1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying

The 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying was held in several continental zones. Four countries qualified automatically— as tournament hosts, as reigning champions,  as runners-up in the previous tournament, and  as winners of the third-place playoff in the previous tournament. Repechage was first introduced for the 1999 competition qualifying.

Tournaments

 * Africa Qualification
 * European Qualification
 * Americas qualification
 * Asia qualification
 * Oceania qualification
 * Repechage

Automatic qualifiers
Only the tournament hosts, as well as the two finalists and the third-place winner from the previous Rugby World Cup, were automatically qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup.


 * (Third place)
 * (Runner-up)
 * (Champion)
 * (Host)

Africa

 * (Africa 1)

Europe

 * (Europe 1)
 * (Europe 2)
 * (Europe 3)
 * (Europe 4)
 * (Europe 5)
 * (Europe 6)

Asia

 * (Asia 1)

Americas

 * (Americas 1)
 * (Americas 2)
 * (Americas 3)
 * (Repechage 2)

Oceania

 * (Oceania 1)
 * (Oceania 2)
 * (Oceania 3)
 * (Repechage 1)