2012 CAR Women's Sevens

2012 CAR Women's Sevens
Hosts Morocco
Date29−30 September
Nations7
Final positions
Champions Tunisia
Runners-up Kenya
Third Uganda
Series details
Matches played15
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The 2012 CAR Women's Sevens was a qualification tournament for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens which took place in Rabat on 29 to 30 September 2012.[1][2] There was only one spot available in the World Cup for the region since South Africa had qualified automatically from their semifinal placement in the 2009 World Cup Sevens.[3]

Tunisia defeated Kenya in the Cup final and qualified for the World Cup.[4]

Qualifications

2011 CAR tournament - zone North

The tournament took place on 23 and 24 April n Thies, Senegal.[5] Tournament semi-finalists will qualify for the 2012 CAR Women's Sevens, which will act as a qualifier for the 2013 World Cup. Nigeria withdrew at the last minute, Niger arrived with a team composed mainly by U18 girls and were excluded.

Pool stage

Pool A
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
 Tunisia 2 2 0 66 0
 Burkina Faso 1 0 1 20 31
 Egypt 2 0 2 5 60
  • Tunisia 40-0 Egypt
  • Burkina Faso 20-5 Egypt
  • Tunisia 26-0 Burkina Faso
Pool B
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
 Senegal 2 0 0 22 12
 Morocco 1 0 1 17 10
 Cameroon 0 0 2 7 24
  • Senegal 12-7 Cameroon
  • Morocco 12-0 Cameroon
  • Senegal 10-5 Morocco

Knockout stage

5th place
 
5th Place
 
  
 
 
 
 
 Cameroon 27
 
 
 Egypt 0
 
Semi-finals
 
Semi-finalsCup Final
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Senegal 24
 
 
 
 Burkina Faso 0
 
 Tunisia 5
 
 
 
 Senegal 0
 
 Tunisia 24
 
 
 Morocco 0
 
3rd Place
 
 
 
 
 
 Morocco 19
 
 
 Burkina Faso 5

Source:[6]

2011 CAR tournament - zone South

The tournament occurred on 29 and 30 October 2011 in Botswana.[7] Tournament semi-finalists will qualify for the 2012 CAR Women's Sevens, which will act as a qualifier for the 2013 World Cup.

Teams

  • Participants:

Pools stage

Pool A
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
 South Africa 3 0 0 132 5
 Zimbabwe 2 0 1 64 49
 Zambia 1 0 2 32 53
 Rwanda 0 0 3 0 111
  • South Africa 34-0 Zambia
  • Rwanda 0-40 Zimbabwe
  • South Africa 37-5 Zimbabwe
  • Rwanda 0-20 Zambia
  • Zambia 12-19 Zimbabwe
  • Rwanda 0-51 South Africa
Pool B
Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
 Uganda 3 0 0 51 12
 Kenya 2 0 1 65 27
 Madagascar 1 0 2 24 46
 Botswana 0 0 3 7 62
  • Kenya 5-17 Uganda
  • Botswana 0-14 Madagascar
  • Kenya 29-10 Madagascar
  • Botswana 7-17 Uganda
  • Madagascar 0-17 Uganda
  • Botswana 0-31 Kenya

Knockout stage

Plate semi-finals
 
Semi-finalsPlate Final
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Botswana 5
 
 
 
 Zambia 19
 
 Zambia 15
 
 
 
 Madagascar 14
 
 Madagascar 36
 
 
 Rwanda 0
 
7th Place
 
 
 
 
 
 Botswana 24
 
 
 Rwanda 0
Cup Semi-finals
 
Semi-finalsCup Final
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Kenya 5
 
 
 
 South Africa 14
 
 South Africa 42
 
 
 
 Uganda 5
 
 Uganda 7
 
 
 Zimbabwe 0
 
3rd Place
 
 
 
 
 
 Kenya 17
 
 
 Zimbabwe 0

Main tournament

Qualified teams

Eight teams were expected to compete, but Cameroon who replaced Burkina Faso withdrew from the tournament.[2] Zambia replaced South Africa.

Pool stage

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/– Pts
 Kenya 3 3 0 0 77 5 +72 9
 Tunisia 3 2 0 1 73 7 +66 7
 Zambia 3 1 0 2 5 72 –67 5
 Morocco 3 0 0 3 0 71 –71 3

Source:[1][4]

29 September 2012
Tunisia 36–0 Zambia
Rabat
29 September 2012
Kenya 34–0 Morocco
Rabat
29 September 2012
Kenya 36–0 Zambia
Rabat
29 September 2012
Tunisia 32–0 Morocco
Rabat
29 September 2012
Morocco 0–5 Zambia
Rabat
29 September 2012
Tunisia 5–7 Kenya
Rabat

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Uganda 2 2 0 0 34 5 +29 6
 Senegal 2 1 0 1 7 27 -20 4
 Zimbabwe 2 0 0 2 10 19 -9 2

Source:[1][4]

29 September 2012
Senegal 7–5 Zimbabwe
Rabat
29 September 2012
Uganda 12–5 Zimbabwe
Rabat
29 September 2012
Uganda 22–0 Senegal
Rabat

Knockout round

Plate

 
Semi-finalsPlate Final
 
      
 
30 September 2012
 
 
 Morocco0
 
30 September 2012
 
 Zimbabwe5
 
 Zimbabwe14
 
30 September 2012
 
 Zambia10
 
 ZambiaBye
 
 
 
 

Cup

 
Semi-finalsCup / Qualifier Final
 
      
 
30 September 2012
 
 
 Kenya7
 
30 September 2012
 
 Senegal0
 
 Kenya10
 
30 September 2012
 
 Tunisia14
 
 Tunisia19
 
 
 Uganda5
 
Third place
 
 
30 September 2012
 
 
 Senegal5
 
 
 Uganda12

Source:[1][4]

References

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  5. ^ "Tournoi international de rugby féminin à 7 au Sénégal 23-24 avril 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-04-16. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
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