Competitions 2016
Competitions 2016 - Rugby Africa competitions season is nowover for the year 2015. One action packed year full of surprises and unforeseen development. One year during which Rugby Africa exceeded all expectations ! It wasn’t an easy task to organise more matches, more competitions and additional tournaments with a tight budget, but year after year the Confederation is raising the bar in the best interests of African rugby.
Last year, our competitions were all very successful ! Nevertheless there is always room for improvement and we heard some of your concerns and tried our best to come up with fair and practical responses for 2016. (The team and the cities inorangearehosts)
AFRICA CUP 1A : Fourteams, home or away matches- the winner will be declared African champion. The bottom team will be relegated to group B in 2017.
Saturday, July 2st : Uganda v Namibia Saturday, July 9th : Zimbabwe v Kenya Saturday, July 16th : Namibia v Kenya Saturday, July 23rd : Zimbabwe v Uganda Saturday, July 30th : Kenya v Uganda Saturday, August 6th : Namibia v Zimbabwe
AFRICA CUP 1B : Sixteams in two pools of three, based on the 2015 tournament results. The winners of each pool will play a final match, the winner will be promoted to the group A in 2017. The team ranked last - following the number of points they marked - will be relegated to the group C in 2017.
12 to 19 June : Madagascar, Senegal and Zambia (Pool B) in Antananarivo, Madagascar
26 June to 2 July : Tunisia, Ivory Coast and Botswana (Pool A) in Tunis, Tunisia
July 16
: Final match (to be determined after pool phases)
AFRICA CUP 1C : Firstround of the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualification process. The winner will be promoted to the Group B in 2017. Teams in the group B in 2017 will play the secondround of the 2019 RWC qualification process.
5 to 11 June : Mauritius, Nigeria, Morocco and Cameroon (?) Two semi finals, one play off match for the third place, one final in Casablanca, Morocco
AFRICA CUP 2 CENTER : 15 to 21 May : Burundi, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo in Kigali, Rwanda
AFRICA CUP 2 WEST : 7s tournament 28 May : Niger, Mali, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso and Ghana in Lomé, Togo
U19 : 24 to 27 August : two groups of four teams A : Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Tunisia (location to be confirmed) B : Uganda, Senegal, Madagascar and Morocco in Antananarivo, Madagascar
WOMEN'S SEVENS : 17 and 18 September : Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Tunisia and Senegal in Harare, Zimbabwe
MEN'S SEVENS : 24 and 25 September : Kenya, Uganda, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Tunisia, Senegal, Morocco, Nigeria, Mauritius and Botswana in Nairobi, Kenya
The hosting venues were not randomly picked but decided after a thorough hosting bidding process. Rugby Africa received many applications to host the 2016 competitions and reviewed each of them before selecting the most appropriate locations.
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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.
