2015 Africa Cup

15th Africa Cup Namibia Zimbabwe 2014 2016 April 2016 The 2015 Africa Cup will be the fifteenth edition of the Africa Cup, an annual international rugby union tournament for African nations organised by Rugby Africa.http://www.rugbyafrique.com/competitions-2015/ Competitions 2015 Rugby Afrique 16 January 2015 19 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150308225131/http://www.rugbyafrique.com/competitions-2015/ 2015-03-08 deadhttp://www.rugbyafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Programme-Comp%C3%A9titions-2015.pdf RUGBY AFRIQUE 2015 COMPETITIONS Rugby Afrique 28 March 2015 Changes from last season Changes from the 2014 Africa Cup: All Division 2 tournaments will be held as 15-a-side tournaments TUN was promoted to Division 1A MDG was relegated to Division 1B BOT and MUS were promoted to Division 1B CMR was added to Division 1C, after serving a suspension from Rugby Africa MAR was added to Division 1C, despite missing the 2014 tournament. COG was added to Division 2 South SWZ was relegated to Division 2 LES and MWI were added to Division 2. Division 1A Division 1A will be played during June and July 2015. The matches will be hosted by each of the Division 1A teams, with the top two ranked teams (Namibia and Zimbabwe hosting two matches each. The format is a single round robin, home or away format. The competing teams are: KEN NAM TUN ZIM Key to colours in group tablesChampionsRelegated Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1NAM (22)330014833+11592ZIM (27)320153108–5563KEN (29)31027989–1034TUN (36)30033787–500 Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament World Rugby rankings Match Schedule 6 June 2015 16:30 CET (UTC+1) TUN 14 – 22 Reporthttp://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=27553 Positive start by Namibia namibian.com.na 14 September 2017May 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes NAM Auoadi Chahir 31' m Chams Edin Khalifa (0/1) Chams Edin Khalifa (2/2) 17', 47', 49' PJ van Lill 3' cDavid Philander (2) 10' m, 76' c Theuns Kotzé (2/3) 4', 76' Theuns Kotzé (1/2) 60' Roderique Victor 57 67 National Stadium, Nabeul 1,000 Christophe Berdos (France) 13 June 2015 15:30 EET (UTC+2) ZIM 28 – 20 Reporthttp://www.kenyarfu.com/index.php/national-teams/kenya-xv/1112-simbas-fall-to-narrow-defeat-in-harare Simbas fall to narrow defeat in Harare 2015-06-28 2015-07-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20150701035720/http://www.kenyarfu.com/index.php/national-teams/kenya-xv/1112-simbas-fall-to-narrow-defeat-in-harare dead KEN Sanele Sibanda 11' cRiaan O'Neill 15' cTafadzwa Chitokwindo 70' m Tichafara Makwanya (2/2) 12', 16' Tichafara Makwanya (3/4) 21', 46, 59' Fortune Chipendo 51 61 Jacob Ojee 19' mDarwin Mukidza 35' cJoshua Chisanga 38' m Darwin Mukidza (1/3) 36' Darwin Mukidza (1/2) 51' Jubilee Field, Harare 6,000 Stuart Berry (South Africa) 28 June 2015 15:00 EAT (UTC+3) KEN 46 – 15 Reporthttp://www.kenyarfu.com/index.php/national-teams/kenya-xv/1124-simbas-maul-tunisia Simbas maul Tunisia 2015-07-13 2015-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150713221228/http://www.kenyarfu.com/index.php/national-teams/kenya-xv/1124-simbas-maul-tunisia dead TUN Darwin Mukidza (2) 8' c, 59' mSammy Oliech (2) 20' c, 64' cRobert Aringo 69' cVincent Mose 79' c Darwin Mukidza (5/6) 9', 21', 64', 69', 80' Darwin Mukidza (2/3) 48', 67' Khlifa Eddin (4/5) 6', 12', 40', 61' Khlifa Eddin (1/1) 4' Haythem Cheli 78 80 RFUEA Ground, Nairobi Kurt Weaver (USA) 4 July 2015 15:30 EET (UTC+2) ZIM 19 – 8 Reporthttp://www.thezimbabwedaily.com/zimbabwe/31824-zimbo-flavour-sables-dismiss-tunisia.html ZIMBO Flavour. . . Sables dismiss Tunisia | the Zimbabwe Daily 2015-07-07 2015-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20150707214354/http://www.thezimbabwedaily.com/zimbabwe/31824-zimbo-flavour-sables-dismiss-tunisia.html dead TUN Fortune Chipendu 26' c Tichafara Makwanya (1/1) 27' Tichafara Makwanya (3/3) 6', 13', 61'Lenience Tambwera (1/1) 79' Mlise Mohammed 42' m Chams Edin Khalifa (1/1) 17' Jubilee Field, Harare 4,000 Kurt Weaver (USA) 8 August 2015 16:00 WAT (UTC+01) NAM 46 – 13 Reporthttp://www.iol.co.za/sport/rugby/cup-competitions/namibia-sweep-aside-kenya-1.1897475 Namibia sweep aside Kenya - IOL Sport iol.co.za 14 September 2017 KEN Chrysander Botha 9' cDavid Philander 28' cDarryl de la Harpe (2) 38' m, 43' cPenalty try 63' cRenaldo Bothma 69' c Theuns Kotzé (5/6) 10', 29', 44', 65', 70' Theuns Kotzé (2/2) 5', 14' Joshua Chisanga 73' c Darwin Mukidza (1/1) 74' Darwin Mukidza (2/2) 6', 19' Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek 2,000 Lesego Legoete (South Africa) 15 August 2015 15:00 WAT (UTC+01) NAM 80 – 6 Reporthttp://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=30508&page_type=story_detail https://archive.today/20150817155729/http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=30508&page_type=story_detail dead 17 August 2015 Namibia thrash Zimbabwe 80-6 namibian.com.na 14 September 2017 ZIM Rohan Kitshoff (3) 20' c, 40' c, 70' cRenaldo Bothma 32' cJC Greyling 35' cJohan Deysel 45' cRussell van Wyk (2) 51' c, 72' mJohnny Redelinghuys (2) 56' c, 79' cPJ van Lill 59' mTinus du Plessis 76' c Theuns Kotzé (10/12) 20', 33', 36', 40', 45', 52', 57', 70', 77', 80' Tichafara Makwanya (2/3) 14', 26' Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek 4,500 Craig Joubert (South Africa) Division 1B Division 1B will be held between 3 and 11 July 2015, in Kampala, Uganda. The competing teams are: BOT CIV MDG MUS SEN UGA Key to colours in group tablesChampionsRelegated Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1UGA (56)330013432+102152MDG (46)33009968+31143SEN (42)31028248+3464BOT (70)310254116-6245CIV (49)31025989-3046MUS (91)300338110-720 Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament World Rugby rankings. Match Schedule 5 July 2015 MAD 36 - 18 BOT Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda 5 July 2015 UGA 40 - 11 CIV Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda 5 July 2015 MUS 3 - 42 SEN Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda 8 July 2015 UGA 35 - 11 MUS Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda 8 July 2015 SEN 21 - 26 BOT Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda 8 July 2015 CIV 26 - 30 MAD Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda 11 July 2015 SEN 19 - 22 CIV Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda 11 July 2015 MAD 33 - 24 MUS Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda 11 July 2015 UGA 59 - 10 BOT Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda Division 1C Division 1C will be held between 22 and 27 June 2015, in Lusaka, Zambia. The competing teams are: NGA ZAM ZIM Zimbabwe B Morocco were originally scheduled to compete, but are not listed on the most recent schedule. Cameroon apparently withdrew from the tournament. Key to colours in group tablesChampions Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1ZAM (88)22003420+1462NGR (75)21014238+433ZWE Zimbabwe B20023553-180 Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament World Rugby rankings Match Schedule 21 June 2015 ZAM 15 - 8 NGR Lusaka, Zambia 24 June 2015 NGR 34 - 23 ZWE Zimbabwe B Lusaka, Zambia 27 June 2015 ZWE Zimbabwe B 12 - 19 ZAM Lusaka, Zambia Division 2 Division 2 is split into regional based tournaments, in the north and south of Africa. North The North Group tournament will be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso between 23 and 31 May 2015. The competing teams are: BEN BFA GHA MLI NER TGO Key to colours in group tablesChampions Place Nation Games Points Tablepoints played won drawn lost for against difference1NER330016030+130152MLI330011524+91153BFA33009910+89134GHA30031764-4705TGO300334101-6706BEN300313209-1960 Match Schedule 24 May 2015 BFA 67 – 3 WR Result BEN Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 24 May 2015 TGO 12 – 31 WR Result MLI Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 24 May 2015 NER 28 – 10 WR Result GHA Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 27 May 2015 MLI 24 – 7 GHA Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 27 May 2015 NER 80 – 5 BEN Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 27 May 2015 BFA 20 – 7 TGO Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 30 May 2015 BFA 12 – 0 GHA Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 30 May 2015 NER 50 – 15 TGO Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 30 May 2015 MLI 60 – 0 BEN Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso South East The South-East Group tournament will be held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo between 25–30 June 2015. The competing teams are: COD RWA Burundi True and Congo True Congo apparently withdrew from the tournament. The two teams would play two test matches in consecutive days prior to the final.Rugby : la RDC écrase le Rwanda en finale du championnat d’Afrique zone sud Le Courrier de Kinshasa https://www.lecourrierdekinshasa.com/node/34734#:~:text=Les%20L%C3%A9opards%20Rugby%20de%20la%20RDC%20ont,finale%20du%20championnat%20d'Afrique%20zone%20Sud,%20en 2026-03-26 www.lecourrierdekinshasa.com Match Schedule 30 June 2015 COD 29 - 3 Match Report RWA Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo South The South Group tournament will be held in Lesotho between 7–13 June 2015. The competing teams are: LES SWZ MWI True apparently withdrew from the tournament. Match Schedule 30 June 2015 SWZ 10 - 13 LSO Bambatha Sports Arena, Maseru, Lesotho See also Africa Cup References 2015 Category:2015 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:2015 in African rugby union Category:June 2015 sports events in Africa Category:July 2015 sports events in Africa Category:August 2015 sports events in Africa