The 2016 Currie Cup qualification series[note 1] was a South African rugby union competition organised by the South African Rugby Union which was played between 9 April and 23 July 2016.
It featured all fourteen South African provincial unions plus the Welwitschias from Namibia and served as a qualifying competition for the 2016 Currie Cup, the 78th edition of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition.
The six main teams affiliated to Super Rugby franchises – Blue Bulls, Eastern Province Kings, Free State XV, Golden Lions XV, Sharks XV and Western Province – automatically qualified to the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, along with the three highest-ranked non-franchise teams.
The teams that competed in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification competition were:[2] The final log for the 2016 Currie Cup qualification tournament is:[3] The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season.
For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.