2017 Africa Cup Sevens
Hosts Uganda
Date6–7 October
Nations10
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:

Teams

  • Notes:
  1. Ghana makes its tournament debut after being a full World Rugby member in May 2017[6]
  2. 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 440014329+11412
 Zambia 43015773−1610
 Tunisia 41127187−167
 Morocco 41036995−266
 Ghana 40133490−565

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 440010929+8012
 Zimbabwe 43017138+3310
 Senegal 42025362−98
 Botswana 40134083−435
 Mauritius 40133899−615

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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 October 2017 - 11:00
 
 
 Uganda33
 
7 October 2017 - 14:04
 
 Botswana0
 
 Uganda38
 
7 October 2017 - 12:06
 
 Zambia12
 
 Zambia33
 
7 October 2017 - 16:46
 
 Senegal21
 
 Uganda10
 
7 October 2017 - 11:22
 
 Zimbabwe7
 
 Madagascar33
 
7 October 2017 - 14:26
 
 Morocco15
 
 Madagascar10
 
7 October 2017 - 11:44
 
 Zimbabwe21 Third place
 
 Zimbabwe17
 
7 October 2017 - 16:24
 
 Tunisia12
 
 Zambia7
 
 
 Madagascar26
 

5th Place

 
Semi-finalsFifth Place
 
      
 
7 October 2017 - 13:20
 
 
 Botswana12
 
7 October 2017 - 16:02
 
 Senegal27
 
 Senegal12
 
7 October 2017 - 13:42
 
 Tunisia35
 
 Morocco10
 
 
 Tunisia14
 
Seventh Place
 
 
7 October 2017 - 15:40
 
 
 Botswana0
 
 
 Morocco10

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Uganda
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zimbabwe
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Madagascar
4  Zambia
5 Tunisia
6 Senegal
7 Morocco
8 Botswana
9 Ghana
10 Mauritius

See also

References

  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.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  7. Namibia rugby sevens post on Facebook
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