2019–20 Rugby Africa Cup

The 2019-20 Rugby Africa Cup is the first season of a restructuring of international rugby union competition by Rugby Africa after a loss of broadcast sponsorship caused the cancellation of the 2019 Rugby Africa Gold Cup, itself only the third edition of a previous restructuring of the continent's tournament.

20th Africa Cup
← 2019

The new Rugby Africa Cup replaces the multi-tiered Gold, Silver, and Bronze Cups with a seeded group stage followed by a knockout round.[1] This results in fewer matches being played, but also greatly reduced costs and travel times from the round-robin Gold Cup.

The group stage of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Structure

The top sixteen nations in African rugby enter the competition, with the bottom eight entering in the elimination stage.[3][4] Each team plays a single match and the four winners move onto the group stage, with four groups of three. The four group winners then enter the semi-finals.

Seeding

The sixteen participating teams were seeded as follows:

(World Rankings taken from November 13, 2019)[5]

Location of teams in the 2019-20 Rugby Africa Cup
Teams entering in group stage
Teams entering in elimination stage
Seed Team 2018 position WR Ranking
1 Namibia1st Gold Cup22
2 Kenya2nd Gold Cup32
3 Uganda3rd Gold Cup41
4 Tunisia4th Gold Cup39
5 Zimbabwe5th Gold Cup34
6 Algeria1st Silver Cupn/a
7 Morocco6th Gold Cup48
8 Zambia2nd Silver Cup67
9 Madagascar3rd Silver Cup51
10 Ivory Coast4th Silver Cup43
11 Senegal5th Silver Cup54
12 Ghana1st Bronze Cup92
13 Botswana6th Silver Cup71
14 Mauritius2nd Bronze Cup93
15 Rwanda3rd Bronze Cup95
16 Nigerian/a70

Elimination stage

The elimination stage matches will be played from November to December 2019

Elimination 1

23 November 2019
11:00
Ghana 36-25 Botswana
Nduom Sports Stadium, Elmina

Elimination 2

23 November 2019 Ivory Coast  60-3  Rwanda Bingerville Stadium, Abidjan  
15:00 Try: Bakary Meite 5', 34'
Salif Toure 21'
Konan Aghien Nguessan 46'
Issa Bossono 58', 80'
Paul Diallo Dit Peres 64'
Mohamed Barro 73'
Con: Jonathan Lo (3/5) 22', 35', 59'
Douho Kouhon (1/2) 74'
Pen: Jonathan Lo (4/4) 12', 19', 26', 29'
 WR Report Pen: Moise Habumugisha 70'
 Attendance: 3,500

Elimination 3

30 November 2019 Senegal  63-0  Mauritius Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar  
Try: Ousmane Ndiaye 20', 42'
Abdelkarim Fofana 24', 37'
Moussa Barry 29'
Mamadou Lamine Niang 32'
Ibrahima Thiaw 48'
Sagna Pape Alassane 69'
Mamadou Ndiaye 76'
Con: Mamadou Ndiaye (5/7) 21', 29', 33', 38', 49'
Sall Mansour (1/1) 70'
Ibrahima Diao (0/1)
Pen: Sall Mansour (1/1) 5'
Mamadou Ndiaye (1/2) 28'
Cards: Antoine Laporte Red card 59'		 WR Report Attendance: 1,000

Elimination 4

1 December 2019 Madagascar  63-3  Nigeria Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo  
Try: Rija Rakotoarimanana 6'
Zhinot Hery 44', 59', 71'
Zo Randrianarisoa 46'
Herizo Rasoanaivo 53'
Tahina Ratsimandresy 56'
Tinelly Rabemananjara 66'
Fabrice Ramangalahy 80+1'
Con: Herizo Rasoanaivo (4/6) 7', 44', 47', 67'
Hery Rakotomanalina (1/2) 56'
Zo Randrianarisoa 80+2'
Pen: Herizo Rasoanaivo (2/4) 3', 15'
 WR Report Pen: Sulaiman Abdulganiyu 75'
Cards: Praise Rufus-Ashiedu Yellow card 15'		 Attendance: 30,000

Group stage

The group stage will be held from June-July 2020[6]

Group A
2019–20 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1  Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Namibia Cancelled Zambia
12 June 2020
Zambia Cancelled Madagascar
28 June 2020
Madagascar Cancelled Namibia

Group B

2019-2020 Rugby Africa Gold Cup

2019–20 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1  Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
30 May 2020
Kenya Cancelled Morocco
13 June 2020
Morocco Cancelled Ivory Coast
27 June 2020
Ivory Coast Cancelled Kenya

Group C
2019–20 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1  Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Uganda Cancelled Algeria
20 June 2020
Algeria Cancelled Senegal
4 July 2020
Senegal Cancelled Uganda

Group D
2019–20 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Tunisia Cancelled Zimbabwe
20 June 2020
Zimbabwe Cancelled Ghana
4 July 2020
Ghana Cancelled Tunisia

Knock-Out Stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Group A Winner
 
 
 
 Group D Winner
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Group B Winner
 
 
 Group C Winner
 
Third place play-off
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References
  1. "Continental championship Rugby Africa Cup 2020 season starts with new spectator experience". November 13, 2019.
  2. "2020".
  3. "Ghana Eagles meet Botswana Vultures in historic Rugby Africa Cup 2020 kick-off match". November 18, 2019.
  4. "Côte d'Ivoire Elephants encounter Rwanda Silverbacks in Rugby Africa Cup 2020 elimination stage". November 18, 2019.
  5. "Men's Rankings | World Rugby | worldrugby.org". www.world.rugby. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  6. "Ghana defeats Botswana 36-25 in Rugby Africa Cup 2020 kick-off match". November 23, 2019.
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