2006 Africa Cup
{{Refimprove|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox rugby tournament
| name=7th Africa Cup
| date =8 April 2006 –
2 December 2006
| host =
| champion_other={{ruam|RSA}}
| runnerup= Namibia
| matches= 21
| countries = {{Ru|CMR}}
{{Ru|CIV}}
{{Ru|KEN}}
{{Ru|MAD}}
{{Ru|MAR}}
{{Ru|NAM}}
{{Ru|SEN}}
{{ruam|RSA}}South Africa sent only amateur players
{{Ru|TUN}}
{{Ru|UGA}}
{{Ru|ZAM}}
{{Ru|ZIM}}
| preceded by = 2005
| succeeded by = 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.
Division 1 (Africa Cup)
=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==
| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place !rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation !colspan=4 width="32%"| Games !colspan=3 width="30%"| Points !rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table | |||||||||
| width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won !width="8%"| drawn !width="8%"| lost !width="10%"| for !width="10%"| against !width="10%"| difference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|1 | align=left|{{Ru|NAM}} | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 81 | +59 | 8 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2 | align=left|{{ru|TUN}} | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 67 | +24 | 8 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|3 | align=left|{{ru|KEN}} | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 162| | ||
| 83 | 8 |
{{Rugbybox
|date=27 May 2006
|home={{ru-rt|NAM}}
|score=84 – 12
|away={{ru|KEN}}
|stadium=Windhoek}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=10 June 2006
|home={{ru-rt|KEN}}
|score=25 – 21
|away={{ru|TUN}}
|stadium=Nairobi}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=1 July 2006
|home={{ru-rt|TUN}}
|score=24 – 7
|away={{ru|NAM}}
|stadium=Tunis}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=2 September 2006
|home={{ru-rt|KEN}}
|score=30 – 26
|away={{ru|NAM}}
|stadium=Nairobi}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=16 September 2006
|home={{ru-rt|TUN}}
|score=31 – 12
|away={{ru|KEN}}
|stadium=Tunis}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=7 October 2006
|home={{ru-rt|NAM}}
|score=23 – 15
|away={{ru|TUN}}
|stadium=Windhoek}}
==Pool 2==
| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place !rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation !colspan=4 width="32%"| Games !colspan=3 width="30%"| Points !rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table | |||||||||
| width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won !width="8%"| drawn !width="8%"| lost !width="10%"| for !width="10%"| against !width="10%"| difference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|1 | align=left|{{Ru|MAR}} | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 22 | +51 | 11 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2 | align=left|{{ru|CIV}} | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 73| | ||
| 32 | 7 | ||||||||
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|3 | align=left|{{ru|UGA}} | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 66| | ||
| 19 | 6 |
{{Rugbybox
|date=3 June 2006
|home={{ru-rt|MAR}}
|score=36 – 3
|away={{ru|UGA}}
|stadium=Casablanca}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=17 June 2006
|home={{ru-rt|CIV}}
|score=9 – 9
|away={{ru|MAR}}
|stadium=Abidjan}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=1 July 2006
|home={{ru-rt|UGA}}
|score=32 – 7
|away={{ru|CIV}}
|stadium=Kampala}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=2 September 2006
|home={{ru-rt|UGA}}
|score=3 – 5
|away={{ru|MAR}}
|stadium=Kampala}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=16 September 2006
|home={{ru-rt|CIV}}
|score=18 – 9
|away={{ru|UGA}}
|stadium=Abidjan}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=7 October 2006
|home={{ru-rt|MAR}}
|score=23 – 7
|away={{ru|CIV}}
|stadium=Casablanca}}
==Pool 3==
| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place !rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation !colspan=4 width="32%"| Games !colspan=3 width="30%"| Points !rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table | |||||||||
| width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won !width="8%"| drawn !width="8%"| lost !width="10%"| for !width="10%"| against !width="10%"| difference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|1 | align=left|{{ruam|RSA}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 14 | +100 | 6 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2 | align=left|{{ru|SEN}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 100| | ||
| 75 | 4 | ||||||||
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|3 | align=left|{{ru|CMR}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 50| | ||
| 25 | 2 |
{{Rugbybox
|date=8 April 2006
|home={{ru-rt|SEN}}
|score=20 – 16
|away={{ru|CMR}}
|stadium=Dakar}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=10 June 2006
|home={{ruam-rt|RSA}}
|score=84 – 5
|away={{ru|SEN}}
|stadium=Durban}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=1 July 2006
|home={{ru-rt|CMR}}
|score=9 – 30
|away={{ruam|RSA}}
|stadium=Douala}}
==Pool 4==
| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Place !rowspan=2 width="20%"| Nation !colspan=4 width="32%"| Games !colspan=3 width="30%"| Points !rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table | |||||||||
| width="8%"| played
!width="8%"| won !width="8%"| drawn !width="8%"| lost !width="10%"| for !width="10%"| against !width="10%"| difference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|1 | align=left| {{Ru|MAD}} | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 40 | +41 | 5 |
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2 | align=left|{{ru|ZAM}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 69| | ||
| 37 | 4 | ||||||||
| bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|3 | align=left|{{ru|ZIM}} | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 36| | ||
| 4 | 2 |
{{Rugbybox
|date=12 August 2006
|home={{ru-rt|ZIM}}
|score=22 – 22
|away={{ru|MDG}}
|stadium=Harare}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=26 August 2006
|home={{ru-rt|MDG}}
|score=59 – 18
|away={{ru|ZMB}}
|stadium=Antananarivo}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=16 September 2006
|home={{ru-rt|ZMB}}
|score=14 – 10
|away={{ru|ZIM}}
|stadium=Lusaka}}
=Knockout stage=
==Semi-finals==
Second semi-final on home and away because of the 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying.
{{Rugbybox
|date=7 October 2006
|home={{ruam-rt|RSA}}
|score=48 – 6
|away={{ru|MDG}}
|stadium=Johannesburg}}
South Africa qualified to final.
{{Rugbybox
|date=28 October 2006
|home={{ru-rt|NAM}}
|score=25 – 7
|away={{ru|MAR}}
|stadium=Windhoek}}
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{{Rugbybox
|date=11 November 2006
|home={{ru-rt|MAR}}
|score=8 – 27
|away={{ru|NAM}}
|stadium=Casablanca}}
Namibia qualified to final e to 2007 Rugby World Cup.
==Final==
{{Rugbybox
|date=2 December 2006
|home={{ru-rt|NAM}}
|score=27 – 29
|away={{ruam|RSA}}
|stadium=Windhoek}}
Division 2
{{main|2006 CAR Development Trophy}}
Notes and references
{{reflist}}
{{Rugby Africa Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Africa Cup}}