B
10/02/99	England	67 – 7	Italy	London
10/03/99	New Zealand	45 – 9	Tonga	Bristol
10/09/99	England	16 – 30	New Zealand	London
10/10/99	Italy	25 – 28	Tonga	Leicester
10/14/99	New Zealand	101 – 3	Italy	Huddersfield
10/15/99	England	101 – 10	Tonga	London
Pool C
10/01/99	Fiji	67 – 18	Namibia	Béziers
10/02/99	France	33 – 20	Canada	Béziers
10/08/99	France	47 – 13	Namibia	Bordeaux
10/09/99	Fiji	38 – 22	Canada	Bordeaux
10/14/99	Canada	72 – 11	Namibia	Toulouse
10/16/99	France	28 – 19	Fiji	Toulouse
Pool D
10/01/99	Wales	23 – 18	Argentina	Cardiff
10/03/99	Samoa	43 – 9	Japan	Wrexham
10/09/99	Wales	64 – 15	Japan	Cardiff
10/10/99	Argentina	32 – 16	Samoa	Llanelli
10/14/99	Wales	31 – 38	Samoa	Cardiff
10/16/99	Argentina	33 – 12	Japan	Cardiff
Pool E
10/02/99	Ireland	53 – 8	USA	Dublin
10/03/99	Australia	57 – 9	Romania	Belfast
10/09/99	USA	25 – 27	Romania	Dublin
10/10/99	Ireland	03/23/12	Australia	Dublin
10/14/99	Australia	55 – 19	USA	Limerick
10/15/99	Ireland	44 – 14	Romania	Dublin
Quarter Final Play-Off
10/20/99	England	45 – 24	Fiji	London
10/20/99	Scotland	35 – 20	Samoa	Edinburgh
10/20/99	Argentina	28 – 24	Ireland	Lens
Quarter Finals
10/23/99	Wales	09/24/12	Australia	Cardiff
10/24/99	England	21 – 44	South Africa	St Denis
10/24/99	Argentina	26 – 47	France	Dublin
10/24/99	Scotland	18 – 30	New Zealand	Edinburgh
Semi Finals
10/30/99	Australia	27 – 21	South Africa	London
10/31/99	France	43 – 31	New Zealand	London
3rd Place Play-Off
11/04/99	New Zealand	18 – 22	South Africa	Cardiff
Final
11/06/99	Australia	35 – 12	France	Cardiff