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Victoria Cup (rugby union)

Victoria Cup (rugby union)
SportRugby union
Founded2010
CountryKenya
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Most recent
champion(s)
 Zimbabwe (2019)
TV partner(s)Zimbabwe Kwese sports
Related
competitions
Elgon Cup

The Victoria Cup is a rugby union tournament contested by the four African nations of Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe as of 2019. After a seven-year hiatus, the competition was revived following Rugby Africa's cancellation of the Africa Gold Cup in 2019 due to sponsorship loss.[1][2]

In 2010 and 2011, the Victoria Cup was played as a tri-nations tournament between Kenya, Zimbabwe and Uganda on a double round-robin basis, with the teams playing home-and-away. The competition was discontinued in 2012 after Uganda and Zimbabwe withdrew due to financial difficulties.[2][3]

The Cup is named after Lake Victoria in Kenya and Victoria Falls which were named in honour the reigning Queen Victoria and her great grandmother.

Champions

The Victoria Cup winners and runners-up from the inaugural tri-nations tournament of 2010 onward are listed below:

Year Teams Winner Runner-up Ref
2019 4  Zimbabwe  Kenya [4]
2013–2018 Not contested
2012 Cancelled
2011 3  Zimbabwe  Kenya
2010 3  Kenya  Zimbabwe

Precursor: 1958–2009

The results of matches involving Kenya, Zimbabwe and Uganda from 1958–2009 are listed below:

Date Home Score Visitor Venue Notes
2009-08-29  Uganda
18 – 13
Kenya  Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda Elgon Cup 2009 Round 2.
2009-08-15  Kenya
30 – 22
Uganda  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Elgon Cup 2009 Round 1.
2008-08-16  Kenya
39 – 20
Uganda  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Elgon Cup 2008 Round 2.
2008-05-24  Uganda
20 – 3
Kenya  Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda Elgon Cup 2008 Round 1.
2007-09-26  Uganda
24 – 12
Kenya  Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar Semi final of the Africa Cup
2007-08-11  Kenya
33 – 15
Uganda  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Elgon Cup 2007 Round 2.
2007-05-26  Uganda
29 – 10
Kenya  Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda Elgon Cup 2007 Round 1.
2006-08-12  Kenya
20 – 22
Uganda  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Elgon Cup 2006 Round 2.
2006-05-13  Uganda
7 – 7
Kenya  Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda Elgon Cup 2006 Round 1.
2005-08-27  Uganda
5 – 13
Zimbabwe  Kampala Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Championship, Division 1, Pool A
2005-08-20  Uganda
20 – 9
Zimbabwe  Kampala RWC Qualifier, Africa, Round 1B, Playoff 2nd leg
2005-08-06  Zimbabwe
22 – 16
Uganda  Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe RWC Qualifier, Africa, Round 1B, Playoff 1st leg
2005-06-25  Uganda
5 – 8
Kenya 
2004-09-11  Zimbabwe
17 – 0
Uganda  Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe African CAR Championship, Division 1 South, Pool 1
2004-07-31  Kenya
18 – 8
Uganda  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
2004-07-24  Zimbabwe
24 – 15
Kenya  Hartsfield Ground, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Friendly, Kenya Tour
2003-07-05  Uganda
25 – 3
Zimbabwe  Kampala African CAR Championship, Division 1, Pool B
2003-06-14  Uganda
21 – 22
Kenya 
2003-05-25  Kenya
32 – 24
Zimbabwe  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Friendly, Zimbabwe tour
2002-10-05  Kenya
22 – 31
Uganda  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
2002-09-28  Kenya
19 – 12
Zimbabwe  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Airways Cup
2002-07-21  Uganda
8 – 12
Kenya 
2002-05-18  Zimbabwe
43 – 0
Uganda  Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Friendly, Uganda tour. First match between these two nations. Used by Zimbabwe as warm up for RWC qualifying.[5]
2001-09-29  Kenya
44 – 17
Uganda  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
2001-07-28  Kenya
12 – 9
Uganda  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
1997-08-23  Kenya
65 – 8
Uganda  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
1993-07-03  Kenya
7 – 42
Zimbabwe  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya RWC Qualifier, Africa, Round 1, Group 2. Match Report[6]
1989-08-13  Kenya
9 – 56
Zimbabwe  Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Friendly, Kenya Tour. Score was 6 – 22 at half-time.
1987-08-07  Kenya
12 – 44
Zimbabwe  Nairobi Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Championship. Score was 3 – 26 at half-time.
1985-05-01  Zimbabwe
15 – 13
Kenya  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Friendly, Zimbabwe tour.
1982-03-27  Zimbabwe
15 – 12
KenyaEast Africa Sailsbury Sports Club, Sailsbury, Zimbabwe Match was between Zimbabwe and East Africa (not Kenya) on their Seventh Tuskers Tour to Zambia and Zimbabwe. See Note[c] Sailsbury had not yet been renamed as Harare.
1981-05-23  Kenya
24 – 34
Zimbabwe  RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Friendly, Zimbabwe tour. First match between these two nations.
 Kenya
 Uganda
Uganda Uganda
Kenya Kenya
Uganda 
Kenya 
Kenya Kenya
Uganda Uganda
Between 1960 and 1980 there were frequent but irregular matches between Kenya and Uganda; records of the results of these matches may not have survived.
1958-05-24 Uganda Uganda
11 – 21
Kenya Kenya Kampala First official match between these 'nations' although at the time they were regarded as 'districts' within the British Empire.

Notes

a. ^ Lake Victoria and the Victoria Falls are not connected contrary to some reports.[7] The only major river that flows out of Lake Victoria is the River Nile which flows north to the Mediterranean Sea. The Victoria Falls are on the Zambezi River which begins in Zambia and runs south and east to empty into the Indian Ocean.

b. ^ Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest lake it is also the largest tropical lake and the second largest freshwater lake in the world. While the Victoria Falls are neither the highest nor the widest waterfall in the world, it is claimed to be the largest sheet of falling water in the world measuring some 184,500 sq meters.

c. ^ The 1982 match between the Zimbabwe and East Africa is often listed in popular online databases as being Zimbabwe v Kenya. In fact it was played by East Africa on the Seventh Tuskers Tour to Zambia and Zimbabwe. Though this team was almost exclusively (if not entirely) made up of Kenyan players, it is not technically a Kenya v Zimbabwe result. As the Lions is made up of players from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, so the East Africa team selects players from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

References

  1. ^ "Victoria Cup returns". Kratos Sports. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 25 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Tisa, Luvisia (18 June 2019). "Victoria Cup set to return, Kenya Simbas among sides expected to feature". scrummage.co.ke. Archived from the original on 25 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Uganda pull out of Junior Africa Cup". The Herald. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ "World Rugby".
  5. ^ Augustine Mukaro (17 May 2002). "Zimbabwe: Rugby Squad Intensifies Bid for World Cup". AllAfrica. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Rugby Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables - ESPN".
  7. ^ "allAfrica.com: Uganda Blasts Blow Away Rugby Match". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.