African Development Trophy

The African Development Trophy also called CAR Development Trophy is a rugby union tournament consisting of 16 teams played in the continent of Africa, formerly named the CAR Castel Beer Trophy. It is organised by Rugby Africa and was also known as the CAR Super 16. The tournament contains the teams in the second division of African rugby, below those playing in the Africa Cup. The competition is divided into north and south sections with two pools of four in each section. The winners of these pools will go on to play each other in the final where the winner of both north and south will be found.

African Development Trophy

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	2004
First season	2004
No. of teams	16
Continent	Africa

Summary

Second division

Year	Pools	Regional Winners				Champions
		Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up
CAR Castel Beer Trophy (CAR Super 16 Trophy)
2004	North A	Dakar, Senegal	Mali	n/a	Senegal	Bamako, Mali	Botswana	n/a	Mali
	North B	Lomé, Togo	Niger	n/a	Togo
	South	Gaborone, Botswana	Botswana	n/a	Swaziland
2005	North	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	16–3	Mali	Curepipe, Mauritius	Mauritius	103–3	Burkina Faso
	South	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Mauritius	n/a	Tanzania
2006	North	Niamey, Niger	Niger	withdraw	Nigeria	Arusha, Tanzania	Tanzania	29–10	Niger
	South	Arusha, Tanzania	Tanzania	11–10	Réunion
2007	North	Lagos, Nigeria	Nigeria	withdraw	Burkina Faso	No competition
	South	Gaborone, Botswana	Botswana	37–14	Tanzania
CAR Development Trophy
2008	North	Accra, Ghana	Niger	16–3	Burkina Faso	No competition
	Center	Bujumbura, Burundi	Rwanda	n/a	Burundi
	South	Curepipe, Mauritius	Réunion	n/a	Mauritius

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Third division

Year	Pools	Regional Winners
		Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up
CAR Development Trophy
2009	North	Tsévié, Togo	Niger	5–3	Ghana
	South	Gaborone, Botswana	Zimbabwe	23–3	Botswana
2010	North	Cairo, Egypt	Algeria	50–0	Egypt
	South	Kigali, Rwanda	Rwanda	12–6	Burundi
		Bujumbura, Burundi		16–0

See also

• Africa Cup

External links

• Official website