2012 Africa Cup

The 2012 Africa Cup was the twelfth edition of the Africa Cup, an annual international rugby union tournament for African nations organised by the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR). The tournaments between 2012 and 2014 will also serve as qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Changes from last season
Changes from the 2011 Africa Cup:
 * and were relegated from Division 1A to Division 1B after withdrawing from the 2011 event.
 * and were promoted from Division 1B to Division 1A.
 * were relegated from Division 1B to Division 1C after withdrawing from the 2011 event.
 * were promoted from Division 1C to Division 1B.
 * and were promoted from Division 1D to Division 1C.
 * Division 1D was discontinued.
 * Division 2 (North) and Division 2 (South) were merged into a single Division 2.
 * and joined in Division 2.
 * withdrew from Division 2 (North).
 * and withdrew from Division 2.
 * ,, , , , , and  - who all withdrew at some stage for the 2011 tournament - were not included in the 2012 tournament.

Group 1A
Group 1A was held from 10 to 14 July in Tunis, Tunisia.

Teams
The teams competing in Group 1A:

Group 1B
Group 1B was held from 4–11 July in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Teams
The teams competing in Group 1B:

Table
were promoted to Group 1A. were relegated to Group 1C and eliminated from the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Final

 * Two all-time Test rugby records were set in this match:
 * Namibia's 54 points set a new record for the highest score by a losing team. The previous record was set by in their 50–44 loss to  in Tucumán in 2004.
 * The full-time score of 43–43 was the highest-scoring draw at full-time in history. The previous record was 30–30, set first by and  at Durban in 2005 and then by  and  at Kaunas in a 2011 European Nations Cup match.

Group 1C
Group 1C was held on 22–28 July in Gaborone, Botswana. There were three rounds, with no final.

Cameroon withdraw at a very late stage, and as such, the tournament was reduced to a 5-team tournament.

Teams
The teams competing in Group 1C:
 * - withdrawn
 * - withdrawn
 * - withdrawn
 * - withdrawn
 * - withdrawn
 * - withdrawn

Division 2
Division 2 was held on 29–30 June in Lomé, Togo. The tournament was played under Rugby 7's laws.

Teams
The teams competing in Division 2:
 * A
 * B
 * A
 * B
 * A
 * B
 * A
 * B

Pool A
Match Schedule

Pool B
Match Schedule

Under-19
An Under-19 competition was held from 25 Aug - 1 Sep in Harare, Zimbabwe. The winner will qualify for the 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. The winner of Division B (Madagascar) will replace the last place finisher in Division A (Tunisia) for the 2013 tournament.

Teams
The teams competing in the Under-19 competition:

Division A

Division B

Uganda pulled out of Division B, and was replaced with a Harare U19 Select XV.

Division A
Match Schedule

Division B
Match Schedule