2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens

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2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens
HostsFile:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Date16–17 September
Nations8
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Runners-upFile:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
ThirdFile:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
2016
2018

The 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament held in Monastir, Tunisia on 16–17 September 2017.[1] This tournament served as a qualifier for two tournaments, only the winner qualifies for next years 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, whereas the top two teams qualify for the 2018 Commonwealth Games which will also be held the following year.[2][3][4] South Africa won the tournament and qualified for the Sevens World Cup and the Commonwealth Games, runner-up, Kenya, qualified for the latter.[5][6][7]

Teams

Eight teams competed in the tournament.[1]

Pool stage

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 3 0 0 82 7 +75 9
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 3 2 0 1 60 32 +28 7
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 3 1 0 2 39 39 0 5
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3 0 0 3 5 108 –103 3

Source: [4]







Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 3 3 0 0 112 5 +107 9
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 3 2 0 1 69 44 +25 7
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 32 80 –48 5
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 3 0 0 3 5 89 –84 3






Knockout stage

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 September 2017 – 10:30
 
 
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya47
 
17 September 2017 – 13:12
 
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco0
 
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya26
 
17 September 2017 – 11:14
 
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia7
 
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia24
 
17 September 2017 – 15:22
 
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe7
 
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya12
 
17 September 2017 – 10:52
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa17
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa43
 
17 September 2017– 13:34
 
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal0
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa27
 
17 September 2017 – 11:36
 
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda0 Third place
 
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar5
 
17 September 2017– 15:00
 
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda12
 
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia14
 
 
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda5
 

Fifth Place

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 September 2017 – 12:28
 
 
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco7
 
17 September 2017 – 14:38
 
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal24
 
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal5
 
17 September 2017– 12:50
 
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar24
 
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe7
 
 
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar29
 
Third place
 
 
17 September 2017– 14:16
 
 
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco0
 
 
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe26

Standings

Legend
Winner qualifies to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Top two Commonwealth members eligible for 2018 Commonwealth Games
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
4 File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
5 File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
6 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
7 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
8 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Schedule - Rugby Africa Rugby Africa". rugbyafrique.com. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. rugbybworldcup.com. "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018". rwcsevens.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Lady Rugby Cranes draw familiar foes in Africa 7s". monitor.co.ug. Daily Monitor. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  5. "2017 Africa Women's Sevens: South Africa victorious". Rugby Afrique. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  6. "2017 in Review: The road to Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018". www.world.rugby. 2017-12-24. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  7. Yinglun, Shi (2018-02-01). "Kenya coach upbeat about medal chances at Commonwealth Games". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.