The 2003
Africa Cup
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. It was renamed the Rugby Africa Cup i ...
(officially called at those time "Africa Top Nive") was the fourth edition of highest level rugby union tournament in Africa
Nine teams were admitted, but Tunisia withdrew. The final was played in 2004, due to the participation of Namibia in the
2003 Rugby World Cup
The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup. Originally planned to be hosted by India, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the Indian Rugby Union and Rugby World Cup ...
tournament.
The teams were divided in three pools, with the winner of the pool and the better second admitted to the semifinals. A
second division was also played
Division 1 (Africa Cup)
Regional pools
Pool A
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Pool 2
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Pool 3
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Knockout stage
Semifinals
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Final
Division 2
References and notes
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2003 rugby union tournaments for national teams
2003 in African rugby union