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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 season, 2019 Rugby Africa Gold Cup, itself only the third edition of a previous restructuring of the continent's tournament. The new Rugby Africa Cup replaces the multi-tiered Gold, Silver, and Bronze Cups with a seeded group stage followed by a knockout round. This results in fewer matches being played, but also greatly reduced costs and travel times from the round-robin Gold Cup. The group stage of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Structure The top sixteen nations in African rugby enter the competition, with the bottom eight entering in the elimination stage. 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 partici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Rugby Africa Season
The 2019 Rugby Africa season experienced significant restructuring and downsizing from the previous two seasons due to the loss of sponsor Kwese Sports. Due to the lack of funding, the previous formats of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze divisions of the Africa Cup were replaced with a revival of the Victoria Cup (rugby union), Victoria Cup and a regional West African series. Men's Tournaments Victoria Cup The Victoria Cup was held for the first time since 2011 and featured four nations playing a double round robin. The fixtures between Kenya and Uganda doubled as the two legs of the Elgon Cup. Matches West African Series The Ghana Rugby Football Union organized a regional series for West African nations.https://www.world.rugby/tournament/1950 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Africa Cup Africa Cup, 2019 2019 rugby union tournaments for national teams 2019 in African rugby union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
