▁Re pe ch age ▁results ▁The ▁repe ch age , ▁a ▁second ▁chance ▁for ▁teams ▁that ▁had ▁finished ▁run ners - up ▁in ▁each ▁qual ifying ▁zone , ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁feature ▁of ▁qual ifying ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁introduced ▁during ▁qual ifying ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁Rugby ▁World ▁Cup . ▁The ▁following ▁table ▁shows ▁which ▁teams ▁have ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁repe ch age ▁— ▁both ▁the ▁teams ▁that ▁have ▁qualified ▁via ▁the ▁repe ch age , ▁and ▁the ▁teams ▁that ▁have ▁failed ▁to ▁qual ify ▁via ▁the ▁repe ch age . ▁ ▁Note : ▁All ▁scores ▁marked ▁with ▁an ▁a ster isk ▁(* ) ▁are ▁aggregate ▁scores ▁over ▁two ▁legs . ▁▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁qual ifying ▁format ▁ ▁Autom atic ▁qual ification ▁Un like ▁recent ▁tournament s ▁( where ▁all ▁eight ▁quarter - final ists ▁from ▁the ▁previous ▁tournament ▁automatically ▁qualified ▁for ▁the ▁subsequent ▁world ▁cup ) ▁automatic ▁qual ification ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁World ▁Cup ▁was ▁awarded ▁to ▁the ▁twelve ▁teams ▁which ▁finished ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁three ▁of ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁World ▁Cup ▁groups ▁( po ols ). ▁ ▁Qual ification ▁for ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Seven ▁of ▁the ▁eight ▁qual ifying ▁sp ots ▁were ▁given ▁out ▁as ▁follows : ▁two ▁sp ots ▁each ▁for ▁Europe ▁and ▁Amer icas ▁and ▁one ▁each ▁for ▁Asia , ▁Africa ▁and ▁O ce ania . ▁The ▁final ▁spot ▁was ▁determined ▁by ▁the ▁winner ▁of ▁a ▁play off , ▁that ▁included ▁the ▁third