The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted by South Africa, and had the distinction of being the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country.

Nelson Mandela, wearing a Springbok baseball cap, presented the William Webb Ellis Trophy to South African captain Francois Pienaar to the delight of the capacity crowd at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on 24 June, 1995. The victory was not without controversy however, the majority of the New Zealand team was struck down by food poisoning the day before the final and it is alleged that this was done on purpose.

Qualification

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The following 16 teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Forty-five nations took part in the qualifying campaign for Rugby World Cup 1995. Rugby World Cup 1995 was also the first to feature South Africa following the end of their international sports boycott due to the apartheid regime.

Results in the Qual Rounds

AFRICA Round 1 Group A Kenya 7-42 Zimbabwe Namibia 64-20 Arabian Gulf Kenya 9-60 Namibia Zimbabwe 50-21 Arabian Gulf Kenya 24-23 Arabian Gulf Namibia 41-26 Zimbabwe

Group B Tunisia 16-19 Cote d'Ivoire Tunisia 5-6 Morocco Cote d'Ivoire 25-3 Morocco

Round 2 Namibia 25-20 Zimbabwe Morocco 17-9 Cote d'Ivoire Morocco 9-21 Zimbabwe Cote d'Ivoire 13-12 Namibia Cote d'Ivoire 17-10 Zimbabwe Morocco 16-16 Namibia

AMERICAS Round 1 South Chile 24-25 Paraguay Paraguay 3-67 Uruguay Uruguay 14-6 Chile Argentina 70-7 Chile Argentina 51-3 Paraguay Uruguay 10-19 Argentina

North Bermuda 3-60 USA

Round 2 USA 22-28 Argentina Argentina 16-11 USA

ASIA Round 1

Group A Japan 56-5 Taiwan Japan 67-3 Sri Lanka Malaysia 23-18 Sri Lanka Malaysia 15-23 Taiwan Malaysia 9-103 Japan Taiwan 25-9 Sri Lanka

Group B Korea 28-17 Hong Kong Korea 90-3 Singapore Thailand 69-5 Singapore Hong Kong 93-0 Thailand Korea 65-13 Thailand Hong Kong 164-13 Singapore

Round 2 Hong Kong 80-26 Taiwan (3rd place play off) Japan 26-11 Korea

EUROPE Prelim Round

West Group Andorra 3 - 0 Denmark Denmark 8 - 3 Switzerland Switzerland 14 - 0 Andorra

Central Group Hungary 8 - 67 Israel

Round 1

West Group Spain 40 - 0 Switzerland Portugal 8 - 3 Belgium Spain 67 - 6 Belgium Portugal 32 - 0 Switzerland Portugal 15 - 37 Spain Belgium 42 - 3 Switzerland

East Group A Russia 15 - 9 Georgia Poland 23 - 6 Georgia Poland 5 - 41 Russia

East Group B Germany 31 - 5 Lithuania Germany 27 - 5 Latvia Latvia 7 - 6 Lithuania

Central Group Sweden 26 - 10 Israel Netherlands 42 - 6 Czech Rep Netherlands 56 - 0 Israel Czech Rep 34 - 7 Sweden Netherlands 31 - 6 Sweden Czech Rep 28 - 0 Israel

Round 2

West Group Portugal 11 - 102 Wales Spain 0 - 54 Wales Spain 35 - 19 Portugal

East Group Romania 60 - 6 Germany Russia 67 - 5 Germany Romania 30 - 0 Russia

Central Group Netherlands 38 - 9 Czech Rep Italy 104 - 8 Czech Rep Italy 63 - 9 Netherlands

Round 3 Wales 16 - 9 Romania Italy 24 - 6 Romania Wales 29 - 19 Italy

OCEANIA Fiji 11 - 24 Tonga Tonga 10 - 15 Fiji

• Africa
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• Americas

• Oceania

• Asia
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• Europe

Results

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Pool A

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!width=165|Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points 368269 2187417 1245505 314973

Pool B

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!width=165|Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points 395609 2196887 1269945 369873

Pool C

{| class="wikitable"

!width=165|Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points 3225459 2193947 1289685 3552523

Pool D

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!width=165|Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points 3114479 21149277 1244905 3291723

Knock-out stages

External links

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• Rugbyworldcup.com
• Results and statistics on 334notout.com

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