2016 Africa Cup Sevens

2016 Africa Cup Sevens
Hosts	Kenya
Date	23–24 September
Nations	12
Final positions
Champions	Uganda
Runners-up	Namibia
Third	Kenya
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The 2016 RA Africa Cup Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held in Safaricom Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya on 23–24 September 2016.[1] It was the 4th championship in a series that began in 2013.

The top two placed teams (excluding Kenya) will qualify to the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens, where they will have a chance to earn core team status in the Sevens World Series

Teams

•  Kenya
•  Madagascar
•  Namibia
•  Senegal
•  Tunisia
•  Uganda
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe
•  Morocco
•  Nigeria
•  Mauritius
•  Botswana

Pool Stage

Teams ranked 1-4 qualify to Cup Semi-finals Teams ranked 5-8 qualify to Plate semi-finals Teams ranked 9-12 go into relegation semi-finals

All times Eastern Africa Time (UTC+3)

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Semi-final
	Teams that advanced to relegation semi-finals

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kenya	2	2	0	0	64	5	+59	6
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	41	38	+3	4
Senegal	2	0	0	2	5	67	–62	2

23 September 2016 12:06

Kenya	33-5	Nigeria

23 September 2016 15:36

Senegal	5-36	Nigeria

23 September 2016 19:14

Kenya	31-0	Senegal

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Uganda	2	2	0	0	54	21	+33	6
Zimbabwe	2	1	0	1	68	19	+49	4
Mauritius	2	0	0	2	7	89	–82	2

23 September 2016 11:44

Zimbabwe	14-19	Uganda

23 September 2016 15:14

Mauritius	7-35	Uganda

23 September 2016 18:54

Zimbabwe	54-0	Mauritius

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Madagascar	2	2	0	0	59	0	+59	6
Morocco	2	1	0	1	22	31	-9	4
Zambia	2	0	0	2	12	62	–50	2

23 September 2016 11:22

Morocco	0-19	Madagascar

23 September 2016 14:52

Zambia	0-40	Madagascar

23 September 2016 18:32

Morocco	22-12	Zambia

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Namibia	2	2	0	0	36	12	+24	6
Tunisia	2	1	0	1	24	24	0	4
Botswana	2	0	0	2	14	38	–24	2

23 September 2016 11:00

Tunisia	5-17	Namibia

23 September 2016 14:30

Botswana	7-19	Namibia

23 September 2016 18:10

Tunisia	19-7	Botswana

Knockout stage

Relegation Semi-Final

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 Sept - 11:12
	Botswana (9)	24
					24 Sept - 15:58
	Mauritius (12)	21
					Botswana	0
	24 Sept - 11:34
					Senegal	55
	Zambia (10)	14
	Senegal (11)	24
					Third place
					24 Sept - 15:36
					Mauritius	0
					Zambia	45

Plate Semi-final

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 Sept - 11:56
	Zimbabwe (5)	24
					24 Sept - 16:42
	Morocco (8)	5
					Zimbabwe	14
	24 Sept - 12:18
					Tunisia	7
	Nigeria (6)	7
	Tunisia (7)	12
					Third place
					24 Sept - 16:20
					Morocco	5
					Nigeria	12

Cup Semi-final

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 Sept - 12:40
	Madagascar (1)	7
					24 Sept - 17:26
	Namibia (4)	10
					Namibia	19
	24 Sept - 13:02
					Uganda	38
	Kenya (2)	12
	Uganda (3)	17
					Third place
					24 Sept - 17:04
					Madagascar	0
					Kenya	46

Final standings

Legend
Winner and qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens
Qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens.
Relegated

Rank	Team
	Uganda
	Namibia
	Kenya
4	Madagascar
5	Zimbabwe
6	Tunisia
7	Nigeria
8	Morocco
9	Senegal
10	Botswana
11	Zambia
12	Mauritius

References

1. "Africa Cup 7s in Kenya". 23 September 2016.