African Development Trophy
SportRugby union
Founded2004
Inaugural season2004
No. of teams16
ContinentAfrica

The African Development Trophy also called CAR Development Trophy is a rugby union tournament consisting of 16 teams played in the continent of Africa, formerly named the CAR Castel Beer Trophy. It is organised by Rugby Africa and was also known as the CAR Super 16. The tournament contains the teams in the second division of African rugby, below those playing in the Africa Cup. The competition is divided into north and south sections with two pools of four in each section. The winners of these pools will go on to play each other in the final where the winner of both north and south will be found.

Summary

Second division

Year Pools Regional Winners Champions
Host Winner Score Runner-up Host Winner Score Runner-up
CAR Castel Beer Trophy (CAR Super 16 Trophy)
2004 North A Dakar, Senegal  Mali n/a  Senegal Bamako, Mali  Botswana n/a  Mali
North B Lomé, Togo  Niger n/a  Togo
South Gaborone, Botswana  Botswana n/a  Swaziland
2005 North Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  Burkina Faso 16–3  Mali Curepipe, Mauritius  Mauritius 103–3  Burkina Faso
South Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Mauritius n/a  Tanzania
2006 North Niamey, Niger  Niger withdraw  Nigeria Arusha, Tanzania  Tanzania 29–10  Niger
South Arusha, Tanzania  Tanzania 11–10  Réunion
2007 North Lagos, Nigeria  Nigeria withdraw  Burkina Faso No competition
South Gaborone, Botswana  Botswana 37–14  Tanzania
CAR Development Trophy
2008 North Accra, Ghana  Niger 16–3  Burkina Faso No competition
Center Bujumbura, Burundi  Rwanda n/a  Burundi
South Curepipe, Mauritius  Réunion n/a  Mauritius
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Third division

Year Pools Regional Winners
Host Winner Score Runner-up
CAR Development Trophy
2009 North Tsévié, Togo  Niger 5–3  Ghana
South Gaborone, Botswana  Zimbabwe 23–3  Botswana
2010 North Cairo, Egypt  Algeria 50–0  Egypt
South Kigali, Rwanda  Rwanda 12–6  Burundi
Bujumbura, Burundi 16–0

See also

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