# 2019–20 Rugby Africa Cup

The 2019-20 Rugby Africa Cup is the first season of a restructuring of international rugby union competition by Rugby Africa after a loss of broadcast sponsorship caused the cancellation of the 2019 Rugby Africa Gold Cup, itself only the third edition of a previous restructuring of the continent's tournament.
The new Rugby Africa Cup replaces the multi-tiered Gold, Silver, and Bronze Cups with a seeded group stage followed by a knockout round. This results in fewer matches being played, but also greatly reduced costs and travel times from the round-robin Gold Cup.
The group stage of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Structure

The top sixteen nations in African rugby enter the competition, with the bottom eight entering in the elimination stage. Each team plays a single match and the four winners move onto the group stage, with four groups of three. The four group winners then enter the semi-finals.

## Seeding

The sixteen participating teams were seeded as follows:
(World Rankings taken from November 13, 2019)
| Seed | Team | 2018 position | WR Ranking |
| 1 | Namibia | 1st Gold Cup | 22 |
| 2 | Kenya | 2nd Gold Cup | 32 |
| 3 | Uganda | 3rd Gold Cup | 41 |
| 4 | Tunisia | 4th Gold Cup | 39 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 5th Gold Cup | 34 |
| 6 | Algeria | 1st Silver Cup | n/a |
| 7 | Morocco | 6th Gold Cup | 48 |
| 8 | Zambia | 2nd Silver Cup | 67 |
| 9 | Madagascar | 3rd Silver Cup | 51 |
| 10 | Ivory Coast | 4th Silver Cup | 43 |
| 11 | Senegal | 5th Silver Cup | 54 |
| 12 | Ghana | 1st Bronze Cup | 92 |
| 13 | Botswana | 6th Silver Cup | 71 |
| 14 | Mauritius | 2nd Bronze Cup | 93 |
| 15 | Rwanda | 3rd Bronze Cup | 95 |
| 16 | Nigeria | n/a | 70 |

## Elimination stage

The elimination stage matches will be played from November to December 2019
Elimination 1
* 23 November 2019 11:00
| Ghana | 36-25 | Botswana |
* Nduom Sports Stadium, Elmina
Elimination 2
Elimination 3
Elimination 4

## Group stage

The group stage will be held from June-July 2020

### Group A

2019–20 Rugby Africa Gold Cup :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts |
| 1 | Namibia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Namibia | Cancelled | Zambia |
* 12 June 2020
| Zambia | Cancelled | Madagascar |
* 28 June 2020
| Madagascar | Cancelled | Namibia |

### Group B

2019-2020 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
2019–20 Rugby Africa Gold Cup :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts |
| 1 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* 30 May 2020
| Kenya | Cancelled | Morocco |
* 13 June 2020
| Morocco | Cancelled | Ivory Coast |
* 27 June 2020
| Ivory Coast | Cancelled | Kenya |

### Group C

2019–20 Rugby Africa Gold Cup :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts |
| 1 | Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uganda | Cancelled | Algeria |
* 20 June 2020
| Algeria | Cancelled | Senegal |
* 4 July 2020
| Senegal | Cancelled | Uganda |

### Group D

2019–20 Rugby Africa Gold Cup :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts |
| 1 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tunisia | Cancelled | Zimbabwe |
* 20 June 2020
| Zimbabwe | Cancelled | Ghana |
* 4 July 2020
| Ghana | Cancelled | Tunisia |

## Knock-Out Stage

| Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Group A Winner |
| Group D Winner | | |
| Group B Winner | | |
| Group C Winner | | |
| Group C Winner | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |