2012 African Sevens Championship

The 2012 African Sevens was an international rugby sevens competition organized by the Confederation of African Rugby. It was the fourth edition of the African Sevens, which had been held every four years since the year 2000, and served as the African continental qualifier for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.^[1] The tournament, hosted together with 2012 African Women's Sevens, was held in Rabat on September 29–30, 2012.

General[]

The tournament was played at Stade Bourgogne in the Moroccan city of Rabat. The event was attended by eight rugby sevens nations. On the first day they were playing in two groups of four. The second day there were places at stake was not only the medals of the event, but also two places in the finals of 2013 World Cup.

The teams from South Africa and Kenya, who had already qualified for the World Cup, did not compete. In their absence, Zimbabwe won the competition, defeating Tunisia in the final.^[1] The two finalists gained promotion to the World Cup in 2013.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Madagascar	3	3	0	0	74	34	+40	9
	3	2	0	1	48	27	+21	7
	3	1	0	2	27	62	-35	5
Morocco	3	0	0	3	17	43	-26	3

---

---

---

---

---

Group B[]

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Zimbabwe	3	3	0	0	62	14	+48	9
Tunisia	3	2	0	1	55	10	+45	7
	3	1	0	2	26	74	-48	5
Namibia	3	0	0	3	17	62	-45	3

---

---

---

---

---

Knockout phase[]

Bowl[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 September 2012 – Stade Bourgogne
		10
					30 September 2012 – Stade Bourgogne
		22
						24
	30 September 2012 – Stade Bourgogne
						7
		12
	Morocco	7
					Third place
					30 September 2012 - Stade Bourgogne
						5
					Morocco	14

Cup[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 September 2012 – Stade Bourgogne
	Madagascar	0
					30 September 2012 – Stade Bourgogne
	Tunisia	7
					Tunisia	12
	30 September 2012 – Stade Bourgogne
					Zimbabwe	33
	Zimbabwe	19
		14
					Third place
					30 September 2012 - Stade Bourgogne
					Madagascar	12
						19

Outright[]

Rank	Nation	Notes
1	Zimbabwe	promoted to 2013 World Cup
2	Tunisia	promoted to 2013 World Cup
3
4	Madagascar
5	Namibia
6
7	Morocco
8

References[]

External links[]

• CAR^{[permanent dead link]}