to the repechage, with no direct place for an Asian team or the lower ranked teams in Oceania. The winner of the World Repechage qualified for the World Cup as the play-off winner (or Repechage 2). Teams Six teams progressed to the regional and Repechage play-offs for the final two non-regional seeds in the World Cup; teams world rankings are as per date progressing to the play-off phase and bold nations denotes teams had previously played in a Rugby World Cup. Europe/Oceania qualifying play-off Samoa played Germany in a Europe/Oceania play-off for direct qualification to the World Cup. Samoa qualified, winning 108–43 on aggregate, while Germany progressed to the Repechage as runners-up. Repechage On 12 July 2018, World Rugby announced that the repechage tournament would be hosted at the neutral venue of the Pierre-Delort Stadium in Marseille, France. Asia/Oceania play-off The winner of this home and away play-off, Hong Kong, earned the right to compete in the repechage after winning the series 77–3 on aggregate. Repechage final tournament Teams and table Final standings (continental qualifying path of each team and world ranking in brackets): Fixtures Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 References Rugby World Cup repechage qualifiers 2019 Rugby World Cup qualification 2018 rugby union tournaments for national teams