2017 Africa Cup Sevens

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.

2017 Africa Cup Sevens
Hosts	Uganda
Date	6–7 October
Nations	10
Final positions
Champions	Uganda
Runners-up	Zimbabwe
Third	Madagascar
← 2016 2018 →

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

•  Botswana
•  Ghana^{[note 1]}
•  Madagascar
•  Mauritius^{[note 2]}
•  Morocco
•  Senegal
•  Tunisia
•  Uganda
•  Zambia^[3]
•  Zimbabwe

• 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
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

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6 October 2017 9:30

Tunisia	19−19	Ghana

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6 October 2017 9:52

Morocco	19−24	Zambia

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6 October 2017 10:58

Uganda	33−0	Ghana

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6 October 2017 11:20

Tunisia	14−21	Zambia

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6 October 2017 12:48

Uganda	35−0	Zambia

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6 October 2017 13:10

Tunisia	19−14	Morocco

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6 October 2017 15:00

Uganda	42−10	Morocco

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6 October 2017 15:22

Zambia	12−5	Ghana

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6 October 2017 16:28

Uganda	33−19	Tunisia

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6 October 2017 16:50

Morocco	26−10	Ghana

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

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6 October 2017 10:14

Zimbabwe	21−7	Mauritius

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6 October 2017 10:36

Senegal	24−12	Botswana

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6 October 2017 12:04

Madagascar	40−10	Mauritius

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6 October 2017 12:26

Zimbabwe	21−7	Botswana

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6 October 2017 13:54

Madagascar	24-7	Botswana

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6 October 2017 14:16

Zimbabwe	17−5	Senegal

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6 October 2017 15:44

Madagascar	26−0	Senegal

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6 October 2017 16:06

Botswana	14−14	Mauritius

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6 October 2017 17:12

Madagascar	19−12	Zimbabwe

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6 October 2017 17:34

Senegal	24−7	Mauritius

Knockout stage

9th Place

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6 October 2017 12:28

Ghana	7−12	Mauritius

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6 October 2017 14:48

Ghana	26−0	Mauritius

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	7 October 2017 - 11:00
	Uganda	33
					7 October 2017 - 14:04
	Botswana	0
					Uganda	38
	7 October 2017 - 12:06
					Zambia	12
	Zambia	33
									7 October 2017 - 16:46
	Senegal	21
									Uganda	10
	7 October 2017 - 11:22
									Zimbabwe	7
	Madagascar	33
					7 October 2017 - 14:26
	Morocco	15
					Madagascar	10
	7 October 2017 - 11:44
					Zimbabwe	21			Third place
	Zimbabwe	17
									7 October 2017 - 16:24
	Tunisia	12
									Zambia	7
									Madagascar	26

5th Place

	Semi-finals				Fifth Place
	7 October 2017 - 13:20
	Botswana	12
					7 October 2017 - 16:02
	Senegal	27
					Senegal	12
	7 October 2017 - 13:42
					Tunisia	35
	Morocco	10
	Tunisia	14
					Seventh Place
					7 October 2017 - 15:40
					Botswana	0
					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

Rank	Team
	Uganda
	Zimbabwe
	Madagascar
4	Zambia
5	Tunisia
6	Senegal
7	Morocco
8	Botswana
9	Ghana
10	Mauritius

See also

• 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Men
• Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens