Rugby Africa Cup heads to elimination stage

The elimination stage of the Rugby Africa Cup (RAC) begins with two matches on November 23.

Ivory Coast take on Rwanda in Abidjan, while Ghana host Botswana in Elmina.

On November 30, Senegal will welcome Mauritius in Dakar. The next day on December 1, Nigeria will travel to Antananarivo to play Madagascar.

The president of Rugby Africa, Khaled Babbou, said: “The Africa Cup 2020 is a completely revised system of competition to bring more value to our federations, the spectators and our partners in the long term.

“We are confident that the new format will help us forge new partnerships that will allow us to improve our offering every year. Our strategy for Rugby Africa is to get more countries involved in rugby, member unions’ players to gain more match experience, to raise up our teams to a standard of excellence and ultimately a pool of high-level African athletes that are recognised at an international level.

“Together with our main official partner APO Group and the project team from Moonsport Content & Entertainment we look forward to the evolution of the game and spectator experience of African rugby.”

Current African rankings (Men’s Senior, Rugby Union) used as a basis for the Rugby Africa Cup competing teams: 1 Namibia, 2. Kenya, 3 Uganda, 4 Tunisia, 5 Zimbabwe, 6 Algeria, 7 Morocco, 8 Zambia, 9 Madagascar, 10 Côte d’Ivoire, 11 Senegal, 12 Ghana, 13 Botswana, 14 Mauritius, 15 Rwanda, 16 Nigeria.

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