2019 Rugby Africa season

19th Africa Cup
Final positions
Champions	Zimbabwe
Runner-up	Kenya
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The 2019 Rugby Africa season experienced significant restructuring and downsizing from the previous two seasons due to the loss of sponsor Kwese Sports.^[1] Due to the lack of funding, the previous formats of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze divisions of the Africa Cup were replaced with a revival of the Victoria Cup^[2] and a regional West African series.

Men's Tournaments

Victoria Cup

The Victoria Cup was held for the first time since 2011 and featured four nations playing a double round robin. The fixtures between Kenya and Uganda doubled as the two legs of the Elgon Cup.

2019 Victoria Cup
Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
1	Zimbabwe	6	5	0	1	187	132	+55	3	23
2	Kenya	6	4	0	2	168	104	+64	5	21
3	Uganda	6	3	0	3	146	140	+6	2	14
4	Zambia	6	0	0	6	102	227	-125	0	0
* Legend: Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, PD = Points difference, Pts = Log points. 1 bonus point for a loss by less than 8 points, 1 bonus point for scoring 3 more tries than opponent

Matches

22 June 2019	Kenya	13-16	Uganda	Mamboleo Showground, Kisumu
		WR Report RA Report

13 July 2019	Uganda	5-16	Kenya	Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala
		WR Report

13 July 2019	Zimbabwe	39-10	Zambia	Harare Sports Club, Harare
		WR Report RA Report

27 July 2019	Zambia	23-43	Kenya	Diggers Rugby Club, Kitwe
		WR Report		Attendance: 3,500

27 July 2019	Uganda	26-31	Zimbabwe	Legends RC, Kampala
		WR Report

3 August 2019	Zimbabwe	30-29	Kenya	Hartsfield, Bulawayo
		WR Report RA Report		Attendance: 2,500

17 August 2019	Uganda	38-22	Zambia	Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala
		WR Report

24 August 2019	Zimbabwe	32-26	Uganda	Harare Sports Club, Harare
		WR Report

24 August 2019	Kenya	31-16	Zambia	RFUEA Ground, Nairobi
		WR Report		Attendance: 1,800

31 August 2019	Zambia	26-35	Uganda	Chester Dean Arena, Lusaka
		WR Report		Attendance: 2,000

14 September 2019	Zambia	5-41	Zimbabwe	Chester Dean Arena, Lusaka
		WR Report		Attendance: 2,500

21 September 2019	Kenya	36-14	Zimbabwe	NAC Grounds, Nairobi
		WR Report		Attendance: 2,500

West African Series

The Ghana Rugby Football Union organized a regional series for West African nations.^[3]

2018 Rugby Africa Gold Cup
Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
1	Ivory Coast	2	2	0	0	37	26	+11	0	8
2	Nigeria	2	1	0	1	28	27	+1	1	5
3	Ghana	2	0	0	2	24	36	-12	1	1
* Legend: Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, PD = Points difference, Pts = Log points. 1 bonus point for a loss by less than 8 points, 1 bonus point for scoring 3 more tries than opponent

28 July 2019	Ghana	12-22	Ivory Coast	Nduom Sports Stadium, Elmina
		WR Report RA Report		Attendance: 100

31 July 2019	Ivory Coast	15-14	Nigeria	Nduom Sports Stadium, Elmina
		WR Report RA Report		Attendance: 100

3 August 2019	Ghana	12-14	Nigeria	Nduom Sports Stadium, Elmina
		WR Report RA Report		Attendance: 150

References

^ Njiru, Eric. "Africa Gold Cup cancelled". ragahouse.com. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
^ world.rugby. "Zimbabwe win Victoria Cup | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
^ https://www.world.rugby/tournament/1950^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] Njiru, Eric. "Africa Gold Cup cancelled". ragahouse.com. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

[2] world.rugby. "Zimbabwe win Victoria Cup | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

[3] ttps://www.world.rugby/tournament/1950^{[permanent dead link]}

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