2007 CAR Development Trophy

The 2007 CAR Development Trophy, at the time called the CAR Castel Cup for the sponsor, was the fourth edition of a rugby union tournament in Africa. It consisted of teams in the second division.

The competition places sixteen teams into two zones, North and South. Each zone is then divided into two pools of four. Each pool winner then qualifies for the final, so there is a winner for both north and south. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Botswana defeated Tanzania with a score of 37-14 to win the South final. In the North Nigeria won. Burkina Faso did not compete in the final.

South Section

2007 CAR Development Trophy
South Section

Tournament details
Date	19 June– 18 August 2007
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Botswana
Runner-up	Tanzania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
← 2006 2008 →

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Pool A

• Burundi withdrew for financial reasons

Place	Nation	Games				Points		Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	Tanzania	2	2	0	0	71	17	1	9
2	Mayotte	2	1	0	1	69	18	2	6
3	Rwanda	2	0	0	2	111	6	0	0

26 June 2007

Tanzania	18 - 11	Mayotte

Arusha

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28 June 2007

Mayotte	58 - 0	Rwanda

Arusha

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30 June 2007

Tanzania	53 - 6	Rwanda

Arusha

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Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points		Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	Botswana	3	2	0	1	83	26	2	10
2	Réunion	3	2	0	1	79	30	2	10
3	Mauritius	3	2	0	1	69	55	1	9
4	Eswatini	3	0	0	3	19	139	0	0

• Botswana Qualified due to better point score (+57) against (+39)

17 July 2007

Mauritius	41 - 12	Eswatini

Gaborone

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17 July 2007

Botswana	6 - 15	Réunion

Gaborone

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19 July 2007

Botswana	46 - 0	Eswatini

Gaborone

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19 July 2007

Mauritius	17 - 12	Réunion

Gaborone

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21 July 2007

Réunion	52 - 7	Eswatini

Gaborone

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21 July 2007

Botswana	31 - 11	Mauritius

Gaborone

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Final

18 August 2007

Botswana	37 - 14	Tanzania

Gaborone

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North Section

2007 CAR Development Trophy
North Section

Tournament details
Date	19 June– 17 July 2007
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria
Runner-up	Burkina Faso
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
← 2006 2008 →

• source:

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games				Points		Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	Burkina Faso	3	3	0	0	54	3	1	13
2	Mali	3	2	0	1	42	16	1	9
3	Niger	3	1	0	2	63	18	3	7
4	Chad	3	0	0	3	0	122	0	0

19 June 2007

Mali	32 - 0	Chad

Ouagadougou

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19 June 2007

Burkina Faso	8 - 3	Niger

Ouagadougou

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20 June 2007

Mali	10 - 6	Niger

Ouagadougou

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20 June 2007

Burkina Faso	36 - 0	Chad

Ouagadougou

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22 June 2007

Burkina Faso	10 - 0	Mali

Ouagadougou

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22 June 2007

Niger	54 - 0	Chad

Ouagadougou

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Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points		Bonus	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	83	26	1	13
2	Togo	3	2	0	1	46	38	0	8
3	Ghana	3	1	0	2	39	55	0	4
4	Benin	3	0	0	3	21	70	1	1

11 July 2007

Togo	21 - 10	Ghana

Lagos

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11 July 2007

Nigeria	36 - 6	Benin

Lagos

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14 July 2007

Togo	14 - 8	Benin

Lagos

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14 July 2007

Nigeria	27 - 9	Ghana

Lagos

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17 July 2007

Ghana	20 - 7	Benin

Lagos

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17 July 2007

Nigeria	20 - 11	Togo

Lagos

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