2017 North African Tri Nations

2017 North African Tri Nations

Tournament details
Date	17–23 December 2017
No. of nations	3
Final positions
Champions	Morocco
Runner-up	Algeria
Third place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Tries scored	12 (4 per match)
Attendance	2,800 (933 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Chakir Hmidouche (24)
Most tries
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The 2017 North African Tri Nations was the second annual North African Tri Nations rugby union tournament held between the national rugby union teams of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. The 2017 tournament was held in Oujda between 17 and 23 December.^[1] Morocco won their second consecutive title after winning in the final against Algeria with a score of 20-13.^[2]

Venue[]

• , Oujda

Fixtures[]

17 December 2017 14:30 WET (UTC+0)

Morocco	17–16	Tunisia
Try: Mehdi Benyachou  16' Con: Chakir Hmidouche (0/1) Pen: Chakir Hmidouche (4/4)  12', 47', 70', 80+2'	Report	Try: ?  79' Con: Chamseddine Khalifa (1/1) 80' Pen: Chamseddine Khalifa (3/3)  2', 14', 50'

, Oujda Attendance: 1,000

20 December 2017 14:30 WET (UTC+0)

Algeria	36–13	Tunisia
Try:  ?'  ?'  46'  60'  65' Con: (3/3) ?', ?', 47' Johan Bensalla (1/2) 61' Pen: (1/1)  ?'	Report	Try: ?  43'  ?  80+5' Con: Chamseddine Khalifa (0/2) Pen: Chamseddine Khalifa (1/1)  ?'

, Oujda Attendance: 300 Referee: Sylvain Mane (Senegal)

23 December 2017 14:30 WET (UTC+0)

Morocco	20–13	Algeria
Try: ?  45'  ?  78' Con: Chakir Hmidouche (2/2) 46', 79' Pen: Chakir Hmidouche (2/5)  10', 42'	[ Report]	Try:  80+5' Con: Yoan Saby (1/1) 80+6' Drop: Bensalla (2/2) 30', 35'

, Oujda Attendance: 1,500

Standings[]

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points		Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	4 Tries	7 Point Loss
1	Morocco	2	2	0	0	37	29	+8	0	0	8
2	Algeria	2	1	0	1	49	33	+16	1	1	6
3	Tunisia	2	0	0	2	29	53	−24	0	1	1

2017 North African Tri Nations squads[]

Algeria[]

Head coach: Boumedienne Allam

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
	Prop	(1978-04-24)24 April 1978 (aged 39)	7	Avenir Valencien
	Prop	(1986-06-21)21 June 1986 (aged 31)	0	USO Nevers
	Prop	(1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 24)	1	Stade Rodez Aveyron
	Hooker	(1997-06-18)18 June 1997 (aged 20)	0	CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
	Hooker	(1990-11-04)4 November 1990 (aged 27)	0
	Lock	(1987-06-21)21 June 1987 (aged 30)	7
	Lock	(1995-12-16)16 December 1995 (aged 22)	2
	Lock	(1981-08-10)10 August 1981 (aged 36)	1
	Lock	(1996-01-22)22 January 1996 (aged 21)	0	FC Grenoble B
	Flanker	(1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 34)	1	AS Béziers Hérault
	Flanker	(1985-11-10)10 November 1985 (aged 32)	2
	Number 8	(1991-01-30)30 January 1991 (aged 26)	1
	Scrum-half	(1984-05-04)4 May 1984 (aged 33)	7	AC Bobigny 93 Rugby
	Scrum-half	(1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 25)	1
	Fly-half	(1995-08-13)13 August 1995 (aged 22)	1
Johan Bensalla	Fly-half	(1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 26)	4
	Centre	(1994-01-24)24 January 1994 (aged 23)	4	CS Universitatea
	Centre	(1993-11-27)27 November 1993 (aged 24)	3	USA Limoges
	Centre	(1983-04-12)12 April 1983 (aged 34)	5
	Wing	(1991-11-03)3 November 1991 (aged 26)	7	AC Bobigny 93 Rugby
	Wing	(1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 28)	6
	Fullback	(1988-01-31)31 January 1988 (aged 29)	4

Morocco[]

Tunisia[]

Statistics[]

Try scorers[]

Conversion scorers[]

Penalty goal scorers[]

References[]

External links[]

• la 2e édition du Tri Nations du Maghreb - World Rugby official website