RWC Qualifier
Punta del Este, Uruguay · 5-Jan-1997 to 6-Jan-1997
Games 📊 Pool Standings
# Team Pts Pts Team Diff
Cup Final
1 France 35 – 14 Samoa 21
3rd place
2 Cook Islands 31 – 26 Japan 5
Cup Semifinals
3 France 24 – 14 Japan 10
4 Samoa 45 – 7 Cook Islands 38
Plate Final
5 Argentina 49 – 12 Germany 37
Bowl Final
6 Uruguay 38 – 7 Tahiti 31
Plate Semifinals
7 Germany 24 – 19 Chile 5
8 Argentina 40 – 5 Netherlands 35
Bowl Semifinals
9 Uruguay 24 – 7 Papua New Guinea 17
10 Tahiti 27 – 10 Paraguay 17
Cup Quarterfinals
Pool 5
11 Samoa 50 – 7 Netherlands 43
12 Samoa 54 – 0 Germany 54
13 Japan 24 – 10 Netherlands 14
14 Germany 22 – 5 Netherlands 17
15 Japan 40 – 5 Germany 35
16 Samoa 38 – 7 Japan 31
Pool 6
17 Argentina 31 – 14 Chile 17
18 France 26 – 0 Argentina 26
19 Chile 19 – 19 Cook Islands 0
20 France 22 – 0 Chile 22
21 Cook Islands 17 – 12 Argentina 5
22 France 35 – 0 Cook Islands 35
Bowl Quarterfinals
23 Tahiti 27 – 17 Trinidad & Tobago 10
24 Uruguay 41 – 0 Bahamas 41
25 Papua New Guinea 40 – 7 Bermuda 33
26 Paraguay 26 – 0 Israel 26
First Round
Pool 1
27 Japan 19 – 12 Netherlands 7
28 Chile 21 – 14 Japan 7
29 Netherlands 12 – 0 Chile 12
30 Netherlands 26 – 0 Tahiti 26
31 Chile 47 – 0 Tahiti 47
32 Japan 54 – 0 Tahiti 54
Pool 2
33 Trinidad & Tobago 15 – 7 Paraguay 8
34 Israel 12 – 11 Paraguay 1
35 Trinidad & Tobago 19 – 15 Israel 4
36 Samoa 68 – 0 Israel 68
37 Samoa 47 – 15 Paraguay 32
38 Samoa 59 – 0 Trinidad & Tobago 59
Pool 3
39 Argentina 63 – 0 Bermuda 63
40 Papua New Guinea 40 – 7 Bermuda 33
41 Argentina 24 – 0 Papua New Guinea 24
42 Germany 28 – 17 Papua New Guinea 11
43 Argentina 38 – 5 Germany 33
44 Germany 59 – 12 Bermuda 47
Pool 4
45 Uruguay 36 – 17 Bahamas 19
46 Cook Islands 17 – 12 Uruguay 5
47 France 26 – 0 Cook Islands 26
48 France 28 – 12 Uruguay 16
49 France 55 – 0 Bahamas 55
50 Cook Islands 41 – 5 Bahamas 36