| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  |
| Venue | Hage Geingob Stadium |
| Date | 8 November 2013– 16 November 2013 |
| Countries | |
| No. of nations | 3 |
← 2012 TBC → | |
The Namibian Tri-Nations tournament is the second edition of the Tier 3 African tournament that coincides with the 2013 end-of-year rugby union tests. With 2012 Champions Spain touring South America in the 2013 end-of-year international window, Kenya will join hosts Namibia and Zimbabwe over the 3 match days. [1]
The Spain national rugby union team, nicknamed Los Leones, is administered by the Spanish Rugby Federation. The team annually takes part in the European Nations Cup, the highest European rugby championship outside the Six Nations. As of 11 September 2017, Spain is ranked 19th in the world.
The Kenya National Rugby Union team is also known as the Simbas, which is the Swahili word for lion. Kenya competes in the Africa Cup and is ranked thirty-second in the World Rugby Rankings as of November 2018. Kenya is yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.
The Namibia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Welwitschias or Biltongboere, are a tier-two nation in the World Rugby tier system, and have participated in five Rugby World Cup competitions since their first appearance in 1999. They are governed by the Namibia Rugby Union.
Contents
The tournament will return to the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium in Windhoek over 3 match days with in a period of a week, 8 November - 16 November. Coincidentally, the three teams competing will all compete in the 2014 Africa Cup Division 1A tournament along with Madagascar who is competing in the Serendib International Cup. [2]
The Hage Geingob Stadium is a rugby stadium in Windhoek, Namibia. It is named after Hage Geingob, the President of Namibia. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000. The stadium is commonly used by the Namibian national rugby union team who competes in the Africa Cup, and by the Welwitschias who competes in the Rugby Challenge.
Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 2011 was 325,858, growing continually due to an influx from all over Namibia.
The 2014 Africa Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Africa Cup, an annual international rugby union tournament for African nations organised by the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR). The tournament, as well as the 2012 and 2013 editions of it, served as the qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
