2015 Africa Cup

15th Africa Cup
Final positions
Champions	Namibia
Runner-up	Zimbabwe
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The 2015 Africa Cup will be the fifteenth edition of the Africa Cup, an annual international rugby union tournament for African nations organised by Rugby Africa.^[1]^[2]

Changes from last season

Changes from the 2014 Africa Cup:

All Division 2 tournaments will be held as 15-a-side tournaments
Tunisia was promoted to Division 1A
Madagascar was relegated to Division 1B
Botswana and Mauritius were promoted to Division 1B
Cameroon was added to Division 1C, after serving a suspension from Rugby Africa
Morocco was added to Division 1C, despite missing the 2014 tournament.
Congo was added to Division 2 South
Eswatini was relegated to Division 2
Lesotho and Malawi were added to Division 2.

Division 1A

Division 1A will be played during June and July 2015. The matches will be hosted by each of the Division 1A teams, with the top two ranked teams (Namibia and Zimbabwe hosting two matches each. The format is a single round robin, home or away format.

The competing teams are:

Key to colours in group tables
	Champions
	Relegated

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Namibia (22)	3	3	0	0	148	33	+115	9
2	Zimbabwe (27)	3	2	0	1	53	108	–55	6
3	Kenya (29)	3	1	0	2	79	89	–10	3
4	Tunisia (36)	3	0	0	3	37	87	–50	0

Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament World Rugby rankings

Match Schedule

	6 June 2015	Tunisia	14 – 22	Namibia	National Stadium, Nabeul
	16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Try: Auoadi Chahir 31' m Con: Chams Edin Khalifa (0/1) Pen: Chams Edin Khalifa (2/2) 17', 47', 49'	Report^[3]	Try: PJ van Lill 3' c David Philander (2) 10' m, 76' c Con: Theuns Kotzé (2/3) 4', 76' Pen: Theuns Kotzé (1/2) 60' Cards: Roderique Victor 57' to 67'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

	13 June 2015	Zimbabwe	28 – 20	Kenya	Jubilee Field, Harare
	15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Try: Sanele Sibanda 11' c Riaan O'Neill 15' c Tafadzwa Chitokwindo 70' m Con: Tichafara Makwanya (2/2) 12', 16' Pen: Tichafara Makwanya (3/4) 21', 46, 59' Cards: Fortune Chipendo 51' to 61'	Report^[4]	Try: Jacob Ojee 19' m Darwin Mukidza 35' c Joshua Chisanga 38' m Con: Darwin Mukidza (1/3) 36' Pen: Darwin Mukidza (1/2) 51'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Stuart Berry (South Africa)

	28 June 2015	Kenya	46 – 15	Tunisia	RFUEA Ground, Nairobi
	15:00 EAT (UTC+3)	Try: Darwin Mukidza (2) 8' c, 59' m Sammy Oliech (2) 20' c, 64' c Robert Aringo 69' c Vincent Mose 79' c Con: Darwin Mukidza (5/6) 9', 21', 64', 69', 80' Pen: Darwin Mukidza (2/3) 48', 67'	Report^[5]	Pen: Khlifa Eddin (4/5) 6', 12', 40', 61' Drop: Khlifa Eddin (1/1) 4' Cards: Haythem Cheli 78' to 80'	Referee: Kurt Weaver (USA)

	4 July 2015	Zimbabwe	19 – 8	Tunisia	Jubilee Field, Harare
	15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Try: Fortune Chipendu 26' c Con: Tichafara Makwanya (1/1) 27' Pen: Tichafara Makwanya (3/3) 6', 13', 61' Lenience Tambwera (1/1) 79'	Report^[6]	Try: Mlise Mohammed 42' m Pen: Chams Edin Khalifa (1/1) 17'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Kurt Weaver (USA)

	8 August 2015	Namibia	46 – 13	Kenya	Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek
	16:00 WAT (UTC+01)	Try: Chrysander Botha 9' c David Philander 28' c Darryl de la Harpe (2) 38' m, 43' c Penalty try 63' c Renaldo Bothma 69' c Con: Theuns Kotzé (5/6) 10', 29', 44', 65', 70' Pen: Theuns Kotzé (2/2) 5', 14'	Report^[7]	Try: Joshua Chisanga 73' c Con: Darwin Mukidza (1/1) 74' Pen: Darwin Mukidza (2/2) 6', 19'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lesego Legoete (South Africa)

	15 August 2015	Namibia	80 – 6	Zimbabwe	Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek
	15:00 WAT (UTC+01)	Try: Rohan Kitshoff (3) 20' c, 40' c, 70' c Renaldo Bothma 32' c JC Greyling 35' c Johan Deysel 45' c Russell van Wyk (2) 51' c, 72' m Johnny Redelinghuys (2) 56' c, 79' c PJ van Lill 59' m Tinus du Plessis 76' c Con: Theuns Kotzé (10/12) 20', 33', 36', 40', 45', 52', 57', 70', 77', 80'	Report^[8]	Pen: Tichafara Makwanya (2/3) 14', 26'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Division 1B

Division 1B will be held between 3 and 11 July 2015, in Kampala, Uganda.

The competing teams are:

Key to colours in group tables
	Champions
	Relegated

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Uganda (56)	3	3	0	0	134	32	+102	15
2	Madagascar (46)	3	3	0	0	99	68	+31	14
3	Senegal (42)	3	1	0	2	82	48	+34	6
4	Botswana (70)	3	1	0	2	54	116	-62	4
5	Ivory Coast (49)	3	1	0	2	59	89	-30	4
6	Mauritius (91)	3	0	0	3	38	110	-72	0

Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament World Rugby rankings.

Match Schedule

	5 July 2015	Madagascar	36 - 18	Botswana	Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda

	5 July 2015	Uganda	40 - 11	Ivory Coast	Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda

	5 July 2015	Mauritius	3 - 42	Senegal	Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda

	8 July 2015	Uganda	35 - 11	Mauritius	Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda

	8 July 2015	Senegal	21 - 26	Botswana	Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda

	8 July 2015	Ivory Coast	26 - 30	Madagascar	Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda

	11 July 2015	Senegal	19 - 22	Ivory Coast	Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda

	11 July 2015	Madagascar	33 - 24	Mauritius	Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda

	11 July 2015	Uganda	59 - 10	Botswana	Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda

Division 1C

Division 1C will be held between 22 and 27 June 2015, in Lusaka, Zambia. The competing teams are:

Morocco were originally scheduled to compete, but are not listed on the most recent schedule.^[2] Cameroon apparently withdrew from the tournament.

Key to colours in group tables
	Champions

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Zambia (88)	2	2	0	0	34	20	+14	6
2	Nigeria (75)	2	1	0	1	42	38	+4	3
3	Zimbabwe B	2	0	0	2	35	53	-18	0

Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament World Rugby rankings

Match Schedule

	21 June 2015	Zambia	15 - 8	Nigeria	Lusaka, Zambia

	24 June 2015	Nigeria	34 - 23	Zimbabwe B	Lusaka, Zambia

	27 June 2015	Zimbabwe B	12 - 19	Zambia	Lusaka, Zambia

Division 2

Division 2 is split into regional based tournaments, in the north and south of Africa.

North

The North Group tournament will be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso between 23 and 31 May 2015. The competing teams are:

Key to colours in group tables
	Champions

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference	Table points
1	Niger	3	3	0	0	160	30	+130	15
2	Mali	3	3	0	0	115	24	+91	15
3	Burkina Faso	3	3	0	0	99	10	+89	13
4	Ghana	3	0	0	3	17	64	-47	0
5	Togo	3	0	0	3	34	101	-67	0
6	Benin	3	0	0	3	13	209	-196	0

Match Schedule

	24 May 2015	Burkina Faso	67 – 3	Benin	Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
			WR Result

	24 May 2015	Togo	12 – 31	Mali	Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
			WR Result

	24 May 2015	Niger	28 – 10	Ghana	Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
			WR Result

	27 May 2015	Mali	24 – 7	Ghana	Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

	27 May 2015	Niger	80 – 5	Benin	Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

	27 May 2015	Burkina Faso	20 – 7	Togo	Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

	30 May 2015	Burkina Faso	12 – 0	Ghana	Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

	30 May 2015	Niger	50 – 15	Togo	Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

	30 May 2015	Mali	60 – 0	Benin	Stade de l'Union Sportive des Forces Armées, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

South East

The South-East Group tournament will be held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo between 25–30 June 2015. The competing teams are:

Burundi and Congo apparently withdrew from the tournament.

Match Schedule

	30 June 2015	DR Congo	29 - 3	Rwanda	Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

South

The South Group tournament will be held in Lesotho between 7–13 June 2015. The competing teams are:

Malawi apparently withdrew from the tournament.

Match Schedule

	30 June 2015	Eswatini	10 - 13	Lesotho	Bambatha Sports Arena, Maseru, Lesotho

References

^ "Competitions 2015". Rugby Afrique. 16 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "RUGBY AFRIQUE 2015 COMPETITIONS" (PDF). Rugby Afrique. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
^ "Positive start by Namibia". namibian.com.na. Retrieved 14 September 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Simbas fall to narrow defeat in Harare". Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
^ "Simbas maul Tunisia". Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
^ "ZIMBO Flavour. . . Sables dismiss Tunisia | the Zimbabwe Daily". Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
^ "Namibia sweep aside Kenya - IOL Sport". iol.co.za. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Namibia thrash Zimbabwe 80-6". namibian.com.na. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[2015_Rugby-1] "Competitions 2015". Rugby Afrique. 16 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

[Calendar-2] "RUGBY AFRIQUE 2015 COMPETITIONS" (PDF). Rugby Afrique. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

[3] "Positive start by Namibia". namibian.com.na. Retrieved 14 September 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Simbas fall to narrow defeat in Harare". Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-06-28.

[5] "Simbas maul Tunisia". Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-07-13.

[6] "ZIMBO Flavour. . . Sables dismiss Tunisia | the Zimbabwe Daily". Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-07.

[7] "Namibia sweep aside Kenya - IOL Sport". iol.co.za. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[8] "Namibia thrash Zimbabwe 80-6". namibian.com.na. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

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Changes from last season

Division 1A

Division 1B

Division 1C

Division 2

North

South East

South

See also

References