AC 2 West
AC2 West - The Africa Cup 2 West ended in Lomé (Togo). This year, Togo, Niger, Mali, Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso were in confrontation for a 7stournament. Indeed, every two years the Africa Cup for Western Africa alternates between a one-day 7s tournament including 6 teams the one year and a classic fifteen-a-side competition the following year.
On Friday, May 27th the teams met for a big day of rugby:
NIGER 15 - 10 TOGOMALI 12 - 3 BENINBURKINA FASO 5 - 12 TOGOGHANA 19 - 0 BENINNIGER 14 - 0 BURKINA FASOMALI 0 - 15 GHANA
Semi-finals :NIGER 0 - 26 MALIGHANA 19 - 22 TOGO
5th and 6th place :BURKINA FASO 5 - 22 BENIN
3rd and 4th place :NIGER 5 - 14 GHANA
Final :TOGO 12 - 17 MALI
Mali was crowned champion of the 2016 edition of the Africa Cup2 West. Last year, Niger had wonthe fifteen-a-side rugby tournament but now they are only ranking 4th in the seven-a-side format. Mali and Togo thus distance themselves in 7s rugby. Good news for Central and Western Africa which onlycounts on a few teams in this discipline.
Togo · Mali · Benin · Ghana · competition
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Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com) is the governing body of rugby in Africa and one of the regional associations under World Rugby. It unites all African countries that play rugby union, rugby sevens, and women’s rugby. Rugby Africa organizes various competitions, including the qualifying tournaments for the Rugby World Cup and the Africa Sevens, a qualifying competition for the Olympic Games. With 39 member unions, Rugby Africa is dedicated to promoting and developing rugby across the continent. World Rugby highlighted Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia as three of the six emerging nations experiencing strong growth in rugby.
