1995 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification

For the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, the Confederation of African Rugby was allocated one direct qualifying place (Africa 1) in addition to the automatic qualifying place granted to South Africa as host of tournament.[1][2]

Seven teams participated in the qualification tournament. The teams were split into two pools for the first stage held in 1993, with the matches in Pool A taking place in Nairobi and the matches in Pool B being played in Tunis. the two top teams in each pool progressed to the second stage which was another round robin held at Casablanca in 1994. Ivory Coast was the first placed team after the second stage and secured qualification for the 1995 tournament.[3][4]

## Africa

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### Round 1

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Group A

Team  | Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | For  | Against  | Difference  | Points

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Namibia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 55 | +110 | 9
Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 69 | +49 | 7
Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 125 | −65 | 5
Arabian Gulf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 138 | −74 | 3
Match Results

Date  | Home  | Score  | Away  | Venue
3 July 1993  |  Kenya | 7–42  |  Zimbabwe | Nairobi, Kenya
3 July 1993  |  Namibia | 64–20  | Arabian Gulf | Nairobi, Kenya
7 July 1993  |  Kenya | 9–60  |  Namibia | Nairobi, Kenya
7 July 1993  |  Zimbabwe | 50–21  | Arabian Gulf | Nairobi, Kenya
10 July 1993  |  Kenya | 24–23  | Arabian Gulf | Nairobi, Kenya
10 July 1993  |  Namibia | 41–26  |  Zimbabwe | Nairobi, Kenya

Namibia and  Zimbabwe Qualified for the Round 2

Group B

Team  | Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | For  | Against  | Difference  | Points

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Ivory Coast | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 6
Morocco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 30 | −21 | 4
Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 2
Match Results

Date  | Home  | Score  | Away  | Venue
26 October 1993  |  Tunisia | 16–19  |  Ivory Coast | Tunis, Tunisia
28 October 1993  |  Tunisia | 5–6  |  Morocco | Tunis, Tunisia
30 October 1993  |  Ivory Coast | 25–3  |  Morocco | Tunis, Tunisia

Ivory Coast and  Morocco Qualified for the Round 2

### Round 2

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Final Qualifying Group

Team  | Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | For  | Against  | Difference  | Points

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Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 7
Namibia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 6
Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 6
Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 5
Match Results

Date  | Home  | Score  | Away  | Venue
14 June 1994  |  Namibia | 25–20  |  Zimbabwe | Casablanca, Morocco
14 June 1994  |  Morocco | 17–9  |  Ivory Coast | Casablanca, Morocco
16 June 1994  |  Morocco | 9–21  |  Zimbabwe | Casablanca, Morocco
16 June 1994  |  Ivory Coast | 13–12  |  Namibia | Casablanca, Morocco
18 June 1994  |  Ivory Coast | 17–10  |  Zimbabwe | Casablanca, Morocco
18 June 1994  |  Morocco | 16–16  |  Namibia | Casablanca, Morocco

Ivory Coast qualified for the 1995 Rugby World Cup

## References

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1. ^ "Rugby World Cup 1995". Welsh Rugby Union. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015.
2. ^ Evans, Steve (2011). "RWC 1995". Black Swans.
3. ^ "1995 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Results". ESPN Scrum. 17 September 1994.
4. ^ "1995 Rugby World Cup Qualifier Points Tables". ESPN Scrum. 17 September 1994.

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