Victoria Cup (rugby union)

Victoria Cup (rugby union)
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2017 Victoria Cup
Sport Rugby union
Founded 2010
Country  Kenya
 Zimbabwe
Most recent
champion(s)
 Kenya
TV partner(s) Zimbabwe Kwese sports
Related
competitions
Elgon Cup

The Victoria Cup is a rugby union cup contested between Zimbabwe and Kenya. Just like the Bledisloe Cup between Australia and New Zealand.

The competition is named after Lake Victoria in Kenya and Victoria Falls which were named in honour the reigning Queen Victoria and her great grandmother

Competition Format

Basic structure

Initially, each team would play each other home and one away with the winner the side that scored the most points.

After the fixture became integrated as part of the Africa Cup,it became a one off tie. Under this format, Zimbabwe won it in thrice in 2012,2014 and 2015.Kenya has won the Victoria cup in 2013 ,2016 and 2017 in its current format.


Table of Previous Encounters between the Countries

DateHomeScoreVisitorVenueNotes
2009-08-29 Uganda
18 13
Kenya Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, UgandaElgon Cup 2009 Round 2.
2009-08-15 Kenya
30 22
Uganda RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, KenyaElgon Cup 2009 Round 1.
2008-08-16 Kenya
39 20
Uganda RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, KenyaElgon Cup 2008 Round 2.
2008-05-24 Uganda
20 3
Kenya Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, UgandaElgon Cup 2008 Round 1.
2007-09-26 Uganda
24 12
Kenya Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, MadagascarSemi final of the Africa Cup
2007-08-11 Kenya
33 15
Uganda RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, KenyaElgon Cup 2007 Round 2.
2007-05-26 Uganda
29 10
Kenya Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, UgandaElgon Cup 2007 Round 1.
2006-08-12 Kenya
20 22
Uganda RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, KenyaElgon Cup 2006 Round 2.
2006-05-13 Uganda
7 7
Kenya Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, UgandaElgon Cup 2006 Round 1.
2005-08-27 Uganda
5 13
Zimbabwe KampalaConfederation of African Rugby (CAR) Championship, Division 1, Pool A
2005-08-20 Uganda
20 9
Zimbabwe KampalaRWC Qualifier, Africa, Round 1B, Playoff 2nd leg
2005-08-06 Zimbabwe
22 16
Uganda Harare Sports Club, Harare, ZimbabweRWC Qualifier, Africa, Round 1B, Playoff 1st leg
2005-06-25 Uganda
5 8
Kenya 
2004-09-11 Zimbabwe
17 0
Uganda Harare Sports Club, Harare, ZimbabweAfrican CAR Championship, Division 1 South, Pool 1
2004-07-31 Kenya
18 8
Uganda RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
2004-07-24 Zimbabwe
24 15
Kenya Hartsfield Ground, Bulawayo, ZimbabweFriendly, Kenya Tour
2003-07-05 Uganda
25 3
Zimbabwe KampalaAfrican CAR Championship, Division 1, Pool B
2003-06-14 Uganda
21 22
Kenya 
2003-05-25 Kenya
32 24
Zimbabwe RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, KenyaFriendly, Zimbabwe tour
2002-10-05 Kenya
22 31
Uganda RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
2002-09-28 Kenya
19 12
Zimbabwe RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, KenyaKenya Airways Cup
2002-07-21 Uganda
8 12
Kenya 
2002-05-18 Zimbabwe
43 0
Uganda Harare Sports Club, Harare, ZimbabweFriendly, Uganda tour. First match between these two nations. Used by Zimbabwe as warm up for RWC qualifying.[1]
2001-09-29 Kenya
44 17
Uganda RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
2001-07-28 Kenya
12 9
Uganda RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
1997-08-23 Kenya
65 8
Uganda RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
1993-07-03 Kenya
7 42
Zimbabwe RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, KenyaRWC Qualifier, Africa, Round 1, Group 2. Match Report[2]
1989-08-13 Kenya
9 56
Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare, ZimbabweFriendly, Kenya Tour. Score was 6 22 at half-time.
1987-08-07 Kenya
12 44
Zimbabwe NairobiConfederation of African Rugby (CAR) Championship. Score was 3 26 at half-time.
1985-05-01 Zimbabwe
15 13
Kenya RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, KenyaFriendly, Zimbabwe tour.
1982-03-27 Zimbabwe
15 12
East AfricaSailsbury Sports Club, Sailsbury, ZimbabweMatch was between Zimbabwe and East Africa (not Kenya) on their Seventh Tuskers Tour to Zambia and Zimbabwe. See Note[c] Sailsbury had not yet been renamed as Harare.
1981-05-23 Kenya
24 34
Zimbabwe RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, KenyaFriendly, Zimbabwe tour. First match between these two nations.
 Kenya
 Uganda
Uganda Uganda
Kenya Kenya
Uganda 
Kenya 
Kenya Kenya
Uganda Uganda
Between 1960 and 1980 there were frequent but irregular matches between Kenya and Uganda; records of the results of these matches may not have survived.
1958-05-24Uganda Uganda
11 21
Kenya KenyaKampalaFirst official match between these 'nations' although at the time they were regarded as 'districts' within the British Empire.

Notes

a. ^ Lake Victoria and the Victoria Falls are not connected contrary to some reports.[3] The only major river that flows out of Lake Victoria is the River Nile which flows north to the Mediterranean Sea. The Victoria Falls are on the Zambezi River which begins in Zambia and runs south and east to empty in the Indian Ocean.

b. ^ Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest lake it is also the largest tropical lake and the second largest freshwater lake in the world. While the Victoria Falls are neither the highest nor the widest waterfall in the world, it is claimed to be the largest sheet of falling water in the world measuring some 184,500 sq meters.

c. ^ The 1982 match between the Zimbabwe and East Africa is often listed in popular online databases as being Zimbabwe v Kenya. In fact it was played by East Africa on the Seventh Tuskers Tour to Zambia and Zimbabwe. Though this team was almost exclusively (if not entirely) made up of Kenyan players, it is not technically a Kenya v Zimbabwe result. As the Lions is made up of players from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, so the East Africa team selects players from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Footnotes

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