2007 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification

In qualifying for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, there is one place available for African teams, and one place in the repechage. In the group rounds, there are three points awarded for a win, two for a draw, and one for a loss. There are no bonus points awarded.

Qualification process

Round 1a

Two groups of three teams each, winners of each group playoff for one place in Africa Round 1b.

Round 1b

Two groups of three teams each, winners of each group qualify for Africa Round 2, second placed teams playoff for the remaining place in Africa Round 2.

Round 2

Two groups of three teams each, winners of each group qualify for Africa Round 3.

Round 3

Playoff of the winners of each group in Round 2, winner qualifies for World Cup as Africa 1, Runner up advances to the Repechage Round as Africa 2, to play Europe 4.

Round 1a

Northern Pool

Senegal advance to playoff.

Final Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Senegal2200466
 Cameroon210144
 Nigeria2002-502
DateMatch VenueResult
12-Mar-2005Senegal - NigeriaDakar (Senegal)46-6
26-Mar-2005Cameroon - SenegalDouala (Cameroon)0-6
16-Apr-2005Nigeria - CameroonLagos (Nigeria)8-18

Southern Pool

Zambia advance to playoff.

Final Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Zambia210134
 Botswana210134
 Eswatini2101-64
DateMatch VenueResult
12-Mar-2005Swaziland - ZambiaMbabane (Swaziland)24-23
09-Apr-2005Zambia - BotswanaLusaka (Zambia)28-24
23-Apr-2005Botswana - SwazilandBotswana19-12

Playoff

Winner advances to Round 1b (Senegal)

DateMatch VenueResult
28-May-2005Senegal - ZambiaSenegal22-14
04-Jun-2005Zambia - SenegalZambia6-13

Senegal win 35-20 on aggregate

Round 1b

Pool A

Ivory Coast qualifies to Round 2, Zimbabwe advance to playoff.

Final Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Ivory Coast2200446
 Zimbabwe2101-244
 Senegal2002-202
DateMatch VenueResult
25-Jun-2005Zimbabwe - SenegalZimbabwe21-15
09-Jul-2005Senegal - Ivory CastSenegal6-20
23-Jul-2005Ivory Coast - ZimbabweIvory Coast33-3

Pool B

Kenya qualifies to Round 2, Uganda advance to playoff.

Final Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Kenya211035
 Uganda210114
 Madagascar2011-43
DateMatch VenueResult
11-Jun-2005Kenya - MadagascarKenya24-24
25-Jun-2005Uganda - KenyaUganda5-8
10-Jul-2005Madagascar - UgandaMadagascar14-18

Playoff

Winner advances to Round 2 (Uganda)

DateMatch VenueResult
06-Aug-2005Zimbabwe - UgandaHarare (Zimbabwe)22-16
20-Aug-2005Uganda - ZimbabweKampala (Uganda)20-9

Uganda win 36-31 on aggregate

Round 2

Home AND Away basis.

Pool 1

Winner (Namibia) qualifies to Round 3.

Final Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Namibia4202+578
 Tunisia4202+248
 Kenya4202-818
DateMatch VenueResult
27-May-2006Namibia - KenyaWindhoek (Namibia)82-12
10-Jun-2006Kenya - TunisiaNairobi (Kenya)25-21
01-Jul-2006Tunisia - NamibiaTunis (Tunisia)24-7
09-Sep-2006Kenya - NamibiaNairobi (Kenya)30-26
23-Sep-2006Tunisia - KenyaTunis (Tunisia)31-12
07-Oct-2006Namibia - TunisiaWindhoek (Namibia)23-15

Pool 2

Winner (Morocco) qualifies to Round 3.

Final Standings

CountryGP W DL +/-Pts
 Morocco4310+5111
 Ivory Coast4112-307
 Uganda4103-216
DateMatch VenueResult
03-Jun-2006Morocco - UgandaCasablanca (Morocco)36-3
17-Jun-2006Ivory Coast - MoroccoAbidjan (Ivory Coast)9-9
01-Jul-2006Uganda - Ivory CoastKampala (Uganda)32-7
09-Sep-2006Uganda - MoroccoKampala (Uganda)3-5
23-Sep-2006Ivory Coast - UgandaAbidjan (Ivory Coast)18-7
07-Oct-2006Morocco - Ivory CoastCasablanca (Morocco)23-7

Round 3 – 2006

Winner (Namibia) qualifies direct to RWC 2007 as Africa 1. Runner up (Morocco) advances to the Repechage Round as Africa 2, to play Europe 4, the winner playing Americas 4 for Repechage 1.

DateMatch VenueResult
28-Oct-2006Namibia - MoroccoWindhoek (Namibia)25-7
11-Nov-2006Morocco - NamibiaCasablanca (Morocco)8-27

Namibia win 52-15 on aggregate

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