CAPE TOWN, South Africa, April 10, 2018/APO Group/ --

The African Under-20 Rugby Championship took place from March 28th to 31st, 2018. The competition was split into two groups (the North played in Tunisia and South in Namibia) competing at a distance for the African championship title.

More than 394 points and 53 tries were scored in 8 matches.

• Namibia emerged victorious from the South group after a match of exceptional intensity against Kenya.
• Tunisia won the final of the North group, a match full of suspense right up to the final whistle with a dramatic drop goal by the number 10 m, Dhia Ben Dhied, in the second minute of extra time.

The video of the extra time can be seen at the following link: https://youtu.be/hjhySaXjny4

Namibia was the overall winner of the tournament with a higher goal-average. Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com) will not be organising a final between the winners of the two groups.

Final ranking:

Team	Log Points	Won matches	Lost matches	Tries scored	Tries against	Yellow card	Red Card	Points scored	Points against	Goal average
Namibia	6	2	0	9	4	2		64	35	29
Tunisie	6	2	0	3	2	0	1	26	19	7
Kenya	4	1	1	9	8	1		69	50	19
Sénégal	4	1	1	5	5			38	36	2
Zimbabwe	4	1	1	18	5	2		117	42	75
Côte d’Ivoire	4	1	1	2	3			19	20	-1
Maroc	2	0	2	5	5	1		30	30	0
Madagascar	2	0	2	3	23	1	1	28	151	-123

Intermediary ranking – Northern Group:

	Groupe Nord	Points	Won matches	Lost matches	Tries scored	Tries against	YC	RC	Points scored	Points against	Goal average
1	Tunisie	6	2	0	3	2	0	1	26	19	7
2	Sénégal	4	1	1	5	5			38	36	2
3	Côte d’Ivoire	4	1	1	2	3			19	20	-1
4	Maroc	2	0	2	5	5	1		30	30	0

Intermediary ranking – Southern Group:

	Groupe Sud	Points	Won matches	Lost matches	Tries scored	Tries against	YC	RC	Points scored	Points against	Goal average
1	Namibia	6	2	0	9	4	2		64	35	29
2	Kenya	4	1	1	9	8	1		69	50	19
3	Zimbabwe	4	1	1	18	5	2		117	42	75
4	Madagascar	2	0	2	3	23	1	1	28	151	-123

Best tries scorers:

1 - Matthew D McNab (Namibie) – 4 unités

2 – Ibrahima Diaby (Senegal) – 3 unités

3 - Mark Mutuku (Kenya) – 3 unités

Results :

Northern Group		Southern Group
Kenya vs Madagascar	51 – 13	Maroc vs Sénégal	25 – 30
Namibia vs Zimbabwe	27 – 17	Tunisie vs Cote d’Ivoire	15 – 11
Zimbabwe vs Madagascar	100 – 15	Cote d’Ivoire vs Maroc	11 – 05
Namibia vs Kenya	37 - 15	Tunisie vs Sénégal	11 - 08