2008–09 Africa Cup

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The 2008–09 Africa Cup is the ninth edition of highest level rugby union tournament in Africa. The competition involves twelve teams that are divided into two zones (North and South). Each zone is then divided into two pools of three. Each pool winner then qualifies for a semi-final; the semi-final winners then play each other in the final.

9th Africa Cup
Tournament details
Date14 May 2008–
27 November 2009
Teams19
Final positions
Champions Namibia
Runner-up Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
2007
2010

Teams

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Format

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The tournament will be used as the first stage of qualification for Rugby World Cup 2011. The top two teams will progress in the World Cup and in the Africa Cup, which will be the main tournament for the African qualifiers. Swaziland, Nigeria and Botswana have been added to the qualification process as they possess an IRB ranking. A two-legged playoff between the two lowest ranked teams from the south (Botswana and Swaziland) and the two lowest ranked teams from the north (Cameroon and Nigeria) will begin the tournament to take the competition numbers from 14 to 12 to make the group stage four groups of three teams.

Division 1 (Africa Cup)

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Playoff round

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11 May 2008
Cameroon  26 – 6  Nigeria
Yaoundé

17 May 2008
Botswana  25 – 7  Eswatini
Gaborone

Pool Stage

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Pool winners qualify for the semi-finals. Top teams also progress to second stage of world cup qualification, in the Africa Cup. Pools determined through world rankings.[1]

Bonus point system: 4 points for a win, 2 for a draw, 0 for a loss, 1 point for scoring four tries in a game, 1 point for losing by seven or less.

Pool A

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Team P W D Lost For Ag. Diff. TB LB Points Notes
  Namibia 2 2 0 0 48 31 +17 1 0 9 To semifinals
  Senegal 1 0 0 1 10 13 -3 0 1 1 to 2009 Africa Throphy North
  Zimbabwe 1 0 0 1 21 35 -14 0 0 0 to 2009 Africa Throphy South

14 June 2008
  Senegal10 – 13  Namibia
Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar

  ZimbabweCancelled  Senegal

Pool B

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Team P W D Lost For Ag. Diff. TB LB Points Notes
  Ivory Coast 2 2 0 0 53 18 +35 1 0 9 to semifinals
  Morocco 2 1 0 1 38 39 -1 1 0 5 to 2009 Africa Throphy North
  Zambia 2 0 0 2 27 61 -34 0 0 0 to 2009 Africa Throphy South

14 June 2008
Zambia  18 – 29  Morocco
Lusaka


2 August 2008
Morocco  9 – 21  Ivory Coast
COC Stadium, Casablanca

Pool C

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Team P W D Lost For Ag. Diff. TB LB Points Notes
  Tunisia 2 2 0 0 60 25 +35 1 0 9 to semifinals
  Kenya 2 1 0 1 91 52 +39 1 0 5 to 2009 Africa Throphy North
  Cameroon 2 0 0 2 18 92 -74 0 1 1 to 2009 Africa Throphy North
14 June 2008
Cameroon  12 – 16  Tunisia
Yaoundé

12 July 2008
Kenya  76 – 8  Cameroon
E.A. Union Ground, Nairobi

2 August 2008
Tunisia  44 – 15  Kenya
Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Pool D

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Team P W D Lost For Ag. Diff. TB LB Points Notes
  Uganda 2 2 0 0 59 32 +27 2 0 10 to semifinals
  Madagascar 2 1 0 1 67 47 +20 1 0 5 to 2009 Africa Throphy South
  Botswana 2 0 0 2 25 72 -47 0 0 0 to 2009 Africa Throphy South
14 June 2008
Botswana  10 – 27  Uganda
Gaborone


2 August 2008
Uganda  32 – 22  Madagascar
Kyodondo Rugby Club, Kampala

Knockout stage

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Semifinals

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Semi finals and final of this edition of the Africa Cup are to take place in 2009 doubling as the final leg of African Rugby World Cup qualification.

13 June 2009
Uganda  17 – 41  Tunisia
Kyodondo Rugby Club, Kampala

27 June 2009
Tunisia  38 – 13  Uganda
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
  • Tunisia won the series with aggregate results of 79-30

  • Namibia won the series with aggregate results of 67-27

Final

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14 November 2009
Tunisia  13 – 18  Namibia
Stade El Menzah, Tunis

28 November 2009
Namibia  22 – 10  Tunisia
Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek
  • Namibia won the series with aggregate results of 40-23

Division 2

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Division 3

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References

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