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2027 Men's Rugby World Cup – South America qualification

Qualifying for the 2027 Rugby World Cup for South America will begin in August 2024, with eight teams competing for one direct qualification spot into the final tournament. The runner up will play the bottom side ranked in the 2025 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup for a second direct place in the final tournament and the loser progressing to the Final Qualification Tournament. The third ranked side will also qualify for a place in the Final Qualification Tournament.[1]

2027 Men's Rugby World Cup – South America qualification
Tournament details
Dates18 August 2024 – TBA
No. of nations8
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Format

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Qualifying will begin with two elimination matches between the bottom four ranked teams in South America; Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru and Venezuela. The first round will consist of a semi final and final format, with based on World Rugby Rankings dictating the semi-final match-ups, with the winners advancing to play each other in the final. The winner of the final, then plays the bottom placed side from Round 2, to advance to the final round of qualification.

Round 2 features Brazil, Chile and Paraguay in a round robin, format. The top two sides advance to round 4, whilst the bottom placed side will play-off against the winner of Round 1 to remain in qualification contention.

Round 4, will see the top two sides from Round 1 and the winner of the Round 1/2 play-off, join Uruguay in the final stage of qualification. This round will be round robin format, with the winner will directly qualifying for the World Cup as Sudamérica Rugby 1. The runner-up will face the bottom ranked side from the final round of the Pacific qualification process in a Sudamérica / Pacific play-off match to qualify for the World Cup. The third placed side, advances to the Final Qualification Tournament.

Entrants

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Eight teams will compete during for the South America qualifiers for the 2027 Rugby World Cup, with Argentina the only team thus far qualified from the Region. (Rankings as of first qualification match in this region)

Nation Rank Began play Qualifying status
  Argentina 6 N/A Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup
  Brazil 29 18 August 2024
  Chile 22 28 September 2024
  Colombia 42 25 September 2024 Eliminated by Paraguay on 16 October 2024
  Costa Rica 93 25 September 2024 Eliminated by Colombia on 25 September 2024
  Paraguay 41 18 August 2024
  Peru 80 25 September 2024 Eliminated by Venezuela on 25 September 2024
  Uruguay 17 August 2025
  Venezuela 78 25 September 2024 Eliminated by Colombia on 29 September 2024

Round 1

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The first round was contested by four teams in a knockout format, which was held in Medellín, Colombia. It saw Colombia (42) play Costa Rica (93) and Venezuela (78) play Peru (80).[2]

Semi Finals

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25 September 2024
10:00 COT (UTC-05)
Peru  15–27  Venezuela
Try: Vascones 10' m
Mendoza Flores 70' c
Con: Flores Lecca (1/2) 71'
Pen: Flores Lecca (1/2) 45'
Cards: Medina   15'
Ramirez   38'
Report
World Rugby		Try: Madriz 22' m
JE. Davila 28' m
Zabala 40' m
Lopez 49' m
Arrieta 63' m
Con: J. Hernandez (1/1) 63'
Cards: Veitia Millan   67'
Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín
Referee: Sergio Alvarenga (Paraguay)
25 September 2024
15:00 COT (UTC-05)
Colombia  136–0  Costa Rica
Try: Rodallegas 3' c
Agudelo 6' c
Garcia (3) 11' c, 19' m, 73' c
Guisao (8) 16' c, 28' c, 38' c, 42' c, 46', 55' c, 63' c, 79' c
L. Giraldo (3) 23' c, 31' c, 67' c
Romero 35' m
Tellez Hernández 51' c
Alzate 61' c
Huertas 70' c
Con: Arango (18/20) 4', 7', 12', 16', 24', 29', 32', 39', 43', 46', 52', 57', 62', 64', 68', 71', 73', 80'		Report
World Rugby		Cards: Robinson   30'   60'
Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín
Referee: Frank Mendez (Chile)

Bronze Final

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29 September 2024
10:00 COT (UTC-05)
Peru  44–0  Costa Rica
Try: Ramirez 2' c
Escanes 16' m
Mendoza Flores 21' m
Maria Ramirez 33' m
Andersson 54' m
Etchebarne 61' m
Vascones 75' c
Valdivia 78' m
Con: Machuga (1/5) 3'
Flores Lecca (1/3) 76'
Cards: Soto   64'		Report
World Rugby		Cards: Sibaja   29'
Carmona   31'
Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín
Referee: Luca Solda (Argentina)

Final

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29 September 2024
15:00 COT (UTC-05)
Venezuela  5–50  Colombia
Try: Lopez 42' mReport
World Rugby		Try: Jiménez (2) 10' m, 51' m
Alvarez 15' c
Alzate 36' c
Llanos (2) 58' c, 76' c
Ruiz 71' m
Benites 79' c
Con: Arango (5/8) 15', 36', 59', 76', 80'
Cards: D. Giraldo   40'
Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín
Referee: Cauã Ricardo Santos (Brazil)

Final standings

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Pos. Team Qualification
1   Colombia Advances to Round 3 - play off v   Paraguay
2   Venezuela
3   Peru
4   Costa Rica

Round 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD B Pts Qualification
1   Chile 2 2 0 0 100 10 +90 2 10 Advances to Round 4
2   Brazil 2 1 0 1 87 53 +34 1 5
3   Paraguay 2 0 0 2 17 141 −124 0 0 Advances to Round 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.

Matches

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18 August 2024
15:30 BRT (UTC-03)
Brazil  77–17  Paraguay
Try: Rodrigues 4' c
Mignot (3) 13' c, 26' c, 57' c
Arruda (2) 16' c, 35' c
Rocha 22' c
Tenorio 43' c
Massari 62' c
Ferreira (2) 78' c, 80' c
Con: Tranquez (8/8) 5', 14', 17' ,23' ,27' ,36' ,44' ,58'
Moises Duque (3/3) 63', 79', 81'		Report
World Rugby		Try: Gracete 38' c
Urbieta 41' c
Con: Urbieta (2/2) 39',42'
Pen: Urbieta (1/1) 8'
Estádio Nicolau Alayon, São Paulo
Referee: Pablo Deluca (Argentina)
28 September 2024
15:00 CDT (UTC-03)
Chile  64–0  Paraguay
Try: Saab 12’ c
Bohme (2) 17’ c, 24’ c
Armstrong 30’ c
C. Saavedra 34’ c
Martínez 48’ m
D. Saavedra 55' m
Garafulic 63’ m
Tchimino 71’ c
Torrealba 80' c
Con: S.Videla (7/1) 13’, 18’, 25’, 31’, 35’ 72’, 80’		Report
World Rugby
Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, La Pintana
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
6 October 2024
15:00 CDT (UTC-03)
Chile  36–10  Brazil
Try: Garafulic (2) 14' m, 43' c
Sigren 40' c
Dittus 72' c
Tchimino 76' c
Con: S. Videla (4/5) 40', 44', 73', 76'
Pen: S. Videla (1/1) 49'
Cards: Eissmann   52'		Report
World Rugby		Try: Tranquez 79' c
Con: Tranquez (1/1) 80'
Pen: Tranquez (1/2) 33'
Cards: Pinheiro   40'
Marino   52'
Teixeira   52'
Rodrigues   59'
Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, La Pintana
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

Round 3: Play-Off

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The winner of this match, Paraguay, advanced to Round 4.

16 October 2024
20:00 PYST (UTC-03)
Paraguay  49–18  Colombia
Try: González 26' c
Núñez 32' m
Bareiro 39' c
Camusio (2) 41' c, 67' m
Martínez 54' c
Con: Mussi (4/6) 26', 40', 42', 55'
Pen: Mussi (2/3) 23', 47'		Report
World Rugby		Try: Guisao 36' m
J Ortíz 80' c
Con: Ortíz (1/2) 80'
Pen: Ortíz (2/2) 4, 30'
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Luque
Referee: Damian Schneider (Argentina)

Round 4

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The fourth round will see a straight in a knockout format, seeded by 1 v 4 & 2 v 3, with the winner qualifying for the World Cup as Sudamérica Rugby 1, whilst the runner-up will progress to a play-off against the bottom placed side from the Pacific. The third placed game will also see the winner of that match, advance to the Final Qualification Tournament.[3]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Chile
 
 
 
  Brazil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Uruguay
 
 
  Paraguay
 
3rd/4th Playoff Final
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Matches

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Semi-finals

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Uruguay  v  Paraguay
Chile  v  Brazil

Third place play-off

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TBCvTBC

Final: Sudamérica Rugby 1 play-off

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TBCvTBC

Final standings

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Pos. Team Status
1 TBC Qualifies as Sudamérica Rugby 1
2 TBC Advances to South America / Pacific play off
3 TBC Advances to Final Qualification Tournament
4 TBC Eliminated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "South American Qualifying Pathway for Rugby World Cup 2027". Americas Rugby News. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Brasil comenzó con el pie derecho". Sudamérica Rugby (in Spanish). 19 August 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  3. ^ South America format
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