2017 Gold Cup (rugby union)

The 2017 Gold Cup was the second season of the Gold Cup competition since its name change, having previously been known as the Community Cup. The competition was the top competition for non-university rugby union clubs in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

2017 Gold Cup
CountriesSouth Africa,
Namibia and
Zimbabwe
Date9 September – 29 October 2017
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The 2017 competition retained the same timeslot as the 2016 edition, taking place between 9 September and 29 October 2017.

Competition rules and information

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The format of the Gold Cup was the same as the Rugby World Cup. The teams were divided into four pools, each containing five teams. Each team played four pool games, facing all the other teams in their pools once, with two of those matches being home games and two being away games.

The winner and runner-up of each pool entered the play-off stage, which consisted of quarter finals, semi-finals and the final. The winner of each pool met the runner-up of a different pool in a quarter final, at the home venue of the pool winner. The winner of each quarter-final progressed to the semi-finals and the semi-final winners to the final, which was held at the home venue of the finalist with the best record in the pool stages.

Qualification

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Defending champions Rustenburg Impala qualified for the 2017 Gold Cup competition. They will be joined by the highest-placed non-university clubs from the club leagues of South Africa's fourteen provincial unions, Limpopo, Namibia and Zimbabwe, plus two wildcard spots.

Teams

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The following teams qualified for the 2017 Gold Cup:

Location of teams in the 2017 Gold Cup
  South Africa
 
 
Bloemfontein Police
 
College Rovers
 
Northam Rhinos
 
Old Selbornians
 
Progress (George)
 
Progress (Uitenhage)
 
Rustenburg Impala
 
Sasol
 
Sishen
 
Swallows
 
Vaal Reefs
 
Welkom
Gauteng Western Cape
 
 
 
Raiders
 
Vereeniging
 
 
False Bay
 
Roses United
 
Tygerberg
  Namibia   Zimbabwe
 
 
Western Suburbs
 
 
Old Georgians
Teams in   Pool A,   Pool B,   Pool C and   Pool D

Team Listing

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Team Sponsored Name Union Pool
Bloemfontein Police Recall Security Bloemfontein Police Free State Pool A
College Rovers Go Nutz College Rovers KwaZulu-Natal Pool D
False Bay DirectAxis False Bay Western Province Pool D
Northam Rhinos Northam Platinum Rhinos Limpopo Blue Bulls Pool B
Old Georgians Old Georgians Zimbabwe Pool B
Old Selbornians Mike Pendock Motors Old Selbornians Border Pool C
Progress (George) Progress (George) SWD Pool C
Progress (Uitenhage) Progress (Uitenhage) Eastern Province Pool C
QBR QBR Blue Bulls Pool B
Raiders Raiders Golden Lions Pool B
Roses United Roses United Boland Pool D
Rustenburg Impala Newrak Rustenburg Impala Leopards Pool A
Sasol Sasol Hydra-ARC Rugby Mpumalanga Pool A
Sishen IMT Sishen Griquas Pool D
Swallows Swallows Border Pool C
Tygerberg Tygerberg Western Province Pool C
Vaal Reefs Speedy Car Sales Vaal Reefs Leopards Pool B
Vereeniging Weziswe Security Vereeniging Valke Pool A
Welkom Human Auto Welkom Griffons Pool A
Western Suburbs FNB Western Suburbs Namibia Pool D

References

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  • "SA Rugby Competition – 2016 Gold Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  • Gold Cup Rugby on Twitter