2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification

Qualified as Oceania 1

Qualified as Oceania 2

Advances to Europe/Oceania play-off

Qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup for Oceania Rugby began in June 2016, where across 2 years, 3 teams will compete for two direct qualification spots from Oceania. While two places are available to Oceania in cross-regional play-off series' to qualify for the World Cup and or advance through the Repechage.

In addition to the two automatically qualified teams (Australia and New Zealand), Oceania have been allocated a further two direct berths in the tournament. A third and fourth team from Oceania could join the tournament through cross-regional play-offs and the repechage.

The first round would see the leading three Pacific Nations; Fiji, Samoa and Tonga compete for the two direct qualification spots as Oceania 1 and 2. The three teams will play each other home and away across two years, using the revamped World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup in 2016 and 2017 as the regional tournament. The top two teams will gain qualification for Rugby World Cup 2019 as Oceania 1 and Oceania 2.

The third-placed team would then advance to a home and away Cross-Regional play-off series against the second ranked team from Europe, Europe 2.

Round 2, will see the lower ranked teams in the Pacific region compete for the 2017 Oceania Rugby Cup title, with the winner progressing to a home and away Cross-Regional play-off series against the leading team from Asia, Asia 1. The winner of the series will qualify for a position in the Repechage tournament.

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