Namibia Rugby censure decision to host African qualifiers Rugby World Cup 2023 in France
Allister Coetzee Namibia Rugby Head coach attacked the African Rugby World Cup qualifiers in France's decision to host next year's rather than the African continent. Rugby Fans can buy Rugby World Cup 2023 Tickets from our website.
Namibia, Ivory Coast, Kenya,
Uganda, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Senegal, and Burkina Faso will contest the Rugby Africa
Cup in France in July 2022. This is the final qualifying match of the 2023
World Cup hosted by France.
Namibia Rugby criticize the decision to host African Rugby World Cup 2023 qualifiers in France |
In an interview with the state daily "New Era", Couche said: "I have never made such a decision in any other sport, such as organizing a football tournament against Africa in Europe, or vice versa."
He said, where rugby is
still a minority sport and Rugby World
Cup qualifiers should be used to develop the sport on the African
continent.
The African Rugby
Association said in a statement that the executive committee had considered the
players' welfare, health, and safety when it voted for France to host the
intercontinental qualifiers.
It said France has the best
locations, hotels, security measures, and hygiene standards.
“Events and Hosting African
Rugby committee Championships with a long tradition, African Rugby already
works closely together and France. Which will provide an extraordinary game for
the eight participating teams,” said African Rugby.
Namibia has represented the African continent against Burkina Faso in the last six World Cups |
Namibia has represented the African continent against Burkina Faso in the last six World Cups with South Africa, and Zimbabwe, which took part in the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987 and 1991, will face Ivory Coast in the first round of the knockout round.
Senegal will face Algeria in
the first round, while Kenya will face Uganda in the East African derby, with
the winner moving on to the semi-finals.
The winner of the knockout
round will participate in the French World Cup Group A with host nation New
Zealand, Italy, and the qualifiers from the Americas. World Cup via the
play-offs runner-up in the African qualifiers got another chance to
participate.
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