2017 Africa Cup Sevens (original) (raw)

2017 Africa Cup Sevens
Hosts	Uganda
Date	6–7 October
Nations	10
Final positions
Champions	Uganda
Runners-up	Zimbabwe
Third	Madagascar
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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:

• The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament, where two teams compete for a chance to be a core team of the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series
• The 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, also involving the top two[4]
• The 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the top two Commonwealth of Nations members eligible.[5]

Teams

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• Botswana

• Ghana[note 1]

• Madagascar

• Mauritius[note 2]

• Morocco

• Senegal

• Tunisia

• Uganda

• Zambia[3]

• Zimbabwe

• 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

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All matches are East Africa Time (UTC+3:00)

Pool A

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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

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

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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

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

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9th Place

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6 October 2017
12:28

Ghana	7−12	Mauritius

6 October 2017
14:48

Ghana	26−0	Mauritius

Cup

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| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 October 2017 - 11:00 | | | | | | | | | | Uganda | 33 | | | | | | | | | 7 October 2017 - 14:04 | | | | | | | | | | Botswana | 0 | | | | | | | | | Uganda | 38 | | | | | | | | | 7 October 2017 - 12:06 | | | | | | | | | | Zambia | 12 | | | | | | | | | Zambia | 33 | | | | | | | | | 7 October 2017 - 16:46 | | | | | | | | | | Senegal | 21 | | | | | | | | | Uganda | 10 | | | | | | | | | 7 October 2017 - 11:22 | | | | | | | | | | Zimbabwe | 7 | | | | | | | | | Madagascar | 33 | | | | | | | | | 7 October 2017 - 14:26 | | | | | | | | | | Morocco | 15 | | | | | | | | | Madagascar | 10 | | | | | | | | | 7 October 2017 - 11:44 | | | | | | | | | | Zimbabwe | 21 | Third place | | | | | | | | Zimbabwe | 17 | | | | | | | | | 7 October 2017 - 16:24 | | | | | | | | | | Tunisia | 12 | | | | | | | | | Zambia | 7 | | | | | | | | | Madagascar | 26 | | | | | | | |

5th Place

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| Semi-finals | Fifth Place | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 October 2017 - 13:20 | | | | | | Botswana | 12 | | | | | 7 October 2017 - 16:02 | | | | | | Senegal | 27 | | | | | Senegal | 12 | | | | | 7 October 2017 - 13:42 | | | | | | Tunisia | 35 | | | | | Morocco | 10 | | | | | Tunisia | 14 | | | | | Seventh Place | | | | | | 7 October 2017 - 15:40 | | | | | | Botswana | 0 | | | | | Morocco | 10 | | | |

Standings

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Rank	Team
	Uganda
	Zimbabwe
	Madagascar
4	Zambia
5	Tunisia
6	Senegal
7	Morocco
8	Botswana
9	Ghana
10	Mauritius

See also

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• 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Men
• Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens

References

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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. ^ 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.
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