1995 Rugby World Cup as did South Africa, as hosts. The remaining seven of the 16 positions available in the tournament were filled by regional qualifiers. The qualifying tournaments were broken up into regional associations: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Côte d'Ivoire qualified through Africa, Japan through Asia, Argentina through the Americas, Italy, Romania and Wales through Europe, Tonga through Oceania. The 1995 tournament was the first Rugby World Cup to be hosted by just one country, and thus, all the venues are within the one country. In total, nine stadiums were used for the World Cup, most being owned by local
1995 Rugby World Cup – European qualification 1." Yugoslavia was banned from qualification process due to the political situation in the country at the time. "Spain and Portugal qualify for Round 2." "Netherlands and Czech Republic qualify for Round 2." "Russia qualify for Round 2." "Germany qualify for Round 2." "Wales qualify for Round 3." "Italy qualify for Round 3." "Romania qualify for Round 3." "Wales, Italy and Romania qualify for RWC 1995 as Europe 1, Europe 2 and Europe 3, respectively." ---- 1995 Rugby World Cup – European qualification For the 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, the European Federation was allocated three places in the final