Fixtures confirmed for World Cup Repechage

The fixtures for November’s World Cup Repechage qualification tournament have now been confirmed. Canada will compete against Kenya, Germany, and Hong Kong for the last remaining ticket to the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.

The tournament will follow a round-robin format with only the top side advancing. At this stage the tie-breaker format is still to be confirmed. Points differential is used in the two-leg home-and-away format but it seems likely that bonus points will be the decider having been used in tournaments such as the Rugby Europe Championship and the Rugby Africa Gold Cup.

While Canada are the only side of the four to have previously participated in a World Cup, it’s Hong Kong who will enter the tournament as the highest ranked on the official World Rugby table.

CURRENT WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS
21 – 60.46 – Hong Kong
23 – 59.93 – Canada
28 – 55.71 – Kenya
29 – 55.59 – Germany

All matches will take place at the Stade Pierre Delort, a 5,000-seat stadium located adjacent to the 67,000-capacity Vélodrome near the city-centre of Marseille, France. Kickoff times have yet to be revealed but the match order will be as below.

ROUND 1 – Sunday, November 11
Canada vs Kenya
Germany vs Hong Kong

ROUND 2 – Saturday, November 17
Canada vs Germany
Kenya vs Hong Kong

ROUND 3 – Friday, November 23
Canada vs Hong Kong
Germany vs Kenya

A review of historical results and the qualification process can be seen here.