View source for 1999 Rugby World Cup

{{Short description|4th Rugby World Cup}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox Rugby World Cup
| other_titles = <small>{{langx|cy|Cwpan Rygbi'r Byd 1999}}</small>
| logo         = RWC1999logo.svg
| logosize     = 130px
| datefrom     = 1 October
| dateto       = 6 November 1999
| host         = Wales
| nations      = 20 (65 qualifying)
| champion     = {{ru|AUS}} (2nd title)
| runnerup     = {{ru|FRA|1974}}
| third        = {{ru|RSA}}
| matches      = 41
| attendance   = 1562427
| top_scorer   = {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gonzalo Quesada]] (102)
| most_tries   = {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Jonah Lomu]] (8)
| prev         = [[1995 Rugby World Cup|1995]]
| next         = [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003]]
}}
The '''1999 Rugby World Cup''' ({{langx|cy|Cwpan Rygbi'r Byd 1999}}) was the fourth [[Rugby World Cup]], the quadrennial international [[rugby union]] championship. It was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in the sport's [[History of rugby union#The professional era|professional era]].<ref>The [[International Rugby Board]] opened the sport to professionals in August 1995, after the [[1995 Rugby World Cup|1995 tournament]] had been completed.</ref>

Four automatic qualification places were available for the 1999 tournament; [[Welsh national rugby union team|Wales]] qualified automatically as hosts, and the other three places went to the top three teams from the [[1995 Rugby World Cup|previous World Cup in 1995]]: champions [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]], runners-up [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] and third-placed [[France national rugby union team|France]]. 63 nations took part in the qualification process, with 14 nations progressing directly to the tournament. the remaining two qualifiers were determined by a [[repechage]], introduced for the first time in the tournaments history. This was also the first World Cup to feature 20 teams (expanded from 16).

The 20 teams were divided into five pools of four. The winner of each pool progressed to the last eight automatically, with the remaining quarter-finalists determined by three play-off matches, played between the runners-up from each pool and the best third-placed team. The tournament began with the [[opening ceremony]] in the newly constructed [[Millennium Stadium]], with [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] beating [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]] 23–18, and [[Colin Charvis]] scoring the first try of the tournament. Australia won the tournament, becoming the first nation to do so twice and also to date the only team ever to win after having to qualify for the tournament, with a [[1999 Rugby World Cup Final|35–12 triumph over France]], who were unable to repeat their semi-final victory over pre-tournament favourites [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]].<ref name=semi>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/2966114.stm |title=1999: France 43–31 N Zealand – BBC Sport |work=BBC News |date=24 September 2003 |access-date=18 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=final>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/2960358.stm |title=1999: Aussies rule world again|work=BBC News |date=24 September 2003 |access-date=18 June 2013}}</ref> The overall attendance for the tournament was 1.75&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/eventsfestivals/a/rugbyhistory.htm |title=New Zealand Wins 2011 Rugby World Cup – Background and History |publisher=Goaustralia.about.com |date=16 May 2013 |access-date=18 June 2013 |archive-date=4 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504140017/http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/eventsfestivals/a/rugbyhistory.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Qualifying==
{{Main|1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying}}
The following 20 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Of the 20 teams, only four of those places were automatically allocated and did not have to play any qualification matches. These went to the champions, runners-up and the third-placed nations at the [[1995 Rugby World Cup|1995]] and the tournament host, [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]]. A record 65 nations from five continents were therefore involved in the qualification process designed to fill the remaining 16 spots.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%"
|-
!width=25%|Africa
!width=25%|Americas
!width=25%|Europe
!width=25%|Oceania/Asia
|-
|
*{{ru|NAM}} (Africa)
*{{ru|RSA}}
|
*{{ru|ARG}} (Americas 1)
*{{ru|CAN}} (Americas 2)
*{{ru|USA}} (Americas 3)
*{{ru|URU}} (Repechage 2)
|
*{{ru|ENG}} (Europe 2)
*{{ru|FRA|1974}}
*{{ru|IRE}} (Europe 1)
*{{ru|ITA}} (Europe 5)
*{{ru|ROU}} (Europe 4)
*{{ru|SCO}} (Europe 3)
*{{ru|ESP}} (Europe 6)
*{{ru|WAL}}
|
*{{ru|AUS}} (Oceania 1)
*{{ru|FIJ}} (Oceania 2)
*{{ru|NZL}}
*{{ru|SAM}} (Oceania 3)
*{{ru|TGA}} (Repechage 1)
*{{ru|JPN}} (Asia)
|}

==Venues==

Wales won the right to host the World Cup in 1999. The centrepiece venue for the tournament was the [[Millennium Stadium]], built on the site of the old National Stadium at [[Cardiff Arms Park]] at a cost of £126&nbsp;million from Lottery money and private investment. Other venues in Wales were the [[Racecourse Ground]] and [[Stradey Park]]. An agreement was reached so that the other unions in the [[Six Nations Championship|Five Nations Championship]] (England, France, Ireland and Scotland) also hosted matches.

Venues in England included [[Twickenham Stadium]] and [[Welford Road Stadium]], rugby union venues, as well as [[Ashton Gate Stadium]] in Bristol, which normally hosts football, and the [[Kirklees Stadium|McAlpine Stadium]] in Huddersfield, which normally hosts football and rugby league. Scottish venues included [[Murrayfield Stadium]], the home of the [[Scottish Rugby Union]]; [[Hampden Park]], the home of the [[Scottish Football Association]]; and the smallest venue in the 1999 tournament, [[Netherdale]], in [[Galashiels]], in the [[Scottish Borders]]. Venues in Ireland included [[Lansdowne Road]], the traditional home of the [[Irish Rugby Football Union]]; [[Ravenhill Stadium]]; and [[Thomond Park]]. France used five venues, the most of any nation, including the French national stadium, [[Stade de France]], which hosted the final of the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]], and would later go on to host the finals of both the [[2007 Rugby World Cup|2007]] and [[2023 Rugby World Cup|2023]] editions of the tournament.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Cardiff]]
! {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Wrexham]]
! {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Llanelli]]
! {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|-
| [[Millennium Stadium]]
| [[Racecourse Ground]]
| [[Stradey Park]]
| [[Stade de France]]
|-
| Capacity: '''74,500'''
| Capacity: '''15,500'''
| Capacity: '''10,800'''
| Capacity: '''80,000'''
|-
| [[File:Millennium Stadium RWC2015.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (49329447362).jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Stradey Park.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:07-01 France-Angleterre 02-03-2002.jpg|200px]]
|-
! {{flagicon|ENG}} [[London]]
! {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Edinburgh]]
! {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Glasgow]]
! {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} [[Dublin]]
|-
| [[Twickenham Stadium]]
| [[Murrayfield Stadium]]
| [[Hampden Park]]
| [[Lansdowne Road]]
|-
| Capacity: '''75,000'''
| Capacity: '''67,500'''
| Capacity: '''52,500'''
| Capacity: '''49,250'''
|-
| [[File:Twickenham rfu.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:A pot of gold... - geograph.org.uk - 718806.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:2012 Olympic Football - Honduras v Morocco.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Leinster2006.jpg|200px]]
|-
! {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]]
! {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Bordeaux]]
! {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Toulouse]]
! {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Huddersfield]]
|-
| [[Stade Félix Bollaert]]
| [[Parc Lescure]]
| [[Stadium de Toulouse]]
| [[McAlpine Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''41,800'''
| Capacity: '''38,327'''
| Capacity: '''37,000'''
| Capacity: '''24,500'''
|-
| [[File:Stade Bollaert (Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2007).jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Stade Chaban-Delmas.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Stadium de Toulouse.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Galpharm Stadium - geograph.org.uk - 312658.jpg|200px]]
|-
! {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bristol]]
! {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Béziers]]
! {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Leicester]]
! {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} [[Limerick]]
|-
| [[Ashton Gate Stadium]]
| [[Stade de la Méditerranée]]
| [[Welford Road Stadium]]
| [[Thomond Park]]
|-
| Capacity: '''21,500'''
| Capacity: '''18,000'''
| Capacity: '''16,500'''
| Capacity: '''13,500'''
|-
| [[File:Ashtongatecharlton.JPG|200px]]
| [[File:BéziersMassy2.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Building In Progress - geograph.org.uk - 1110575.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Thomond Park.jpg|200px]]
|-
! {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} [[Belfast]]
! {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Galashiels]]
|-
| [[Ravenhill Stadium|Ravenhill]]
| [[Netherdale]]
|-
| Capacity: '''12,500'''
| Capacity: '''6,000'''
|-
| [[File:Ravenhillstadium.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Netherdale - geograph-302251.jpg|200px]]
|}
{{Clear}}

==Pools and format==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%"
|-
!width=20%|Pool A
!width=20%|Pool B
!width=20%|Pool C
!width=20%|Pool D
!width=20%|Pool E
|-
|
{{ru|RSA}}<br />
{{ru|SCO}}<br />
{{ru|ESP}}<br />
{{ru|URU}}<br />
|
{{ru|NZL}}<br />
{{ru|ENG}}<br />
{{ru|ITA}}<br />
{{ru|TGA}}<br />
|
{{ru|FRA|1974}}<br />
{{ru|FIJ}}<br />
{{ru|CAN}}<br />
{{ru|NAM}}<br />
|
{{ru|WAL}}<br />
{{ru|ARG}}<br />
{{ru|SAM}}<br />
{{ru|JPN}}<br />
|
{{ru|AUS}}<br />
{{ru|IRE}}<br />
{{ru|USA}}<br />
{{ru|ROM}}<br />
|}
With the expansion of the [[Rugby World Cup]] from 16 to 20 teams an unusual and complex format was used with the teams split into five pools of four teams with each team playing each other in their pool once.
*Pool A was played in Scotland
*Pool B was played in England
*Pool C was played in France
*Pool D was played in the principal host nation Wales
*Pool E was played in Ireland

'''Points system'''

The points system that was used in the pool stage was unchanged from both [[1991 Rugby World Cup|1991]] and [[1995 Rugby World Cup|1995]]:
*3 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 point for playing

The five pool winners qualified automatically to the quarter-finals. The five pool runners-up and the best third-placed side qualified for the quarter-final play-offs.

'''Knock-out stage'''

The five pool runners-up and the best third-placed team from the pool stage (which was [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]]) contested the quarter-final play-offs in three one-off matches that decided the remaining three places in the quarter-finals, with the losers being eliminated. The unusual format meant that two pool winners in the quarter-finals would have to play each other. From the quarter-final stage it became a simple knockout tournament. The semi-final losers played off for third place. The draw and format for the knock-out stage was set as follows.

'''Quarter-final play-offs draw'''

*Match H: '''Pool B runner-up v Pool C runner-up'''
*Match G: '''Pool A runner-up v Pool D runner-up'''
*Match F: '''Pool E runner-up v Best third-placed team'''

'''Quarter-finals draw'''

*Match M: '''Pool D winners v Pool E winners'''
*Match J: '''Pool A winners v Play-off H winners'''
*Match L: '''Pool C winners v Play-off F winners'''
*Match K: '''Pool B winners v Play-off G winners'''

'''Semi-finals draw'''

*'''Match J winners v Match M winners'''
*'''Match L winners v Match K winners'''

A total of 41 matches (30 pool stage and 11 knock-out) were played throughout the tournament over 35 days from 1 October 1999 to 6 November 1999.

==Squads==
{{Main|1999 Rugby World Cup squads}}

==Referees==
{|
|- style="vertical-align:top"
||
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Andrew Cole (rugby union)|Andrew Cole]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stuart Dickinson]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Wayne Erickson]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Marshall (rugby union)|Peter Marshall]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brian Campsall]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ed Morrison (rugby union)|Ed Morrison]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris White (rugby union)|Chris White]]
* {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Joël Dumé]]
||
* {{Flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} [[David McHugh]]
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Colin Hawke]]
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Paul Honiss]]
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Paddy O'Brien (rugby union)|Paddy O'Brien]]
* {{flagicon|RSA}} [[André Watson]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jim Fleming (rugby union, born 1951)|Jim Fleming]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Derek Bevan]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Clayton Thomas]]
|}

==Pool stage==
The tournament began on 1 October 1999 in the newly built [[Millennium Stadium]] in [[Cardiff]], with [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] beating [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]] in a hard-fought game 23–18 to get their campaign off to a positive start. The Pool stage of the tournament played out as was widely expected with the [[Tri Nations (rugby union)|Tri Nations]] teams of [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] (who inflected a massive 101–3 win against [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] at the [[John Smith's Stadium|McAlpine Stadium]] in [[Huddersfield]]), [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] and [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] all winning their pools easily without losing a single game. For the then [[Six Nations Championship|Five Nations Championship]] teams who all played their pool matches in their own countries it was a case of mixed fortunes with [[France national rugby union team|France]] winning their pool without losing a game. Host [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] also won their pool, though they suffered 31–38 defeat at the hands of [[Samoa national rugby union team|Samoa]] in front of a home crowd at the [[Millennium Stadium]]. However, as expected [[England national rugby union team|England]], [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] and [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] all finished second in their pools and were forced to try to qualify for the quarter-finals via the play-offs alongside fellow runners-up [[Samoa national rugby union team|Samoa]] and [[Fiji national rugby union team|Fiji]], and [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]] as the best third placed side from all five pools, having been the only third-placed side to win two matches (against Samoa and Japan). Indeed, Argentina had finished level with Wales and Samoa on 7 points each in the group stages, and could only be separated by "total points scored": playing and winning their final match against Japan, they had the chance to overtake either of Samoa or Wales, but were 14 points short of overtaking Samoa's total score and a further 18 points short of Wales.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#cfc"|Qualified for quarter-finals
|-
|style="background:#ffc"|Qualified for quarter-final play-offs
|}

===Pool A===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=25|P
!width=25|W
!width=25|D
!width=25|L
!width=25|PF
!width=25|PA
!width=25|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{ru|RSA}}
|3||3||0||0||132||35||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|SCO}}
|3||2||0||1||120||58||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|URU}}
|3||1||0||2||42||97||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|ESP}}
|3||0||0||3||18||122||'''3'''
|}

{{rugbybox
|date=2 October 1999
|time=15:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+01]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|ESP}}
|score=15–27
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2096 Report]
|away={{ru|URU}}
|pen1=[[Andrei Kovalenco|Kovalenco]] (5) 7', 40', 48', 50', 68'
|try2=[[Diego Ormaechea|Ormaechea]] 23' c<br />[[Try (rugby)|Penalty try]] 64' c<br />[[Alfonso Cardoso|Cardoso]] 77' m<br />[[Juan Menchaca|Menchaca]] 80' m
|con2=[[Diego Aguirre (rugby union)|Aguirre]]<br />[[Federico Sciarra|Sciarra]]
|pen2=[[Diego Aguirre (rugby union)|Aguirre]] 15'
|stadium=[[Netherdale]], [[Galashiels]]
|attendance=3,761
|referee=[[Chris White (rugby union)|Chris White]] ([[Rugby Football Union|England]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=3 October 1999
|time=17:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+01]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|SCO}}
|score=29–46
|away={{ru|RSA}}
|try1=[[Martin Leslie (rugby union)|M. Leslie]]<br />[[Alan Tait|Tait]]
|con1=[[Kenny Logan|Logan]] (2)
|pen1=[[Kenny Logan|Logan]] (4)
|drop1=[[Gregor Townsend|Townsend]]
|try2=[[Ollie Le Roux|Le Roux]]<br />[[Deon Kayser|Kayser]]<br />[[Joost van der Westhuizen|Van der Westhuizen]]<br />[[Robbie Fleck|Fleck]]<br />[[Andre Venter|A. Venter]]<br />[[Brendan Venter|B. Venter]]
|con2=[[Jannie de Beer|De Beer]] (5)
|pen2=[[Jannie de Beer|De Beer]] (2)
|stadium=[[Murrayfield Stadium]], Edinburgh
|attendance=57,612
|referee=[[Colin Hawke]] ([[New Zealand Rugby Union|New Zealand]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=8 October 1999
|time=16:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+01]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|SCO}}
|score=43–12
|away={{ru|URU}}
|try1=[[Robbie Russell (rugby union)|Russell]]<br />[[Gary Armstrong (rugby union)|Armstrong]]<br />[[Glenn Metcalfe|Metcalfe]]<br />[[Martin Leslie (rugby union)|M. Leslie]]<br />[[Gordon Simpson (rugby union)|Simpson]]<br />[[Gregor Townsend|Townsend]]
|con1=[[Kenny Logan|Logan]] (5)
|pen1=[[Kenny Logan|Logan]]
|pen2=[[Diego Aguirre (rugby union)|Aguirre]] (3)<br />[[Federico Sciarra|Sciarra]]
|stadium=[[Murrayfield Stadium]], Edinburgh
|attendance=9,463
|referee=[[Stuart Dickinson]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=10 October 1999
|time=17:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+01]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|RSA}}
|score=47–3
|away={{ru|ESP}}
|try1=[[André Vos|Vos]] (2)<br />[[Anton Leonard|Leonard]]<br />[[Try (rugby)|Penalty try]]<br />[[Pieter Muller|Muller]]<br />[[Bobby Skinstad|Skinstad]]<br />[[Werner Swanepoel|Swanepoel]]
|con1=[[Jannie de Beer|De Beer]] (6)
|pen2=[[Ferran Velazco Querol|Velazco Querol]]
|stadium=[[Murrayfield Stadium]], Edinburgh
|attendance=4,769
|referee=[[Paul Honiss]] ([[New Zealand Rugby Union|New Zealand]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=15 October 1999
|time=17:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+01]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|RSA}}
|score=39–3
|away={{ru|URU}}
|try1=[[Albert van den Berg (rugby union)|Van den Berg]] (2)<br />[[Joost van der Westhuizen|Van der Westhuizen]]<br />[[Deon Kayser|Kayser]]<br />[[Robbie Fleck|Fleck]]
|con1=[[Jannie de Beer|De Beer]] (4)
|pen1=[[Jannie de Beer|De Beer]] (2)
|pen2=[[Diego Aguirre (rugby union)|Aguirre]]
|stadium=[[Hampden Park]], Glasgow
|attendance=3,500
|referee=[[Peter Marshall (rugby union)|Peter Marshall]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=16 October 1999
|time=15:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+01]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|SCO}}
|score=48–0
|away={{ru|ESP}}
|try1=[[Cameron Mather|Mather]] (2)<br />[[James McLaren (rugby)|McLaren]]<br />[[Shaun Longstaff|Longstaff]]<br />[[Duncan Hodge|Hodge]]<br />[[Cameron Murray (rugby union)|C. Murray]]<br />[[Try (rugby)|Penalty try]]
|con1=[[Duncan Hodge|Hodge]] (5)
|pen1=[[Duncan Hodge|Hodge]]
|stadium=[[Murrayfield Stadium]], Edinburgh
|attendance=17,593
|referee=[[Clayton Thomas]] ([[Welsh Rugby Union|Wales]])
}}

===Pool B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=25|P
!width=25|W
!width=25|D
!width=25|L
!width=25|PF
!width=25|PA
!width=25|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{ru|NZL}}
|3||3||0||0||176||28||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|ENG}}
|3||2||0||1||184||47||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|TGA}}
|3||1||0||2||47||171||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|ITA}}
|3||0||0||3||35||196||'''3'''
|}

{{rugbybox
|date=2 October 1999
|time=17:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+01]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|ENG}}
|score=67–7
|away={{ru|ITA}}
|try1=[[Jonny Wilkinson|Wilkinson]]<br />[[Richard Hill (rugby union, born 1973)|Hill]]<br />[[Dan Luger|Luger]]<br />[[Neil Back|Back]]<br />[[Phil de Glanville|De Glanville]]<br />[[Martin Corry (rugby union)|Corry]]<br />[[Matt Dawson|Dawson]]<br />[[Matt Perry (rugby union)|Perry]]
|con1=[[Jonny Wilkinson|Wilkinson]] (6)
|pen1=[[Jonny Wilkinson|Wilkinson]] (5)
|try2=[[Diego Domínguez (rugby union)|Dominguez]]
|con2=[[Diego Domínguez (rugby union)|Dominguez]]
|stadium=[[Twickenham Stadium]], London
|attendance=73,470
|referee=[[André Watson]] ([[South African Rugby Union|South Africa]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=3 October 1999
|time=15:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+01]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|NZL}}
|score=45–9
|away={{ru|TGA}}
|try1=[[Jonah Lomu|Lomu]] (2)<br />[[Byron Kelleher|Kelleher]]<br />[[Norm Maxwell|Maxwell]]<br />[[Josh Kronfeld|Kronfeld]]
|con1=[[Andrew Mehrtens|Mehrtens]] (4)
|pen1=[[Andrew Mehrtens|Mehrtens]] (4)
|pen2=[[Siua Taumalolo|Taumalolo]] (3)
|stadium=[[Ashton Gate Stadium]], Bristol
|attendance=22,000
|referee=[[Derek Bevan]] ([[Welsh Rugby Union|Wales]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=9 October 1999
|time=16:30 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+01]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|ENG}}
|score=16–30
|away={{ru|NZL}}
|try1=[[Phil de Glanville|De Glanville]]
|con1=[[Jonny Wilkinson|Wilkinson]]
|pen1=[[Jonny Wilkinson|Wilkinson]] (3)
|try2=[[Byron Kelleher|Kelleher]]<br />[[Jeff Wilson (sportsman)|Wilson]]<br />[[Jonah Lomu|Lomu]]
|con2=[[Andrew Mehrtens|Mehrtens]] (3)
|pen2=[[Andrew Mehrtens|Mehrtens]] (3)
|stadium=[[Twickenham Stadium]], London
|attendance=72,000
|referee=[[Peter Marshall (rugby union)|Peter Marshall]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=10 October 1999
|time=19:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+01]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|ITA}}
|score=25–28
|away={{ru|TGA}}
|try1=[[Alessandro Moscardi|Moscardi]]
|con1=[[Diego Domínguez (rugby union)|Dominguez]]
|pen1=[[Diego Domínguez (rugby union)|Dominguez]] (6)
|try2=[[Taunaholo Taufahema|Taufahema]]<br />[['Isileli Fatani|Fatani]]<br />[[Sateki Tuipulotu|Tuipulotu]]
|con2=[[Sateki Tuipulotu|Tuipulotu]] (2)
|pen2=[[Sateki Tuipulotu|Tuipulotu]] (2)
|drop2=[[Sateki Tuipulotu|Tuipulotu]]
|stadium=[[Welford Road Stadium]], [[Leicester]]
|attendance=10,244
|referee=[[David McHugh]] ([[Irish Rugby Football Union|Ireland]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=14 October 1999
|time=13:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+01]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|NZL}}
|score=101–3
|away={{ru|ITA}}
|try1=[[Jeff Wilson (sportsman)|Wilson]] (3)<br />[[Glen Osborne|Osborne]] (2)<br />[[Jonah Lomu|Lomu]] (2)<br />[[Taine Randell|Randell]]<br />[[Tony Brown (rugby union)|Brown]]<br />[[Christian Cullen|Cullen]]<br />[[Mark Hammett|Hammett]]<br />[[Daryl Gibson|Gibson]]<br />[[Scott Robertson (rugby union)|Robertson]]<br />[[Dylan Mika|Mika]]
|con1=[[Tony Brown (rugby union)|Brown]] (11)
|pen1=[[Tony Brown (rugby union)|Brown]] (3)
|pen2=[[Diego Domínguez (rugby union)|Dominguez]]
|stadium=[[John Smith's Stadium|McAlpine Stadium]], [[Huddersfield]]
|attendance=24,000
|referee=[[Jim Fleming (rugby union, born 1951)|Jim Fleming]] ([[Scottish Rugby Union|Scotland]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=15 October 1999
|time=13:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+01]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|ENG}}
|score=101–10
|away={{ru|TGA}}
|try1=[[Jeremy Guscott|Guscott]] (2)<br />[[Phil Greening|Greening]] (2)<br />[[Dan Luger|Luger]] (2)<br />[[Austin Healey|Healey]] (2)<br />[[Will Greenwood|Greenwood]] (2)<br />[[Matt Dawson|Dawson]]<br />[[Matt Perry (rugby union)|Perry]]<br />[[Richard Hill (rugby union, born 1973)|Hill]]
|con1=[[Paul Grayson (rugby union)|Grayson]] (12)
|pen1=[[Paul Grayson (rugby union)|Grayson]] (4)
|try2=[[Tevita Tiueti|Tiueti]]
|con2=[[Sateki Tuipulotu|Tuipulotu]]
|pen2=[[Sateki Tuipulotu|Tuipulotu]]
|stadium=[[Twickenham Stadium]], London
|attendance=72,485
|referee=[[Wayne Erickson]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}

===Pool C===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=25|P
!width=25|W
!width=25|D
!width=25|L
!width=25|PF
!width=25|PA
!width=25|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{ru|FRA|1974}}
|3||3||0||0||108||52||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|FIJ}}
|3||2||0||1||124||68||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|CAN}}
|3||1||0||2||114||82||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|NAM}}
|3||0||0||3||42||186||'''3'''
|}

{{rugbybox
|date=1 October 1999
|time=21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST/GMT+2]] ([[UTC+02]])
|home={{ru-rt|FIJ}}
|score=67–18
|away={{ru|NAM}}
|try1=[[Fero Lasagavibau|Lasagavibau]] (2)<br />[[Setareki Tawake|S. Tawake]]<br />[[Jacob Rauluni|Rauluni]]<br />[[Viliame Satala|Satala]]<br />[[Alfie Mocelutu|Mocelutu]]<br />[[Greg Smith (rugby union, born 1974)|Smith]]<br />[[Imanueli Tiko|Tiko]]<br />[[Emori Katalau|Katalau]]
|con1=[[Waisale Serevi|Serevi]] (8)
|pen1=[[Waisale Serevi|Serevi]] (2)
|try2=[[Mario Jacobs|Jacobs]]<br />[[Johannes Senekal|Senekal]]
|con2=[[Leandre Van Dyk|Van Dyk]]
|pen2=[[Leandre Van Dyk|Van Dyk]] (2)
|stadium=[[Stade de la Méditerranée]], [[Béziers]]
|attendance=10,000
|referee=[[David McHugh]] ([[Irish Rugby Football Union|Ireland]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=2 October 1999
|time=14:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST/GMT+2]] ([[UTC+02]])
|home={{ru-rt|FRA|1974}}
|score=33–20
|away={{ru|CAN}}
|try1=[[Émile Ntamack|Ntamack]]<br />[[Stéphane Glas|Glas]]<br />[[Thomas Castaignède|Castaignède]]<br />[[Olivier Magne|Magne]]
|con1=[[Richard Dourthe|Dourthe]] (2)
|pen1=[[Richard Dourthe|Dourthe]] (3)
|try2=[[Morgan Williams (rugby union, born 1976)|Williams]] (2)
|con2=[[Bobby Ross (rugby union)|Ross]]<br />[[Gareth Rees (rugby union)|Rees]]
|pen2=[[Bobby Ross (rugby union)|Ross]]<br />[[Gareth Rees (rugby union)|Rees]]
|stadium=[[Stade de la Méditerranée]], [[Béziers]]
|attendance=18,000
|referee=[[Brian Campsall]] ([[Rugby Football Union|England]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=8 October 1999
|time=21:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST/GMT+2]] ([[UTC+02]])
|home={{ru-rt|FRA|1974}}
|score=47–13
|away={{ru|NAM}}
|try1=[[Ugo Mola|Mola]] (3)<br />[[Émile Ntamack|Ntamack]]<br />[[Pierre Mignoni|Mignoni]]<br />[[Philippe Bernat-Salles|Bernat-Salles]]
|con1=[[Richard Dourthe|Dourthe]] (4)
|pen1=[[Richard Dourthe|Dourthe]] (3)
|try2=[[Arthur Samuelson|Samuelson]]
|con2=[[Leandre Van Dyk|Van Dyk]]
|pen2=[[Leandre Van Dyk|Van Dyk]] (2)
|stadium=[[Parc Lescure]], [[Bordeaux]]
|attendance=34,030
|referee=[[Chris White (referee)|Chris White]] ([[Rugby Football Union|England]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=9 October 1999
|time=13:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST/GMT+2]] ([[UTC+02]])
|home={{ru-rt|FIJ}}
|score=38–22
|away={{ru|CAN}}
|try1=[[Viliame Satala|Satala]] (2)<br />[[Marika Vunibaka|Vunibaka]]<br />[[Fero Lasagavibau|Lasagavibau]]
|con1=[[Nicky Little|Little]] (3)
|pen1=[[Nicky Little|Little]] (3)
|drop1=[[Nicky Little|Little]]
|try2=[[Mike James (rugby union)|James]]
|con2=[[Gareth Rees (rugby union)|Rees]]
|pen2=[[Gareth Rees (rugby union)|Rees]] (4)
|drop2=[[Gareth Rees (rugby union)|Rees]]
|stadium=[[Parc Lescure]], [[Bordeaux]]
|attendance=27,000
|referee=[[Ed Morrison (rugby union)|Ed Morrison]] ([[Rugby Football Union|England]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=14 October 1999
|time=20:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST/GMT+2]] ([[UTC+02]])
|home={{ru-rt|CAN}}
|score=72–11
|away={{ru|NAM}}
|try1=[[Winston Stanley (rugby union, born 1974)|Stanley]] (2)<br />[[Rod Snow|Snow]] (2)<br />[[Kyle Nichols|Nichols]] (2)<br />[[Al Charron|Charron]]<br />[[Bobby Ross (rugby union)|Ross]]<br />[[Morgan Williams (rugby union, born 1976)|Williams]]
|con1=[[Gareth Rees (rugby union)|Rees]] (9)
|pen1=[[Gareth Rees (rugby union)|Rees]] (3)
|try2=[[Quinton Hough|Hough]]
|pen2=[[Leandre Van Dyk|Van Dyk]] (2)
|stadium=[[Stadium Municipal|Stade de Toulouse]]
|attendance=28,000
|referee=[[Andrew Cole (rugby union)|Andrew Cole]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=16 October 1999
|time=14:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST/GMT+2]] ([[UTC+02]])
|home={{ru-rt|FRA|1974}}
|score=28–19
|away={{ru|FIJ}}
|try1=[[Christophe Juillet|Juillet]]<br />[[Christophe Dominici|Dominici]]<br />[[Try (rugby)|Penalty try]]
|con1=[[Richard Dourthe|Dourthe]] (2)
|pen1=[[Richard Dourthe|Dourthe]] (2)<br />[[Christophe Lamaison|Lamaison]]
|try2=[[Alfred Uluinayau|Uluinayau]]
|con2=[[Nicky Little|Little]]
|pen2=[[Nicky Little|Little]] (4)
|stadium=[[Stadium Municipal|Stade de Toulouse]]
|attendance=36,000
|referee=[[Paddy O'Brien (rugby referee)|Paddy O'Brien]] ([[New Zealand Rugby Union|New Zealand]])
}}

===Pool D===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=25|P
!width=25|W
!width=25|D
!width=25|L
!width=25|PF
!width=25|PA
!width=25|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{ru|WAL}}
|3||2||0||1||118||71||'''7'''
|- style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|SAM}}
|3||2||0||1||97||72||'''7'''
|- style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|ARG}}
|3||2||0||1||83||51||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|JPN}}
|3||0||0||3||36||140||'''3'''
|}

{{rugbybox
|date=1 October 1999
|time=15:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|WAL}}
|score=23–18
|away={{ru|ARG}}
|try1=[[Colin Charvis|Charvis]]<br />[[Mark Taylor (rugby union, born 1973)|Taylor]]
|con1=[[Neil Jenkins|Jenkins]] (2)
|pen1=[[Neil Jenkins|Jenkins]] (3)
|pen2=[[Gonzalo Quesada|Quesada]] (6)
|stadium=[[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
|attendance=72,500
|referee=[[Paddy O'Brien (rugby referee)|Paddy O'Brien]] ([[New Zealand Rugby Union|New Zealand]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=3 October 1999
|time=13:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|SAM}}
|score=43–9
|away={{ru|JPN}}
|try1=[[Brian Lima|Lima]] (2)<br />[[Afato So'oalo|So'oalo]] (2)<br />[[Silao Leaega|Leaega]]
|con1=[[Silao Leaega|Leaega]] (3)
|pen1=[[Silao Leaega|Leaega]] (4)
|pen2=[[Keiji Hirose|Hirose]] (3)
|stadium=[[Racecourse Ground]], [[Wrexham]]
|attendance=15,000
|referee=[[Andrew Cole (rugby union)|Andrew Cole]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=9 October 1999
|time=14:30 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|WAL}}
|score=64–15
|away={{ru|JPN}}
|try1=[[Mark Taylor (rugby union, born 1973)|Taylor]] (2)<br />[[Robert Howley|Howley]]<br />[[Scott Gibbs|Gibbs]]<br />[[David Llewellyn (rugby union)|Llewellyn]]<br />[[Gareth Thomas (rugby, born 1974)|Thomas]]<br />[[Allan Bateman|Bateman]]<br />[[Shane Howarth|Howarth]]<br />[[Try (rugby)|Penalty try]]
|con1=[[Neil Jenkins|Jenkins]] (8)
|pen1=[[Neil Jenkins|Jenkins]]
|try2=[[Patiliai Tuidraki|Tuidraki]]<br />[[Daisuke Ohata|Ohata]]
|con2=[[Keiji Hirose|Hirose]]
|pen2=[[Keiji Hirose|Hirose]]
|stadium=[[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
|attendance=72,500
|referee=[[Joël Dume]] ([[French Rugby Federation|France]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=10 October 1999
|time=13:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|ARG}}
|score=32–16
|away={{ru|SAM}}
|try1=[[Alejandro Allub|Allub]]
|pen1=[[Gonzalo Quesada|Quesada]] (8)
|drop1=[[Gonzalo Quesada|Quesada]]
|try2=[[Peter Paramore|Paramore]]
|con2=[[Silao Leaega|Leaega]]
|pen2=[[Silao Leaega|Leaega]] (3)
|stadium=[[Stradey Park]], [[Llanelli]]
|attendance=11,000
|referee=[[Wayne Erickson]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=14 October 1999
|time=15:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|WAL}}
|score=31–38
|away={{ru|SAM}}
|try1=[[Gareth Thomas (rugby, born 1974)|Thomas]]<br />[[Try (rugby)|Penalty try]] (2)
|con1=[[Neil Jenkins|Jenkins]] (2)
|pen1=[[Neil Jenkins|Jenkins]] (4)
|try2=[[Stephen Bachop|Bachop]] (2)<br />[[Lio Falaniko|Falaniko]]<br />[[Pat Lam|Lam]]<br />[[Silao Leaega|Leaega]]
|con2=[[Silao Leaega|Leaega]] (5)
|pen2=[[Silao Leaega|Leaega]]
|stadium=[[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
|attendance=72,500
|referee=[[Ed Morrison (rugby union)|Ed Morrison]] ([[Rugby Football Union|England]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=16 October 1999
|time=19:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|ARG}}
|score=33–12
|away={{ru|JPN}}
|try1=[[Diego Albanese|Albanese]]<br />[[Agustín Pichot|Pichot]]
|con1=[[Felipe Contepomi|Contepomi]]
|pen1=[[Gonzalo Quesada|Quesada]] (7)
|pen2=[[Keiji Hirose|Hirose]] (4)
|stadium=[[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
|attendance=36,000
|referee=[[Stuart Dickinson]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}

===Pool E===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=25|P
!width=25|W
!width=25|D
!width=25|L
!width=25|PF
!width=25|PA
!width=25|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc"
|align=left|{{ru|AUS}}
|3||3||0||0||135||31||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|IRE}}
|3||2||0||1||100||45||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|ROM}}
|3||1||0||2||50||126||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|USA}}
|3||0||0||3||52||135||'''3'''
|}

{{rugbybox
|date=2 October 1999
|time=19:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|IRE}}
|score=53–8
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2112 Report]
|away={{ru|USA}}
|try1=[[Justin Bishop (rugby union)|Bishop]]<br />[[Keith Wood|Wood]] (4)<br />[[Brian O'Driscoll|O'Driscoll]]<br />[[Try (rugby)|Penalty try]]
|con1=[[David Humphreys (rugby union)|Humphreys]] (4)<br />[[Eric Elwood|Elwood]] (2)
|pen1=[[David Humphreys (rugby union)|Humphreys]] (2)
|try2=[[Kevin Dalzell|Dalzell]]
|pen2=[[Kevin Dalzell|Dalzell]]
|stadium=[[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin
|attendance=30,000
|referee=[[Joël Dume]] ([[French Rugby Federation|France]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=3 October 1999
|time=19:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|AUS}}
|score=57–9
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1693 Report]
|away={{ru|ROM}}
|try1=[[Toutai Kefu|Kefu]] (3)<br />[[Joe Roff|Roff]] (2)<br />[[Rod Kafer|Kafer]]<br />[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Burke]]<br />[[Jason Little (rugby union)|Little]]<br />[[Tim Horan|Horan]]
|con1=[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Burke]] (5)<br />[[John Eales|Eales]]
|pen2=[[Petre Mitu|Mitu]] (3)
|stadium=[[Ravenhill Stadium]], [[Belfast]]
|attendance=12,500
|referee=[[Paul Honiss]] ([[New Zealand Rugby Union|New Zealand]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=9 October 1999
|time=19:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|USA}}
|score=25–27
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2113 Report]
|away={{ru|ROM}}
|try1=[[Kurt Shuman|Shuman]]<br />[[Brian Hightower|Hightower]]<br />[[Dan Lyle|Lyle]]
|con1=[[Kevin Dalzell|Dalzell]] (2)
|pen1=[[Kevin Dalzell|Dalzell]] (2)
|try2=[[Alin Petrache|Petrache]] (2)<br />[[Gheorghe Solomie|Solomie]] (2)
|con2=[[Petre Mitu|Mitu]] (2)
|pen2=[[Petre Mitu|Mitu]]
|stadium=[[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin
|attendance=3,000
|referee=[[Jim Fleming (rugby union, born 1951)|Jim Fleming]] ([[Scottish Rugby Union|Scotland]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=10 October 1999
|time=15:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|IRE}}
|score=3–23
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1694 Report]
|away={{ru|AUS}}
|pen1=[[David Humphreys (rugby union)|Humphreys]]
|try2=[[Ben Tune|Tune]]<br />[[Tim Horan|Horan]]
|con2=[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Burke]] (2)
|pen2=[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Burke]] (2)<br />[[John Eales|Eales]]
|stadium=[[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin
|attendance=49,250
|referee=[[Clayton Thomas]] ([[Welsh Rugby Union|Wales]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=14 October 1999
|time=17:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|AUS}}
|score=55–19
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1695 Report]
|away={{ru|USA}}
|try1=[[Scott Staniforth|Staniforth]] (2)<br />[[Chris Latham (rugby union)|Latham]]<br />[[Chris Whitaker|Whitaker]]<br />[[Michael Foley (rugby union)|Foley]]<br />[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Burke]]<br />[[Stephen Larkham|Larkham]]<br />[[Tiaan Straaus|Strauss]]
|con1=[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Burke]] (5)<br />[[Joe Roff|Roff]]
|pen1=[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Burke]]
|try2=[[Juan Grobler|Grobler]]
|con2=[[Kevin Dalzell|Dalzell]]
|pen2=[[Kevin Dalzell|Dalzell]] (4)
|stadium=[[Thomond Park]], [[Limerick]]
|attendance=13,000
|referee=[[André Watson]] ([[South African Rugby Union|South Africa]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=15 October 1999
|time=19:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|IRE}}
|score=44–14
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2114 Report]
|away={{ru|ROM}}
|try1=[[Conor O'Shea|O'Shea]] (2)<br />[[Andy Ward (rugby union)|Ward]]<br />[[Tom Tierney (rugby union)|Tierney]]<br />[[Dion O'Cuinneagain|O'Cuinneagain]]
|con1=[[Eric Elwood|Elwood]] (5)
|pen1=[[Eric Elwood|Elwood]] (2)
|drop1=[[Brian O'Driscoll|O'Driscoll]]
|try2=[[Cristian Săuan|Săuan]]
|pen2=[[Petre Mitu|Mitu]] (3)
|stadium=[[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin
|attendance=33,000
|referee=[[Brian Campsall]] ([[Rugby Football Union|England]])
}}

===Ranking of third-placed teams===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#ffc"|Qualified for quarter-final play-offs
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|W
!width=40|D
!width=40|L
!width=40|PF
!width=40|PA
!width=40|PD
!width=40|Pts
|- style="background:#ffc"
|align=left|{{ru|ARG}}
|2||0||1||83||51||32||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|CAN}}
|1||0||2||114||82||32||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|URU}}
|1||0||2||42||97||-55||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|ROM}}
|1||0||2||50||126||-76||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru|TGA}}
|1||0||2||47||171||-124||'''5'''
|}

==Play-off stage==
The quarter-final play-offs were three one-off knock-out matches between the runners-up of each pool and the best third-placed side from all five pools to decide the remaining three places in the quarter-finals. The matches were played in mid-week between the completion of the pool stage and the start of the quarter-finals. The matches produced fairly easy wins for [[England national rugby union team|England]], beating [[Fiji national rugby union team|Fiji]] 45–24, and also for [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]], beating [[Samoa national rugby union team|Samoa]] 35–20. However, the final match produced the shock of the round where [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]] upset [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] 28–24 in [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/rugbycup/Story/0,,202426,00.html|title=Irish crash out in Argentine frenzy|date=21 October 1999|work=Guardian|accessdate=4 December 2025}}</ref>

===Quarter-final play-offs===
{{rugbybox
|date=20 October 1999
|time=13:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|ENG}}
|score=45–24
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1150 Report]
|away={{ru|FIJ}}
|try1=[[Dan Luger|Luger]]<br />[[Neil Back|Back]]<br />[[Nick Beal|Beal]]<br />[[Phil Greening|Greening]]
|con1=[[Matt Dawson|Dawson]]<br />[[Jonny Wilkinson|Wilkinson]]
|pen1=[[Jonny Wilkinson|Wilkinson]] (7)
|try2=[[Viliame Satala|Satala]]<br />[[Meli Nakauta|Nakauta]]<br />[[Imanueli Tiko|Tiko]]
|con2=[[Nicky Little|Little]] (3)
|pen2=[[Waisale Serevi|Serevi]]
|stadium=[[Twickenham Stadium]], London
|attendance=55,000
|referee=[[Clayton Thomas]] ([[Welsh Rugby Union|Wales]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=20 October 1999
|time=15:30 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|SCO}}
|score=35–20
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2115 Report]
|away={{ru|SAM}}
|try1=[[Cameron Murray (rugby union)|C. Murray]]<br />[[Martin Leslie (rugby union)|M. Leslie]]<br />[[Try (rugby)|Penalty try]]
|con1=[[Kenny Logan|Logan]]
|pen1=[[Kenny Logan|Logan]] (5)
|drop1=[[Gregor Townsend|Townsend]]
|try2=[[Brian Lima|Lima]]<br />[[Semo Sititi|Sititi]]
|con2=[[Silao Leaega|Leaega]] (2)
|pen2=[[Silao Leaega|Leaega]] (2)
|stadium=[[Murrayfield Stadium]], Edinburgh
|attendance=20,000
|referee=[[David McHugh]] ([[Irish Rugby Football Union|Ireland]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=20 October 1999
|time=20:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST/GMT+2]] ([[UTC+02]])
|home={{ru-rt|ARG}}
|score=28–24
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2116 Report]
|away={{ru|IRE}}
|try1=[[Diego Albanese|Albanese]]
|con1=[[Gonzalo Quesada|Quesada]]
|pen1=[[Gonzalo Quesada|Quesada]] (7)
|pen2=[[David Humphreys (rugby union)|Humphreys]] (7)
|drop2=[[David Humphreys (rugby union)|Humphreys]]
|stadium=[[Stade Félix Bollaert]], [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]]
|attendance=22,000
|referee=[[Stuart Dickinson]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}

==Knockout stage==
The winners from the quarter-final play-offs, who had played in mid-week, joined the pool winners, who had enjoyed a week long rest, in the quarter-finals. [[England national rugby union team|England]], hosts [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] and [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] were all knocked out, and [[France national rugby union team|France]], who beat [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]], were the only team left from the Northern Hemisphere.

The semi-finals, which were both played at [[Twickenham Stadium]], produced two of the most dramatic matches of the tournament, with [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] beating [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] 27–21 in extra-time after normal time ended with the scores locked at 18-18. The second semi-final between favourites [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] and underdogs France was an all-time classic, as France overturned a 24–10 deficit to win 43–31 and reach their second World Cup final. France and Australia met at the Millennium Stadium on 6 November 1999, with Australia winning 35–12 to become the first team to win the [[Webb Ellis Cup]] twice. The cup was presented by [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] to Australian captain [[John Eales]].<ref name=semi/><ref name=final/>

The overall attendance for the tournament was 1.75&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/eventsfestivals/a/rugbyhistory.htm |title=Rugby World Cup Background and History |publisher=Goaustralia.about.com |access-date=10 October 2011 |archive-date=15 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115101641/http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/eventsfestivals/a/rugbyhistory.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Round8
<!-- Date–Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- quarter-finals -->
|24 October – [[Stade de France]]|'''{{ru|RSA}}'''|'''44'''|{{ru|ENG}}|21
|{{nowrap|23 October – [[Millennium Stadium]]}}|'''{{ru|AUS}}'''|'''24'''|{{ru|WAL}}|9
|24 October – [[Murrayfield Stadium|Murrayfield]]|'''{{ru|NZL}}'''|'''30'''|{{ru|SCO}}|18
|24 October – [[Lansdowne Road]]|'''{{ru|FRA|1974}}'''|'''47'''|{{ru|ARG}}|26
<!-- semi-finals -->
|30 October – [[Twickenham]]|{{ru|RSA}}|21|'''{{ru|AUS}}''' ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])|'''27'''
|31 October – [[Twickenham]]|{{ru|NZL}}|31|'''{{ru|FRA|1974}}'''|'''43'''
<!-- final -->
|{{nowrap|6 November – [[Millennium Stadium]]}}|'''{{ru|AUS}}'''|'''35'''|{{ru|FRA|1974}}|12
<!-- third place -->
|{{nowrap|4 November – [[Millennium Stadium]]}}|'''{{ru|RSA}}'''|'''22'''|{{ru|NZL}}|18
|consol=Third|3rdplace=yes}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{rugbybox
|date=23 October 1999
|time=15:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|WAL}}
|score=9–24
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/739 Report]
|away={{ru|AUS}}
|pen1=[[Neil Jenkins|Jenkins]] (3)
|try2=[[George Gregan|Gregan]] (2)<br />[[Ben Tune|Tune]]
|con2=[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Burke]] (3)
|pen2=[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Burke]]
|stadium=[[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
|attendance=72,000
|referee=[[Colin Hawke]] ([[New Zealand Rugby Union|New Zealand]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=24 October 1999
|time=14:00 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST/GMT+2]] ([[UTC+02]])
|home={{ru-rt|RSA}}
|score=44–21
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1151 Report]
|away={{ru|ENG}}
|try1=[[Joost van der Westhuizen|Van der Westhuizen]]<br />[[Pieter Rossouw (rugby union)|P. Rossouw]]
|con1=[[Jannie de Beer|De Beer]] (2)
|pen1=[[Jannie de Beer|De Beer]] (5)
|drop1=[[Jannie de Beer|De Beer]] (5)
|pen2=[[Paul Grayson (rugby union)|Grayson]] (6)<br />[[Jonny Wilkinson|Wilkinson]]
|stadium=[[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|attendance=75,000
|referee=[[Jim Fleming (rugby union, born 1951)|Jim Fleming]] ([[Scottish Rugby Union|Scotland]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=24 October 1999
|time=18:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|SCO}}
|score=18–30
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1890 Report]
|away={{ru|NZL}}
|try1=[[Cameron Murray (rugby union)|C. Murray]]<br />[[Budge Pountney|Pountney]]
|con1=[[Kenny Logan|Logan]]
|pen1=[[Kenny Logan|Logan]]
|drop1=[[Gregor Townsend|Townsend]]
|try2=[[Tana Umaga|Umaga]] (2)<br />[[Jeff Wilson (sportsman)|Wilson]]<br />[[Jonah Lomu|Lomu]]
|con2=[[Andrew Mehrtens|Mehrtens]] (2)
|pen2=[[Andrew Mehrtens|Mehrtens]] (2)
|stadium=[[Murrayfield Stadium]], Edinburgh
|attendance=59,750
|referee=[[Ed Morrison (rugby union)|Ed Morrison]] ([[Rugby Football Union|England]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=24 October 1999
|time=15:30 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|ARG}}
|score=26–47
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/2117 Report]
|away={{ru|FRA|1974}}
|try1=[[Agustín Pichot|Pichot]]<br />[[Lisandro Arbizu|Arbizu]]
|con1=[[Gonzalo Quesada|Quesada]] (2)
|pen1=[[Gonzalo Quesada|Quesada]] (3)<br />[[Felipe Contepomi|Contepomi]]
|try2=[[Xavier Garbajosa|Garbajosa]] (2)<br />[[Philippe Bernat-Salles|Bernat-Salles]] (2)<br />[[Émile Ntamack|Ntamack]]
|con2=[[Christophe Lamaison|Lamaison]] (5)
|pen2=[[Christophe Lamaison|Lamaison]] (4)
|stadium=[[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin
|attendance=40,000
|referee=[[Derek Bevan]] ([[Welsh Rugby Union|Wales]])
}}

===Semi-finals===
{{rugbybox
|date=30 October 1999
|time=15:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST/GMT+1]] ([[UTC+01]])
|home={{ru-rt|AUS}}
|score=27–21<br />([[Overtime (sports)#Rugby union|a.e.t.]])
|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/2997672.stm Report]
|away={{ru|RSA}}
|pen1=[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Burke]] (8)
|drop1=[[Stephen Larkham|Larkham]]
|pen2=[[Jannie de Beer|De Beer]] (6)
|drop2=[[Jannie de Beer|De Beer]]
|stadium=[[Twickenham Stadium]], London
|attendance=72,000
|referee=[[Derek Bevan]] ([[Welsh Rugby Union|Wales]])
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=31 October 1999
|time=15:00 [[Western European Time|WET/GMT]] ([[UTC+00]])
|home={{ru-rt|FRA|1974}}
|score=43–31
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1891 Report]
|away={{ru|NZL}}
|try1=[[Christophe Lamaison|Lamaison]]<br />[[Christophe Dominici|Dominici]]<br />[[Richard Dourthe|Dourthe]]<br />[[Philippe Bernat-Salles|Bernat-Salles]]
|con1=[[Christophe Lamaison|Lamaison]] (4)
|pen1=[[Christophe Lamaison|Lamaison]] (3)
|drop1=[[Christophe Lamaison|Lamaison]] (2)
|try2=[[Jonah Lomu|Lomu]] (2)<br />[[Jeff Wilson (sportsman)|Wilson]]
|con2=[[Andrew Mehrtens|Mehrtens]] (2)
|pen2=[[Andrew Mehrtens|Mehrtens]] (4)
|stadium=[[Twickenham Stadium]], London
|attendance=70,000
|referee=[[Jim Fleming (rugby union, born 1951)|Jim Fleming]] ([[Scottish Rugby Union|Scotland]])
}}

===Third-place play-off===
{{rugbybox
|date=4 November 1999
|time=20:00 [[Western European Time|WET/GMT]] ([[UTC+00]])
|home={{ru-rt|NZL}}
|score=18–22
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1892 Report]
|away={{ru|RSA}}
|pen1=[[Andrew Mehrtens|Mehrtens]] (6)
|try2=[[Breyton Paulse|Paulse]]
|con2=[[Henry Honiball|Honiball]]
|pen2=[[Henry Honiball|Honiball]] (3)
|drop2=[[Percy Montgomery|Montgomery]] (2)
|stadium=[[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
|attendance=60,000
|referee=[[Peter Marshall (rugby union)|Peter Marshall]] ([[Australian Rugby Union|Australia]])
}}

===Final===
{{Main|1999 Rugby World Cup final}}
{{rugbybox
|date=6 November 1999
|time=15:00 [[Western European Time|WET/GMT]] ([[UTC+00]])
|home={{ru-rt|AUS}}
|score=35–12
|report=[http://www.worldrugby.org/match/1697 Report]
|away={{ru|FRA|1974}}
|try1=[[Ben Tune|Tune]]<br />[[Owen Finegan|Finegan]]
|con1=[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Burke]] (2)
|pen1=[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Burke]] (7)
|pen2=[[Christophe Lamaison|Lamaison]] (4)
|stadium=[[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
|attendance=72,500
|referee=[[André Watson]] ([[South African Rugby Union|South Africa]])
}}

==Statistics==
{{Main|1999 Rugby World Cup statistics}}

The tournament's top point scorer was Argentina's [[Gonzalo Quesada]], who scored 102 points. [[Jonah Lomu]] scored eight tries, a Rugby World Cup record.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Top 10 point scorers
|-
!width=145|Player
!width=145|Team
!width=100|Position
!width=40|Played
!width=40|Tries
!width=40|Conv{{shy}}ersions
!width=40|Penal{{shy}}ties
!width=40|Drop goals
!width=40|Total points
|-
|align="left"|[[Gonzalo Quesada]]
|align="left"|{{Ru|ARG}}
|[[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]]
|5||0||3||31||1||! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|'''102'''
|-
|align="left"|[[Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)|Matt Burke]]
|align="left"|{{Ru|AUS}}
|[[Fullback (rugby union)|Full-back]]
|6||2||17||19||0||! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|'''101'''
|-
|align="left"|[[Jannie de Beer]]
|align="left"|{{Ru|RSA}}
|[[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]]
|5||0||17||15||6||! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|'''97'''
|-
|align="left"|[[Andrew Mehrtens]]
|align="left"|{{Ru|NZL}}
|[[Fly-half (rugby union)|First five-eighth]]
|5||0||11||19||0||! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|'''79'''
|-
|align="left"|[[Jonny Wilkinson]]
|align="left"|{{Ru|ENG}}
|[[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]]
|4||1||8||16||0||! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|'''69'''
|-
|align="left"|[[Christophe Lamaison]]
|align="left"|{{Ru|FRA|1974}}
|[[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]]
|6||1||9||12||2||! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|'''65'''
|-
|align="left"|[[Silao Leaega]]
|align="left"|{{Ru|SAM}}
|[[Wing (rugby union)|Wing]]
|4||2||11||10||0||! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|'''62'''
|-
|align="left"|[[Neil Jenkins]]
|align="left"|{{Ru|WAL}}
|[[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]]
|4||0||12||11||0||! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|'''57'''
|-
|align="left"|[[Paul Grayson (rugby union)|Paul Grayson]]
|align="left"|{{Ru|ENG}}
|[[Fly-half (rugby union)|Fly-half]]
|4||0||12||10||0||! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|'''54'''
|-
|align="left"|[[Kenny Logan]]
|align="left"|{{Ru|SCO}}
|[[Wing (rugby union)|Wing]]
|4||0||9||11||0||! scope=row style="background:#ccc"|'''51'''
|}

==Broadcasting==
British television rights holders [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] acted as the host broadcaster for the tournament, with [[S4C]] also broadcasting matches in the [[Welsh language]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ITV Sport tackles Rugby World Cup coverage with help from BT |url=http://www.sourcewire.com/news/2929/itv-sport-tackles-rugby-world-cup-coverage-with-help-from |publisher=BT Broadcast Services |date=19 April 1999 }}</ref> with coverage shown in 209 countries, to an audience of 3.1&nbsp;billion viewers.<ref>{{cite book |title=Rugby Union for Dummies 3rd Edition |page=261 |chapter=17 |first1=Nick |last1=Cain |first2=Greg |last2=Growden |isbn=9781119991823 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2011}}</ref> In Australia, the event was broadcast by [[Seven Network]].

===Broadcast UK history===
*''[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'' (1 October 1999 – 6 November 1999)
*''[[S4C]]'' (1 October 1999 – 6 November 1999)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{External media|video1={{youTube|MppBGj-0QRM|Rugby World Cup 1999 Semi-Final: New Zealand v France}}}}
*[http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/ Rugbyworldcup.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121114002240/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rugby/1999/world_cup/index.html 1999 Rugby World Cup Reports and Statistics] (Archived)
*[http://www.worldcupweb.com/wcrugby/results/1999.asp 1999 Rugby World Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012212754/http://worldcupweb.com/wcrugby/results/1999.asp |date=12 October 2007 }} on Worldcupweb.com
*[http://www.espnscrum.com/2011-rugby-world-cup/rugby/series/18476.html Statistics] on ESPN Scrum

{{1999 Rugby World Cup}}
{{1999 Rugby World Cup finalists}}
{{1999 Rugby World Cup venues}}
{{Rugby Union World Cup}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:World Cup}}
[[Category:1999 Rugby World Cup| ]]
[[Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by England]]
[[Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by France]]
[[Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Ireland]]
[[Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Scotland]]
[[Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Wales]]
[[Category:Rugby World Cup tournaments|1999]]
[[Category:1999 rugby union tournaments for national teams]]
[[Category:1999–2000 in French rugby union]]
[[Category:1999–2000 in English rugby union]]
[[Category:1999–2000 in Irish rugby union]]
[[Category:1999–2000 in Scottish rugby union]]
[[Category:1999–2000 in Welsh rugby union]]
[[Category:October 1999 in sports|Rugby]]
[[Category:November 1999 in sports|Rugby]]