Africa Men's Sevens

Africa Men's Sevens
SportRugby sevens
Instituted2000
Governing bodyAfrica (Rugby Africa)
Holders Kenya (2023)
Most titles Kenya (6 titles)
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 by year

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

Year Host Final Third place match Refs
Winner Score Runner-up Third Score Fourth
African Sevens (RWC 7s qualifiers)
2000 Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

Zimbabwe
26–14
Kenya

Namibia
33–21
Tunisia
[1]
2004 Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia

Kenya
33–14
Namibia

Uganda
24–19
Zimbabwe
[2]
2008 Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia

Kenya
26–14
Zimbabwe

Tunisia
26–12
Namibia
[3]
Africa Cup Sevens
2012 Morocco
Rabat, Morocco

Zimbabwe
33–12
Tunisia

Nigeria
19–12
Madagascar
[4]
2013 Kenya
Mombasa, Kenya

Kenya
24–19
Zimbabwe

Tunisia
31–5
Madagascar
[5]
2014 Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe

South Africa
38–5
Kenya

Zimbabwe
41–5
Tunisia
[6]
2015 South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa

Kenya
21–17
Zimbabwe

Morocco
19–12
Tunisia
[7]
2016 Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

Uganda
38–19
Namibia

Kenya
46–0
Madagascar
2017 Uganda
Kampala, Uganda

Uganda
10–7
Zimbabwe

Madagascar
26–7
Zambia
Africa Men's Sevens
2018 Tunisia
Monastir, Tunisia

Zimbabwe
17–5
Kenya

Uganda
24–19
Madagascar
2019 South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa

Kenya
29–0
Uganda

Zimbabwe
24–7
Madagascar
2022 Uganda
Kampala, Uganda

Uganda
28–0
Zimbabwe

Kenya
19–12
Zambia
2023 Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe

Kenya
17–12
South Africa

Uganda
24–12
Zimbabwe
2024 Mauritius
Mapou, Mauritius

Team Records

Team Champions Runners-up Third Fourth
 Kenya 6 (2004, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2023) 3 (2000, 2014, 2018) 2 (2016, 2022)
 Zimbabwe 3 (2000, 2012, 2018) 5 (2008, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022) 2 (2014, 2019) 2 (2004, 2023)
 Uganda 3 (2016, 2017, 2022) 1 (2019) 3 (2004, 2018, 2023)
 South Africa 1 (2014) 1 (2023)
 Namibia 2 (2004, 2016) 1 (2000) 1 (2008)
 Tunisia 1 (2012) 2 (2008, 2013) 3 (2000, 2014, 2015)
 Madagascar 1 (2017) 5 (2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019)
 Nigeria 1 (2012)
 Morocco 1 (2015)
 Zambia 2 (2017, 2022)
Note – Table updated up to the 2022 championships. Years styled in italics when the associated team competed on home soil.

Results by nation

Team Kenya
2000
Zambia
2004
Tunisia
2008
Morocco
2012
Kenya
2013
Zimbabwe
2014
South Africa
2015
Kenya
2016
Uganda
2017
Tunisia
2018
South Africa
2019
Uganda
2022
Zimbabwe
2023
Mauritius
2024
Years
 Algeria
 Botswana 8th GS 9th
 Eswatini 7th GS
 Ivory Coast 5th 6th
 Kazakhstan =9th
 Kenya 2nd 1st 1st
 Madagascar =9th GS 5th 4th
 Morocco 7th
 Namibia 3rd 2nd 4th 5th
 Nigeria 3rd
 Senegal 8th
 Tunisia 4th 3rd 2nd
 Uganda 6th 3rd 7th
 Zambia =9th GS 6th 8th
 Zimbabwe 1st 4th 2nd 1st
Total 12[a] 8 10[b] 8

See also

  • mapAfrica portal

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ Botswana participated with two teams (first and B teams).
  2. ^ Tunisia participated with two teams (first and B teams).

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. ^ Africa Cup Sevens: Mombasa, Kenya. 4/27/2013 - 4/28/2013. rugbyarchive 2013.
  6. ^ Africa Cup Sevens: Harare, Zimbabwe. 11/29/2014 - 11/30/2014. rugbyarchive 2014.
  7. ^ Kenya qualify for Rio 2016 Sport 24. 15 November 2015
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