For the 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, the Americas were allocated three places in the final tournament and one place in the repechage.
Eleven teams played in the American qualifiers that were held over four stages from 1996 to 1998. , and were the top three sides and secured their places as Americas 1, Americas 2 and Americas 3, respectively, for RWC 99. qualified for the repechage tournament.
Round 1
Group 1
withdrew from the group.
Match ResultsDateHomeScoreAwayVenue11 November 199641–0Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Group 2
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue22 March 1997The Bahamas3–24BermudaNassau, The Bahamas5 April 1997Barbados23–37The BahamasBridgetown, Barbados19 April 1997Bermuda52–3BarbadosHamilton, Bermuda
Round 2
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue20 September 1997Trinidad and Tobago6–35ChilePort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago5 October 1997Bermuda52–6Trinidad and TobagoDevonshire Parish, Bermuda18 October 1997Chile65–8BermudaSantiago, Chile
Round 3
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam #2Venue21 March 1998Chile54–6ParaguaySantiago, Chile28 March 1998Paraguay3–43UruguayAsunción, Paraguay4 April 1998Uruguay20–14ChileMontevideo, Uruguay
Round 4 All round 4 matches were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
DateTeam #1ScoreTeam No. 215 August 1998Uruguay15–38Canada15 August 1998Argentina52–24United States18 August 1998Canada31–14United States18 August 1998Argentina55–0Uruguay22 August 1998United States21–16Uruguay22 August 1998Argentina54–28Canada
Argentina, Canada, and United States qualified for RWC 1999, Uruguay qualified for repechage.
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