2011 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification

International rugby union competition Africa 11 May 2008 28 November 2009 14 2007 2015 In the African Regional qualifying process, 14 of the 15 eligible IRB member nations took part. South Africa had already qualified from Rugby World Cup 2007). The qualifying process began with playoffs in May 2008. The 2008–09 Africa Cup doubled as the qualifying tournament, with the winner being Africa's direct qualifier. The runner-up of the tournament would be entered into the four-team World Cup playoff for the 20th 2011 Rugby World Cup finalist berth. The Cup was decided first by four pools of three teams with the pool winners qualifying for the semi-finals. Namibia swept Tunisia in a two-legged final, qualifying for Pool D of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, while Tunisia advanced to the Final Place Playoff. Preliminary round Two single-legged playoffs were used to cut the nations down from the 14 eligible nations to the 12 who would compete for the 2008–09 Africa Cup. Preliminary round teams were the lowest ranked teams in the north and south respectively. Nigeria and Swaziland were eliminated in this round. Matches 11 May 2008 CMR 26–6 Report NGR Eba Fouda Paulin Moaka LouisFoke Fone Bertrand Unknown Negalev Touko Raphael (3) Adeez Ladipo (2) Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon 17 May 2008 BOT 25–7 SWZ Swaziland Gaborone, Botswana Round 1: Group stage Pool winners qualified for the semi-finals. Pools were 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 points or less. Pool A {| class="wikitable" |- !width=165|Team !width=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Difference !width=40|TB !width=40|LB !width=40|Points |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| NAM |2||2||0||0||48||31||+17||1||0||9 |- align=center |align=left| SEN |1||0||0||1||10||13||-3||0||1||1 |- align=center |align=left| ZIM |1||0||0||1||21||35||-14||0||0||0 |} Matches 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=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Difference !width=40|TB !width=40|LB !width=40|Points |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| CIV |2||2||0||0||53||18||+35||1||0||9 |- align=center |align=left| MAR |2||1||0||1||38||39||-1||1||0||5 |- align=center |align=left| ZAM |2||0||0||2||27||61||-34||0||0||0 |} 14 June 2008 ZMB 18–29 MAR Showgrounds, 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=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Difference !width=40|TB !width=40|LB !width=40|Points |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| TUN |2||2||0||0||60||25||+35||1||0||9 |- align=center |align=left| KEN |2||1||0||1||91||52||+39||1||0||5 |- align=center |align=left| CMR |2||0||0||2||18||92||-74||0||1||1 |} Matches 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=40|Played !width=40|Won !width=40|Drawn !width=40|Lost !width=40|For !width=40|Against !width=40|Difference !width=40|TB !width=40|LB !width=40|Points |- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center |align=left| UGA |2||2||0||0||59||32||+27||2||0||10 |- align=center |align=left| MAD |2||1||0||1||67||47||+20||1||0||5 |- align=center |align=left| BWA |2||0||0||2||25||72||-47||0||0||0 |} Matches 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 Round 2: Semi-finals 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 67–27 and progressed to Round 3. 13 June 2009 UGA 17–41 TUN Kyodondo Rugby Club, Kampala 27 June 2009 TUN 38–13 UGA Stade El Menzah, Tunis Tunisia won 79–30 and progressed to Round 3. Round 3: Qualification final Namibia and Tunisia competed for Africa's automatic place in the 2011 Rugby World Cup finals in New Zealand over two legs, with Namibia qualifying for their fourth consecutive world cup. Tunisia faced Romania, the third-placed team from Europe, in the semi-finals of the Play-off series. 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 2–0, with an aggregate score of 40–23. See also 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying References External links Confirmation from CAR Competition outline 2011 Africa Category:2008 in African rugby union Category:2009 in African rugby union