1995 Rugby World Cup – Africa qualification explained

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 as host of tournament.

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. was the first placed team after the second stage and secured qualification for the 1995 tournament.

Africa

Round 1

Group A

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	3	3	0	0	165	55	+110	9
	3	2	0	1	118	69	+49	7
	3	1	0	2	40	125	−65	5
	3	0	0	3	64	138	−74	3

Match Results
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3 July 1993		7–42		Nairobi, Kenya
3 July 1993		64–20	Arabian Gulf	Nairobi, Kenya
7 July 1993		9–60		Nairobi, Kenya
7 July 1993		50–21	Arabian Gulf	Nairobi, Kenya
10 July 1993		24–23	Arabian Gulf	Nairobi, Kenya
10 July 1993		41–26		Nairobi, Kenya

and Qualified for the Round 2

Group B

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	2	2	0	0	44	19	+25	6
	2	1	0	1	9	30	−21	4
	2	0	0	2	21	25	−4	2

Match Results
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26 October 1993		16–19		Tunis, Tunisia
28 October 1993		5–6		Tunis, Tunisia
30 October 1993		25–3		Tunis, Tunisia

and Qualified for the Round 2

Round 2

Final Qualifying Group

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	3	2	0	1	39	39	0	7
	3	1	1	1	53	49	+4	6
	3	1	1	1	42	46	−4	6
	3	1	0	2	51	51	0	5

Match Results
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14 June 1994		25–20		Casablanca, Morocco
14 June 1994		17–9		Casablanca, Morocco
16 June 1994		9–21		Casablanca, Morocco
16 June 1994		13–12		Casablanca, Morocco
18 June 1994		17–10		Casablanca, Morocco
18 June 1994		16–16		Casablanca, Morocco

qualified for the 1995 Rugby World Cup