2017 Africa Cup Sevens
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| 2017 Africa Cup Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Hosts | File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda |
| Date | 6–7 October |
| Nations | 10 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe |
| Third | File:Flag of Madagascar.svg 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:
- 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
- File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
- File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana[note 1]
- File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
- File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius[note 2]
- File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
- File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
- File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
- File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
- File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia[3]
- File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
- Notes:
- ↑ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 29 | +114 | 12 |
| File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 73 | −16 | 10 |
| File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 87 | −16 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 95 | −26 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 90 | −56 | 5 |
Pool B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 29 | +80 | 12 |
| File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 10 |
| File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 8 |
| File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 83 | −43 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 99 | −61 | 5 |
Knockout stage
9th Place
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 October 2017 - 11:00 | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda | 33 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2017 - 14:04 | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 0 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda | 38 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2017 - 12:06 | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 12 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 33 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2017 - 16:46 | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | 21 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda | 10 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2017 - 11:22 | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 7 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar | 33 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2017 - 14:26 | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 15 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar | 10 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2017 - 11:44 | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 21 | Third place | ||||||||
| File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 17 | |||||||||
| 7 October 2017 - 16:24 | ||||||||||
| File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 12 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 7 | |||||||||
| File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar | 26 | |||||||||
5th Place
| Semi-finals | Fifth Place | |||||
| 7 October 2017 - 13:20 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 12 | |||||
| 7 October 2017 - 16:02 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | 27 | |||||
| File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | 12 | |||||
| 7 October 2017 - 13:42 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 35 | |||||
| File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 10 | |||||
| File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 14 | |||||
| Seventh Place | ||||||
| 7 October 2017 - 15:40 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana | 0 | |||||
| File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 10 | |||||
Standings
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Green fill | Qualified to 2018 Hong Kong Sevens and 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
| Blue bar | Qualified to 2018 Commonwealth Games |
See also
- 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Men
- Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens
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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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