2014 Africa Cup

14th Africa Cup
Final positions
Champions	Namibia
Runner-up	Zimbabwe
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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.

Changes from last season

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

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
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
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

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

Semi-finals		Final

10 June 2014

Uganda	19
		14 June 2014
Ivory Coast	21
		Ivory Coast	6
10 June 2014
		Tunisia	26
Tunisia	22

Senegal	14
		Third place

		14 June 2014

		Uganda	31

		Senegal	32

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

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:

Botswana
~~Morocco~~
Mauritius
Nigeria
Eswatini
Zambia
Rustenburg Impala

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
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

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

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
Place	Nation^[5]	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
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

	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

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

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

Semi-finals

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

	18 May 2014	Burkina Faso	8 – 5	Ghana	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

3rd Place Playoff

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

Final

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

South

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
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Bonus points	Table points
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

References

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

[2014_Competitions-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.

[Cell_C_Community_Cup_champions_in_Africa_Cup-3] "Cell C Community Cup champions in Africa Cup". South African Rugby Union. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

[Regional_round-up:_Africa_&_Caribbean_champs-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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