2022 Africa Men's Sevens

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
Date23–24 April 2022
Nations14
Final positions
Champions Uganda
Runners-up Zimbabwe
Third Kenya
Series details
Matches played30
← 2019
2023 →

Fourteen teams participated in the tournament, including 2019 champions Kenya.[2]

Format

Teams 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

The following teams participated in the tournament, seeded as follows:

  1.  Kenya
  2.  Uganda
  3.  Namibia
  4.  Madagascar
  5.  Zimbabwe
  6.  Zambia
  7.  Tunisia
  8.  Mauritius
  9.  Cameroon
  10.  Burkina Faso
  11.  Botswana
  12.  Ghana
  13.  Burundi
  14.  Senegal

Tournament play

All times in East Africa Time (UTC+03:00)

Opening round
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
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 32018641+457
 Kenya 32016438+267
 Madagascar 32015347+67
 Namibia 300324101-773
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 33001197+1129
 Zambia 32014755-87
 Tunisia 31021748-315
 Burkina Faso 30031790-733
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 22004719+286
 Botswana 21012441-174
 Cameroon 20022738-112
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 2200570+576
 Senegal 21014010+304
 Burundi 2002087-872
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)
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club
 
 
 Zimbabwe26
 
24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club
 
 Zambia17
 
 Zimbabwe0
 
24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club
 
 Uganda28
 
 Uganda22
 
 
 Kenya12
 
Third place
 
 
24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club
 
 
 Zambia12
 
 
 Kenya19
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
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[lower-alpha 1]
4  Zambia
5  Madagascar
6  Tunisia
7  Burkina Faso
8  Namibia
9  Mauritius
10  Ghana
11  Senegal
12  Botswana
13  Cameroon
14  Burundi
Note
  1. Already qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games via the 2018–19 / 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series.

See also

References
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  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Round one fixtures". Uganda Rugby Union (Twitter). Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  5. "Round two fixtures". Uganda Rugby Union (Twitter). Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  6. "Round four fixtures". Uganda Rugby Union (Twitter). Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  7. "Semi-final fixtures". Uganda Rugby Union (Twitter). Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  8. "Final fixture". Uganda Rugby Union (Twitter). Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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