2009 Africa Trophy
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The 2009 Africa Trophy was the first edition of rugby union intenmediate African championship for national teams.
It was created, after that the better for team of first phase of 2008–09 Africa Cup (valid also as African qualification tournament for Rugby World Cup 2011) was qualified for the semifinals of that tournament, programmed for 2009.
The other eight team, plays in 2009 this new tournament, divided in two zone, each of them with the title. (an Interzone finale was not scheduled)
North Zone
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Morocco |
| Date | 8–11 July |
| Countries |  Cameroon Kenya Morocco Senegal |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Morocco |
| Runner-up | Kenya |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
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2010 →
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The tournament was played in Safi, Morocco.
- Semifinals
- 3rd-4th place payoff
- Final
South Zone
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Botswana |
| Date | 8–11 July |
| Countries | Botswana Madagascar Mauritius Réunion Zambia Zimbabwe |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Zimbabwe |
| Runner-up | Madagascar |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
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2010 →
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The tournament was played in Gaborone, Botswana. participate also of the first two of division one of south section of 2008 CAR Development Trophy.
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus | Table points |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | ||||
| 1 | Zimbabwe |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 33 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Madagascar |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 73 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Mauritius |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 31 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Botswana |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 50 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Réunion |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 85 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Zambia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 77 | 1 | 1 |
