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The Rugby Africa Cup is a two-year men's rugby union tournament involving the top 16 African nations based on their World Rugby rankings, it is organised by Rugby Africa. The tournament was first held in 2000. [1] It was renamed the Rugby Africa Cup in November 2019, it was previously called the Africa Cup since 2006, the CAR Top 9 and CAR Top 10.
The World Rugby Rankings is a ranking system for national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body. There are separate men's and women's rankings. The teams of World Rugby's member nations are ranked based on their game results, with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
Rugby Africa is the administrative body for rugby union within the continent of Africa under the authority of World Rugby, which is the world governing body of rugby union. As of 2018 [update] , Rugby Africa has 37 member nations and runs several rugby tournaments for national teams, including the Africa Cup which is the main 15-a-side ...
Ireland, France, South Africa and New Zealand shape as the tournament favourites – but how far down our rankings are England and Wales after a difficult 2023 so far?
^1 South Africa did not play any matches in the 2020 calendar year due to complications faced with preparation and travel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^2 Amongst South Africa's matches in their 2019-2021 tenure at No. 1 are three matches against British & Irish Lions, which do not affect ranking points. Key: y = years, m = months, d ...
Round 3 will commence in July 2025, with a round-robin tournament determining the winner and qualifying for the Rugby World Cup as Africa 1. The runner-up (Africa 2) will progress to an Africa / Asia play-off match against Asia 2 to decide who plays in the Final Qualification Tournament. Like the first round, Kampala, Uganda will host the ...
The Rugby World Cup’s final four have been decided after a thrilling quarter-final weekend in France.. Ireland and France, who topped our rankings last week, are out of the tournament, their ...
Fourteen participants entered the Africa qualifiers in a bid to join South Africa (already qualified due to top 3 finish in the pool stages in 2019) at the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Three teams begin play in Round 1, with eleven more in Round 2. The same seeding from the cancelled 2019–20 Rugby Africa Cup is used for the group stage. Team World ...