2019–20 Rugby Africa Cup

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20th Africa Cup
2019

The 2019-20 Rugby Africa Cup is the first season of a restructuring of international rugby union competition by Rugby Africa after a loss of broadcast sponsorship caused the cancellation of the 2019 Rugby Africa Gold Cup, itself only the third edition of a previous restructuring of the continent's tournament.

Contents

The new Rugby Africa Cup replaces the multi-tiered Gold, Silver, and Bronze Cups with a seeded group stage followed by a knockout round. [1] This results in fewer matches being played, but also greatly reduced costs and travel times from the round-robin Gold Cup.

The group stage of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

Structure

The top sixteen nations in African rugby enter the competition, with the bottom eight entering in the elimination stage. [3] [4] Each team plays a single match and the four winners move onto the group stage, with four groups of three. The four group winners then enter the semi-finals.

Seeding

The sixteen participating teams were seeded as follows:

(World Rankings taken from November 13, 2019) [5]

Africa location map.svg
Location of teams in the 2019-20 Rugby Africa Cup
Gold pog.svg Teams entering in group stage
Orange pog.svg Teams entering in elimination stage
SeedTeam 2018 positionWR Ranking
1Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 1st Gold Cup22
2Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2nd Gold Cup32
3Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 3rd Gold Cup41
4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 4th Gold Cup39
5Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 5th Gold Cup34
6Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1st Silver Cupn/a
7Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 6th Gold Cup48
8Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2nd Silver Cup67
9Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 3rd Silver Cup51
10Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 4th Silver Cup43
11Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 5th Silver Cup54
12Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1st Bronze Cup92
13Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 6th Silver Cup71
14Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2nd Bronze Cup93
15Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 3rd Bronze Cup95
16Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria n/a70

Elimination stage

The elimination stage matches will be played from November to December 2019

Elimination 1

23 November 2019
11:00
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg36-25Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Nduom Sports Stadium, Elmina

Elimination 2

23 November 2019 Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg60-3Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Bingerville Stadium, Abidjan  
15:00Try: Bakary Meite 5', 34'
Salif Toure 21'
Konan Aghien Nguessan 46'
Issa Bossono 58', 80'
Paul Diallo Dit Peres 64'
Mohamed Barro 73'
Con: Jonathan Lo (3/5) 22', 35', 59'
Douho Kouhon (1/2) 74'
Pen: Jonathan Lo (4/4) 12', 19', 26', 29'
WR Report Pen: Moise Habumugisha 70'
Attendance: 3,500

Elimination 3

30 November 2019 Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg63-0Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar  
Try: Ousmane Ndiaye 20', 42'
Abdelkarim Fofana 24', 37'
Moussa Barry 29'
Mamadou Lamine Niang 32'
Ibrahima Thiaw 48'
Sagna Pape Alassane 69'
Mamadou Ndiaye 76'
Con: Mamadou Ndiaye (5/7) 21', 29', 33', 38', 49'
Sall Mansour (1/1) 70'
Ibrahima Diao (0/1)
Pen: Sall Mansour (1/1) 5'
Mamadou Ndiaye (1/2) 28'
Cards: Antoine Laporte Red card.svg 59'
WR Report Attendance: 1,000

Elimination 4

1 December 2019 Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg63-3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo  
Try: Rija Rakotoarimanana 6'
Zhinot Hery 44', 59', 71'
Zo Randrianarisoa 46'
Herizo Rasoanaivo 53'
Tahina Ratsimandresy 56'
Tinelly Rabemananjara 66'
Fabrice Ramangalahy 80+1'
Con: Herizo Rasoanaivo (4/6) 7', 44', 47', 67'
Hery Rakotomanalina (1/2) 56'
Zo Randrianarisoa 80+2'
Pen: Herizo Rasoanaivo (2/4) 3', 15'
WR Report Pen: Sulaiman Abdulganiyu 75'
Cards: Praise Rufus-Ashiedu Yellow card.svg 15'
Attendance: 30,000

Group stage

The group stage will be held from June-July 2020 [6]

Group A

2019–20 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPts
1Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 000000000
2Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 000000000
3Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 000000000
Source: [ citation needed ]
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svgCancelledFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
12 June 2020
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svgCancelledFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
28 June 2020
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svgCancelledFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia

Group B

2019-2020 Rugby Africa Gold Cup

2019–20 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPts
1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 000000000
2Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 000000000
3Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 000000000
Source: [ citation needed ]
30 May 2020
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svgCancelledFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
13 June 2020
Morocco  Flag of Morocco.svgCancelledFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
27 June 2020
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svgCancelledFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya

Group C

2019–20 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPts
1Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 000000000
2Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 000000000
3Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 000000000
Source: [ citation needed ]
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svgCancelledFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
20 June 2020
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svgCancelledFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
4 July 2020
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svgCancelledFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda

Group D

2019–20 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPts
1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 000000000
2Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 000000000
3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 000000000
Source: [ citation needed ]
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svgCancelledFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
20 June 2020
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svgCancelledFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
4 July 2020
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svgCancelledFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia

Knock-Out Stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Group A Winner
 
 
 
Group D Winner
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Group B Winner
 
 
Group C Winner
 
Third place play-off
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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