The 2012 Africa Cup was the twelfth edition of the
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 ...
, an annual international
rugby union
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tournament for African nations organised by the
Confederation of African Rugby
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. , Rugby Africa has 37 member nations and runs several rugby tournaments ...
(CAR).
The tournaments between 2012 and 2014 will also serve as
qualifiers for the
2015 Rugby World Cup
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was onl ...
.
Changes from last season
Changes from the
2011 Africa Cup
The 2011 Africa Cup was the eleventh edition of this tournament. The competition has been restructured into several tiers, based on the International Rugby Board, IRB rankings.
The top sixteen teams played in Division 1, which is divided into four ...
:
* and were relegated from Division 1A to Division 1B after withdrawing from the 2011 event.
* and were promoted from Division 1B to Division 1A.
* were relegated from Division 1B to Division 1C after withdrawing from the 2011 event.
* were promoted from Division 1C to Division 1B.
* and were promoted from Division 1D to Division 1C.
* Division 1D was discontinued.
* Division 2 (North) and Division 2 (South) were merged into a single Division 2.
* and joined in Division 2.
* withdrew from Division 2 (North).
* and withdrew from Division 2.
* , , , , , , and - who all withdrew at some stage for the 2011 tournament - were not included in the 2012 tournament.
Group 1A
Group 1A was held from 10 to 14 July in
Tunis
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Teams
The teams competing in Group 1A:
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*
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Table
Results
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
Final
Group 1B
Group 1B was held from 4–11 July in
Antananarivo
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,
Madagascar
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.
Teams
The teams competing in Group 1B:
*
*
*
*
Table
were promoted to Group 1A.
were relegated to Group 1C and eliminated from the
2015 Rugby World Cup
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was onl ...
.
Results
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
Final
* Two all-time Test rugby records were set in this match:
** Namibia's 54 points set a new record for the highest score by a losing team. The previous record was set by in their 50–44 loss to in
Tucumán in 2004.
** The full-time score of 43–43 was the highest-scoring draw at full-time in history. The previous record was 30–30, set first by and at
Durban
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in 2005 and then by and at
Kaunas
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in a
2011 European Nations Cup match
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.
Group 1C
Group 1C was held on 22–28 July in
Gaborone
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,
Botswana
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. There were three rounds, with no final.
Cameroon
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withdraw at a very late stage, and as such, the tournament was reduced to a 5-team tournament.
Teams
The teams competing in Group 1C:
*
*
*
*
*
* - withdrawn
Games
Game Day 1
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Game Day 2
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Game Day 3
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Final table
Division 2
Division 2 was held on 29–30 June in
Lomé
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Togo
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. The tournament was played under
Rugby 7's laws.
Teams
The teams competing in Division 2:
*
*
*
*
*
*
* A
* B
Pool A
Match Schedule
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Pool B
Match Schedule
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Knockout stage
Plate Semi-finals
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Cup Semi-finals
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Seventh-place game
Plate final
Third-place game
Cup final
Under-19
An
Under-19 competition was held from 25 Aug - 1 Sep in
Harare
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,
Zimbabwe
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. The winner will qualify for the
2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
The 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy was the sixth annual international rugby union competition for under-20 national teams, second-tier world championship.
The event was held in Temuco, Chile and was organized by rugby's governing body, the In ...
. The winner of Division B (Madagascar) will replace the last place finisher in Division A (Tunisia) for the 2013 tournament.
Teams
The teams competing in the Under-19 competition:
Division A
*
*
*
*
Division B
*
*
*
Uganda
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pulled out of Division B, and was replaced with a Harare U19 Select XV.
Division A
Match Schedule
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Division B
Match Schedule
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See also
*
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 ...
*
2015 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification The Africa section of 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying saw thirteen teams competing for one direct qualification spot into the final tournament in England, and one spot in the Repechage play-offs.
Format
The Africa Cup, run by the Confederation of A ...
References
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