CAR release consultative document relating to 2008 competition schedule

CA Rugby Competitions Schedule 2008

1. RWC 2011 - Africa Qualifier

2. Africa Junior Trophy

3. RWC SEVENS 2009 - Qualifying Tournament

4. CAR Under 19 Tournament

5. CAR Under 18 Development Tournament

6. Other Tournaments Being Supported By CAR

RWC 2011 - Africa Qualifier

1. Only the 14 IRB Members will participate (excluding South Africa)

2. Pools are determined according to the latest IRB Rankings

3. Current IRB Rankings

  1. Namibia
  2. Morocco
  3. Tunisia
  4. Uganda
  5. Madagascar
  6. Kenya
  7. Cote d’Ivoire
  8. Zimbabwe
  9. Senegal
  10. Zambia
  11. Botswana
  12. Cameroon
  13. Swaziland
  14. Nigeria

4. For 2008 the teams will be divided into 4 Pools of 3 teams each.

5. Two (2) Pre-qualifier matches will be played between the 2 lowest ranked teams in the North and the 2 lowest ranked teams in the South with those 2 Winners making up the final composition of 12 teams and the 2 losers will join the Castel Beer competition in 2009.

North

Cameroon (12) vs Nigeria (14) -11 May 2008 – Yaounde, Cameroon

South

Botswana (11) vs Swaziland (13)- 17/24 May 2008 – Gaborone, Botswana

6. Pools for 2008

Pool APool BPool CPool D
NamibiaMoroccoTunisiaUganda
ZimbabweCote d'IvoireKenyaMadagascar
SenegalZambiaQualifier NorthQualifier South

7. Fixtures

14 June 2008

Senegal vs Namibia – Dakar
Zambia vs Morocco – Lusaka
Qualifier North vs Tunisia – Qualifying Country
Qualifier South vs Uganda – Qualifying Country

12 July 2008

Zimbabwe vs Senegal – Harare
Cote d’Ivoire vs Zambia – Abidjan
Kenya vs Qualifier North – Nairobi
Madagascar vs Qualifier South – Antananarivo

02 August 2008

Namibia vs Zimbabwe – Windhoek
Morocco vs Cote d’Ivoire – Casablanca
Tunisia vs Kenya – Tunis
Uganda vs Madagascar – Kampala

The winner of each of the pools will play in the semi-final and finals of the qualification process in 2009.

Africa Junior Trophy

North: 23 – 28 June 2008 – Accra, Ghana

Participating Teams

Burkina Faso
Chad
Ghana
Mali
Niger
Togo

South: Bujumbura, Burundi – 04 – 08 May 2008

Participating teams

Burundi
Congo
Rwanda

Curepipe, Mauritius: 30 June – 06 July 2008

Participating teams

Mauritius
Tanzania
Mayotte
Reunion

RWC SEVENS 2009 - Qualifying Tournament

Men

1. This tournament will take place on 24 & 25 October 2008 in Tunis, Tunisia.

2. Three (3) teams will qualify from this tournament to play in the RWC Sevens in March 2009.

3. The 14 IRB Members will participate

  1. Kenya
  2. Tunisia
  3. Zimbabwe
  4. Uganda
  5. Namibia
  6. Madagascar
  7. Zambia
  8. Morocco
  9. Cote d’Ivoire
  10. Senegal
  11. Botswana
  12. Swaziland
  13. Nigeria
  14. Cameroon

Woman

1. This tournament will take place in Kampala, Uganda in July 2008.

2. Two (2) teams will qualify from this tournament to participate in the RWC 7’s 2009 in Dubai in March 2009.

3. Invitations will be forwarded to the following countries:

  1. South Africa
  2. Kenya
  3. Uganda
  4. Cote d’Ivoire
  5. Tunisia
  6. Madagascar
  7. Zimbabwe
  8. Botswana
  9. Nigeria
  10. Zambia

Unions should be able to show that there are proper existing structures in place for Women’s Rugby and that they will be capable of fielding a competitive team in the tournament.

CAR Under 19 Tournament

1. This tournament takes place from 20 – 30 August 2008 in Tunis, Tunisia and is the qualification tournament to determine the other Africa representative in the IRB Junior World Trophy in 2009.

2. The 8 participating teams will be divided in 2 Pools of 4 teams each, which is as follows:

Pool APool B
NamibiaZimbabwe
MoroccoTunisia
UgandaKenya
MadagascarCote d'Ivoire

3. Teams will play 3 Round-robin in their respective pools to determine their pool standings.

4. The final matches will be played cross section i.e. A1 vs B1; A2 vs B2; A3 vs B3 and A4 vs B4 to determine the Tournament winner, as well as the final tournament standings.

CAR Under 18 Development Tournament

North: 10 – 12 July 2008 – Bamako, Mali

1. This will be a Sevens Tournament that will consist of one (1) day of matches and two (2) days of training for the coaches.

2. The following eight (8) teams will participate

  1. Burkina Faso
  2. Cameroon
  3. Ghana
  4. Mali
  5. Niger
  6. Nigeria
  7. Senegal
  8. Togo

South: 25 May – 01 June 2008 – Ndola, Zambia

3. This will be a 15-a-side tournament

4. The following six (6) teams will participate in the tournament.

  1. Botswana
  2. Mauritius
  3. Reunion
  4. Swaziland
  5. Tanzania
  6. Zambia

Other Tournaments Being Supported By CAR

1. Tunis Women’s Sevens: 22 & 23 March 2008
2. Tangiers Sevens in Morocco:09 & 10 May 2008
3. Kenya Safari Sevens in Nairobi: 20 – 22 June 2008
4. Castel Sevens Tournament in Lusaka: 28 & 29 June 2008

Details on the Rules ands Regulations for the various Competitions and Tournaments will be send to you under separate cover.

CLIFFIE BOOYSEN
GENERAL SECRETARY
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CAR release consultative document relating to 2008 competition schedule

CAR have released a document outline the competition plan for 2008. This document is available as a PDF document here .

The CAR Chairman’s Note

After a number of unproductive years given the African institution was born in Tunis in 1986 with the objective to develop the Game in Africa, CAR can now be proud of the progress made since May 2002 and its change of direction.

Indeed if in the past only a few nations had the opportunity to participate in competitions in Africa, today’s another era…

27 nations currently participate in the CAR activities whereas in 2002, there were 6 nations in the Top 6 and 4 in the second division regional event.

108 rugby matches were organised by CAR in Africa (outside South Africa) in 2002 that involved the national teams, the U18 and the Women’s. The Continent has been divided into 5 rugby zones allowing geographical proximity and an easier communication between the nations. This zone organisation SHALL ALLOW all regions to be represented in CAR and will be beneficial to the development of the Game as with this proximity we hope to see all the young Africans running with a rugby ball.

We are convinced sport and especially rugby has the potential to develop the youth in Africa. Rugby is a catalyst and provides an educational environment, communication and exchange but also helps towards tolerance and understanding in the difficult times we are going through.

To come back to the event uniting our rugby family here in Tanzania, a nation with a history of tolerance and hospitality, we can be proud of what our Tanzanian brothers have achieved when they proposed this second Castel Beer Super 16 Trophy, South Zone.

As CAR Chairman, I am delighted today to see that Tanzania took up the challenge to organise this African rugby tournament. And we know this challenge was not an easy one.

We also hope to show that rugby has sharing values: anyone can play our Game, men, women, whether rich, black, white, in good health or with a handicap, everyone can be part of the Game. And I also hope rugby will be part of the Olympics in the future.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Minister of Sports and for the Youth and the sporting authorities in Tanzania for the important and efficient support they provided fro this organisation and without which this event would have been difficult to hold.

I would also like to thank the IRB for its important role and its moral and financial assistance. I would like to say thanks from the bottom of my heart.

On behalf of CAR, I would like to congratulate Mr Tinus Aucamp, the Tanzanian Rugby Union Chairman for the great organisation of this tournament and his dynamic support for Tanzanian rugby and the Game in Africa.

I cannot conclude without thanking all the anonymous and dedicated volunteers who are contributing to the success of any event such as this one.

I would like to thank all the African teams that have participated in this Super 16 and whish them luck and a successful tournament. May the best team win in the spirit of the Game.

Abdelaziz Bougja
Chairman, CAR