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RWC 2015 Qualifiying

European Qualifiers from Division 2 are now set for the playoffs:

Round 1: Slovenia (2C) vs Luxembourg (2D) - May 4
Round 2: Israel vs Round 1 winner - May 18
Round 3: Netherlands vs Round 2 winner - September
 
Results from today: (AWAY-HOME)
Philippines 0-121 (18t, 14c, 1p) Japan
UAE (1t, 1c) 7-53 (8t, 5c, 1p) Hong Kong
Netherlands (4t, 3c, 1p) 29-24 (4t, 2c) Croatia
Denmark (1p) 3-46 (7t, 4c, 1p) Israel
Cyprus (1t, 1c, 3p) 16-15 (5p) Hungary
Austria (2t, 2c, 2p) 20-22 (4t, 1c) Slovenia
Finland (3t) 15-19 (1t, 1c, 2p, 2d) Bosnia & Herzegovina
Greece (1t, 1c) 7-20 (2t, 2c, 2p) Luxemborg
 
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Took out Cyprus from my sheets, and here are some stats from qualification so far:

637 tries, 400 conversions, 400 penalties, 23 drop goals, 5,254 points total

EUROPE

Round 1 ( 2D+2C )
2D Leading scorer: 10 Armin Vehabovic (BIH), 51 points (2t, 4c, 8p, 3d)
2D Leading try scorer: 10 Armin Vehabovic (BIH) 13 Quram Kizikurashrili (GRE) 1 Senad Turcinovic (BIH) 3 Andras Devenyi (FIN) 14 Crispin Maenpaa (FIN) 14 Philippe Vimond (LUX) and 15 Alex Deissner (NOR), 2
2D Leading conversion scorer: 10 Armin Vehabovic (BIH), 4
2D Leading penalty scorer: 13 Quram Kizikurashrili (GRE), 9
2D Leading drop goal scorer: 10 Armin Vehabovic (BIH), 3

2C Leading scorer: 10 Max Navas (AUT), 17 points (4c, 3p)
2C Leading try scorer: 14 Ivailo Ivanov (BUL), 3
2C Leading conversion scorer: 10 Max Navas (AUT), 4
2C Leading penalty scorer: 10 Smilko Debrenliev (BUL), 5
2C Leading drop goal scorer: 10 Gareth Lloyd (HUN), 1

Round 2 ( 2B )
2B Leading scorer: 7 Boris Martic (SRB ), 31 points (1t, 7c, 4p)
2B Leading try scorer: 9 Eitan Humphreys (ISR), 4
2B Leading conversion scorer: 7 Boris Martic (SRB ), 7
2B Leading penalty scorer: 15 Marc Abello (AND), 6
2B Leading drop goal scorer: 10 Roger Fite (AND), 1

Round 3 (2A)
2A Leading scorer: 13 Bart Viguurs (NED), 42 points (1t, 8c, 7p)
2A Leading try scorer: 8 Cyril Lin (SUI), 3
2A Leading conversion scorer: 13 Bart Viguurs (NED), 8
2A Leading penalty scorer: 15 James O'Brien (MLT), 8
2A Leading drop goal scorer: none

Round 4 ( 1B )
1B Leading scorer: 10 Raynor Parkinson (GER), 76 points (2t, 21c, 7p, 1d)
1B Leading try scorer: 4 Veaceslav Titica (MDA) and 15 Ian Gowland (SWE), 4
1B Leading conversion scorer: 10 Raynor Parkinson (GER), 21
1B Leading penalty scorer: 15 David Chartier (POL), 14
1B Leading drop goal scorer: 10 Raynor Parkinson (GER) 10 Petr Cizek (CZE) and 10 Sergiy Tserkovniy (UKR), 1


Round 5 (1A)
1A Leading scorer: 12 Floren Vlaicu (ROM), 76 points (1t, 7c, 19p)
1A Leading try scorer: 5 Kirill Kulemin (RUS), 3
1A Leading conversion scorer: 10 Merab Kvirikashvili (GEO), 10
1A Leading penalty scorer: 12 Floren Vlaicu (ROM), 19
1A Leading drop goal scorer: 10 Jaime Nava (ESP), 2
 
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45 teams eliminated to date:

Breakdown
Americas: 14
Asia: 11
Africa: 5
Europe: 15

Team List
1. 4/7/2012 Jamaica
2. 4/21/2012 Singapore
3. 4/21/2012 St. Vincent & the Grenadines
4. 4/21/2012 Mexico
5. 5/19/2012 Barbados
6. 5/26/2012 Bahamas
7. 5/30/2012 Indonesia
8. 5/30/2012 Pakistan
9. 5/31/2012 Iran
10. 5/31/2012 China
11. 6/1/2012 Guam
12. 6/2/2012 Malaysia
13. 6/2/2012 Trinidad & Tobago
14. 6/9/2012 Cayman Islands
15. 6/9/2012 Bahamas
16. 6/23/2012 Guyana
17. 7/8/2012 Morocco
18. 7/14/2012 India
19. 7/25/2012 Nigeria
20. 7/28/2012 Zambia
21. 7/28/2012 Mauritius
22. 7/28/2012 Cote d'Ivoire
23. 9/12/2012 Peru
24. 9/12/2012 Columbia
25. 9/15/2012 Venezuela
26. 9/29/2012 Bermuda
27. 10/27/2012 Paraguay
28. 3/30/2013 Finland
29. 3/30/2013 Andorra
30. 3/30/2013 Serbia
31. 3/30/2013 Denmark
32. 4/3/2013 Chinese Taipei
33. 4/3/2013 Thailand
34. 4/6/2013 Kazakhstan
35. 4/6/2013 Bulgaria
36. 4/6/2013 Austria
37. 4/6/2013 Latvia
38. 4/13/2013 Norway
39. 4/13/2013 Bosnia & Herzegovina
40. 4/13/2013 Malta
41. 4/13/2013 Croatia
42. 4/13/2013 Lithuania
43. 4/20/2013 Hungary
44. 4/20/2013 Switzerland
45. 4/20/2013 Greece

Spreadsheet updated, available for download
 
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Last weekend was the end of RWC hopes for Chile and Brazil, with Uruguay beating both of them to win the CONSUR qualifying stage. Now Uruguay will play the loser of USA/Canada in home and away legs, with the winner qualifying as Americas 2 and the loser going to the repechage.
 
In round 1 of the European Repechage Qualifying Tournament, Luxembourg defeated Slovenia 22 - 10, eliminating them from qualification. This is somewhat surprising as Slovenia plays one division higher than Luxembourg (divisions 5 and 6), but then again the differences might be very small in those regions of European Nations Cup.

Luxembourg will now play Division 4 winner Israel in round 2.

The winner of that match will play Division 3 winner The Netherlands in round 3.

The winner of that match will play the winner of the 2012-14 Europan Nations Cup Division 1B (currently Germany) in round 4.

The winner of that match will play the third placed team from the European Nations Cup Division 1A (currently Russia) in round 5.

The winner of that match will go to the repechage round.
 
In round 1 of the European Repechage Qualifying Tournament, Luxembourg defeated Slovenia 22 - 10, eliminating them from qualification. This is somewhat surprising as Slovenia plays one division higher than Luxembourg (divisions 5 and 6), but then again the differences might be very small in those regions of European Nations Cup.

Luxembourg will now play Division 4 winner Israel in round 2.

The winner of that match will play Division 3 winner The Netherlands in round 3.

The winner of that match will play the winner of the 2012-14 Europan Nations Cup Division 1B (currently Germany) in round 4.

The winner of that match will play the third placed team from the European Nations Cup Division 1A (currently Russia) in round 5.

The winner of that match will go to the repechage round.

Lower division opponent gets to host, which makes things a little less predictable and may be part of why Luxembourg won.
 
June 11, qualification resumes in Africa (Senegal) with Division 1B action.

Seeding:
1. Tunisia - relegated from 2012 1A
2. Namibia - 2nd in 2012 1B
3. Senegal - 3rd in 2012 1B
4. Botswana - promoted from 2012 1C

First round matchups:
Match 1. Tunisia vs. Botswana
Match 2. Namibia vs. Senegal

June 15th, classification matches:
Relegation match: Loser 1 vs. Loser 2
Promotion match: Winner 1 vs. Winner 2

Winner of this division will promote to 2014 Africa Cup Division 1A and will remain in contention for the 2015 RWC. The other three teams will be eliminated from Rugby World Cup qualifying. In addition, the nation relegated from Division 1A later this year will also be eliminated from qualifying.
 
Namibia have defeated Senegal 35-12(13-9 at half).

Tunisia have also handidly beaten Botswana 43-12.

Namibia and Tunisia advance to the promotion game(both still alive for 2015) and Senegal, Botswana go to the relegation game and are thus eliminated from the 2015 RWC.
 
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Thanks for the continued updates on this thread guys. I just have some really weird racial stereotypes in my head of some of the obscure nations that actually go through the process. Do we have a thread for national jerseys? I'd be curious to see what a Jamaican rugby jersey looks like.
 
Thanks for the continued updates on this thread guys. I just have some really weird racial stereotypes in my head of some of the obscure nations that actually go through the process. Do we have a thread for national jerseys? I'd be curious to see what a Jamaican rugby jersey looks like.

Jamaica are actually a decent rugby league nation, they play Canada often in league and their team is called "Da Raggae Warriors" in League!!!

Here is them in action in Union playing Mexico....

 
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Namibia have defeated Tunisia 45-13 and will advance to the final stage of RWC Qualfying in Africa. Namibia just way too good for Tunisia and it shows that when the pros show up for Namibia they are still quite a bit better than the lower ranked African sides. Tunisia have been eliminated from RWC 2015.

I watched some of the game and Kotze continues to be one of the best tactical kickers in the world, the French in Senegal is awful and I will never complain about Quebec French ever again....also the Namibian #17 was hilariously out of shape, one of the fattest players I've seen on a rugby pitch in a loooonnng time.
 
In Africa 1B consolation, Senegal defeated Botswana 41-5 (20-0 HT).

In 1B promotion match, Namibia defeated Tunisia 45-13 (13-6 HT).

Namibia promote to 1A, remain alive for RWC2015, the other three squads in 1B officially eliminated.

*Damn Little Guy got me by a minute. Based on lineup I saw on another site, here is #17: Johannes Redelinghuys

Tunisia, when it was close, in my opinion were too often put the ball to the boot. They would go 3-4 phases, then either box kick or grubber it away into touch. Scrum advantage was to Namibia, got a few penalties from it. Namibia looked really structured (both in attack and defence) and kept their poise this year. Looks like when it matters they play well.
 
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Wiki says Johannes (Johnny) Redelinghuys is 5'11-246. Two-time RWC participant, 36 caps.
 
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