North African Tri Nations

Summary

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.

North African Tri Nations
Current season or competition:
2017 North African Tri Nations
SportRugby union
Instituted2016
Countries Algeria
 Morocco
 Tunisia
Holders Morocco (2017)
Most titles Morocco (2 titles)

History edit

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 edit

Tournaments edit

Below is a list of previous tournaments results:

Year Venue Winner Score Runner-up Third place
2016   Oran  
Morocco
n/a  
Tunisia
 
Algeria
2017   Oujda  
Morocco
n/a  
Algeria
 
Tunisia
2018   Tunisia Not held

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Team records edit

The overall record of the teams are as follows:

Team Champions Runners-up Third place
  Morocco 2 (2016, 2017)
  Tunisia 1 (2016) 1 (2017)
  Algeria 1 (2017) 1 (2016)

Performance of nations edit

Team 2016 2017 2018
  Algeria 3rd 2nd
  Morocco 1st 1st
  Tunisia 2nd 3rd
Legend

References edit

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

External links edit

  • Le premier Tri Nations du Maghreb - World Rugby official website