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{{Infobox Rugby World Cup
|logo =
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|datefrom = 4 September 2004
|dateto = 25 November 2006
|host =
|nations = 36
|champion =
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|prev = [[2003 Rugby World Cup – European qualification|2003]]
|next = [[2011 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification|2011]]
}}
'''[[2007 Rugby World Cup]] – European qualification''' was a [[European Nations Cup (rugby union)|European Nations Cup]] competition that decided which European teams participated in the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] in France. The group stages counted towards both qualification and the European Nations Cup. Hosts [[France national rugby union team|France]] and other [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003 World Cup]] quarter finalists [[England national rugby union team|England]], [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]], [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] and [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] qualified automatically.

==Qualification process==
''There were three places available for European teams, and one place in the [[2007 Rugby Union World Cup - Repechage qualification|repechage]]. The teams were ranked according to their division in the European Nations Cup, taking into account the [[relegation]]s and [[Promotion (sports)|promotions]] at the end of the previous competition. Note that for the 2004/05 season Division 1 did not count towards World Cup qualification. The 2005/06 season decided which round (either 4 or 5) the teams entered. In the group rounds, there were three points awarded for a win, two for a draw, and one for a loss. There were no bonus points awarded.''

===Round 1===
''The eight teams from divisions 3B (apart from those newly relegated from 3A [[Hungary national rugby union team|Hungary]]) and 3C (apart from [[Azerbaijan national rugby union team|Azerbaijan]] and [[Armenia national rugby union team|Armenia]]) played each other in four two-legged playoffs. The winners entered the next round.''

===Round 2===
''The four Round 1 winners, Hungary, and the fifteen teams from divisions 2A, 2B and 3A were drawn into four groups of five. They played each other once, with the best two teams qualifying for the next round. The third placed teams played in two two-legged playoffs to qualify for the next round.''

===Round 3===
''The four winners, four runners-up, and two play-off winners from Round 2 were drawn into two groups of five. The best team from each group played each other in a two legged playoff for a place in the next round.''

===Round 4===
''The bottom three teams from Division 1 2005/06 and the winner of the previous round played two two-legged playoffs to enter the next round.''

===Round 5===
''The winner of Round 4 Playoff 1, the third placed team from Division 1 2005/06 and Six Nations competitor Italy form Pool A. The winner of Round 4 Playoff 2 and the first and second placed teams from Division 1 2005/06 form Pool B. The top team from each pool qualified for the World Cup as ''Europe 1'' and ''Europe 2''. The second placed teams entered the next round.''

===Round 6===
''The two second placed teams from Round 5 played a two-legged playoff, with the winner qualifying for the World Cup as ''Europe 3''. The loser entered the repechage as Europe 4.''

==Round 1==
''Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria and Lithuania qualified for round 2.''

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|home={{ru-rt|AND}}
|score=76–3
|away={{ru|NOR}}
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'''Andorra''' won 99–12 on aggregate

The first match was refereed by [[André Watson]]. He was called by the International Board, because in this way the first match of qualification the new edition of Rugby World Cup could be refereed by the same judge as the last match (the final) of the Rugby World Cup 2003. Watson had announced his retirement from international rugby only three months before after a match between Australia and Pacific Islands.

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|date=25 September 2004
|home={{ru-rt|BIH}}
|score=10–29
|away={{ru|AUT}}
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|date=16 October 2004
|home={{ru-rt|AUT}}
|score=12–7
|away={{ru|BIH}}
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'''Austria''' won 41–17 on aggregate

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|date=18 September 2004
|home={{ru-rt|FIN}}
|score=3–42
|away={{ru|BGR}}
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|date=30 October 2004
|home={{ru-rt|BGR}}
|score=50–3
|away={{ru|FIN}}
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'''Bulgaria''' won 92–6 on aggregate

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|date=16 October 2004
|home={{ru-rt|ISR}}
|score=0–53
|away={{ru|LTU}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=23 October 2004
|home={{ru-rt|LTU}}
|score=60–7
|away={{ru|ISR}}
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'''Lithuania''' won 113–7 on aggregate

==Round 2==

===Pool A===
''Spain and Croatia qualified for Round 3. Andorra entered the playoffs.''

{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place
!rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation
!colspan=4 width="32%"| Games
!colspan=3 width="30%"| Points
!rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table points
|-
!width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won
!width="8%"| drawn
!width="8%"| lost
!width="10%"| for
!width="10%"| against
!width="10%"| difference
|-
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|1||align=left|{{ru|ESP}}||4||3||1||0||201||55||+146||'''11'''
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|2||align=left|{{ru|CRO}}||4||3||1||0||115||54||+61||'''11'''
|- bgcolor=#E0FFE0 align=center
|3||align=left|{{ru|AND}}||4||2||0||2||88||75||+13||'''8'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|4||align=left|{{ru|SLO}}||4||1||0||3||58||141||−83||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|5||align=left|{{ru|HUN}}||4||0||0||4||40||177||−137||'''4'''
|}

'''Match Schedule'''

{{rugbybox
|date=23 October 2004
|home={{ru-rt|HUN}}
|score=16–29
|away={{ru|AND}}
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|date=23 October 2004
|home={{ru-rt|CRO}}
|score=27–6
|away={{ru|SLO}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=6 November 2004
|home={{ru-rt|SLO}}
|score=41–0
|away={{ru|HUN}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=21 November 2004
|home={{ru-rt|CRO}}
|score=18–7
|away={{ru|AND}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=21 November 2004
|home={{ru-rt|ESP}}
|score=63–9
|away={{ru|HUN}}
|stadium=[[Madrid]]
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{{rugbybox
|date=13 February 2005
|home={{ru-rt|AND}}
|score=14–36
|away={{ru|ESP}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=27 March 2005
|home={{ru-rt|SLO}}
|score=6–76
|away={{ru|ESP}}
|stadium=[[Ljubljana]]
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{{rugbybox
|date=10 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|ESP}}
|score=26–26
|away={{ru|CRO}}
|stadium=[[Sevilla]]
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----
{{rugbybox
|date=23 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|HUN}}
|score=15–44
|away={{ru|CRO}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=30 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|AND}}
|score=38–5
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----

===Pool B===
''Germany and Moldova qualified for Round 3. Denmark entered the playoffs.''

{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place
!rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation
!colspan=4 width="32%"| Games
!colspan=3 width="30%"| Points
!rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table points
|-
!width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won
!width="8%"| drawn
!width="8%"| lost
!width="10%"| for
!width="10%"| against
!width="10%"| difference
|-
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|1||align=left|{{ru|DEU}}||4||4||0||0||248||27||+221||'''12'''
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|2||align=left|{{ru|MDA}}||4||2||0||2||100||63||+37||'''8'''
|- bgcolor=#E0FFE0 align=center
|3||align=left|{{ru|DEN}}||4||2||0||2||33||84||−51||'''8'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|4||align=left|{{ru|AUT}}||4||2||0||2||42||101||−56||'''8'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|5||align=left|{{ru|LUX}}||4||0||0||4||20||168||−148||'''4'''
|}

'''Match Schedule'''

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|date=30 October 2004
|home={{ru-rt|DNK}}
|score=11–20
|away={{ru|MDA}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=13 November 2004
|home={{ru-rt|MDA}}
|score=18–27
|away={{ru|DEU}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=27 November 2004
|home={{ru-rt|DEU}}
|score=96–0
|away={{ru|LUX}}
|stadium=[[Heidelberg]]
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{{rugbybox
|date=2 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|DEU}}
|score=56–0
|away={{ru|DNK}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=9 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|DNK}}
|score=16–3
|away={{ru|AUT}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=16 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|MDA}}
|score=55–6
|away={{ru|LUX}}
|stadium=[[Chișinău]]
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{{rugbybox
|date=23 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|AUT}}
|score=9–69
|away={{ru|DEU}}
|stadium=[[Vienna]]
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{{rugbybox
|date=30 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|AUT}}
|score=19–7
|away={{ru|MDA}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=7 May 2005
|home={{ru-rt|LUX}}
|score=9–11
|away={{ru|AUT}}
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}}
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===Pool C===
''Belgium and the Netherlands qualified for Round 3. Sweden entered the playoffs.''

{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place
!rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation
!colspan=4 width="32%"| Games
!colspan=3 width="30%"| Points
!rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table points
|-
!width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won
!width="8%"| drawn
!width="8%"| lost
!width="10%"| for
!width="10%"| against
!width="10%"| difference
|-
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|1||align=left|{{ru|BEL}}||4||4||0||0||95||46||+49||'''12'''
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|2||align=left|{{ru|NED}}||4||3||0||1||133||53||+80||'''10'''
|- bgcolor=#E0FFE0 align=center
|3||align=left|{{ru|SWE}}||4||2||0||2||76||98||−22||'''8'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|4||align=left|{{ru|LAT}}||4||1||0||3||63||103||−40||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|5||align=left|{{ru|LTU}}||4||0||0||4||56||123||−67||'''4'''
|}

'''Match Schedule'''

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|date=23 October 2004
|home={{ru-rt|LAT}}
|score=18–20
|away={{ru|SWE}}
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|date=30 October 2004
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|score=32–20
|away={{ru|LTU}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=9 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|LTU}}
|score=13–21
|away={{ru|BEL}}
|stadium=[[Jurbarkas]]
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{{rugbybox
|date=16 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|BEL}}
|score=15–10
|away={{ru|NLD}}
|stadium=[[Vise]]
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{{rugbybox
|date=23 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|NLD}}
|score=24–17
|away={{ru|SWE}}
|stadium=[[Amsterdam]]
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{{rugbybox
|date=30 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|SWE}}
|score=7–36
|away={{ru|BEL}}
|stadium=[[Stockholm]]
|referee=
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{{rugbybox
|date=30 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|LAT}}
|score=19–12
|away={{ru|LTU}}
|stadium=[[Riga]]
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{{rugbybox
|date=7 May 2005
|home={{ru-rt|NLD}}
|score=48–10
|away={{ru|LAT}}
|stadium=[[Amsterdam]]
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{{rugbybox
|date=14 May 2005
|home={{ru-rt|LTU}}
|score=11–51
|away={{ru|NLD}}
|stadium=[[Klaipėda]]
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}}
----

===Pool D===
''Poland and Serbia and Montenegro qualified for round 3. Malta entered the playoffs.''

{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place
!rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation
!colspan=4 width="32%"| Games
!colspan=3 width="30%"| Points
!rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table points
|-
!width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won
!width="8%"| drawn
!width="8%"| lost
!width="10%"| for
!width="10%"| against
!width="10%"| difference
|-
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|1||align=left|{{ru|POL}}||4||4||0||0||125||49||+76||'''12'''
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|2||align=left|{{ru|SCG}}||4||2||1||1||79||52||+27||'''9'''
|- bgcolor=#E0FFE0 align=center
|3||align=left|{{ru|MLT}}||4||2||0||2||66||85||−19||'''8'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|4||align=left|{{ru|SUI}}||4||1||1||2||77||51||+26||'''7'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|5||align=left|{{ru|BGR}}||4||0||0||4||38||148||−110||'''4'''
|}

'''Match Schedule'''

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|date=2 October 2004
|home={{ru-rt|POL}}
|score=20–15
|away={{ru|CHE}}
|stadium=[[Gdynia]]
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{{rugbybox
|date=16 October 2004
|home={{ru-rt|CHE}}
|score=8–17
|away={{ru|MLT}}
|stadium=[[Avusy]]
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=6 November 2004
|home={{ru-rt|MLT}}
|score=13–38
|away={{ru|POL}}
|stadium=[[Marsa, Malta|Marsa]]
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=13 November 2004
|home={{ru-rt|SCG}}
|score=33–10
|away={{ru|BGR}}
|stadium=[[Belgrade]]
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=12 March 2005
|home={{ru-rt|CHE}}
|score=43–3
|away={{ru|BGR}}
|stadium=[[Geneva]]
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=19 March 2005
|home={{ru-rt|SCG}}
|score=11–11
|away={{ru|CHE}}
|stadium=[[Belgrade]]
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=9 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|MLT}}
|score=13–24
|away={{ru|SCG}}
|stadium=[[Marsa, Malta|Marsa]]
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=16 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|BGR}}
|score=15–23
|away={{ru|MLT}}
|stadium=[[Sofia]]
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=23 April 2005
|home={{ru-rt|BGR}}
|score=10–49
|away={{ru|POL}}
|stadium=[[Sofia]]
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=7 May 2005
|home={{ru-rt|POL}}
|score=18–11
|away={{ru|SCG}}
|stadium=[[Łódź]]
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}}
----

===Playoffs===
''Andorra and Malta qualified for Round 3.''

{{rugbybox
|date=21 May 2005
|home={{ru-rt|DNK}}
|score=12–3
|away={{ru|MLT}}
|stadium=[[Copenhagen]]
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=29 May 2005
|home={{ru-rt|MLT}}
|score=28–18
|away={{ru|DNK}}
|stadium=[[Marsa, Malta|Marsa]]
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}}
----

'''Malta''' win 31–30 on aggregate

{{rugbybox
|date=28 May 2005
|home={{ru-rt|AND}}
|score=30–20
|away={{ru|SWE}}
|stadium=[[Foix]] (France)
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=4 June 2005
|home={{ru-rt|SWE}}
|score=14–10
|away={{ru|AND}}
|stadium=[[Vanersborg]]
|referee=
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}}
----

'''Andorra''' won 40–34 on aggregate

==Round 3==

===Pool A===
''Spain entered playoff.''
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place
!rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation
!colspan=4 width="32%"| Games
!colspan=3 width="30%"| Points
!rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table points
|-
!width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won
!width="8%"| drawn
!width="8%"| lost
!width="10%"| for
!width="10%"| against
!width="10%"| difference
|-
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|1||align=left|{{ru|ESP}}||4||4||0||0||163||32||+131||'''12'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2||align=left|{{ru|MDA}}||4||3||0||1||87||96||−9||'''10'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|3||align=left|{{ru|NED}}||4||2||0||2||113||74||+39||'''8'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|4||align=left|{{ru|POL}}||4||1||0||3||63||131||−68||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|5||align=left|{{ru|AND}}||4||0||0||4||30||123||−93||'''4'''
|}

'''Match Schedule'''

{{rugbybox
|date=29 October 2005
|home={{ru-rt|POL}}
|score=18–14
|away={{ru|AND}}
|stadium=[[Sopot]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
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|try2=
|con2=
|pen2=
|drop2=
|gfm2=
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=12 November 2005
|home={{ru-rt|ESP}}
|score=68–12
|away={{ru|POL}}
|stadium=[[Madrid]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
|pen1=
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|con2=
|pen2=
|drop2=
|gfm2=
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=12 November 2005
|home={{ru-rt|MDA}}
|score=30–27
|away={{ru|NLD}}
|stadium=[[Chișinău]]
|referee=
|attendance=
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=19 November 2005
|home={{ru-rt|MDA}}
|score=7–40
|away={{ru|ESP}}
|stadium=[[Chișinău]]
|referee=
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=26 November 2005
|home={{ru-rt|NLD}}
|score=51–0
|away={{ru|AND}}
|stadium=[[Amsterdam]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
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|gfm1=
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|con2=
|pen2=
|drop2=
|gfm2=
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=11 March 2006
|home={{ru-rt|AND}}
|score=0–31
|away={{ru|ESP}}
|stadium=[[Andorra La Vella]]
|referee=
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=8 April 2006
|home={{ru-rt|POL}}
|score=13–27
|away={{ru|MDA}}
|stadium=[[Sochaczew]]
|referee=
|attendance=
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=22 April 2006
|home={{ru-rt|NLD}}
|score=22–20
|away={{ru|POL}}
|stadium=[[Amsterdam]]
|referee=
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=29 April 2006
|home={{ru-rt|ESP}}
|score=24–13
|away={{ru|NLD}}
|stadium=[[Madrid]]
|referee=
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=6 May 2006
|home={{ru-rt|AND}}
|score=16–23
|away={{ru|MDA}}
|stadium=[[Andorra La Vella]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
|pen1=
|drop1=
|gfm1=
|try2=
|con2=
|pen2=
|drop2=
|gfm2=
}}
----

===Pool B===
''Germany entered playoff.''
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place
!rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation
!colspan=4 width="32%"| Games
!colspan=3 width="30%"| Points
!rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table points
|-
!width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won
!width="8%"| drawn
!width="8%"| lost
!width="10%"| for
!width="10%"| against
!width="10%"| difference
|-
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|1||align=left|{{ru|DEU}}||4||4||0||0||209||30||+179||'''12'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2||align=left|{{ru|BEL}}||4||3||0||1||101||68||+33||'''10'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|3||align=left|{{ru|MLT}}||4||2||0||2||42||85||−43||'''8'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|4||align=left|{{ru|HRV}}||4||1||0||3||76||86||−10||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|5||align=left|{{ru|SCG}}||4||0||0||4||27||186||−159||'''4'''
|}

'''Match Schedule'''

{{rugbybox
|date=8 October 2005
|home={{ru-rt|HRV}}
|score=26–9
|away={{ru|SCG}}
|stadium=[[Split, Croatia|Split]]
|referee=
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}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=29 October 2005
|home={{ru-rt|BEL}}
|score=26–20
|away={{ru|HRV}}
|stadium=[[Brussels]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
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|try2=
|con2=
|pen2=
|drop2=
|gfm2=
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=29 October 2005
|home={{ru-rt|MLT}}
|score=0–43
|away={{ru|DEU}}
|stadium=[[Marsa, Malta|Marsa]]
|referee=
|attendance=
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=5 November 2005
|home={{ru-rt|SCG}}
|score=3–16
|away={{ru|MLT}}
|stadium=[[Pancevo]]
|referee=
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=11 November 2005
|home={{ru-rt|DEU}}
|score=108–0
|away={{ru|SCG}}
|stadium=[[Heidelberg]]
|referee=
|attendance=
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|try2=
|con2=
|pen2=
|drop2=
|gfm2=
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=8 April 2006
|home={{ru-rt|SCG}}
|score=15–36
|away={{ru|BEL}}
|stadium=[[Belgrade]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
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|try2=
|con2=
|pen2=
|drop2=
|gfm2=
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=15 April 2006
|home={{ru-rt|MLT}}
|score=26–15
|away={{ru|HRV}}
|stadium=[[Marsa, Malta|Marsa]]
|referee=
|attendance=
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|gfm2=
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=22 April 2006
|home={{ru-rt|HRV}}
|score=15–25
|away={{ru|DEU}}
|stadium=[[Zagreb]]
|referee=
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=22 April 2006
|home={{ru-rt|BEL}}
|score=24–0
|away={{ru|MLT}}
|stadium=[[Brussels]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
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|try2=
|con2=
|pen2=
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|gfm2=
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=29 April 2006
|home={{ru-rt|DEU}}
|score=33–15
|away={{ru|BEL}}
|stadium=[[Hanover]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
|pen1=
|drop1=
|gfm1=
|try2=
|con2=
|pen2=
|drop2=
|gfm2=
}}
----

===Playoff===
''Spain qualified for Round 4.''

{{rugbybox
|date=14 May 2006
|home={{ru-rt|DEU}}
|score=18–6
|away={{ru|ESP}}
|stadium=[[Heidelberg]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
|pen1=
|drop1=
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|try2=
|con2=
|pen2=
|drop2=
|gfm2=
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=28 May 2006
|home={{ru-rt|ESP}}
|score=36–10
|away={{ru|DEU}}
|stadium=[[Madrid]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
|pen1=
|drop1=
|gfm1=
|try2=
|con2=
|pen2=
|drop2=
|gfm2=
}}
----

'''Spain''' win 42–28 on aggregate

==European Nations Cup Division 1 2004/06==
''See [[2004–2006_European_Nations_Cup_First_Division]]''

''Romania, Georgia, and Portugal qualified for Round 5. Russia, Czech Republic, and Ukraine qualified for Round 4.''
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place
!rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation
!colspan=4 width="32%"| Games
!colspan=3 width="30%"| Points
!rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table points
|-
!width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won
!width="8%"| drawn
!width="8%"| lost
!width="10%"| for
!width="10%"| against
!width="10%"| difference
|-
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|1||align=left|{{ru|ROU}} ||10||8||0||2||389|| 94||+295||'''26'''
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|2||align=left|{{ru|GEO}} ||10||8||0||2||353||125||+228||26
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|3||align=left|{{ru|PRT}} ||10||6||1||3||193||183|| +10||23
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|4||align=left|{{ru|RUS}} ||10||4||1||5||290||202|| +88||19
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|5||align=left|{{ru|CZE}} ||10||3||0||7||164||306||−142||16
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|6||align=left|{{ru|UKR}} ||10||0||0||10||77||556||−479||10
|}

==Round 4 – September 2006==
''Spain and Russia qualified for Round 5.''

{{rugbybox
|date=16 September 2006
|home= {{ru-rt|CZE}}
|score=12–33
|away={{ru|ESP}}
|stadium=[[Říčany]]
|referee=
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}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=30 September 2006
|home={{ru-rt|ESP}}
|score=46–17
|away={{ru|CZE}}
|stadium=[[Madrid]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
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}}
----
'''Spain''' won 79–29 on aggregate
{{rugbybox
|date=23 September 2006
|home={{ru-rt|UKR}}
|score=11–25
|away={{ru|RUS}}
|stadium=[[Odesa]]
|referee=
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=30 September 2006
|home={{ru-rt|RUS}}
|score=37–17
|away={{ru|UKR}}
|stadium=[[Moscow]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
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|drop1=
|gfm1=
|try2=
|con2=
|pen2=
|drop2=
|gfm2=
}}
----
'''Russia''' won 62–28 on aggregate

==Round 5 – October 2006==

===Pool A===
''Italy qualified for World Cup as ''Europe 1''. Portugal entered Round 6.''
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place
!rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation
!colspan=4 width="32%"| Games
!colspan=3 width="30%"| Points
!rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table points
|-
!width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won
!width="8%"| drawn
!width="8%"| lost
!width="10%"| for
!width="10%"| against
!width="10%"| difference
|-
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|1||align=left|{{ru|ITA}}||2||2||0||0||150||7||+143||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=#E0FFE0 align=center
|2||align=left|{{ru|PRT}}||2||1||0||1||26||106||−80||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|3||align=left|{{ru|RUS}}||2||0||0||2||30||93||−63||'''2'''
|}

;Match Schedule
{{rugbybox
|date=7 October 2006
|home={{ru-rt|ITA}}
|score=83–0
|away={{ru|PRT}}
|stadium= Stadio T.Fattori, [[L'Aquila]]
|referee= [[Donal Courtney (rugby union)|Donal Courtney]] {{flagicon|Ireland|rugby union}} <ref name="espn071006">{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/25289.html|title=Italy (40) 83 – 0 (0) Portugal (FT)|publisher=en.espn.co.uk|accessdate=10 February 2018|date=7 October 2006}}</ref><ref name="irishrugby260407">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/12553.php#.Wny5pKhl_IU|title=Donal Courtney Retires As International Referee|publisher=www.irishrugby.ie|accessdate=8 February 2018|date=26 April 2007}}</ref>
|attendance=
|try1= M Bergamasco Bortolami Canavosio Dellape Festuccia Masi (2) Robertson (3) Stanojevic (3)
|con1= Bortolussi (8) Peens
|pen1=
|drop1=
|gfm1=
|try2=
|con2=
|pen2=
|drop2=
|gfm2=
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=14 October 2006
|home={{ru-rt|RUS}}
|score=7–67
|away={{ru|ITA}}
|stadium=[[Moscow]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
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}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date=28 October 2006
|home={{ru-rt|PRT}}
|score=26–23
|away={{ru|RUS}}
|stadium=[[Lisbon]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
|pen1=
|drop1=
|gfm1=
|try2=
|con2=
|pen2=
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}}
----

===Pool B===
''Romania qualified for World Cup as ''Europe 2''. Georgia entered Round 6.''

{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place
!rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation
!colspan=4 width="32%"| Games
!colspan=3 width="30%"| Points
!rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table points
|-
!width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won
!width="8%"| drawn
!width="8%"| lost
!width="10%"| for
!width="10%"| against
!width="10%"| difference
|-
|- bgcolor=#C0FFC0 align=center
|1||align=left|{{ru|ROU}}||2||2||0||0||63||28||+35||'''6'''
|- bgcolor=#E0FFE0 align=center
|2||align=left|{{ru|GEO}}||2||1||0||1||45||43||+2||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|3||align=left|{{ru|ESP}}||2||0||0||2||43||80||−37||'''2'''
|}

;Match Schedule
{{rugbybox
|date=7 October 2006
|home={{ru-rt|ROU}}
|score=20–8
|away={{ru|GEO}}
|stadium=[[Bucharest]]
|referee=
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|try1=
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}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=14 October 2006
|home={{ru-rt|ESP}}
|score=20–43
|away={{ru|ROU}}
|stadium=[[Madrid]]
|referee=
|attendance=
|try1=
|con1=
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==Round 6 – November 2006==
''Georgia qualified for World Cup as ''Europe 3''. Portugal entered [[2007 Rugby Union World Cup - Repechage qualification|repechage]] as ''Europe 4''.''
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|date=11 November 2006
|home={{ru-rt|GEO}}
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|date=25 November 2006
|home={{ru-rt|PRT}}
|score=11–11
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'''Georgia''' won 28–14 on aggregate

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203300/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/qualifying/resultByZone.html World Cup website]

{{2007 Rugby Union World Cup qualifying}}
{{Rugby Union World Cup}}
{{European Nations Cup (rugby union) seasons}}

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[[Category:Rugby World Cup European qualifiers|2007]]
[[Category:2007 Rugby World Cup qualification|Europe]]
[[Category:2004–05 in European rugby union]]
[[Category:2005–06 in European rugby union]]

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