Zambia national rugby union team

Zambia

Union	Zambia Rugby Union
Coach(es)	Noble Chisenga
Team kit
First international
East Africa 15 - 18 Zambia (1975-08-31)
Largest win
Zambia 107 - 9 Rwanda (2003-09-09)
Largest defeat
Zimbabwe 83 - 10 Zambia (2002-04-20) Namibia 83 - 10 Zambia (2007-05-26)

Zambia national rugby union team is a third tier rugby union side representing Zambia. They first played in 1975 and now compete on an annual basis in the Africa Cup. They have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.

Rugby union in Zambia is administered by the Zambian Rugby Union. One of the greatest rugby union players of all-time and the world's second most capped international player with 139 caps for Australia, Australian player George Gregan, was born in Lusaka, Zambia in 1973. Springbok Corne Krige was also born in Lusaka, to a white Zambian family.

World Cup Record

Zambia were not invited to the original world cup in 1987 in New Zealand. They did not enter the first two tournaments that were open to qualification in 1991 and 1995. They first attempted to qualify for the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Between then and RWC 2011 qualification attempts have been very unsuccessful, with elimination coming in the 1st Round every time. The most successful attempt was for the RWC 2007 where they got through their group as winners only to be beaten by Senegal in a playoff for a place in Round 2.

Overall Results

Nation	Games	Won	Lost	Drawn	Percentage of wins
Botswana	4	3	1	0	75.00%
Kenya	4	1	3	0	25.00%
Uganda	3	1	2	0	33.33%
Zimbabwe	3	1	2	0	33.33%
East Africa	3	1	2	0	33.33%
Cameroon	2	1	1	0	50.00%
Namibia	2	0	2	0	0.00%
Senegal	2	0	2	0	0.00%
Eswatini	2	1	1	0	50.00%
Arabian Gulf	1	0	1	0	0.00%
Ivory Coast	1	0	1	0	0.00%
Madagascar	1	0	1	0	0.00%
Mauritius	1	0	1	0	0.00%
Morocco	1	0	1	0	0.00%
Rwanda	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Total	31	10	21	0	32.25%

Year-by-Year Record

• 1987: Not invited
• 1991: Did not enter
• 1995: Did not enter
• 1999: Did not qualify - Eliminated in 1st Round

	Match Results
	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Referee
	26 April 1997	Zambia	30 - 44	Arabian Gulf	Luanshya, Zambia	N/A
	17 May 1997	Botswana	13 - 20	Zambia	Gaborone, Botswana	N/A

• 2003: Did not qualify - Eliminated in 1st Round (Group A)

	Match Results
	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Referee
	28 July 2001	Zambia	25 - 24	Cameroon	Chingola, Zambia	N/A
	11 August 2001	Uganda	21 - 12	Zambia	Kyadondo, Uganda	N/A

• 2007: Did not qualify - Eliminated in Round 1a Playoff

Round 1a: Southern Pool

	Match Results
	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Referee
	12 March 2005	Eswatini	24 - 23	Zambia	Mbabane, Swaziland	N/A
	9 April 2005	Zambia	28 - 24	Botswana	Lusaka, Zambia	N/A

Round 1a: Playoff

	Match Results
	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Referee
	28 May 2005	Senegal	22 - 14	Zambia	Dakar, Senegal	N/A
	4 June 2005	Zambia	6 - 13	Senegal	Lusaka, Zambia	N/A

• 2011 - Did not qualify - Eliminated in 1st Round (Group B)

	Match Results
	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Referee
	14 June 2008	Zambia	18 - 29	Morocco	Lusaka, Zambia	N/A
	12 July 2008	Ivory Coast	32 - 9	Zambia	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	N/A

• 2015 - Did not qualify - Eliminated in 1st Round (2012 CAR Africa Cup Division 1B)

	Match Results
	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Referee
	22 July 2012	Botswana	23 - 15	Zambia	Gaborone, Botswana	N/A
	28 July 2012	Ivory Coast	24 - 18	Zambia	Gaborone, Botswana	N/A