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2027 Men's Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification

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2027 Men's Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification
Tournament details
Dates20 July 2024 – August 2025
No. of nations16
2023
2031

Qualifying for the 2027 Rugby World Cup for Africa began in July 2024, with 16 teams competing for one direct qualification spot into the final tournament.[1]

Format

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Qualifying began with the top eight African sides (excluding South Africa) playing in a straight knock-out format to determine seedings for the final round of the qualification process, with the bottom placed side of round 1, eliminated from qualification.

Round two, will see the eight development African nations competing in a round-robin tournament over two groups, with the winners of each group facing each other in round 2 final. The winner of the final will progress to the third round of the qualification process, whilst the other seven nations will be eliminated.

Round three, will see the final eight sides face each other in a straight knock-out format based on their seedings in 2024. The winner of this round will qualify for the Rugby World Cup, whilst the runner-up will face Asia 2 from the Asian qualification process in a play-off series to determine who advances to the Final Qualification Tournament.

Entrants

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Eight teams will compete during for the Africa qualifiers for the 2027 Rugby World Cup, with South Africa the only team thus far qualified from the Region. (Rankings as of first qualification match in this region)

Nation Rank Began play Qualifying status
 Algeria 69 20 July 2024
 Botswana 77 7 November 2024
 Burkina Faso 92 20 July 2024 Eliminated by Ivory Coast on 28 July 2024
 Cameroon 108 7 November 2024
 Ghana 86 18 November 2024
 Ivory Coast 47 20 July 2024
 Kenya 34 20 July 2024
 Morocco 46 7 November 2024
 Madagascar 44 7 November 2024
 Namibia 23 20 July 2024
 Nigeria 68 18 November 2024
 Senegal 61 20 July 2024
 South Africa 1 N/A Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup
 Tunisia 48 18 November 2024
 Uganda 36 20 July 2024
 Zambia 67 18 November 2024
 Zimbabwe 30 20 July 2024

Round 1: 2024 Rugby Africa Cup

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The first round was a straight knock-out tournament held from 20 to 28 July 2024 in Kampala, Uganda.[2]

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Namibia38
 
 
 
 Burkina Faso5
 
 Namibia10
 
 
 
 Zimbabwe32
 
 Zimbabwe22
 
 
 
 Uganda20
 
 Zimbabwe29
 
 
 
 Algeria3
 
 Kenya36
 
 
 
 Senegal17
 
 Kenya12
 
 
 
 Algeria20 Third place
 
 Algeria32
 
 
 
 Ivory Coast12
 
 Namibia38
 
 
 Kenya27
 

Quarter-finals

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20 July 2024
10:00
Namibia 38–5 Burkina Faso
Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Precious Pazani (Zimbabwe)

20 July 2024
12:00
Kenya 36-17 Senegal
Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Ben Connor (Wales)

20 July 2024
14:00
Algeria 32–12 Ivory Coast
Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Julien Caulier (France)

20 July 2024
16:00
Zimbabwe 22–20 Uganda
Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Benjamin Beuriot (France)

Semi-finals

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24 July 2024
14:00
Kenya 12–20 Algeria
Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Julien Caulier (France)

24 July 2024
16:00
Namibia 10–32 Zimbabwe
Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Ben Connor (Wales)

Third place match

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28 July 2024
14:00
Kenya 27–38 Namibia
Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Talent Gandiwa (Zimbabwe)

Final

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28 July 2024
16:00
Zimbabwe 29–3 Algeria
Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Julien Caulier (France)

Ranking matches

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5–8th place play-offs

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Uganda25
 
 
 
 Burkina Faso15
 
 Uganda34
 
 
 
 Senegal31
 
 Senegal25
 
 
 Ivory Coast8
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Ivory Coast23
 
 
 Burkina Faso10

Semi-finals

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24 July 2024
10:00
Senegal 25–8 Ivory Coast
Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Stéphane Rakotonirainy (Madagascar)

24 July 2024
12:00
Uganda 25–15 Burkina Faso
Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Nicardo Pienaar (Namibia)

5th/6th play-off

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28 July 2024
12:00
Uganda 34–31 Senegal
Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Zaid Isaaccs (Namibia)

Relegation play-off

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28 July 2024
10:00
Ivory Coast 23–10 Burkina Faso
Report
Mandela National Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Benjamin Beuriot (France)

Round 2: 2024 Rugby Africa Repechage

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Pool A

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Pool A will be a round-robin tournament held from 18 to 24 November 2024 in Monastir, Tunisia.

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advances final
2  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.

Pool B

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Pool B will be a round-robin tournament held from 18 to 24 November 2024 in Casablanca, Morocco.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1  Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advances final
2  Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Madagascar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.

Final

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TBA
Pool A WinnervPool B Winner
TBA

Round 3: 2025 Rugby Africa Cup

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Round 2 will commence in the July 2025, with a round-robin tournament determining the winner and qualifying for the Rugby World Cup as Africa 1. The runner-up (Africa 2) will progress to an Africa / Asia play-off match against Asia 2 to decide who plays in the Final Qualification Tournament.

Like the first round, Kampala, Uganda will host the tournament.[4]

The following teams have qualified for the final stage of African qualification with one space remaining:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Qualification process confirmed for expanded Men's Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia". Women's and Men's Rugby World Cup. 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Rugby Africa Cup, 18th to 29th July 2024 in Kampala, Uganda". www.ncs.go.ug. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Speech By Rugby Africa President To Launch 2024 Rugby Africa Cup – Kampala". Rugby Africa. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Uganda Welcomes 2024 Rugby Africa Cup for Historic Continental Tournament". Rugby Africa. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
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