2004 Africa Cup

The 2004 Africa Cup (officially called "Africa Top ten" at the time) was the fifth edition of top level rugby union tournament in Africa. Ten teams were admitted, but Tunisia withdrew.

5th Africa Cup
Date7 March 2004–
13 November 2004
Countries Cameroon
 Ivory Coast
 Kenya
 Madagascar
 Morocco
 Namibia
 Tunisia
 Uganda
 Zambia
 Zimbabwe
Final positions
Champions Namibia
Runner-up Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
2003
2005

The final was played in 2004, due to the participation of Namibia to the 2003 Rugby World Cup tournament.

The teams were divided into two zones, North and South. The North Zone contained four teams in a round robin pool. In South Zone, the six teams were divided in two pools, with a "Zone final" between the winner of each pool.

At the end a second division was also played as "CAR Development".

Division 1 (Africa Cup)

North Zone

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Morocco33004615+316
2 Ivory Coast32013124+74
3 Tunisia31022628-22
4 Cameroon30031955-360
7 March 2004
Ivory Coast 8 – 3 Tunisia
Abidjan

27 March 2004
Morocco 11 – 6 Ivory Coast
Casablanca

10 April 2004
Tunisia 20 – 3 Cameroon
Tunis

24 April 2004
Morocco 17 – 3 Tunisia
Casablanca

1 May 2004
Ivory Coast 17 – 10 Cameroon
Abidjan

29 May 2004
Cameroon 6 – 18 Morocco
Yaoundé

Pool 1

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Zimbabwe21013523+122
2 Madagascar21013942-32
3 Uganda21012433-92
14 August 2004
Uganda 24 – 16 Madagascar
Kampala

29 August 2004
Madagascar 23 – 18 Zimbabwe
Antananarivo

11 September 2004
Zimbabwe 17 – 0 Uganda
Harare

Pool 2

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Namibia220011717+1004
2 Kenya21014075-352
3 Zambia20022085-650
14 August 2004
Zambia 10 – 52 Namibia
Nchingola

29 August 2004
Kenya 33 – 10 Zambia
Nairobi

11 September 2004
Namibia 65 – 7 Kenya
Windhoek

South Zone Final

25 September 2004
Namibia 68 – 8 Zimbabwe
Windhoek

Final

13 November 2004
Namibia 39 – 22 Morocco
Windhoek

Division 2

References

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