2017 Africa Cup Sevens

2017 Africa Cup Sevens
2017 Africa Cup Sevens
Hosts	Uganda
Date	6–7 October
Nations	10
Final positions
Champions	Uganda
Runners-up	Zimbabwe
Third	Madagascar
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Africa Cup Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held in Kampala, Uganda on 6–7 October 2017.^[1]^[2]^[3] It will be the 5th championship in a series that began in 2013.

The 2017 tournament serves as a qualifier for the following:

The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament, where two teams compete for a chance to be a core team of the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series
The 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, also involving the top two^[4]
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the top two Commonwealth of Nations members eligible.^[5]

Teams

Notes:

^ Ghana makes its tournament debut after being a full World Rugby member in May 2017^[6]
^ Namibia was originally scheduled to attend, but with Namibia Rugby Union citing financial reasons for pulling the team for the tournament, Mauritius was invited in its place^[7]

Pool stage

All matches are East Africa Time (UTC+3:00)

Legend
Advanced to cup quarterfinals

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Uganda	4	4	0	0	143	29	+114	12
Zambia	4	3	0	1	57	73	−16	10
Tunisia	4	1	1	2	71	87	−16	7
Morocco	4	1	0	3	69	95	−26	6
Ghana	4	0	1	3	34	90	−56	5

6 October 2017
9:30

Tunisia	19−19	Ghana

6 October 2017
9:52

Morocco	19−24	Zambia

6 October 2017
10:58

Uganda	33−0	Ghana

6 October 2017
11:20

Tunisia	14−21	Zambia

6 October 2017
12:48

Uganda	35−0	Zambia

6 October 2017
13:10

Tunisia	19−14	Morocco

6 October 2017
15:00

Uganda	42−10	Morocco

6 October 2017
15:22

Zambia	12−5	Ghana

6 October 2017
16:28

Uganda	33−19	Tunisia

6 October 2017
16:50

Morocco	26−10	Ghana

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Madagascar	4	4	0	0	109	29	+80	12
Zimbabwe	4	3	0	1	71	38	+33	10
Senegal	4	2	0	2	53	62	−9	8
Botswana	4	0	1	3	40	83	−43	5
Mauritius	4	0	1	3	38	99	−61	5

6 October 2017
10:14

Zimbabwe	21−7	Mauritius

6 October 2017
10:36

Senegal	24−12	Botswana

6 October 2017
12:04

Madagascar	40−10	Mauritius

6 October 2017
12:26

Zimbabwe	21−7	Botswana

6 October 2017
13:54

Madagascar	24-7	Botswana

6 October 2017
14:16

Zimbabwe	17−5	Senegal

6 October 2017
15:44

Madagascar	26−0	Senegal

6 October 2017
16:06

Botswana	14−14	Mauritius

6 October 2017
17:12

Madagascar	19−12	Zimbabwe

6 October 2017
17:34

Senegal	24−7	Mauritius

Knockout stage

9th Place

6 October 2017
12:28

Ghana	7−12	Mauritius

6 October 2017
14:48

Ghana	26−0	Mauritius

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

7 October 2017 - 11:00

Uganda	33
		7 October 2017 - 14:04
Botswana	0
		Uganda	38
7 October 2017 - 12:06
		Zambia	12
Zambia	33
				7 October 2017 - 16:46
Senegal	21
				Uganda	10
7 October 2017 - 11:22
				Zimbabwe	7
Madagascar	33
		7 October 2017 - 14:26
Morocco	15
		Madagascar	10
7 October 2017 - 11:44
		Zimbabwe	21	Third place
Zimbabwe	17
				7 October 2017 - 16:24
Tunisia	12
				Zambia	7

				Madagascar	26

5th Place

Semi-finals		Fifth Place

7 October 2017 - 13:20

Botswana	12
		7 October 2017 - 16:02
Senegal	27
		Senegal	12
7 October 2017 - 13:42
		Tunisia	35
Morocco	10

Tunisia	14
		Seventh Place

		7 October 2017 - 15:40

		Botswana	0

		Morocco	10

Standings

Legend
Green fill	Qualified to 2018 Hong Kong Sevens and 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Blue bar	Qualified to 2018 Commonwealth Games

Rank	Team
	Uganda
	Zimbabwe
	Madagascar
4	Zambia
5	Tunisia
6	Senegal
7	Morocco
8	Botswana
9	Ghana
10	Mauritius

References

^ "Uganda Beats Tunisia to Africa Cup Sevens Hosting Rights". allafrica.com. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
^ "Schedule of the competitions 2017". 19 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Uganda to host 2017 Africa Rugby Sevens". Xinhua. 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
^ "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
^ "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
^ "Ghana Rugby seizes opportunity to qualify for world tournament". citifmonline.com. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
^ Namibia rugby sevens post on Facebook

[Ghana-7] Ghana makes its tournament debut after being a full World Rugby member in May 2017^[6]

[Mauritius-9] Namibia was originally scheduled to attend, but with Namibia Rugby Union citing financial reasons for pulling the team for the tournament, Mauritius was invited in its place^[7]

[1] "Uganda Beats Tunisia to Africa Cup Sevens Hosting Rights". allafrica.com. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[2] "Schedule of the competitions 2017". 19 January 2017.

[uganda-3] "Uganda to host 2017 Africa Rugby Sevens". Xinhua. 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.

[4] "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2017-07-27.

[5] "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[6] "Ghana Rugby seizes opportunity to qualify for world tournament". citifmonline.com. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[8] Namibia rugby sevens post on Facebook

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