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.

2019-20 Rugby Africa Cup

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.

Structure

The top sixteen nations in African rugby enter the competition, with the bottom eight entering in the elimination stage.[2][3] 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)[4]

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 of 2019

Elimination 1

23 November 2019
11:00
Ghana  36-25  Botswana

Elimination 2


Elimination 3


Elimination 4

Group Stage

The group stage will be held from June-July of 2020[5]

Group A
2019-2020 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
Pos Team Pl W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 Namibia000000000
2 Zambia000000000
3 Madagascar000000000
* Legend: Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, Pts = Log Points.


Group B
2019-2020 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
Pos Team Pl W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 Kenya000000000
2 Morocco000000000
3 Ivory Coast000000000
* Legend: Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, Pts = Log Points.

Group C
2019-2020 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
Pos Team Pl W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 Uganda000000000
2 Algeria000000000
3 Senegal000000000
* Legend: Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, Pts = Log Points.

Group D
2019-2020 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
Pos Team Pl W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 Tunisia000000000
2 Zimbabwe000000000
3 Ghana000000000
* Legend: Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, Pts = Log Points.

Knock-Out Stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Group A Winner
 
 
 
 Group D Winner
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Group B Winner
 
 
 Group C Winner
 
Third place play-off
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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References
  1. "Continental championship Rugby Africa Cup 2020 season starts with new spectator experience". November 13, 2019.
  2. "Ghana Eagles meet Botswana Vultures in historic Rugby Africa Cup 2020 kick-off match". November 18, 2019.
  3. "Côte d'Ivoire Elephants encounter Rwanda Silverbacks in Rugby Africa Cup 2020 elimination stage". November 18, 2019.
  4. "Men's Rankings | World Rugby | worldrugby.org". www.world.rugby.
  5. "Ghana defeats Botswana 36-25 in Rugby Africa Cup 2020 kick-off match". November 23, 2019.
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