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
- ^ 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 |
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 |
Senegal ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png) | 24−12 | Botswana |
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Botswana ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png) | 14−14 | Mauritius |
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Senegal ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png) | 24−7 | Mauritius |
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Knockout stage
9th Place
Ghana ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png) | 7−12 | Mauritius |
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Ghana ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png) | 26−0 | Mauritius |
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Cup
5th Place
| Semi-finals | | Fifth Place |
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| 7 October 2017 - 13:20 | | |
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| Botswana | 12 |
| 7 October 2017 - 16:02 |
| Senegal | 27 | |
| Senegal | 12 |
| 7 October 2017 - 13:42 |
| | Tunisia | 35 |
| Morocco | 10 |
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| Tunisia | 14 | |
| Seventh Place |
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| 7 October 2017 - 15:40 |
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| Botswana | 0 |
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| Morocco | 10 |
Standings
See also
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