2019 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification

Qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup for the Americas began in March 2016, where across 3 years, 20 teams competed for two direct qualification spots into the final tournament, and one spot in the Repechage tournament.

One team in the Americas zone, Argentina, qualified automatically after reaching the semi-finals of the 2015 World Cup.

The team placed bottom at the end of the Championship, played the winner of Round 1 in a promotion/relegation playoff to earn a place in the 2017 CONSUR Rugby Championship "A" competition and progress to Round 3.

Round 3B was formed by a home-and-away play-off series between the top two non-automatic Americas qualifiers, Canada and the United States, where the winner of the play-off series qualified for the World Cup as Americas 1.

The 2016 South American Rugby Championship "B" was held in October 2016 and hosted by Peru in Lima.

Touch judges: Andrew Brace (Ireland) Shuhei Kubo (Japan) Television match official: Sean Davey (England) Notes: Touch judges: Ben Whitehouse (Wales) Shuhei Kubo (Japan) Television match official: Sean Davey (England) Notes: Uruguay, as winners, qualify for the Rugby World Cup, their second time without an international play-off (first time in 2003 qualifiers).

Man of the Match: Nicolás Freitas (Uruguay) Touch judges: Kurt Weaver (United States) Derek Summers (United States) Television match official: Marc Nelson (United States) Notes: Touch judges: Federico Anselmi (Argentina) Pablo de Luca (Argentina) Television match official: Santiago Borsani (Argentina)