# 2001 Africa Cup

The 2001 Africa Cup (officially called at that time "Africa Top Six") was the second edition of the highest-level rugby union tournament in Africa. Six teams participated (South Africa with an under-23 amateurs team). The teams were divided in two pools played on a home-away basis.

## Division 1 (Africa Cup)
### Regional pools
#### Pool South

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | South Africa Amateurs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 77 | +173 | 8 |
| 2 | Namibia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 143 | -111 | 7 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 194 | -103 | 2 |
* 26 May 2001
| Namibia | 15 – 60 | South Africa Amateurs |
* Windhoek
* 2 June 2001
| Zimbabwe | 20 – 71 | South Africa Amateurs |
* Bulawayo
* 16 June 2001
| South Africa Amateurs | 41 – 13 | Namibia |
* Johannesburg
* 23 June 2001
| South Africa Amateurs | 78 – 29 | Zimbabwe |
* Durban
* 7 July 2001
| Zimbabwe | 27 – 26 | Namibia |
* Harare
* 14 July 2001
| Namibia | 19 – 15 | Zimbabwe |
* Windhoek

#### Pool North

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Morocco | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 46 | +39 | 8 |
| 2 | Ivory Coast | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 86 | 49 | +37 | 4 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 104 | -76 | 0 |
* 17 March 2001
| Tunisia | 14 – 17 | Morocco |
* Tunis
* 7 April 2001
| Ivory Coast | 11 – 18 | Morocco |
* Abidjan
* 21 April 2001
| Morocco | 20 – 18 | Ivory Coast |
* Fes
* 28 April 2001
| Tunisia | 11 – 11 | Ivory Coast |
* Tunis
* 12 May 2001
| Ivory Coast | 46 – 0 | Tunisia |
* Abidjan
* 19 May 2001
| Morocco | 30 – 3 | Tunisia |
* Marrakesh

### Final

* 10 November 2001
| Morocco | 20 – 36 | South Africa Amateurs |
* Casablanca

## Division 2

This tournament serve too with the Division 1 for the 2003 Rugby World Cup qualifying.

### Round 1

Kenya exempted from the Round 1.

#### Pool A

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 4 |
| 2 | Uganda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 29 | -8 | 4 |
| 3 | Zambia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 45 | -8 | 4 |
* 28 July 2001
| Zambia | 25 – 24 | Cameroon |
* Chingola
* 11 August 2001
| Uganda | 21 – 12 | Zambia |
* Kampala
* 25 August 2001
| Cameroon | 17 – 0 | Uganda |
* Douala

#### Pool B

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Madagascar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 6 |
| 2 | Botswana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 34 | -10 | 4 |
| 3 | Swaziland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 39 | -15 | 2 |
* 1 September 2001
| Botswana | 13 – 3 | Swaziland |
* Gaborone
* 16 September 2001
| Madagascar | 31 – 11 | Botswana |
* Antananarivo
* 29 September 2001
| Swaziland | 21 – 26 | Madagascar |
* Malkerns

### Round 2

| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 1 | Madagascar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 6 |
| 2 | Kenya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 42 | +18 | 4 |
| 3 | Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 70 | -31 | 2 |
* 13 October 2001
| Madagascar | 27 – 20 | Kenya |
* Antananarivo
* 27 October 2001
| Cameroon | 24 – 30 | Madagascar |
* Yaoundé
* 24 November 2001
| Kenya | 40 – 15 | Cameroon |
* Nairobi