With only 730 days till World Cup 2015 the pools and qualifying teams are starting to take shape.
There is still quite a few qualifying matches ahead and still a playoff series to fill all open spots.
Canada is the latest side to qualify for the 2015 World Cup, they did so by beating USA over the weekend. They do however find themselves in Pool D which is comprised of only European teams.
There are still 2 spots left in pools A to C and one in pool D.
Pool A
Australia
England
Wales
Oceania 1
Playoff winner
Pool B
South Africa
Samoa
Scotland
Asia 1
Americas 2
Pool C
New Zealand
Argentina
Tonga
Europe 1
Africa 1
Pool D
France
Ireland
Italy
Canada
Europe 2
Pool A sees two open spots one for Oceania and a playoff spot. This has all the looks of becoming the pool of death at the 2015 WC as the Oceania spot is likely to filled by Fiji. Fiji will be facing the Cook islands for their spot.
Pool B sees two open spot as well, one for Asia and the other for the Americas. Most likely scenario is for Japan and USA to fill these spots. USA will be facing Uruguay for this spot and the Japanese will be facing Sri Lanka.
Pool C sees two open spots as well, one for Europe and one for Africa. there is no clear indication as yet on the European team for this spot as their is still quite a few matches left to decide. The Africa team is most likely to be Namibia. They will be facing Uganda in their qualifying match.
Pool D sees only 1 spot left, The spot for Europe 2, same as in Pool C there is no clear indication who will be filling this spot.
The repechage playoffs will be played to fill the last spot in Pool A. There will be 4 nations competing in this. The first match will see Europe vs Africa and Americas vs Asia, the winners of these respectively will play each other in a final match to determine who will fill the last spot.