A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Date | 12 June 2011– 12 November 2011 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Kenya |
| Runner-up |  Tunisia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 |
← 2010 2012 → | |
The 2011 Africa Cup was the eleventh edition of this tournament. The competition has been restructured into several tiers, based on the IRB rankings.
The top sixteen teams played in Division 1, which is divided into four groups of four teams. The remaining teams played in Division 2.
Group 1A
Group 1A will be held from 7–12 November in Kenya.
The teams competing in Group 1A:
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus | Table points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | ||||
| 1 | Kenya |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 |  Morocco  |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  Namibia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Morocco and Namibia relegated in division 1/B for 2012 Africa Cup
| 12 November 2011 | Kenya
|
16 – 7 | Tunisia
|
Nairobi | ||
Group 1B
Group 1B was held from 12–18 June in Uganda. The teams competing:
Ivory Coast (withdrew)
Madagascar
Uganda
Zimbabwe
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus | Table points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | ||||
| 1 |  Zimbabwe  |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 15 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 |  Uganda |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 55 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Madagascar |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 107 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  Ivory Coast |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uganda and Zimbabwe promoted to pool A of 2012 Africa Cup
Ivory Coast relegated too poll C of 2012 Africa Cup
| 12 June 2001 | Uganda
|
15 – 25 | Zimbabwe
|
Kyadondo Rugby Grounds, Kampala | ||
| Report |
| 15 June 2006 | Zimbabwe
|
49 – 0 | Madagascar
|
Kyadondo Rugby Grounds, Kampala | ||
| Report |
| 18 June 2006 | Uganda
|
58 – 30 | Madagascar
|
Kyadondo Rugby Grounds, Kampala | ||
| Report |
Group 1C
Group 1C was held from 21–25 June in Cameroon. The teams competing :
Semi-Finals
| 21 June 2011 |  Senegal
|
30 – 12 |  Botswana
|
Yaoundé | ||
| 21 June 2011 |  Cameroon
|
12 – 10 |  Zambia
|
Yaoundé | ||
Third place play-off
| 25 June 2011 | Zambia
|
17 – 12 | Botswana
|
Yaoundé | ||
Final
| 25 June 2011 | Senegal
|
15 – 6 | Cameroon
|
Yaoundé | ||
- Senegal promoted to div. 1/B of 2012 Africa Cup
Group 1D
Group 1D was held on 29 July in South Africa. The teams competing :
Mauritius
Nigeria
Eswatini (withdrew and did not play any of its fixtures)
Tanzania (withdrew and did not play any of its fixtures)
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus | Table points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | ||||
| 1 |  Mauritius |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  Nigeria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  Tanzania |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  Eswatini |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-07-29 | Mauritius
|
41 – 12 | Nigeria
|
Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Division 2 (North)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Date | 17–24 June 2011 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Mali |
| Runner-up |  Niger |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
2012 → | |
Division 2 (North) was held from 23–30 July in Mali.
The teams competing in Division 2 (North):
| ||
| Pos | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali
| |
| 2 | Niger
| |
| 3 |  Burkina Faso
| |
| 4 |  Ghana
| |
| 5 | Mali A
| |
| 6 |  Benin
| |
| 7 |  Chad
| |
| 8 |  Togo
| |
| Mali were promoted to Group 1D.
| ||
- Quarter Finals
| 2011-07-23 | Niger
|
30 – 3 | Mali A
|
Bamako, Mali | ||
| 2011-07-23 | Mali
|
32 – 3 | Chad
|
Bamako, Mali | ||
| 2011-07-24 | Ghana
|
16 – 7 | Benin
|
Bamako, Mali | ||
| 2011-07-24 | Burkina Faso
|
11 – 6 | Togo
|
Bamako, Mali | ||
- Semi-Finals - 5th place-play-off
| 2011-07-26 | Mali A
|
14 – 10 | Togo
|
Bamako, Mali | ||