2008–09 Africa Cup

9th Africa Cup 14 May 2008–27 November 2009 Namibia Tunisia 14 19 2007 2010 The 2008–09 Africa Cup is the ninth edition of highest level rugby union tournament in Africa. The competition involves twelve teams that are divided into two zones (North and South). Each zone is then divided into two pools of three. Each pool winner then qualifies for a semi-final; the semi-final winners then play each other in the final. Teams BWA CMR CIV KEN MAD MAR NAM NGR SEN SWZ TUN UGA ZAM ZIM Format The tournament will be used as the first stage of qualification for Rugby World Cup 2011. The top two teams will progress in the World Cup and in the Africa Cup, which will be the main tournament for the African qualifiers. Swaziland, Nigeria and Botswana have been added to the qualification process as they possess an IRB ranking. A two-legged playoff between the two lowest ranked teams from the south (Botswana and Swaziland) and the two lowest ranked teams from the north (Cameroon and Nigeria) will begin the tournament to take the competition numbers from 14 to 12 to make the group stage four groups of three teams. Division 1 (Africa Cup) Playoff round 2011 Rugby World Cup - Africa qualification 11 May 2008 CMR 26 – 6 NGR Yaoundé 17 May 2008 BWA 25 – 7 SWZ Gaborone Pool Stage Pool winners qualify for the semi-finals. Top teams also progress to second stage of world cup qualification, in the Africa Cup. Pools determined through world rankings.Pools decided Bonus point system: 4 points for a win, 2 for a draw, 0 for a loss, 1 point for scoring four tries in a game, 1 point for losing by seven or less. Pool A {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=30|P !width=30|W !width=30|D !width=30|Lost !width=30|For !width=30|Ag. !width=40|Diff. !width=30|TB !width=30|LB !width=30|Points !width=200|Notes |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| NAM |2||2||0||0||48||31||+17||1||0||9 ||To semifinals |- align=center |align=left| SEN |1||0||0||1||10||13||-3||0||1||1 ||to 2009 Africa Trophy North |- align=center |align=left| ZIM |1||0||0||1||21||35||-14||0||0||0||to 2009 Africa Trophy South |} 14 June 2008 SEN 10 – 13 NAM Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar ZIM Cancelled SEN 2 August 2008 NAM 35 – 21 ZIM Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek Pool B {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=30|P !width=30|W !width=30|D !width=30|Lost !width=30|For !width=30|Ag. !width=40|Diff. !width=30|TB !width=30|LB !width=30|Points !width=200|Notes |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| CIV |2||2||0||0||53||18||+35||1||0||9||to semifinals |- align=center |align=left| MAR |2||1||0||1||38||39||-1||1||0||5||to 2009 Africa Trophy North |- align=center |align=left| ZAM |2||0||0||2||27||61||-34||0||0||0||to 2009 Africa Trophy South |} 14 June 2008 ZMB 18 – 29 MAR Lusaka 12 July 2008 CIV 32 – 9 ZMB Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 2 August 2008 MAR 9 – 21 CIV COC Stadium, Casablanca Pool C {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=30|P !width=30|W !width=30|D !width=30|Lost !width=30|For !width=30|Ag. !width=40|Diff. !width=30|TB !width=30|LB !width=30|Points !width=200|Notes |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| TUN |2||2||0||0||60||25||+35||1||0||9||to semifinals |- align=center |align=left| KEN |2||1||0||1||91||52||+39||1||0||5||to 2009 Africa Trophy North |- align=center |align=left| CMR |2||0||0||2||18||92||-74||0||1||1||to 2009 Africa Trophy North |} 14 June 2008 CMR 12 – 16 TUN Yaoundé 12 July 2008 KEN 76 – 8 CMR E.A. Union Ground, Nairobi 2 August 2008 TUN 44 – 15 KEN Stade El Menzah, Tunis Pool D {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=30|P !width=30|W !width=30|D !width=30|Lost !width=30|For !width=30|Ag. !width=40|Diff. !width=30|TB !width=30|LB !width=30|Points !width=200|Notes |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| UGA |2||2||0||0||59||32||+27||2||0||10||to semifinals |- align=center |align=left| MAD |2||1||0||1||67||47||+20||1||0||5||to 2009 Africa Trophy South |- align=center |align=left| BWA |2||0||0||2||25||72||-47||0||0||0||to 2009 Africa Trophy South |} 14 June 2008 BWA 10 – 27 UGA Gaborone 12 July 2008 MDG 45 – 15 BWA Stade Municipal de Mahamasina, Antananarivo 2 August 2008 UGA 32 – 22 MDG Kyodondo Rugby Club, Kampala Knockout stage Semifinals Semi finals and final of this edition of the Africa Cup are to take place in 2009 doubling as the final leg of African Rugby World Cup qualification. 13 June 2009 UGA 17 – 41 TUN Kyodondo Rugby Club, Kampala 27 June 2009 TUN 38 – 13 UGA Stade El Menzah, Tunis Tunisia won the series with aggregate results of 79-30 14 June 2009 CIV 13 – 13 NAM Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 27 June 2009 NAM 54 – 14 CIV Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek Namibia won the series with aggregate results of 67-27 Final 14 November 2009 TUN 13 – 18 NAM Stade El Menzah, Tunis 28 November 2009 NAM 22 – 10 TUN Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek Namibia won the series with aggregate results of 40-23 Division 2 2008 CAR Development Trophy 2009 Africa Trophy Division 3 2009 CAR Development Trophy References External links 2008 Africa Rugby Format https://web.archive.org/web/20110817190129/http://heavensgame.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=466&Itemid=85 2011-08-17 2008-09 Category:2008 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:2008 in African rugby union Category:2009 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:2009 in African rugby union