2014 Africa Cup

Changes from the 2013 Africa Cup:

• Division 2 North was held as a Rugby Sevens tournament, while Division 2 South was played as a 15-a-side tournament.
• Division 3 is no longer on the programme. It was scheduled for 2013 however, due to economic and political instability, no games were played
•  Namibia was promoted to Division 1A
•  Uganda was relegated to Division 1B
•  Ivory Coast was promoted to Division 1B
•  Botswana was relegated to Division 1C
•  Eswatini was added to Division 1C despite not competing last year, replacing  Niger, who will instead play in Division 2 North
•  DR Congo was scheduled to play in Division 3 Central in 2013, but was unable to. They will compete in the new Division 2 South tournament.
• The following teams competed in XV last year, but will only compete in VII in 2014:  Burkina Faso,  Mali,  Ghana,  Togo,  Benin,  Niger

Division 1A was held between 26 June and 6 July 2014, at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The winner qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup as Africa 1, and the runner up qualified for the repechage. The competing teams were:

•  Kenya
•  Madagascar
•  Namibia
•  Zimbabwe

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Namibia (22)	3	2	0	1	135	59	+76	10
2	Zimbabwe (30)	3	2	0	1	105	56	+49	10
3	Kenya (33)	3	2	0	1	73	50	+23	10
4	Madagascar (35)	3	0	0	3	32	180	–148	0

Numbers in parentheses are pre-tournament IRB rankings

Match Schedule^[2]

	28 June 2014	Kenya	29 – 22	Namibia	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar
	13:00 (EAT)	Try: Humphrey Kayange, Michael Okombe, Edwin Achayo, Andrew Amonde Con: Lavin Asego 3 Pen: Lavin Asego	Match Report	Try: Heinrich Smit 2, Chrysander Botha Con: Theuns Kotzé 2 Pen: Theuns Kotzé	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Luke Pearce

	28 June 2014	Zimbabwe	57 – 22	Madagascar	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar
	15:00 (EAT)	Try: Jacques Leitao 4, Lambert Groenewald, Riaan O'Neill, Stephan Hunduza, Farai Mudariki Con: Guy Cronjé 6, Lenience Tambwera Pen: Guy Cronjé	Match Report	Try: Jean de Dieu Rakotonirina, Jose Rakoto Harison, Solonirina Rasoanaivo Con: Jose Rakoto Harison 2 Pen: Jose Rakoto Harison	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Lourens van der Merwe

	2 July 2014	Zimbabwe	20 – 24	Namibia	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar
	13:00 (EAT)	Try: Daniel Hondo, Tangai Nemadire Con: Guy Cronjé 2 Pen: Guy Cronjé 2	Match Report	Try: Penalty try, Renaldo Bothma, Rohan Kitshoff Con: Theuns Kotzé 3 Pen: Theuns Kotzé	Referee: Francisco Pastrana

	2 July 2014	Kenya	34 – 0	Madagascar	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar
	15:00 (EAT)				Referee: Luke Pearce

	6 July 2014	Kenya	10 – 28	Zimbabwe	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar
			Match Report	Try: Hilton Mudariki, Riaan O'Neill, Guy Cronjé Con: Guy Cronjé 2 Pen: Guy Cronjé 3	Referee: Lourens van der Merwe

	6 July 2014	Madagascar	10 – 89	Namibia	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar
			Match Report	Try: Renaldo Bothma 4, David Philander 2, Penalty try 2, Rohan Kitshoff, Jaco Engels, Chrysander Botha, Heinrich Smit, Johann Tromp Con: Theuns Kotzé 12	Referee: Francisco Pastrana

Division 1B was held between 9 and 14 June 2014, in Tunis, Tunisia. The competing teams were:

•  Ivory Coast
•  Senegal
•  Tunisia
•  Uganda

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 June 2014
	Uganda	19
					14 June 2014
	Ivory Coast	21
					Ivory Coast	6
	10 June 2014
					Tunisia	26
	Tunisia	22
	Senegal	14
					Third place
					14 June 2014
					Uganda	31
					Senegal	32

Semi-finals

	10 June 2014	Uganda	19 – 21	Ivory Coast	Stade Municipal, Nabeul, Tunisia

	10 June 2014	Tunisia	22 – 14	Senegal	Stade Municipal, Nabeul, Tunisia

3rd Place Playoff

	14 June 2014	Uganda	31 – 32	Senegal	Stade Municipal, Nabeul, Tunisia

Final

	14 June 2014	Tunisia	26 – 6	Ivory Coast	Stade Municipal, Nabeul, Tunisia

Division 1C was held between 14 and 21 June 2014, in Gaborone, Botswana.

Morocco were initially supposed to play in Division 1C, but withdrew; they were replaced by South African club side, the 2014 SARU Community Cup champions Rustenburg Impala.^[3]

The competing teams were:

•  Botswana
•  Morocco
•  Mauritius
•  Nigeria
•  Eswatini
•  Zambia
• Rustenburg Impala

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Rustenburg Impala	3	3	0	0	201	36	+165	15
2	Mauritius	3	2	0	1	218	78	+140	10
3	Botswana	3	2	0	1	161	68	+93	10
4	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	91	126	−35	5
5	Zambia	3	1	0	2	61	153	−92	5
6	Eswatini	3	0	0	3	10	281	−271	0

Match Schedule^[4]

	15 June 2014	Mauritius	17 – 61	Rustenburg Impala	University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana

	15 June 2014	Botswana	86 – 0	Eswatini	University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana

	15 June 2014	Nigeria	20 – 30	Zambia	University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana

	18 June 2014	Nigeria	61 – 10	Eswatini	University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana

	18 June 2014	Zambia	17 – 67	Mauritius	University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana

	18 June 2014	Botswana	9 – 54	Rustenburg Impala	University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana

	21 June 2014	Botswana	66 – 14	Zambia	University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana

	21 June 2014	Rustenburg Impala	86 – 10	Nigeria	University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana

	21 June 2014	Mauritius	134 – 0	Eswatini	University of Botswana Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana