2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification
Qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup for Oceania Rugby began in June 2016.
Format
In addition to the two automatically qualified teams (Australia and New Zealand), Oceania have been allocated a further two direct berths in the tournament. A third and fourth team from Oceania could join the tournament through inter-confederation play-offs and the repechage.
Qualification is taking place in two independent streams. In the first, the top three nations of the Pacific-Oceania region, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, are competing for two direct qualifying berths in 2019. These matches are taking place across the 2016 and 2017 revamped World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup tournaments. The top two teams in this stream will gain qualification for Rugby World Cup 2019 as Oceania 1 and Oceania 2, with the third place team entering a home and away play-off against the winner of Europe's Round 5 qualification match. The winner on aggregate qualifies for Rugby World Cup 2019 as the Europe/Oceania play-off qualifier, whereas the loser will head to the world repechage.
In the second stream, the remaining entrants will compete for a position in the Asia/Oceania play-off for a repechage place. The winner of the 2017 Asian Rugby Championship (excluding Japan, who have qualified as hosts) will play a home and away play-off against the winner of the 2017 Oceania Rugby Cup, with the winner on aggregate advancing to the world repechage.
Entrants
Ten teams will compete for the 2019 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification. Teams shown in boldface have competed in previous Rugby World Cups.
| Nation | Rank (19 June 2016) | Begins play | Qualifying status |
|---|---|---|---|
 American Samoa | 102 | TBA 2017 | |
 Australia | 2 | N/A | Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2015 World Cup |
 Cook Islands | 44 | TBA 2017 | |
 Fiji | 10 | 11 June 2016 | |
 New Zealand | 1 | N/A | Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2015 World Cup |
 Niue | 85 | TBA 2017 | |
 Papua New Guinea | 69 | TBA 2017 | |
 Samoa | 15 | 18 June 2016 | |
 Solomon Islands | 95 | TBA 2017 | |
 Tahiti | 93 | TBA 2017 | |
 Tonga | 14 | 11 June 2016 | |
 Vanuatu | 101 | TBA 2017 | |
Stream 1: Pacific Nations cup 2016–2017
| Qualified as Oceania 1 |
| Qualified as Oceania 2 |
| Advances to Europe/Oceania play-off |
| Rank | Team | Games | Points | Tries | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Table Points | ||||||
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| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | |||||
| 1 | Fiji | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Samoa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Tonga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 53 | –25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match | |||||||||||||
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Stream 2: 2017 Oceania Rugby Cup
Teams and fixtures are yet to be announced.