2006 Africa Cup

7th Africa Cup

Date	8 April 2006 – 2 December 2006
Countries	Cameroon Ivory Coast Kenya Madagascar Morocco Namibia Senegal South Africa Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Final positions
Champions	South Africa
Runner-up	Namibia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
← 2005 2007 →

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.

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

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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

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Pool 3

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	S.Africa Amateur	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 Amateur	84 - 5	Senegal

Durban

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1 July 2006

Cameroon	9 - 30	South Africa Amateur

Douala

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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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2 September 2006

Zambia	14 - 10	Zimbabwe

Lusaka

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Semi-finals

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

7 October 2006

South Africa Amateur	48 - 6	Madagascar

Johannesburg

• South Africa qualified to final

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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 Amateur

Windhoek

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