2003 Rugby World Cup Pool B

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Pool B was one of four pools at the 2003 Rugby World Cup into which the 20 participating teams were divided. The pool included 1999 quarter-finalists France and Scotland, who both qualified automatically having reached the quarter-finals of the 1999 tournament, along with Fiji, the United States and Japan.[1]

Team Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Apps. Last Previous best
performance
IRB World Ranking
(6 October 2003)
 FranceQuarter-finalists in 199916 October 19995th1999Runners-up (1987, 1999)5
 ScotlandQuarter-finalists in 199920 October 19995th1999Fourth place (1991)9
 FijiOceania 128 June 2002[2]4th1999Quarter-finals (1987)11
 United StatesRepechage 127 April 2003[3]4th1999Pool stage (1987, 1991, 1999)14
 JapanAsia 114 July 20025th1999Pool stage (1987, 1991, 1995, 1999)18

Standings

Matches

References

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