20th Africa Cup
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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.

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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