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America 2 and South Americas 2. The loser of the final play-off series progressed to the Final Qualification Tournament as Americas 3.
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Qualification Tournament as Africa 2.
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245:(Americas 1)
181:South Africa
151:Continental
88:Burkina Faso
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62:
1666:Try scorers
1193:France 2023
1173:France 2007
1141:Tournaments
586:World Rugby
526:(Oceania 1)
492:New Zealand
158:qualifiers
153:qualifiers
148:qualifiers
1641:Hat-tricks
1615:Theme song
1518:Statistics
1217:Qualifying
1188:Japan 2019
1163:Wales 1999
995:Statistics
810:References
777:(Europe 3)
749:(Africa 2)
649:Asia Rugby
432:(Europe 2)
412:(Europe 1)
201:(Africa 1)
146:Automatic
1656:Red cards
789:Hong Kong
726:Hong Kong
714:Hong Kong
478:Australia
225:Argentina
213:Americas
185:(holders)
90:defeated
1688:Category
1593:Overview
1081:2022 REC
1077:2021 REC
1067:2022 ARC
1058:Americas
963:2022 REC
959:2021 REC
949:2022 ARC
940:Americas
796:Portugal
775:Portugal
611:Americas
463:Oceania
449:Portugal
376:Scotland
67:for the
56:→
47:←
1600:History
1087:Oceania
983:General
969:Oceania
802:of the
680:Oceania
427:Romania
408:Georgia
350:Ireland
321:England
306:Europe
241:Uruguay
198:Namibia
168:Africa
143:Region
92:Burundi
1620:Trophy
1443:Squads
1367:Finals
1073:Europe
1053:Africa
990:Squads
955:Europe
935:Africa
907:Pool D
902:Pool C
897:Pool B
892:Pool A
885:Stages
800:Pool C
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593:Africa
554:Totals
537:
519:
503:
489:
475:
446:
424:
405:
386:
373:
360:
347:
337:(host)
334:France
331:
318:
288:
256:
238:
222:
195:
178:
163:teams
161:Total
133:
127:
117:
73:France
1605:Hosts
917:Final
747:Kenya
722:Tonga
718:Tonga
540:Tonga
522:Samoa
389:Wales
363:Italy
291:Japan
279:Asia
259:Chile
81:Japan
30:Dates
1583:2031
1576:2027
1570:2023
1565:2019
1560:2015
1555:2011
1550:2007
1545:2003
1540:1999
1535:1995
1530:1991
1525:1987
1508:2031
1501:2027
1495:2023
1490:2019
1485:2015
1480:2011
1475:2007
1470:2003
1465:1999
1460:1995
1455:1991
1450:1987
1433:2031
1426:2027
1420:2023
1415:2019
1410:2015
1405:2011
1400:2007
1395:2003
1390:1999
1385:1995
1380:1991
1375:1987
1356:2031
1349:2027
1343:2023
1338:2019
1333:2015
1328:2011
1323:2007
1318:2003
1313:1999
1308:1995
1303:1991
1298:1987
1281:2031
1275:2027
1270:2023
1265:2019
1260:2015
1255:2011
1250:2007
1245:2003
1240:1999
1235:1995
1230:1991
1225:1987
1063:Asia
945:Asia
670:2021
638:Asia
506:Fiji
63:The
54:2027
49:2019
566:20
79:in
71:in
1690::
1079:,
961:,
806:.
557:12
549:5
458:9
301:1
298:—
295:—
274:3
271:—
208:2
205:—
102:.
41:37
1126:e
1119:t
1112:v
1083:)
1075:(
1069:)
1065:(
1034:e
1027:t
1020:v
965:)
957:(
951:)
947:(
870:e
863:t
856:v
827:.
672:–
563:2
560:6
123:.
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