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
^ 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
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
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
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
Senegal 24−12 Botswana
Botswana 14−14 Mauritius
Senegal 24−7 Mauritius
Knockout stage
9th Place
Ghana 7−12 Mauritius
Ghana 26−0 Mauritius
Cup
5th Place
Semi-finals Fifth Place
7 October 2017 - 13:20
Botswana12
7 October 2017 - 16:02
Senegal27
Senegal12
7 October 2017 - 13:42
Tunisia 35
Morocco 10
Tunisia 14
Seventh Place
7 October 2017 - 15:40
Botswana0
Morocco 10
Standings
See also
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.
^ 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 .
^ "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