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The 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying process ended with a play-off to decide the 20th and final qualifier. Four teams, the best non-qualifier from each region except Oceania, competed for the last place at the 2011 Rugby World Cup finals in New Zealand . Romania beat Uruguay in the play-off final, and went on to compete in Pool B in New Zealand, along with Argentina , England , Scotland and Georgia .
The play-off was contested on a knockout basis, with a semi-final and a two-legged home and away final. One semi-final featured Romania, the winner of the European Nations Cup Champions Playoff Series , defeating Tunisia , the loser of the African final . The other saw Uruguay, the loser of Round Four of the Americas qualification, beat Kazakhstan , the second-place finisher at the 2010 Asian Five Nations .
The host of each semi-final was the team with the higher IRB Ranking at the moment when it became known who the two teams were.
Romania won the final over Uruguay with a victory and a draw to qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Participants
* IRB World Rankings on 22 May 2010, the date that both the Asia and Americas qualifiers were known.
** IRB World Rankings on 5 June 2010, the date that both the African and European qualifiers were known.
Preliminary round
Qualification final
First leg
Second leg
Sources
Rugby World Cup Tournaments
Warm-up matches
Qualifying
Knockout stages
Finals
Squads
Statistics
Overview
Overall records
Notes: There was no qualification for the 1987 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.
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