Ghana Rugby Association Ghana Rugby also experienced a memorable year in other areas. Ghana Rugby was awarded the hosting rights for the 2017 Rugby Africa Regional Challenge - West 1 between Benin, Ghana and Togo in Accra, Ghana. Ghana Rugby managed to win the tournament by beating Benin 46 - 5 and Togo 10 - 0 to lift the Regional Challenge Trophy. Ghana Rugby competed for the first time in the Rugby Africa Men's Sevens Tournament in Kampala-Uganda by beating Mauritius 26 to 0 to be placed 9th in the Africa Men’s Sevens Tournament. The competition was played between ten of Africa’s best
2005 African Youth Championship 2005 African Youth Championship The 2005 African Youth Championship was an international football competition that took place between 15 and 29 January 2005. The tournament was hosted by Benin and also served as qualification for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Burundi and Mauritius withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively the Republic of Congo and Lesotho. Republic of Congo, Congo Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Gabon and Tanzania withdrew. A bye was therefore given to respectively Cameroon, Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana and Zimbabwe. Niger were disqualified by the FIFA. Accusations were made to each other from Lesotho and Zimbabwe of using over-aged