2019–20 Rugby Africa Cup

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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 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Structure

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The top sixteen nations in African rugby enter the competition, with the bottom eight entering in the elimination stage.^[3]^[4] 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

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The sixteen participating teams were seeded as follows:

(World Rankings taken from November 13, 2019)^[5]

2019–20 Rugby Africa Cup is located in Africa

Kenya

Namibia

Tunisia

Uganda

Zimbabwe

Morocco

Senegal

Botswana

Ivory Coast

Madagascar

Algeria

Zambia

Mauritius

Rwanda

Ghana

Nigeria

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Location of teams in the 2019-20 Rugby Africa Cup
Teams entering in group stage
Teams entering in elimination stage

Seed	Team	2018 position	WR Ranking
1	Namibia	1st Gold Cup	22
2	Kenya	2nd Gold Cup	32
3	Uganda	3rd Gold Cup	41
4	Tunisia	4th Gold Cup	39
5	Zimbabwe	5th Gold Cup	34
6	Algeria	1st Silver Cup	n/a
7	Morocco	6th Gold Cup	48
8	Zambia	2nd Silver Cup	67
9	Madagascar	3rd Silver Cup	51
10	Ivory Coast	4th Silver Cup	43
11	Senegal	5th Silver Cup	54
12	Ghana	1st Bronze Cup	92
13	Botswana	6th Silver Cup	71
14	Mauritius	2nd Bronze Cup	93
15	Rwanda	3rd Bronze Cup	95
16	Nigeria	n/a	70

Elimination stage

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The elimination stage matches will be played from November to December 2019

Elimination 1

23 November 2019
11:00

Ghana 36-25 Botswana

Nduom Sports Stadium, Elmina

Elimination 2

23 November 2019	Ivory Coast	60-3	Rwanda	Bingerville Stadium, Abidjan
15:00	Try: Bakary Meite 5', 34' Salif Toure 21' Konan Aghien Nguessan 46' Issa Bossono 58', 80' Paul Diallo Dit Peres 64' Mohamed Barro 73' Con: Jonathan Lo (3/5) 22', 35', 59' Douho Kouhon (1/2) 74' Pen: Jonathan Lo (4/4) 12', 19', 26', 29'	WR Report	Pen: Moise Habumugisha 70'	Attendance: 3,500

Elimination 3

30 November 2019	Senegal	63-0	Mauritius	Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar
Try: Ousmane Ndiaye 20', 42' Abdelkarim Fofana 24', 37' Moussa Barry 29' Mamadou Lamine Niang 32' Ibrahima Thiaw 48' Sagna Pape Alassane 69' Mamadou Ndiaye 76' Con: Mamadou Ndiaye (5/7) 21', 29', 33', 38', 49' Sall Mansour (1/1) 70' Ibrahima Diao (0/1) Pen: Sall Mansour (1/1) 5' Mamadou Ndiaye (1/2) 28' Cards: Antoine Laporte Red card 59'	WR Report	Attendance: 1,000

Elimination 4

1 December 2019	Madagascar	63-3	Nigeria	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Try: Rija Rakotoarimanana 6' Zhinot Hery 44', 59', 71' Zo Randrianarisoa 46' Herizo Rasoanaivo 53' Tahina Ratsimandresy 56' Tinelly Rabemananjara 66' Fabrice Ramangalahy 80+1' Con: Herizo Rasoanaivo (4/6) 7', 44', 47', 67' Hery Rakotomanalina (1/2) 56' Zo Randrianarisoa 80+2' Pen: Herizo Rasoanaivo (2/4) 3', 15'	WR Report	Pen: Sulaiman Abdulganiyu 75' Cards: Praise Rufus-Ashiedu Yellow card 15'	Attendance: 30,000