2003 Africa Cup

The 2003 Africa Cup (officially called at those time "Africa Top Nive") was the fourth edition of highest level rugby union tournament in Africa Nine teams were admitted, but Tunisia withdrew. The final was played in 2004, due to the participation of Namibia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup tournament. The teams were divided in three pools, with the winner of the pool and the better second admitted to the semifinals. A second division was also played

4th Africa Cup
Date6 January 2003–
28 February 2004
Countries Botswana
 Ivory Coast
 Kenya
 Madagascar
 Morocco
 Namibia
 Tunisia
 Uganda
 Zimbabwe
Final positions
Champions Namibia
Runner-up Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
2002
2004

Pool A

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Morocco22003916+234
2 Ivory Coast21013718+192
3 Tunisia2002042-420
6 January 2003
Ivory Coast  16 - 18  Morocco


Morocco  21 - 0  Tunisia
WITHDRAW


Tunisia  0 - 21  Ivory Coast
WITHDRAW

Pool 2

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Namibia22009427+674
2 Kenya21019041+492
3 Botswana200226142-1160
12 July 2003
Namibia  62 - 17  Botswana

2 August 2003
Botswana  9 - 80  Kenya

16 August 2003
Kenya  10 - 32  Namibia

Pool 3

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Madagascar22005530+254
2 Uganda21015533+222
3 Zimbabwe2002346-430
5 July 2003
Uganda  25 - 3  Zimbabwe

3 August 2003
Madagascar  32 - 30  Uganda


Zimbabwe  0 - 21  Madagascar
WITHDRAW

Semifinals

31 August 2003
Namibia  82 - 13  Uganda

28 September 2003
Madagascar  36 - 62  Morocco

Final

28 February 2004
Morocco  27 - 7  Namibia

See also

References and notes

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