The Algerian Rugby Federation (FAR) ; ( ar, الفدرالية الجزائرية للرغبي) is the governing body for
rugby union in Algeria. Algeria became a full member of
Rugby Africa
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 ...
in December 2016.
The federation is responsible for the
Algerian national team and the Algerian Rugby Championship. It is in charge of promoting the sport in Algeria, organizes international matches for the national team, and is involved in educating and training players and officials. Algeria has never participated in the
Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams. The tournament is administered by World Rugby, the sport's international governing body. The winners are awarded the Webb E ...
qualifiers. Their best result to date was a 50-0 win against
Egypt
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and
Libya
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, both in a Cairo international tournament in 2010.
FAR was accepted as an affiliate member of World Rugby in 2019 and became a full member in 2021.
History
During the French presence in Algeria before 1962, rugby union had its followers either in
Oran,
Guelma,
Algiers or
Annaba
Annaba ( ar, عنّابة, "Place of the Jujubes"; ber, Aânavaen), formerly known as Bon, Bona and Bône, is a seaport city in the northeastern corner of Algeria, close to the border with Tunisia. Annaba is near the small Seybouse River ...
where clubs like Stade Oranais, RIJA, USMMC, AGVGA or ES Guelma were existent. Rugby had its moments of glory and many Algerian players have been able to achieve successful professional careers abroad, especially in France; but discipline disappeared after the independence of Algeria due to lack of multiple items till 1972 when it disappeared completely.
During the beginning of the 2000s, The Algerian Rugby Clubs Committee was established to revive the discipline before creating the federation. On 17 November 2015 the federation was created in
Algiers during a constitutive general assembly chaired by
Mustapha Larfaoui, honorary president of the
Algerian Olympic and Sports Committee and attended by representatives of 18 clubs of 16 wilayas. Sofiane Benhassen was elected first president of the federation.
In December 2016, Benhassen reported that they would begin a national ruby championship among 20
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
club teams, starting in 2017.
Crest
File:Algerian Rugby Federation (logo).png, Logo (2015–17)
File:Algerian Rugby Federation - logo.png, Logo (2017–present)
See also
*
Rugby union in Algeria
*
Algeria national rugby union team
References
External links
Official website
Rugby union in Algeria
Rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
Sports organizations established in 2015
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