| Sport | Rugby union |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| No. of teams | 2 (men's) 2 (women's) |
| Country |  Kenya Uganda |
| Most recent champion(s) | Kenya (2018) – men's Kenya (2015) – women's |
| TV partner(s) |  Supersport |
| Related competitions | Victoria Cup |
The Elgon Cup is contested between the rugby union teams of Kenya and Uganda. The men's and women's teams of these countries each compete annually for their respective cups on a Home-and-Away basis. The competition and the cups are named after Mount Elgon, a mountain on the border of the two countries.
The men's competition started in 2004 while the women's Elgon Cup followed it a few years later, starting in 2006.[1] The Elgon cup has now been subsumed into the recently instituted Victoria Cup; just as the Bledisloe Cup (Australia and New Zealand), Freedom Cup (New Zealand and South Africa) and Mandela Challenge Plate (Australia and South Africa) have been subsumed into the Tri Nations and as the Calcutta Cup (England and Scotland) is now part of the Six Nations.
Home matches for Kenya are usually played at the RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya, whilst Uganda usually play their home matches at the Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda. The women's games generally serve as a curtain raiser to the men's games.
- ^ "International Rugby Board - News". Irb.com. 2009-09-04. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2012-06-20.