The 2022 Africa Men's Sevens are an annual African rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala between 23 and 24 April 2022; they were held in Uganda for the second time. The top three teams qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, and the top two teams qualified to the 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series. In addition, the top two Commonwealth teams not already qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games via the World Rugby Sevens Series booked their places in Birmingham.[1]
| 2022 Africa Men's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Hosts |  Uganda |
| Date | 23–24 April 2022 |
| Nations | 14 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Uganda |
| Runners-up |  Zimbabwe |
| Third |  Kenya |
| Series details | |
| Matches played | 30 |
← 2019 2023 → | |
Fourteen teams participated in the tournament, including 2019 champions Kenya.[2]
Format
editTeams are seeded according to their performances in the previous championship and regional qualifiers. First-round results determine whether they advance to the Cup pools (for the top eight teams) or the Trophy pools (for the other six teams).
In the Cup competition, the top two teams in each pool advance to the semi-finals (and final / third-place match thereafter).[3] The third-placed teams in each pool contest a fifth-place match, with all other teams (including those in the Trophy competition) given a final ranking after the pool stage since the competition was delayed by inclement weather on the morning of the second day.
Teams
editThe following teams participated in the tournament, seeded as follows:
Tournament play
editAll times in East Africa Time (UTC+03:00)
Opening round
edit| 23 April 2022 | Kenya
|
19–0 |  Senegal
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 8:00[4] |
| 23 April 2022 | Uganda
|
71–0 |  Burundi
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 8:22[4] |
| 23 April 2022 | Namibia 
|
19–10 |  Ghana
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 8:44[4] |
| 23 April 2022 | Madagascar 
|
52–0 |  Botswana
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 9:06[4] |
| 23 April 2022 | Zimbabwe
|
12–14 |  Burkina Faso
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 9:28[4] |
| 23 April 2022 | Zambia 
|
33–7 |  Cameroon
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 9:50[4] |
| 23 April 2022 | Tunisia 
|
14–7 |  Mauritius
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 10:12[4] |
The teams were allocated to pools according to the above results:
- Pool A: Winners of matches 1, 4, and 5, and the losing team with the smallest losing margin
- Pool B: Winners of matches 2, 3, 6, and 7
- Pool C: The losing teams with the 2nd, 5th, and 6th smallest losing margins
- Pool D: The losing teams with the 3rd, 4th, and 7th smallest losing margins
Pool stage
edit| Legend (Cup matches only) |
|---|
| Advanced to semi-finals |
| Advanced to fifth-place match |
- Pool A (Cup)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 41 | +45 | 7 |
| Kenya
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 7 |
| Madagascar
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 7 |
| Namibia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 101 | -77 | 3 |
| 23 April 2022 | Madagascar
|
41–0 | Namibia
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 13:18[5] |
| 23 April 2022 | Kenya
|
24–19 | Zimbabwe
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 13:40[5] |
| 23 April 2022 | Madagascar
|
0–40 | Zimbabwe
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 23 April 2022 | Kenya
|
33–7 | Namibia
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 24 April 2022 | Namibia
|
17–27 | Zimbabwe
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 9:44[6] |
| 24 April 2022 | Kenya
|
7–12 | Madagascar
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 10:06[6] |
- Pool B (Cup)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 7 | +112 | 9 |
| Zambia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 55 | -8 | 7 |
| Tunisia
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 48 | -31 | 5 |
| Burkina Faso
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 90 | -73 | 3 |
| 23 April 2022 | Burkina Faso
|
10–28 | Zambia
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 14:02[5] |
| 23 April 2022 | Uganda
|
29–0 | Tunisia
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 14:24[5] |
| 23 April 2022 | Burkina Faso
|
7–12 | Tunisia
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 23 April 2022 | Uganda
|
40–7 | Zambia
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 24 April 2022 | Zambia
|
12–5 | Tunisia
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 10:28[6] |
| 24 April 2022 | Uganda
|
50–0 | Burkina Faso
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 10:50[6] |
- Pool C (Trophy)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 19 | +28 | 6 |
| Botswana
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 41 | -17 | 4 |
| Cameroon
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 38 | -11 | 2 |
| 23 April 2022 | Mauritius
|
26–7 | Botswana
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 12:34[5] |
| 23 April 2022 | Cameroon
|
15–17 | Botswana
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 24 April 2022 | Mauritius
|
21–12 | Cameroon
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 9:00[6] |
- Pool D (Trophy)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | +57 | 6 |
| Senegal
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 10 | +30 | 4 |
| Burundi
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 87 | -87 | 2 |
| 23 April 2022 | Ghana
|
47–0 | Burundi
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 12:56[5] |
| 23 April 2022 | Senegal
|
40–0 | Burundi
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 24 April 2022 | Ghana
|
10–0 | Senegal
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 9:22[6] |
Knockout stage (Cup only)
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club | ||||||
| Zimbabwe | 26 | |||||
| 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club | ||||||
| Zambia | 17 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 0 | |||||
| 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club | ||||||
| Uganda | 28 | |||||
| Uganda | 22 | |||||
| Kenya | 12 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club | ||||||
| Zambia | 12 | |||||
| Kenya | 19 | |||||
- Semi-finals
| 24 April 2022 | Zimbabwe
|
26–17 | Zambia
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 15:28[7] |
| 24 April 2022 | Uganda
|
22–12 | Kenya
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 15:50[7] |
- Fifth-place match
| 24 April 2022 | Madagascar
|
19–7 | Tunisia
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
- Third-place match
| 24 April 2022 | Zambia
|
12–19 | Kenya
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
- Final
| 24 April 2022 | Zimbabwe
|
0–28 | Uganda
|
Kyadondo Rugby Club | |
| 17:34[8] |
Final standings
edit| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Green fill | Qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
| Blue bar | Qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games |
| Pos | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda
|
| 2 | Zimbabwe
|
| 3 | Kenya[a]
|
| 4 | Zambia
|
| 5 | Madagascar
|
| 6 | Tunisia
|
| 7 | Burkina Faso
|
| 8 | Namibia
|
| 9 | Mauritius
|
| 10 | Ghana
|
| 11 | Senegal
|
| 12 | Botswana
|
| 13 | Cameroon
|
| 14 | Burundi
|
- Note
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "14 nations set for 2022 Rugby Africa Men's 7s tournament". Sport News Africa. 21 April 2022. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ Abdusalam, Kigozi (4 March 2022). "RUGBY: Uganda Confirmed Hosts for 2022 Africa Men's Sevens". ChimpReports. Chimp Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ Akorebirungi, Ernest (23 April 2022). "Tournament Format: How the Rugby Africa Men's Sevens 2022 will be played". Kawowo Sports. Owino Solutions. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Round one fixtures". Uganda Rugby Union (Twitter). Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Round two fixtures". Uganda Rugby Union (Twitter). Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Round four fixtures". Uganda Rugby Union (Twitter). Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Semi-final fixtures". Uganda Rugby Union (Twitter). Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "Final fixture". Uganda Rugby Union (Twitter). Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.