2022 Africa Women's Sevens

The 2022 Africa Women's Sevens are an annual African rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Stade Municipal de Jemmal in Jemmal on 29 and 30 April 2022; they were held in Tunisia for the fourth time.[1]

2022 Africa Women's Sevens
Hosts Tunisia
Date29–30 April 2022
Nations9
Final positions
Champions South Africa
Runners-up Madagascar
Third Tunisia
Series details
Matches played21
2019
2023

Nine teams participated in the tournament, including 2019 champions South Africa (who successfully defended their title and qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham).[2] Since South Africa already qualify for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens as hosts, Madagascar secured the World Cup ticket to Cape Town by finishing as runners-up.

Format

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Teams are divided into three pools, in which they each play two matches. Based on their pool positions and points differences, the lowest-ranked team overall is eliminated and the remaining teams seeded in the knockout-stage Cup quarter-finals.

Quarter-final winners advance to the Cup semi-finals (and final / third-place match beyond those), whilst the losers contest the lower-classification Plate matches.

Qualifications

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Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda qualified automaticaly for the final tournament.

2021 Northern Africa Women's Regional 7s

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The tournament was held in Alexandria, Egypt.

Pool stage
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Senegal 2 2 0 0 51 12 +39 6
  Algeria 2 1 0 1 35 36 -1 4
  Egypt 2 0 0 2 19 57 -38 2
17 December 2021 Egypt   14–28   Algeria Alexandria  
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17 December 2021 Senegal   22–7   Algeria Alexandria  
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17 December 2021 Egypt   5–29   Senegal Alexandria  
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Final
18 December 2021 Senegal   19–5   Algeria Alexandria  
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Senegal qualified for the final tournament.

2021 Western Africa Women's Regional 7s

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The tournament was held in Kumasi, Ghana.

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Ghana 4 4 0 0 140 29 +111 12
  Ivory Coast 4 2 0 2 61 48 +13 8
  Burkina Faso 4 2 0 2 56 36 +20 8
  Benin 4 2 0 2 31 70 -39 8
  Togo 4 0 0 4 5 110 -105 4
27 November 2021 Ghana   51–0   Togo Kumasi  
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27 November 2021 Ivory Coast   12–19   Benin Kumasi  
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27 November 2021 Burkina Faso   12–0   Benin Kumasi  
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27 November 2021 Ivory Coast   20–0   Togo Kumasi  
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27 November 2021 Ghana   19–17   Burkina Faso Kumasi  
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28 November 2021 Ghana   41–0   Benin Kumasi  
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28 November 2021 Ivory Coast   17–0   Burkina Faso Kumasi  
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28 November 2021 Benin   12–5   Togo Kumasi  
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28 November 2021 Burkina Faso   27–0   Togo Kumasi  
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28 November 2021 Ghana   29–12   Ivory Coast Kumasi  
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Ghana qualified for the final tournament.

2022 Central Africa Women's Regional 7s

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The tournament was held in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Zambia 3 3 0 0 130 5 +125 9
  Cameroon 3 2 0 1 27 55 -28 7
  DR Congo 3 0 1 2 17 62 -45 4
  Burundi 3 0 1 2 5 57 -52 4
13 March 2022 DR Congo   0–40   Zambia Bujumbura  
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13 March 2022 Burundi   0–5   Cameroon Bujumbura  
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13 March 2022 Burundi   5–5   DR Congo Bujumbura  
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13 March 2022 Zambia   43–5   Cameroon Bujumbura  
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13 March 2022 DR Congo   12–17   Cameroon Bujumbura  
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13 March 2022 Burundi   0–47   Zambia Bujumbura  
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Zambia qualified for the final tournament.

2022 Southern Africa Women's Regional 7s

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The tournament was held in Maseru, Lesotho.

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Zimbabwe 4 4 0 0 165 5 +165 12
  Namibia 4 3 0 1 67 64 +3 10
  Mauritius 4 2 0 2 62 54 +8 8
  Botswana 4 1 0 3 52 77 -25 6
  Lesotho 4 0 0 4 10 161 -151 4
29 January 2022 Lesotho   0–62   Zimbabwe Maseru  
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29 January 2022 Mauritius   21–12   Botswana Maseru  
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29 January 2022 Zimbabwe   39–0   Namibia Maseru  
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29 January 2022 Lesotho   5–30   Botswana Maseru  
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29 January 2022 Namibia   17–10   Mauritius Maseru  
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29 January 2022 Zimbabwe   39–0   Botswana Maseru  
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30 January 2022 Lesotho   0–31   Mauritius Maseru  
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30 January 2022 Namibia   12–10   Botswana Maseru  
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30 January 2022 Zimbabwe   25–0   Mauritius Maseru  
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30 January 2022 Lesotho   5–38   Namibia Maseru  
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Zimbabwe qualified for the final tournament.

Qualified teams

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The following teams participated in the tournament:[3]

Pool stage

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All times in West Africa Time (UTC+01:00)

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  South Africa 2 2 0 0 68 0 +68 6
  Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1 14 27 -13 4
  Senegal 2 0 0 2 12 67 -55 2
29 April 2022 Senegal   12–14   Zimbabwe Stade Municipal de Jemmal  
11:00[4][5]

29 April 2022 South Africa   53–0   Senegal Stade Municipal de Jemmal  
12:28[5]

29 April 2022 Zimbabwe   0–15   South Africa Stade Municipal de Jemmal  
13:56[5]

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Uganda 2 2 0 0 25 12 +13 6
  Kenya 2 1 0 1 29 10 +19 4
  Zambia 2 0 0 2 5 37 -32 2
29 April 2022 Zambia   5–15   Uganda Stade Municipal de Jemmal  
11:22[4][5]

29 April 2022 Kenya   22–0   Zambia Stade Municipal de Jemmal  
12:50[5]

29 April 2022 Uganda   10–7   Kenya Stade Municipal de Jemmal  
14:18[5]

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Madagascar 2 2 0 0 36 10 +26 6
  Tunisia 2 1 0 1 22 12 +10 4
  Ghana 2 0 0 2 10 46 -36 2
29 April 2022 Ghana   5–17   Tunisia Stade Municipal de Jemmal  
11:44[4][5]

29 April 2022 Madagascar   29–5   Ghana Stade Municipal de Jemmal  
13:12[5]

29 April 2022 Tunisia   5–7   Madagascar Stade Municipal de Jemmal  
14:40[5]

Knockout stage

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Ninth-place elimination

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Senegal, the lowest-ranked team overall, does not progress to the knockout stage.

Plate competition (5th–8th place playoffs)

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Classification semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal
 
 
  Ghana0
 
30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal
 
  Kenya20
 
  Kenya12
 
30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal
 
  Zambia5
 
  Zambia21
 
 
  Zimbabwe14
 
Seventh place
 
 
30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal
 
 
  Ghana29
 
 
  Zimbabwe7

Cup competition

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal
 
 
  South Africa17
 
30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal
 
  Ghana5
 
  South Africa31
 
30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal
 
  Tunisia0
 
  Kenya5
 
30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal
 
  Tunisia19
 
  South Africa15
 
30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal
 
  Madagascar14
 
  Madagascar14
 
30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal
 
  Zambia10
 
  Madagascar17 (a.e.t.)
 
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  Uganda12 Third place
 
  Uganda10
 
30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal
 
  Zimbabwe0
 
  Tunisia17
 
 
  Uganda15
 

Final standings

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Legend
Green fill Qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Blue bar Qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Pos Team
1   South Africa[a]
2   Madagascar
3   Tunisia
4   Uganda
5   Kenya
6   Zambia
7   Ghana
8   Zimbabwe
9   Senegal
Note
  1. ^ Already qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens as host nation.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tunisia set to host 2022 Rugby Women's 7s tournament". Sport News Africa. 28 April 2022. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ "RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS 2022: SIX TEAMS BOOK TICKETS TO CAPE TOWN". Women In Rugby. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  3. ^ Olobulu, Timothy (27 April 2022). "Kenya Lionesses Drawn With Uganda, Zambia For Africa 7s". 98.4 Capital FM. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Akorebirungi, Ernest (28 April 2022). "Rugby Africa Women's Sevens 2022: Uganda's Day One Fixtures". Kawowo Sports. Owino Solutions. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Match Day !!!! Africa Women's Sevens". Rugby Africa (Facebook). 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d "[WOMEN'S 7] Don't miss any of the quarter-finals". Rugby Africa (Facebook). 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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Africa Women's Sevens
Preceded by 2022 Africa Women's Sevens Succeeded by