2000_Africa_Cup

2000 Africa Cup

2000 Africa Cup

African rugby tournament

The 2000 Africa Cup (officially called at those time "Africa Top Six") was the first edition of highest level rugby union tournament in Africa.[3]

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Only five teams were involved due to the withdrawal of the Ivory Coast. South Africa participated with an Under-23 amateurs team.[4]

The teams were divided in two pool played on home away basis.[5]

Regional pools

Pool South

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17 June 2000
South Africa Amateurs 64 – 12 Zimbabwe
Pretoria
24 June 2000
South Africa Amateurs 91 – 3 Namibia
Bloemfontein
1 July 2000
Zimbabwe 26 – 31 Namibia
Harare
8 July 2000
Namibia 18 – 53 South Africa Amateurs
Windhoek
15 July 2000
Zimbabwe 10 – 51 South Africa Amateurs
Harare
22 July 2000
Namibia 41 – 34 Zimbabwe
Windhoek

Pool North

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7 October 2000
Morocco 27 – 9 Tunisia
Casablanca
4 November 2000
Tunisia 20 – 25 Morocco
Tunis

Final

16 December 2000
Morocco 14 – 44 South Africa Amateurs
Casablanca

Citations

  1. [1]
    withdraw
  2. [2]
    South Africa sent only amateur players.
  3. [3]
    "SA U23 away to Morocco for final". news 24 archives. 26 June 2001.
  4. [4]
    "2000 South Africa Match results". n.d.
  5. [5]
    "Rugby Africa - ABOUT US". n.d.

References

Rugby Africa: ABOUT US n.d., viewed 8 April 2018, http://www.rugbyafrique.com/about-us/

SA U23 away to Morocco for final, news 24 archives 2001, viewed 8 April 2018, https://www.news24.com/

South Africa Match results (2000), ESPN Scrum n.d., viewed 8 April 2018, http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/team/match_results.doc?id=2000;team=5;type=year
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