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In 1989–1990, 14 European teams competed for the two available positions in the 1991 Rugby World Cup.

Preliminary

Pool 1

(played in France)

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Sweden	3	3	0	0	98	25	+63	9
Denmark	3	2	0	1	42	57	-15	7
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	49	74	-25	5
Israel	3	0	0	3	31	64	-33	3

Israel	15 - 22	Switzerland

Denmark	0 - 39	Sweden

Denmark	26 - 12	Switzerland

Israel	10 - 26	Sweden

Sweden	33 - 15	Switzerland

Denmark	16 - 6	Israel

Pool 2

• Round 1

Czechoslovakia	23 - 6	Yugoslavia

• Round 2

West Germany	6 - 12	Netherlands

Czechoslovakia	13 - 15	Portugal

• Round 3

Netherlands	32 - 3	Portugal

Preliminary final

Netherlands	24 - 3	Sweden

Round 2

Final Standings

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Spain	3	3	0	0	110	30	+80	9
Netherlands	3	2	0	1	80	68	+12	7
Poland	3	1	0	2	61	79	-18	5
Belgium	3	0	0	3	41	115	-74	3

Spain	29 - 15	Netherlands

Belgium	23 - 25	Poland

Spain	23 - 9	Poland

Belgium	12 - 32	Netherlands

Spain	58 - 6	Belgium

Netherlands	33 - 27	Poland

Round 3

Final Standings

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Italy	3	3	0	0	83	38	+45	9
Romania	3	2	0	1	85	42	+43	7
Spain	3	1	0	2	34	61	-27	5
Netherlands	3	0	0	3	30	91	-61	3

Italy	30 - 6	Spain

Netherlands	7 - 45	Romania

Romania	19 - 6	Spain

Italy	24 - 11	Netherlands

Netherlands	12 - 22	Spain

Italy	29 - 21	Romania

 Italy and  Romania qualified to 1991 Rugby World Cup, Pool 1 and Pool 4, respectively.

Bibliography

• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Valerio Vecchiarelli (2000), 2000 Italia in Meta, Storia della nazionale italiana di rugby dagli albori al Sei Nazioni, GS Editore (2000) ISBN 88-87374-40-6.
• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

• Rugby World Cup European qualifiers
• 1991 Rugby World Cup qualification
• 1989–90 in European rugby union
• 1990–91 in European rugby union