2015 Africa Cup Sevens

The 2015 RA Africa Cup Sevens is an Olympic qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa on 14–15 November 2015.[1] It was the 3rd championship in a series that began in 2013.

2015 Africa Cup Sevens
Hosts	South Africa
Date	14–15 November
Nations	12 (finals)
Final positions
Champions	Kenya
Runners-up	Zimbabwe
Third	Morocco
← 2014 2015 →

The tournament will have the top team qualify directly to the Olympics, and the second, third, and fourth place teams qualify for the 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.

North Qualifying

Note: Cameroon was scheduled to compete, but was unable to attend. Morocco took their spot in the competition.

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	0	27	10	+17	6
Togo	2	1	0	1	24	24	E	4
Ghana	2	0	0	2	22	39	–17	2

6 June 2015

Ivory Coast	15 - 10	Ghana

6 June 2015

Togo	24 - 12	Ghana

6 June 2015

Ivory Coast	12 – 0	Togo

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Morocco	2	2	0	0	68	7	+61	6
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	43	21	+22	4
Mali	2	0	0	2	0	83	–83	2

6 June 2015

Nigeria	36 - 0	Mali

6 June 2015

Morocco	47 - 0	Mali

6 June 2015

Nigeria	7 – 21	Morocco

Bowl

	Final

	7 June 2015 – Lomé

	Ghana	27

	Mali	7

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final

	7 June 2015 – Lomé

	Ivory Coast	5
					7 June 2015 – Lomé
	Nigeria	14
					Ivory Coast	26
	7 June 2015 – Lomé
					Togo	5
	Morocco	29

	Togo	0

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final

	7 June 2015 – Lomé

	Ivory Coast	5
					7 June 2015 – Lomé
	Nigeria	14
					Nigeria	7
	7 June 2015 – Lomé
					Morocco	34
	Morocco	29

	Togo	0

Final North Qualifying standings

Legend
Qualified for the Rugby Africa Olympic tournament

Rank	Team
	Morocco
	Nigeria
	Ivory Coast
4	Togo
5	Ghana
6	Mali

South Qualifying

Note: Zambia has already qualified for the 2015 Rugby Africa Men's Sevens Championships after receiving the 8th Qualification spot with South Africa qualifying directly to the Olympics and no longer participating in the Championships

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Zambia	2	2	0	0	46	19	+27	6
Botswana	2	1	0	1	45	21	+24	4
Burundi	2	0	0	2	7	58	–51	2

26 July 2015

Botswana	12 - 21	Zambia

26 July 2015

Burundi	7 - 25	Zambia

26 July 2015

Botswana	33 – 0	Burundi

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Mauritius	2	2	0	0	38	12	+26	6
Congo	2	1	0	1	45	45	E	4
Rwanda	2	0	0	2	21	47	–26	2

26 July 2015

Mauritius	24 - 12	Congo

26 July 2015

Rwanda	21 - 33	Congo

26 July 2015

Mauritius	14 – 0	Rwanda

Bowl

	Final

	27 July 2015 – Kigali

	Burundi	0

	Rwanda	19

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final

	27 July 2015 – Kigali

	Zambia	40
					27 July 2015 – Kigali
	Congo	7
					Congo	17
	27 July 2015 – Kigali
					Botswana	24
	Mauritius	35

	Botswana	26

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final

	27 July 2015 – Kigali

	Zambia	40
					27 July 2015 – Kigali
	Congo	7
					Zambia	38
	27 July 2015 – Kigali
					Mauritius	21
	Mauritius	35

	Botswana	26

Final South Qualifying standings

Legend
Qualified for the Rugby Africa Olympic tournament

Rank	Team
	Zambia
	Mauritius
	Botswana
4	Congo
5	Rwanda
6	Burundi

Final Tournament

Teams

Kenya
Madagascar
Namibia
Senegal
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Morocco (North Qualifier)
Nigeria (North Qualifier)
Mauritius (South Qualifier)
Botswana (South Qualifier)

South Africa already qualified for the Olympics by finishing 2nd in 2014–15 Sevens World Series. Zambia was then given the final spot by finishing the previous tournament in 9th place[2]

Pool Stage

Teams ranked 1-8 qualify for Cup Quarterfinals.

All times SAST (UTC+2)

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kenya	3	3	0	0	123	5	+118	9
Madagascar	3	1	0	2	60	92	–32	5
Senegal	3	1	0	2	36	77	–41	5
Mauritius	3	1	0	2	51	96	–45	5

14 November 2015
10:00

Kenya	50–5	Mauritius

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
11:06

Madagascar	33–17	Senegal

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
12:42

Kenya	27–0	Senegal

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
13:48

Madagascar	27–29	Mauritius

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
15:14

Kenya	46–0	Madagascar

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
16:20

Senegal	19–17	Mauritius

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Zimbabwe	3	3	0	0	122	12	+110	9
Uganda	3	2	0	1	66	60	+6	7
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	43	64	–21	5
Zambia	3	0	0	3	19	114	–95	3

14 November 2015
10:22

Zimbabwe	31–12	Nigeria

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
11:28

Uganda	47–5	Zambia

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
13:04

Zimbabwe	48–0	Zambia

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
14:10

Uganda	19–12	Nigeria

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
15:36

Zimbabwe	43–0	Uganda

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
16:42

Zambia	14–19	Nigeria

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Namibia	3	3	0	0	102	31	+71	9
Tunisia	3	2	0	1	55	69	-14	7
Morocco	3	1	0	2	83	50	+33	5
Botswana	3	0	0	3	12	102	–90	3

14 November 2015
10:44

Tunisia	24–7	Botswana

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
11:50

Namibia	24–21	Morocco

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
13:26

Tunisia	21–17	Morocco

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
14:32

Namibia	33–0	Botswana

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
15:58

Tunisia	10–45	Namibia

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

14 November 2015
17:04

Morocco	45–5	Botswana

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

Final Tournament Bowl

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Botswana (11)	3	3	0	0	67	42	+25	9
Mauritius (10)	3	1	0	2	71	43	+28	5
Senegal (9)	3	1	0	2	59	74	-15	5
Zambia (12)	3	1	0	2	45	83	-38	5

15 November 2015
10:00

Senegal	40-10	Zambia

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

15 November 2015
10:22

Mauritius	14–17	Botswana

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

15 November 2015
12:44

Senegal	14–24	Botswana

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

15 November 2015
13:06

Mauritius	17–21	Zambia

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

15 November 2015
15:28

Botswana	26–14	Zambia

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

15 November 2015
15:50

Senegal	5–40	Mauritius

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

Final Tournament Plate

	Semi-finals				Final

	15 November 2015 - 13:28 - Johannesburg

	Madagascar	24
					15 November 2015 - 16:37 - Johannesburg
	Uganda	7
					Madagascar	17
	15 November 2015 - 13:53 - Johannesburg
					Namibia	24
	Namibia	39

	Nigeria	5
					Third place

					15 November 2015 - 16:12 - Johannesburg

					Uganda	27

					Nigeria	7

Semi Final Matches

15 November 2015
13:28

Madagascar	24–7	Uganda

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

15 November 2015
13:53

Namibia	39–5	Nigeria

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

Seventh Place Match

15 November 2015
16:12

Uganda	27–7	Nigeria

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

Plate Final Match

15 November 2015
16:37

Madagascar	17–24	Namibia

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

Final Tournament Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	15 November 2015 - 10:44 - Johannesburg

	Kenya (1)	41
					15 November 2015 - 14:18 - Johannesburg
	Madagascar (8)	0
					Kenya	42
	15 November 2015 - 11:09 - Johannesburg
					Tunisia	12
	Uganda (4)	14
									15 November 2015 - 17:27 - Johannesburg
	Tunisia (5)	19
									Kenya	21
	15 November 2015 - 11:34 - Johannesburg
									Zimbabwe	17
	Namibia (3)	15
					15 November 2015 - 14:43 - Johannesburg
	Morocco (6)	17
					Morocco	0
	15 November 2015 - 11:59 - Johannesburg
					Zimbabwe	26			Third place
	Zimbabwe (2)	31
									15 November 2015 - 17:02 - Johannesburg
	Nigeria (7)	10
									Tunisia	12

									Morocco	19

Quarter Final Matches

15 November 2015
10:44

Kenya	41–0	Madagascar

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

15 November 2015
11:09

Uganda	14–19	Tunisia

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

15 November 2015
11:34

Namibia	15–17	Morocco

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

15 November 2015
11:59

Zimbabwe	31–10	Nigeria

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

Semi Final Matches

15 November 2015
14:18

Kenya	42–12	Tunisia

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

15 November 2015
14:43

Morocco	0–26	Zimbabwe

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

Third Place Match

15 November 2015
17:02

Tunisia	12–19	Morocco

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

Final Match

15 November 2015
17:27

Kenya	21–17	Zimbabwe

Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park, Johannesburg

Final standings

Legend
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Qualified for the 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.

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

See also

2015 Rugby Africa Women's Sevens Championships

References

Africa Sevens
Men	2000 2004 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ 2022 2023
Women	2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ 2022 2023
Rugby Africa

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