Rugby Africa Sevens

Africa Cup Sevens
Sport Rugby sevens
No. of teams 12
Continent Africa
Most recent
champion(s)		  Kenya

The Africa Cup Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament involving African nations, organised by Rugby Africa. Since 2013 the tournament has been contested on an annual basis. The 2015 edition also acted as an Olympics qualification tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Prior to 2013, African Sevens tournaments were also held to determine qualification to the Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Results

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

African Sevens tournaments

Year Venue Final Ref
Winner Score Runner-up
2000 Nairobi
Zimbabwe 		26–14
Kenya		 [1]
2004 Lusaka
Kenya 		33–14
Namibia		 [2]
2008 Tunis
Kenya 		26–14
Zimbabwe		 [3]
2012 Rabat
Zimbabwe 		33–10
Morocco		 [4]

Africa Cup Sevens

Year Venue Final Ref
Winner Score Runner-up
2013 Mombasa
Kenya 		24–19
Zimbabwe		 [5]
2014 Harare
South Africa 		38–5
Kenya		 [6]
2015 Johannesburg
Kenya 		19–17
Zimbabwe		 [7]
2016 Nairobi
Uganda 		38–19
Namibia

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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