North African Tri Nations Explained

North African Tri Nations
Current Season:2017 North African Tri Nations
Sport:Rugby union
Founded:2016
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Season:2017
Count:2

The North African Tri Nations is an annual rugby union tournament involving nations from North Africa, organised by Rugby Africa, under hospices of World Rugby. Morocco won this first edition.

History

The tournament was first held in December 2016 organized by the Algerian Rugby Federation in collaboration with Rugby Africa grouping Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. World Rugby has validated it, and the event take place at Oran, Algeria.[1] [2]

Results

Tournaments

Below is a list of previous tournaments results:

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2016 Oran
2017 Oujda
2018 TunisiaNot held

A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Team records

The overall record of the teams are as follows:

TeamChampionsRunners-upThird place
2 (2016, 2017)
1 (2016)1 (2017)
1 (2017)1 (2016)

Performance of nations

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Legend

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Zone Afrique : un Tri Nations au Maghreb en décembre . lequipe.fr . 2 December 2016 . Paris . 17 October 2016.
  2. News: World Rugby donne son accord pour un Tri-nations à Oran ! . lagazettedufennec.com . 2 December 2016 . 14 October 2016.