Africa Cup

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Africa Cup
Current season or competition:
2013 Africa Cup
Sport Rugby union
Founded 2000
No. of teams 22
Continent Africa
Most recent champion(s)  Zimbabwe

The Africa Cup is an annual rugby union tournament involving African nations, organised by the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR). The tournament was first held in 2000, and has since been contested on an annual basis. Prior to being renamed the Africa Cup in 2006, the tournament was known as the CAR Top 9 and CAR Top 10.

Contents

Results[edit]

Below is a list of previous tournaments and final results:

Year Final
Winner Score Runner-up
2000
Details
South Africa
South Africa Amateurs
44–14
Morocco
2001
Details
South Africa
South Africa Amateurs
36–20
Morocco
2002
Details

Namibia
17–24 / 26–19
Tunisia
2003
Details

Morocco
27–7
Namibia
2004
Details

Namibia
39–22
Morocco
2005
Details

Morocco
43–6
Madagascar
2006
Details
South Africa
South Africa Amateurs
29–27
Namibia
2007
Details

Uganda
42–11
Madagascar
2008–2009
Details

Namibia
18–13 / 22–10
Tunisia
2010
Details

Morocco
29–6
Tunisia
2011
Details

Kenya
16–7
Tunisia
2012
Details

Zimbabwe
22–18
Uganda
  • NOTE: In order to compete on an equal footing, the South Africa RFU does not send its professional players to the Africa Cup.

Current Nations[edit]

There are 22 nations playing in the 2012 Africa Cup. They are split into several divisions. The highest division is called Division 1A and the winner of this division will be crowned Africa Cup champions. The other divisions are Division 1A, Division 1B, Division 1C and Division 2. The highest placed team in each division (except Division 1A) will be promoted and the last-placed team in each division (except Division 2) will be relegated.

2012 Nations
Division 1A
 Kenya
 Madagascar
 Uganda
 Zimbabwe
Division 1B
 Tunisia
 Botswana
 Namibia
 Senegal
Division 1C
 Morocco
 Cameroon
 Ivory Coast
 Mauritius
 Nigeria
 Zambia
Division 2
 Algeria
 Benin
 Burkina Faso
 Egypt
 Ghana
 Mali
 Niger
 Togo

Overall[edit]

The overall record of the teams are as follows:

Team Champion Runner-up
 Morocco 3 3
 Namibia 3 2
 South Africa Amateurs 3 0
 Uganda 1 1
 Kenya 1 0
 Zimbabwe 1 0
 Tunisia 0 4
 Madagascar 0 2

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

Official site