2017 Africa Cup Sevens

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

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 4 4 0 0 143 29 +114 12
  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
  4 0 1 3 34 90 −56 5
6 October 2017
9:30
Tunisia  19−19  

6 October 2017
9:52
Morocco  19−24  

6 October 2017
10:58
Uganda  33−0  

6 October 2017
11:20
Tunisia  14−21  

6 October 2017
12:48
Uganda  35−0  

6 October 2017
13:10
Tunisia  19−14  Morocco

6 October 2017
15:00
Uganda  42−10  Morocco

6 October 2017
15:22
  12−5  

6 October 2017
16:28
Uganda  33−19  Tunisia

6 October 2017
16:50
Morocco  26−10  

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
  4 2 0 2 53 62 −9 8
  4 0 1 3 40 83 −43 5
  4 0 1 3 38 99 −61 5
6 October 2017
10:14
Zimbabwe  21−7  

6 October 2017
10:36
  24−12  

6 October 2017
12:04
Madagascar  40−10  

6 October 2017
12:26
Zimbabwe  21−7  

6 October 2017
13:54
Madagascar  24-7  

6 October 2017
14:16
Zimbabwe  17−5  

6 October 2017
15:44
Madagascar  26−0  

6 October 2017
16:06
  14−14  

6 October 2017
17:12
Madagascar  19−12  Zimbabwe

6 October 2017
17:34
  24−7  

Knockout stage[]

9th Place[]

6 October 2017
12:28
  7−12  

6 October 2017
14:48
  26−0  

Cup[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 October 2017 - 11:00
 
 
 Uganda33
 
7 October 2017 - 14:04
 
 0
 
 Uganda38
 
 7 October 2017 - 12:06
 
 12
 
 33
 
 7 October 2017 - 16:46
 
 21
 
 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
 
 7
 
 
 Madagascar26
 

5th Place[]

 
Semi-finalsFifth Place
 
      
 
7 October 2017 - 13:20
 
 
 12
 
7 October 2017 - 16:02
 
 27
 
 12
 
7 October 2017 - 13:42
 
 Tunisia35
 
 Morocco10
 
 
 Tunisia14
 
Seventh Place
 
 
7 October 2017 - 15:40
 
 
 0
 
 
 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  
5  Tunisia
6  
7  Morocco
8  
9  
10  

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. ^ a b "Uganda to host 2017 Africa Rugby Sevens". Xinhua. 10 August 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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