2027 Men's Rugby World Cup – South America qualification

Unlike the other regional qualification process, a tournament did not operate as the regional qualification tournament for Rugby World Cup 2027 in Sudamérica. Instead a format between the main Sudamérica teams (excluding Argentina who had already qualified) and the four development teams was created to decide who would qualify for the World Cup. Qualification took place over three rounds with a single repechage match between the second and third rounds; • Round 1 saw the four development Sudamérica nations (Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru and Venezuela), play in a straight knock-out format with the winner advancing to the Round 3 repechage match against the bottom placed side in Round 2. • Round 2 saw the evolving Sudamérica nations Brazil, Chile and Paraguay play in a round robin format with the top two sides advancing to Round 3 directly, whilst the bottom placed side progressed to the Round 3 repechage match against the winner of Round 1. • Round 3 saw the top two sides from Round 2 and the winner of the Round 3 repechage match join the highest remaining ranked Sudamérica team, Uruguay, in the final stage of qualification. The third round will start with a home and away two-legged semi-final play-off series (seeded by 1 v 4 and 2 v 3), with the two winners progressing to the Sudamérica 1 play-off series and the two losers advancing to the Sudamérica 3 play-off series. • The winner of the Sudamérica 1 series on aggregate over the two legs played home and away, qualified for the World Cup as Sudamérica 1, whilst the loser advanced to a cross-regional play-off series against Pacific 4 in a Pacific / Sudamérica play-off series to qualify for the World Cup. • The winner of the Sudamérica 3 series on aggregate over the two legs played home and away, progressed to the Final Qualification Tournament, as did the loser of the Pacific / Sudamérica play-off series. ==Entrants==

Eight teams will compete during the Sudamérica qualifiers for the 2027 Rugby World Cup, with Argentina the only team qualified from the Region prior to the qualification process. (Rankings as of first qualification match in this region) ==Round 1==

The first round was contested by four teams in a knockout format, which was held in Medellín, Colombia. The semi-finals match-ups were decided by the World Rugby Rankings; Colombia (42) played Costa Rica (93) and Venezuela (78) played Peru (80). Colombia won the first round and advanced to the round 3 repechage match, whilst Costa Rica, Peru and Venezuela were eliminated. Semi Finals Bronze Final Final Final standings ==Round 2==

Round 2 saw Paraguay finish bottom and dropped down to the Round 3 repechage match whilst Brazil and Chile advanced directly to the third round. Matches ---- ---- ==Round 3 Repechage==

The winner of this match, Paraguay, advanced to Round 3, whilst Colombia were eliminated. ==Round 3==

The third round away a straight knockout format, seeded by 1 v 4 and 2 v 3. The winner qualified for the World Cup as Sudamérica 1, whilst the runner-up progressed to a play-off series against Pacific 4 (Samoa) for direct qualification to the World Cup. The third placed team advanced to the Final Qualification Tournament, along with the loser of the play-off series. Bracket Matches Semi-final 1 First leg Second leg Semi-final 2 First leg Second leg Sudamérica 3 play-off Paraguay won 70–43 on aggregate. However, Paraguay voluntarily withdrew after fielding an ineligible player in the playoffs, leaving Brazil to progress to the Final Qualification Tournament against Europe 5 (Belgium), Asia/Africa play-off winner (Namibia) and Pacific/Sudamérica qualifying play-off loser (Samoa) First leg Second leg Sudamérica 1 play-off Uruguay qualified winning 46–37 on aggregate, while Chile progressed to a Pacific / Sudamérica qualifying play-off against Pacific 4 (Samoa). First leg Second leg ==See also==