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2014 Africa Cup

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).[1] The tournament, as well as the 2012 and 2013 editions of it, served as the qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

14th Africa Cup
Final positions
Champions Namibia
Runner-up Zimbabwe
← 2013
2015 →

Changes from last season edit

Changes from the 2013 Africa Cup:

  • Division 2 North was held as a Rugby Sevens tournament, while Division 2 South was played as a 15-a-side tournament.
  • Division 3 is no longer on the programme. It was scheduled for 2013 however, due to economic and political instability, no games were played
  •   Namibia was promoted to Division 1A
  •   Uganda was relegated to Division 1B
  •   Ivory Coast was promoted to Division 1B
  •   Botswana was relegated to Division 1C
  •   Eswatini was added to Division 1C despite not competing last year, replacing   Niger, who will instead play in Division 2 North
  •   DR Congo was scheduled to play in Division 3 Central in 2013, but was unable to. They will compete in the new Division 2 South tournament.
  • The following teams competed in XV last year, but will only compete in VII in 2014:   Burkina Faso,   Mali,   Ghana,   Togo,   Benin,   Niger

Division 1A edit

Division 1A was held between 26 June and 6 July 2014, at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The winner qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup as Africa 1, and the runner up qualified for the repechage. The competing teams were:

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1   Namibia (22) 3 2 0 1 135 59 +76 10
2   Zimbabwe (30) 3 2 0 1 105 56 +49 10
3   Kenya (33) 3 2 0 1 73 50 +23 10
4   Madagascar (35) 3 0 0 3 32 180 –148 0

Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament IRB rankings

Match Schedule[2]

28 June 2014 Kenya   29 – 22   Namibia Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar  
13:00 (EAT) Try: Humphrey Kayange,
Michael Okombe,
Edwin Achayo,
Andrew Amonde
Con: Lavin Asego 3
Pen: Lavin Asego 		Match Report Try: Heinrich Smit 2,
Chrysander Botha
Con: Theuns Kotzé 2
Pen: Theuns Kotzé 		Attendance: 35,000
Referee:   Luke Pearce
28 June 2014 Zimbabwe   57 – 22   Madagascar Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar  
15:00 (EAT) Try: Jacques Leitao 4,
Lambert Groenewald,
Riaan O'Neill,
Stephan Hunduza,
Farai Mudariki
Con: Guy Cronjé 6,
Lenience Tambwera
Pen: Guy Cronjé 		Match Report Try: Jean de Dieu Rakotonirina,
Jose Rakoto Harison,
Solonirina Rasoanaivo
Con: Jose Rakoto Harison 2
Pen: Jose Rakoto Harison 		Attendance: 35,000
Referee:   Lourens van der Merwe
2 July 2014 Zimbabwe   20 – 24   Namibia Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar  
13:00 (EAT) Try: Daniel Hondo,
Tangai Nemadire
Con: Guy Cronjé 2
Pen: Guy Cronjé 2 		Match Report Try: Penalty try,
Renaldo Bothma,
Rohan Kitshoff
Con: Theuns Kotzé 3
Pen: Theuns Kotzé 		Referee:   Francisco Pastrana
2 July 2014 Kenya   34 – 0   Madagascar Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar  
15:00 (EAT) Referee:   Luke Pearce
6 July 2014 Kenya   10 – 28   Zimbabwe Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar  
Match Report Try: Hilton Mudariki,
Riaan O'Neill,
Guy Cronjé
Con: Guy Cronjé 2
Pen: Guy Cronjé 3 		Referee:   Lourens van der Merwe
6 July 2014 Madagascar   10 – 89   Namibia Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar  
Match Report Try: Renaldo Bothma 4,
David Philander 2,
Penalty try 2,
Rohan Kitshoff,
Jaco Engels,
Chrysander Botha,
Heinrich Smit,
Johan Tromp
Con: Theuns Kotzé 12 		Referee:   Francisco Pastrana

Division 1B edit

Division 1B was held between 9 and 14 June 2014, in Tunis, Tunisia. The competing teams were:

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 June 2014
 
 
  Uganda19
 
14 June 2014
 
  Ivory Coast21
 
  Ivory Coast6
 
10 June 2014
 
  Tunisia26
 
  Tunisia22
 
 
  Senegal14
 
Third place
 
 
14 June 2014
 
 
  Uganda31
 
 
  Senegal32

Semi-finals

10 June 2014 Uganda   19 – 21   Ivory Coast Stade Municipal, Nabeul, Tunisia  


10 June 2014 Tunisia   22 – 14   Senegal Stade Municipal, Nabeul, Tunisia  

3rd Place Playoff

14 June 2014 Uganda   31 – 32   Senegal Stade Municipal, Nabeul, Tunisia  

Final

14 June 2014 Tunisia   26 – 6   Ivory Coast Stade Municipal, Nabeul, Tunisia  

Division 1C edit

Division 1C was held between 14 and 21 June 2014, in Gaborone, Botswana.

Morocco were initially supposed to play in Division 1C, but withdrew; they were replaced by South African club side, the 2014 SARU Community Cup champions Rustenburg Impala.[3]

The competing teams were:

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1   Rustenburg Impala 3 3 0 0 201 36 +165 15
2   Mauritius 3 2 0 1 218 78 +140 10
3   Botswana 3 2 0 1 161 68 +93 10
4   Nigeria 3 1 0 2 91 126 −35 5
5   Zambia 3 1 0 2 61 153 −92 5
6   Eswatini 3 0 0 3 10 281 −271 0

Match Schedule[4]

15 June 2014 Mauritius   17 – 61   Rustenburg Impala University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana  
15 June 2014 Botswana   86 – 0   Eswatini University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana  
15 June 2014 Nigeria   20 – 30   Zambia University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana  
18 June 2014 Nigeria   61 – 10   Eswatini University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana  
18 June 2014 Zambia   17 – 67   Mauritius University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana  
18 June 2014 Botswana   9 – 54   Rustenburg Impala University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana  
21 June 2014 Botswana   66 – 14   Zambia University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana  
21 June 2014 Rustenburg Impala   86 – 10   Nigeria University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana  
21 June 2014 Mauritius   134 – 0   Eswatini University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana  

Division 2 edit

Like in 2013, Division 2 is divided into North and South Groups. The North tournament was conducted under 7-a-side laws (similar to the 2012 tournament), while the South tournament was conducted under 15-a-side laws.

North edit

The North Group tournament was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 17 and 18 May 2014. The competing teams were:

Place Nation[5] Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1   Togo 5 4 0 1 67 57 +10 13
2   Burkina Faso 5 4 0 1 90 31 +59 13
3   Ghana 5 3 1 1 100 37 +63 12
4   Niger 5 2 0 3 57 55 +2 9
5   Mali 5 1 1 3 50 51 -1 8
6   Benin 3 0 0 5 12 145 -133 5

Match Schedule

Preliminary Games edit

17 May 2014 Mali   26 – 5   Benin Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
17 May 2014 Burkina Faso   5 – 12   Togo Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
17 May 2014 Niger   0 – 10   Ghana Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
17 May 2014 Togo   22 – 0   Benin Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
17 May 2014 Mali   12 – 12   Ghana Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
17 May 2014 Niger   7 – 12   Burkina Faso Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
17 May 2014 Ghana   33 – 0   Benin Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
17 May 2014 Niger   7 – 26   Togo Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
17 May 2014 Burkina Faso   15 – 7   Mali Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
17 May 2014 Togo   0 – 40   Ghana Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
17 May 2014 Burkina Faso   33 – 0   Benin Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
17 May 2014 Niger   12 – 0   Mali Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
18 May 2014 Burkina Faso   25 – 5   Ghana Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
18 May 2014 Mali   5 – 7   Togo Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
18 May 2014 Niger   31 – 7   Benin Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  

5th Place Playoff edit

18 May 2014 Mali   25 – 12   Benin Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
18 May 2014 Mali   5 – 5   Benin Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  

Semi-finals edit

18 May 2014 Togo   10 – 5   Niger Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  
18 May 2014 Burkina Faso   8 – 5   Ghana Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  

3rd Place Playoff edit

18 May 2014 Niger   10 – 5   Ghana Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  

Final edit

18 May 2014 Burkina Faso   15 – 5   Togo Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  

South edit

The South Group tournament was held in Kigali, Rwanda in between 3–7 June 2014. The competing teams were:

Place Nation Games Points Bonus
points 		Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1   Rwanda 2 1 0 1 20 15 +5 1 5
2   DR Congo 2 1 0 1 9 5 +4 0 4
3   Burundi 2 1 0 1 6 15 -9 0 4

Only 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo players arrived for their match against Burundi. A match was played, with DRC winning 20-7.[6] However, Burundi were awarded the match on forfeit, due to DRC only having 11 eligible players available.[7]

3 June 2014 Burundi   6-15   Rwanda Amahoro Stadium, Kigali City, Rwanda  
Pen: Christian Mugabonihera 2 Report Try: Abdul Ngoge,
Benjamin Makombe,
Vincent Kamali
5 June 2014 Burundi   Burundi win on forfeit   DR Congo Amahoro Stadium, Kigali City, Rwanda  
7 June 2014 Rwanda   5 - 9   DR Congo Amahoro Stadium, Kigali City, Rwanda  

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "CAR 2013 COMPETITIONS" (PDF). Confederation of African Rugby. Retrieved 2013-10-18.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Regional round-up: Africa & Caribbean champs". IRB. 2014-06-05. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  3. ^ "Cell C Community Cup champions in Africa Cup". South African Rugby Union. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Regional round-up: Africa & Caribbean champs". IRB. 2014-06-05. Archived from the original on 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  5. ^ "ÉQUIPES PARTICIPANTES" (PDF). Confederation Africaine Rugby. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  6. ^ "Africa Cup 2 South". CAR. 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Rwanda: Silverbacks Qualify for Car Division 3". All Africa. 2014-06-09. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
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