The 2002 Africa Cup (officially called at those time "Africa Top Six") was the third edition of highest level rugby union tournament in Africa Six teams participated to this tournament valid also as final round of African qualification for 2003 Rugby World Cup. For this reason, at the tournament participated the winner of first round, the Madadagascar. The teams were divided in two pools, with a final between the winner of each pool. A second division was also played

3rd Africa Cup
Date18 May 2002–
10 November 2002
Countries Ivory Coast
 Madagascar
 Morocco
 Namibia
 Tunisia
 Zimbabwe
Final positions
Champions Namibia
Runner-up Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
2001
2003

Division 1 (Africa Cup)

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Regional pools

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Pool South

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Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1   Namibia 2 2 0 0 158 30 -128 4
2   Madagascar 2 1 0 1 52 119 -66 2
3   Zimbabwe 2 0 0 2 33 94 -61 0
2 June 2002
Madagascar  52 – 3  Zimbabwe
Antananarivo

15 June 2002
Namibia  116 – 0  Madagascar
Windhoek

29 June 2002
Zimbabwe  30 – 42  Namibia
Harare

Pool North

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Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1   Tunisia 2 2 0 0 40 34 +6 4
2   Morocco 2 1 0 1 49 48 +1 2
2   Ivory Coast 2 0 0 2 29 36 -7 0
18 May 2002
Tunisia  27 – 26  Morocco
Tunis

25 May 2002
Ivory Coast  8 – 13  Tunisia
Abidjan

1 June 2002
Morocco  23 – 21  Ivory Coast
Casablanca

Finals

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28 September 2002
Namibia  26 – 19  Tunisia
Windhoek

12 October 2002
Tunisia  24 – 17  Namibia
Tunis

The aggregate results was drawn 33-33. Namibia won thanks the number of tries scored.

Division 2

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See also

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References and notes

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