2014 Africa Cup

14th Africa Cup Namibia Zimbabwe 2013 2015 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).http://www.confederation-africaine-rugby.com/images/2014%20competitions.pdf CAR 2013 COMPETITIONS 2013-10-18 Confederation of African RugbyApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 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 NAM was promoted to Division 1A UGA was relegated to Division 1B CIV was promoted to Division 1B BOT was relegated to Division 1C SWZ was added to Division 1C despite not competing last year, replacing NER, who will instead play in Division 2 North COD 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: BFA, MLI, GHA, TGO, BEN, NER 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: KEN MDG NAM ZIM Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1NAM (22)320113559+76102ZIM (30)320110556+49103KEN (33)32017350+23104MDG (35)300332180–1480 Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament IRB rankings Match Schedulehttp://www.irb.com/rankings/sportid=1/news/newsid=2071709.html#regional+round+africa+caribbean+champs Regional round-up: Africa & Caribbean champs IRB 2014-06-05 2014-06-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140606212812/http://www.irb.com/rankings/sportid=1/news/newsid=2071709.html#regional+round+africa+caribbean+champs 2014-06-06 dead 28 June 2014 13:00 (EAT) KEN 29 – 22 Match Report NAM Humphrey Kayange,Michael Okombe,Edwin Achayo,Andrew Amonde Lavin Asego 3 Lavin Asego Heinrich Smit 2,Chrysander Botha Theuns Kotzé 2 Theuns Kotzé Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar 35,000 ENG Luke Pearce 28 June 2014 15:00 (EAT) ZIM 57 – 22 Match Report MDG Jacques Leitao 4,Lambert Groenewald,Riaan O'Neill,Stephan Hunduza,Farai Mudariki Guy Cronjé 6,Lenience Tambwera Guy Cronjé Jean de Dieu Rakotonirina,Jose Rakoto Harison,Solonirina Rasoanaivo Jose Rakoto Harison 2 Jose Rakoto Harison Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar 35,000 ZAF Lourens van der Merwe 2 July 2014 13:00 (EAT) ZIM 20 – 24 Match Report NAM Daniel Hondo,Tangai Nemadire Guy Cronjé 2 Guy Cronjé 2 Penalty try,Renaldo Bothma,Rohan Kitshoff Theuns Kotzé 3 Theuns Kotzé Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar ARG Francisco Pastrana 2 July 2014 15:00 (EAT) KEN 34 – 0 MDG Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar ENG Luke Pearce 6 July 2014 KEN 10 – 28 Match Report ZIM Hilton Mudariki,Riaan O'Neill,Guy Cronjé Guy Cronjé 2 Guy Cronjé 3 Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar ZAF Lourens van der Merwe 6 July 2014 MDG 10 – 89 Match Report NAM Renaldo Bothma 4,David Philander 2,Penalty try 2,Rohan Kitshoff,Jaco Engels,Chrysander Botha,Heinrich Smit,Johann Tromp Theuns Kotzé 12 Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar ARG Francisco Pastrana Division 1B Division 1B was held between 9 and 14 June 2014, in Tunis, Tunisia. The competing teams were: CIV SEN TUN UGA 10 June 2014 UGA 19 CIV 21 10 June 2014 TUN 22 SEN 14 14 June 2014 CIV 6 TUN 26 14 June 2014 UGA 31 SEN 32 Semi-finals 10 June 2014 UGA 19 – 21 CIV Stade Municipal, Nabeul, Tunisia 10 June 2014 TUN 22 – 14 SEN Stade Municipal, Nabeul, Tunisia 3rd Place Playoff 14 June 2014 UGA 31 – 32 SEN Stade Municipal, Nabeul, Tunisia Final 14 June 2014 TUN 26 – 6 CIV 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.http://www.sarugby.net/component/supersportcontent/20684?view=news Cell C Community Cup champions in Africa Cup South African Rugby Union 9 June 2014 9 June 2014 The competing teams were: BOT MAR MUS NGA SWZ ZAM South Africa Rustenburg Impala Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1South Africa Rustenburg Impala330020136+165152MUS320121878+140103BOT320116168+93104NGA310291126−3555ZAM310261153−9256SWZ300310281−2710 Match Schedulehttp://www.irb.com/rankings/sportid=1/news/newsid=2071792.html Regional round-up: Africa & Caribbean champs IRB 2014-06-05 2014-06-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140707204014/http://www.irb.com/rankings/sportid%3D1/news/newsid%3D2071792.html 2014-07-07 dead 15 June 2014 MUS 17 – 61 South Africa Rustenburg Impala University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana 15 June 2014 BOT 86 – 0 SWZ University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana 15 June 2014 NGA 20 – 30 ZAM University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana 18 June 2014 NGA 61 – 10 SWZ University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana 18 June 2014 ZAM 17 – 67 MUS University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana 18 June 2014 BOT 9 – 54 South Africa Rustenburg Impala University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana 21 June 2014 BOT 66 – 14 ZAM University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana 21 June 2014 Rustenburg Impala South Africa 86 – 10 NGA University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana 21 June 2014 MUS 134 – 0 SWZ 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: BEN BFA GHA MLI NER TGO Place Nationhttp://www.confederation-africaine-rugby.com/images/resultat%20%20et%20classement%202me%20division%20car%20ouaga%202014%202.pdf ÉQUIPES PARTICIPANTES Confederation Africaine Rugby 2014-06-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20140606083008/http://www.confederation-africaine-rugby.com/images/resultat%20%20et%20classement%202me%20division%20car%20ouaga%202014%202.pdf 2014-06-06 dead Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1TGO54016757+10132BFA54019031+59133GHA531110037+63124NER52035755+295MLI51135051-186BEN300512145-1335 Match Schedule Preliminary Games 17 May 2014 MLI 26 – 5 BEN Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17 May 2014 BFA 5 – 12 TGO Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17 May 2014 NER 0 – 10 GHA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17 May 2014 TGO 22 – 0 BEN Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17 May 2014 MLI 12 – 12 GHA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17 May 2014 NER 7 – 12 BFA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17 May 2014 GHA 33 – 0 BEN Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17 May 2014 NER 7 – 26 TGO Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17 May 2014 BFA 15 – 7 MLI Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17 May 2014 TGO 0 – 40 GHA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17 May 2014 BFA 33 – 0 BEN Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 17 May 2014 NER 12 – 0 MLI Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 18 May 2014 BFA 25 – 5 GHA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 18 May 2014 MLI 5 – 7 TGO Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 18 May 2014 NER 31 – 7 BEN Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 5th Place Playoff 18 May 2014 MLI 25 – 12 BEN Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 18 May 2014 MLI 5 – 5 BEN Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Semi-finals 18 May 2014 TGO 10 – 5 NER Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 18 May 2014 BFA 8 – 5 GHA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 3rd Place Playoff 18 May 2014 NER 10 – 5 GHA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Final 18 May 2014 BFA 15 – 5 TGO Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso South The South Group tournament was held in Kigali, Rwanda in between 3–7 June 2014. The competing teams were: BDI COD RWA Place Nation Games Points Bonuspoints Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1RWA21012015+5152COD210195+4043BDI2101615-904 Only 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo players arrived for their match against Burundi. A match was played, with DRC winning 20-7.http://www.confederation-africaine-rugby.com/index.php/en/home/2-uncategorised/1076-africa-cup-2-south Africa Cup 2 South CAR 6 June 2014 8 June 2014 https://archive.today/20140607231735/http://www.confederation-africaine-rugby.com/index.php/en/home/2-uncategorised/1076-africa-cup-2-south 7 June 2014 dead dmy-all However, Burundi were awarded the match on forfeit, due to DRC only having 11 eligible players available.http://allafrica.com/stories/201406090167.html Rwanda: Silverbacks Qualify for Car Division 3 All Africa 2014-06-09 2014-06-10 3 June 2014 BDI 6-15 Report RWA Christian Mugabonihera 2 Abdul Ngoge,Benjamin Makombe,Vincent Kamali Amahoro Stadium, Kigali City, Rwanda 5 June 2014 BDI Burundi win on forfeit COD Amahoro Stadium, Kigali City, Rwanda 7 June 2014 RWA 5 - 9 COD Amahoro Stadium, Kigali City, Rwanda See also Africa Cup 2015 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification 2015 Rugby World Cup – Repechage qualification References 2014 Category:2014 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:2014 in African rugby union