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<blockquote data-quote="Herman the German" data-source="post: 1162316" data-attributes="member: 81610"><p>So far qualified are 6N, SAANZAR, Japan and Fiji. Half of the teams on board. Taken the current qualification mode as a role model for 2027 we might end up with 2 more continental qualifiers (most probably Europe and Americas) and 2more from playoffs, giving the possibility of two places for Asia / Pacific playoff and two from the qualification tournament. Mixing this up into six pools equally we might end up (world rankings from now) like this:</p><p></p><p>Pool A: Australia, Argentina, Portugal (Europe 1), Namibia (Africa 1)</p><p>Pool B: New Zealand, Scotland, Georgia (Europe 2), USA / Canada (Americas 3)</p><p>Pool C: South Africa, Wales, Samoa (Oceania 1), Romania (Europe 3)</p><p>Pool D: France, Fiji, Tonga (Asia Pacific 1), Spain / Zimbabwe / Canada / South Korea (qualification 1)</p><p>Pool E: England, Italy, Uruguay (Americas 1), Hong Kong (Asia Pacific 2)</p><p>Pool F: Ireland, Japan, Chile (Americas 2), Spain / Zimbabwe / Canada / South Korea (qualification 2)</p><p></p><p>Could be a nice tournament potentially, still Tier 2 needs some practice to make an impact in such groups (like against Fiji, Japan or Italy for example).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herman the German, post: 1162316, member: 81610"] So far qualified are 6N, SAANZAR, Japan and Fiji. Half of the teams on board. Taken the current qualification mode as a role model for 2027 we might end up with 2 more continental qualifiers (most probably Europe and Americas) and 2more from playoffs, giving the possibility of two places for Asia / Pacific playoff and two from the qualification tournament. Mixing this up into six pools equally we might end up (world rankings from now) like this: Pool A: Australia, Argentina, Portugal (Europe 1), Namibia (Africa 1) Pool B: New Zealand, Scotland, Georgia (Europe 2), USA / Canada (Americas 3) Pool C: South Africa, Wales, Samoa (Oceania 1), Romania (Europe 3) Pool D: France, Fiji, Tonga (Asia Pacific 1), Spain / Zimbabwe / Canada / South Korea (qualification 1) Pool E: England, Italy, Uruguay (Americas 1), Hong Kong (Asia Pacific 2) Pool F: Ireland, Japan, Chile (Americas 2), Spain / Zimbabwe / Canada / South Korea (qualification 2) Could be a nice tournament potentially, still Tier 2 needs some practice to make an impact in such groups (like against Fiji, Japan or Italy for example). [/QUOTE]
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