11th Africa Cup

Tournament details
Date	12 June 2011– 12 November 2011
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Kenya
Runner-up	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Africa Cup was the eleventh edition of this tournament. The competition has been restructured into several tiers, based on the IRB rankings.

The top sixteen teams played in Division 1, which is divided into four groups of four teams. The remaining teams played in Division 2.

Group 1A will be held from 7–12 November in Kenya.

The teams competing in Group 1A:

•  Kenya
•  Morocco (withdrew)
•  Namibia (withdrew)
•  Tunisia

Place	Nation	Games				Points		Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	Kenya	1	1	0	0	13	7	0	4
2	Tunisia	1	0	0	1	7	13	1	1
3	Morocco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

 Morocco and  Namibia relegated in division 1/B for 2012 Africa Cup

	12 November 2011	Kenya	16 – 7	Tunisia	Nairobi

Group 1B was held from 12–18 June in Uganda. The teams competing:

•  Ivory Coast (withdrew)
•  Madagascar
•  Uganda
•  Zimbabwe

Place	Nation	Games				Points		Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	Zimbabwe	2	2	0	0	74	15	1	9
2	Uganda	2	1	0	1	73	55	1	5
3	Madagascar	2	0	0	2	30	107	0	0
3	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Uganda and Zimbabwe promoted to pool A of 2012 Africa Cup

Ivory Coast relegated too poll C of 2012 Africa Cup

	12 June 2001	Uganda	15 – 25	Zimbabwe	Kyadondo Rugby Grounds, Kampala
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	15 June 2006	Zimbabwe	49 – 0	Madagascar	Kyadondo Rugby Grounds, Kampala
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	18 June 2006	Uganda	58 – 30	Madagascar	Kyadondo Rugby Grounds, Kampala
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Group 1C was held from 21–25 June in Cameroon. The teams competing :

•  Botswana
•  Cameroon
•  Senegal
•  Zambia

Semi-Finals

	21 June 2011	Senegal	30 – 12	Botswana	Yaoundé

	21 June 2011	Cameroon	12 – 10	Zambia	Yaoundé

Third place play-off

	25 June 2011	Zambia	17 – 12	Botswana	Yaoundé

Final

	25 June 2011	Senegal	15 – 6	Cameroon	Yaoundé

• Senegal promoted to div. 1/B of 2012 Africa Cup

Group 1D was held on 29 July in South Africa. The teams competing :

•  Mauritius
•  Nigeria
•  Eswatini (withdrew and did not play any of its fixtures)
•  Tanzania (withdrew and did not play any of its fixtures)

Place	Nation	Games				Points		Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	Mauritius	1	1	0	0	41	12	1	5
2	Nigeria	1	0	0	1	12	41	0	0
3	Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Eswatini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	2011-07-29	Mauritius	41 – 12	Nigeria	Johannesburg, South Africa

2011 Africa Cup
North Zone

Tournament details
Date	17–24 June 2011
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Mali
Runner-up	Niger
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
← 2010 Africa Trophy 2012 →

Division 2 (North) was held from 23–30 July in Mali.

The teams competing in Division 2 (North):

•  Benin
•  Burkina Faso
•  Ghana
•  Mali
•  Mali A
•  Niger
•  Chad
•  Togo

2011 Africa Cup Division 2 (North) Classification
Pos	Team
1	Mali
2	Niger
3	Burkina Faso
4	Ghana
5	Mali A
6	Benin
7	Chad
8	Togo
Mali were promoted to Group 1D.

• Quarter Finals

	2011-07-23	Niger	30 – 3	Mali A	Bamako, Mali

	2011-07-23	Mali	32 – 3	Chad	Bamako, Mali

	2011-07-24	Ghana	16 – 7	Benin	Bamako, Mali

	2011-07-24	Burkina Faso	11 – 6	Togo	Bamako, Mali

• Semi-Finals - 5th place-play-off

	2011-07-26	Mali A	14 – 10	Togo	Bamako, Mali

	2011-07-26	Chad	11 – 16	Benin	Nairobi, Kenya

• Semi-Finals

	2011-07-27	Niger	12 – 5	Burkina Faso	Bamako, Mali

	2011-07-27	Mali	28 – 3	Ghana	Nairobi, Kenya

• Seventh place play-off

	2011-07-30	Togo	0 – 13	Chad	Bamako, Mali

• Fifth place play-off

	2011-07-30	Mali A	3 – 0	Benin	Bamako, Mali

• Third place play-off

	2011-07-30	Burkina Faso	15 – 3	Ghana	Bamako, Mali

• Final

	2011-07-30	Niger	3 – 13	Mali	Bamako, Mali

2011 Africa Cup
South Zone

Tournament details
Date	14 October 2011
Teams	2
Final positions
Champions	Rwanda
Runner-up	Burundi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	1
← 2010 Africa Trophy 2012 →

Division 2 (South) was held from 9–16 October in Rwanda.

The teams competing in Division 2 (South):

•  Burundi
•  DR Congo withdrew
•  Réunion withdrew
•  Rwanda

2011 Africa Cup Group 2 (South) Classification
Pos	Team
1	Rwanda
2	Burundi
3	DR Congo - withdrew
	Réunion - withdrew
Rwanda were promoted to Group 1D.

	2011-10-14	Rwanda	22 – 3	Burundi	Kigali, Rwanda

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