Africa Men's Sevens

Africa Men's Sevens
Sport Rugby sevens
No. of teams 12
Continent Africa
Most recent
champion(s)		 Uganda (2017)
Logo in 2013.

The Africa Men's Sevens, formerly the Africa Cup Sevens, is an annual rugby sevens tournament involving African nations, organised by Rugby Africa. Since 2013 the event has been contested on an annual basis.

The tournament is also acts as a qualifying event for the Rugby World Cup Sevens and Olympic Rugby Sevens as required.

Results

Winners and runners-up for official Rugby Africa and IRB (WR) sevens tournaments:

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up Refs
African Sevens (RWC 7s qualifiers)
2000Nairobi Zimbabwe 26–14 Kenya [1]
2004Lusaka Kenya 33–14 Namibia [2]
2008Tunis Kenya 26–14 Zimbabwe [3]
2012Rabat Zimbabwe 33–10 Tunisia [4]
Africa Cup Sevens
2013Mombasa Kenya 24–19 Zimbabwe [5]
2014Harare South Africa 38–5 Kenya [6]
2015Johannesburg Kenya 19–17 Zimbabwe [7]
2016Nairobi Uganda 38–19 Namibia
2017Kampala Uganda 10–7 Zimbabwe
Africa Men's Sevens
2018Jemmal, Tunisia Scheduled for 13–14 October 2018

See also

References

  1. ↑ RWC Qualifier: Nairobi, Kenya. 6/23/2000 - 6/24/2000. Rugby7. 2000.
  2. ↑ RWC Qualifier: Lusaka, Zambia. 7/26/2004 - 7/27/2004. Rugby7. 2004.
  3. ↑ Africa Qualifier: Tunis, Tunisia. 10/31/2008 - 11/1/2008. Rugby7. 2008.
  4. ↑ RWC Qualifier: Rabat, Morocco. 9/29/2012 - 9/30/2012. Rugby7. 2012.
  5. ↑ Shujaa win the Africa Cup Sevens. CAR. April 28, 2013.
  6. ↑ SA win it, Zim qualify for Hong Kong Daily news. 1 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Kenya qualify for Rio 2016 Sport 24. 15 November 2015
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