2000 Africa Cup
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Date | 17 June 2000– 15 December 2000 |
| Teams |  Ivory Coast[1] Morocco  Namibia South Africa Amateurs[2] Tunisia Zimbabwe |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | South Africa Amateurs |
| Runner-up | Morocco |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 21 |
2001 → | |
The 2000 Africa Cup (officially called at those time "Africa Top Six") was the first edition of highest level rugby union tournament in Africa.[3]
Only five teams were involved due to the withdrawal of the Ivory Coast. South Africa participated with an Under-23 amateurs team.[4]
The teams were divided in two pool played on home away basis.[5]
Regional pools
[edit]Pool South
[edit]| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 | South Africa Amateurs |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 259 | 43 | +216 | 8 |
| 2 | Namibia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 204 | -111 | 4 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 187 | -105 | 0 |
Pool North
[edit]| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 | Morocco |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 4 |
| 2 | Tunisia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 42 | -13 | 0 |
Final
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ withdraw
- ^ South Africa sent only amateur players.
- ^ "SA U23 away to Morocco for final". news 24 archives. 26 June 2001.
- ^ "2000 South Africa Match results". n.d.
- ^ "Rugby Africa - ABOUT US". n.d.
References
[edit]Rugby Africa: ABOUT US n.d., viewed 8 April 2018, http://www.rugbyafrique.com/about-us/
SA U23 away to Morocco for final, news 24 archives 2001, viewed 8 April 2018, https://www.news24.com/
South Africa Match results (2000), ESPN Scrum n.d., viewed 8 April 2018, http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/team/match_results.html?id=2000;team=5;type=year