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2003 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification

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In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, a number of positions were available to Oceania nations. Fiji and Samoa qualified, joining automatic qualifiers Australia and New Zealand, while Tonga progressed to the repechage, where they faced South Korea.

Round 1

The six teams in the "Small Islands" group were divided into Western and Eastern pools, comprising three teams each. The teams in each pool played each other in a single round robin, with the top team in each pool qualifying for round 3.

Pool A (Eastern Zone)

DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue
2 June 200186–0Rarotonga, Cook Islands
9 June 20018–28Alofi, Niue
16 June 200141–6Papeete, Tahiti

Pool B (Western Zone)

DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue
2 June 200132–10Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
9 June 200110–32Port Vila, Vanuatu
16 June 200111–3Honiara, Solomon Islands

Round 2

In Round 2, the traditional three biggest Pacific Island nations played a single round-robin tournament. The top two qualified directly for the Rugby World Cup as Oceania 1 and 2 respectively, while the bottom-placed team went to Round 4 of qualifying. Fiji finished top and qualified for Pool B as Oceania 1, while Samoa finished second and were placed in Pool C as Oceania 2.

DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue
1 June 200216–17Apia, Samoa
7 June 200222–47Nukuʻalofa Tonga
15 June 200216–27Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
22 June 200212–22Suva Fiji
28 June 200231–13Apia, Samoa
6 July 200247–20Suva Fiji

Round 3

Round 3 saw the winners of the two pools in round 1 play home and away to qualify for round 4.

DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue
19 October 2002****29–14Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
26 October 2002****21–13Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Round 4

Round 4 saw Papua New Guinea, the winners from round 3, take on Tonga, the third-placed team from round 2. The winners would qualify for the repechage. Tonga won 131–26 on aggregate to progress.

DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue
30 November 200214–47****Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
6 December 2002****84–12Nukuʻalofa, Tonga

References

References

  1. "Cook Islands v Tahiti at Raratonga". ESPN.
  2. "Niue Island v Cook Islands at Paliati". ESPN.
  3. "Niue Island v Tahiti at Papetee". ESPN.
  4. "Papua New Guinea v Solomon Islands at Port Moresby". ESPN.
  5. "Vanuatu v Papua New Guinea at Port Vila". ESPN.
  6. "Solomon Islands v Vanuatu at Honiara". ESPN.
  7. "Fiji vs Tonga – Match Statistics – Rugby World Cup Qualifier 2003". ESPN.
  8. "Tonga vs Samoa – Summary – Rugby World Cup Qualifier 2003". ESPN.
  9. "Fiji vs Samoa – Summary – Rugby World Cup Qualifier 2003". ESPN.
  10. "Samoa vs Tonga – Summary – Rugby World Cup Qualifier 2003". ESPN.
  11. "Fiji vs Tonga – Summary – Rugby World Cup Qualifier 2003". ESPN.
  12. "PNG grabs advantage". ESPN.
  13. "Cook Islands v Papua New Guinea".
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