North African Tri Nations

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)
Tournaments

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:

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

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

Team records

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
Team 201620172018
 Algeria 3rd2nd
 Morocco 1st1st
 Tunisia 2nd3rd
Legend

References
  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.
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