2006 Africa Cup

The 2006 Africa Cup was the seventh edition of highest level rugby union tournament in Africa. In this edition, the tournament expanded from nine nations to twelve leading to a change in the format of the tournament which now includes four pools of three teams. Results from Pool 1 & 2 also counted for the 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying.

7th Africa Cup

Date	8 April 2006 – 2 December 2006
Countries	Cameroon Ivory Coast Kenya Madagascar Morocco Namibia Senegal South Africa Amateurs Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Final positions
Champions	South Africa Amateurs
Runner-up	Namibia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
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Division 1 (Africa Cup)

Pool Stage

Pool 1 & 2 were played on home and away basis as they also counted for Round 2 of 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying. Pool winners qualify for the semi-finals.

Pool 1

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Namibia	4	2	0	2	140	81	+59	8
2	Tunisia	4	2	0	2	91	67	+24	8
3	Kenya	4	2	0	2	79	162	-83	8

27 May 2006

Namibia	84 – 12	Kenya

Windhoek

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10 June 2006

Kenya	25 – 21	Tunisia

Nairobi

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1 July 2006

Tunisia	24 – 7	Namibia

Tunis

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2 September 2006

Kenya	30 – 26	Namibia

Nairobi

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16 September 2006

Tunisia	31 – 12	Kenya

Tunis

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7 October 2006

Namibia	23 – 15	Tunisia

Windhoek

Pool 2

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Morocco	4	3	1	0	73	22	+51	11
2	Ivory Coast	4	1	1	2	41	73	-32	7
3	Uganda	4	1	0	3	47	66	-19	6

3 June 2006

Morocco	36 – 3	Uganda

Casablanca

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17 June 2006

Ivory Coast	9 – 9	Morocco

Abidjan

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1 July 2006

Uganda	32 – 7	Ivory Coast

Kampala

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2 September 2006

Uganda	3 – 5	Morocco

Kampala

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16 September 2006

Ivory Coast	18 – 9	Uganda

Abidjan

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7 October 2006

Morocco	23 – 7	Ivory Coast

Casablanca

Pool 3

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	South Africa Amateurs	2	2	0	0	114	14	+100	6
2	Senegal	2	1	0	1	25	100	-75	4
3	Cameroon	2	0	0	2	25	50	-25	2

8 April 2006

Senegal	20 – 16	Cameroon

Dakar

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10 June 2006

South Africa Amateurs	84 – 5	Senegal

Durban

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1 July 2006

Cameroon	9 – 30	South Africa Amateurs

Douala

Pool 4

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Madagascar	2	1	1	0	81	40	+41	5
2	Zambia	2	1	0	1	32	69	-37	4
3	Zimbabwe	2	0	1	1	32	36	-4	2

12 August 2006

Zimbabwe	22 – 22	Madagascar

Harare

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26 August 2006

Madagascar	59 – 18	Zambia

Antananarivo

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16 September 2006

Zambia	14 – 10	Zimbabwe

Lusaka

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Second semi-final on home and away because of the 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying.

7 October 2006

South Africa Amateurs	48 – 6	Madagascar

Johannesburg

South Africa qualified to final.

28 October 2006

Namibia	25 – 7	Morocco

Windhoek

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11 November 2006

Morocco	8 – 27	Namibia

Casablanca

Namibia qualified to final e to 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Final

2 December 2006

Namibia	27 – 29	South Africa Amateurs

Windhoek

Division 2

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