2023 Africa Men's Sevens
The 2023 Africa Men's Sevens was the 13th edition of the Africa Men's Sevens, an annual African rugby sevens tournament. The qualifier event took place at the Labourdonnais Sports Grounds, Mauritius between 24 and 25 June 2023. The main event took place in Harare, Zimbabwe. The winner qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, and the second and third placed teams qualified for the 2024 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament. In addition, the top two teams qualified for the 2024 Challenger Series.[1]
| 2023 Africa Men's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Hosts |  Mauritius (Qualifier) Zimbabwe (Final tournament) |
| Date | 24–25 June 2023 (Qualifier) 16–17 September 2023 (Final tournament) |
| Nations | 12 (Qualifier) 12 (Final tournament) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Kenya |
| Runners-up |  South Africa |
| Third |  Uganda |
← 2022 | |
Twelve teams participated in each tournament
Format
Teams are seeded according to their performances in the previous championship. The top eight teams from the previous championship entered the main tournament, while the remaining twelve entered the qualifier.
Teams
The following teams entered the qualification tournament:[2]
Algeria
Botswana
Burundi
Cameroon
DR Congo
Egypt
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Lesotho- Mauritius
Nigeria
Senegal
The following teams entered the main tournament:
Burkina Faso- Kenya
Madagascar
Namibia- South Africa
Tunisia- Uganda
Zambia- Zimbabwe
- Algeria
- Nigeria
- Ivory Coast
Qualifier event
Pool stage
| Legend |
|---|
| Advanced to quarter finals |
| Potential quarter finals |
- Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 21 | +89 | 9 |
| Ghana |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 31 | +65 | 7 |
| Burundi |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 101 | –59 | 5 |
| DR Congo |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 112 | –95 | 3 |
| Ghana |
7–24 | Nigeria |
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| Burundi |
21–17 | DR Congo |
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| Ghana |
48–0 | DR Congo |
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| Burundi |
14–43 | Nigeria |
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| Ghana |
41–7 | Burundi |
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| DR Congo |
0–43 | Nigeria |
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- Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 12 | +79 | 9 |
| Mauritius |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 21 | +44 | 7 |
| Botswana |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 72 | –51 | 5 |
| Lesotho |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 91 | –72 | 3 |
| Mauritius |
5–14 | Algeria |
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| Botswana |
14–12 | Lesotho |
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| Mauritius |
29–7 | Lesotho |
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| Botswana |
7–29 | Algeria |
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| Mauritius |
31–0 | Botswana |
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| Lesotho |
0–48 | Algeria |
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- Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 9 |
| Ivory Coast |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 7 |
| Egypt |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 57 | –24 | 5 |
| Cameroon |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 79 | –48 | 3 |
| Senegal |
15–14 | Ivory Coast |
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| Egypt |
21–5 | Cameroon |
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| Ivory Coast |
27–7 | Cameroon |
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| Egypt |
7–24 | Senegal |
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| Ivory Coast |
28–5 | Egypt |
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| Cameroon |
19–31 | Senegal |
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Knockout stage
- 9th place
| Semi-finals | Ninth place | |||||
| Burundi | 36 | |||||
| DR Congo | 17 | |||||
| Burundi | 17 | |||||
| Cameroon | 33 | |||||
| Cameroon | 15 | |||||
| Lesotho | 5 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| DR Congo | 0 | |||||
| Lesotho | 15 | |||||
- 5th place
| Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| Egypt | 7 | |||||
| Senegal | 26 | |||||
| Senegal | 12 | |||||
| Mauritius | 14 | |||||
| Mauritius | 36 | |||||
| Botswana | 0 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| Egypt | 14 | |||||
| Botswana | 12 | |||||
- Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Algeria | 33 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 7 | |||||||||
| Algeria | 29 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 10 | |||||||||
| Senegal | 19 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 22 | |||||||||
| Algeria | 24 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 5 | |||||||||
| Mauritius | 10 | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 12 | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 12 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 20 | Third place | ||||||||
| Nigeria | 33 | |||||||||
| Botswana | 5 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 10 | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 28 | |||||||||
Standings
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Qualified for Main Tournament | |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
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Algeria |
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Nigeria |
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Ivory Coast |
| 4 | Ghana |
| 5 | Mauritius |
| 6 | Senegal |
| 7 | Egypt |
| 8 | Botswana |
| 9 | Cameroon |
| 10 | Burundi |
| 11 | Lesotho |
| 12 | DR Congo |
Final tournament
Pool stage
| Legend |
|---|
| Advanced to quarter finals |
| Potential quarter finals |
- Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 14 | +106 | 9 |
| Madagascar |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 48 | +49 | 7 |
| Tunisia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 91 | –53 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 112 | –102 | 3 |
| 16 September | Madagascar |
43–5 | Tunisia |
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| 10:28 |
| 16 September | South Africa |
39–0 | Ivory Coast |
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| 10:50 |
| 16 September | Madagascar |
40–5 | Ivory Coast |
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| 13:12 |
| 16 September | South Africa |
43–0 | Tunisia |
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| 13:34 |
| 16 September | South Africa |
38–14 | Madagascar |
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| 16:18 |
| 16 September | Tunisia |
33–5 | Ivory Coast |
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| 15:36 |
- Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 22 | +100 | 9 |
| Zambia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 62 | +19 | 7 |
| Nigeria |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 91 | –47 | 5 |
| Namibia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 103 | –72 | 3 |
| 16 September | Zambia |
31–12 | Namibia |
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| 09:44 |
| 16 September | Kenya |
34–10 | Nigeria |
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| 10:06 |
| 16 September | Zambia |
38–12 | Nigeria |
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| 12:28 |
| 16 September | Kenya |
50–0 | Namibia |
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| 12:50 |
| 16 September | Namibia |
19–22 | Nigeria |
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| 15:12 |
| 16 September | Kenya |
38–12 | Zambia |
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| 15:34 |
- Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 22 | +72 | 8 |
| Uganda |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 61 | +25 | 7 |
| Burkina Faso |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 6 |
| Algeria |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 133 | –114 | 3 |
| 16 September | Zimbabwe |
12–12 | Burkina Faso |
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| 09:00 |
| 16 September | Uganda |
45–7 | Algeria |
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| 09:22 |
| 16 September | Zimbabwe |
47–5 | Algeria |
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| 11:44 |
| 16 September | Uganda |
36–19 | Burkina Faso |
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| 12:04 |
| 16 September | Algeria |
7–41 | Burkina Faso |
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| 14:50 |
| 16 September | Uganda |
5–35 | Zimbabwe |
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| 16:40 |
Knockout stage
- 9th place
| Semi-finals | Ninth place | |||||
| Tunisia | 19 | |||||
| Algeria | 14 | |||||
| Tunisia | 19 | |||||
| Namibia | 14 | |||||
| Namibia | 24 | |||||
| Ivory Coast | 22 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| Algeria | 26 | |||||
| Ivory Coast | 19 | |||||
- 5th place
| Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| Burkina Faso | 24 | |||||
| Madagascar | 19 | |||||
| Burkina Faso | 26 | |||||
| Zambia | 33 | |||||
| Zambia | 28 | |||||
| Nigeria | 12 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| Madagascar | 43 | |||||
| Nigeria | 17 | |||||
- Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Kenya | 26 | |||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 0 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 33 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 10 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 26 | |||||||||
| Madagascar | 10 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 12 | |||||||||
| Zambia | 15 | |||||||||
| Uganda | 29 | |||||||||
| Uganda | 14 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 26 | Third place | ||||||||
| South Africa | 27 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 0 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 12 | |||||||||
| Uganda | 24 | |||||||||
Standings
| Legend |
|---|
| Qualified for 2024 Summer Olympics |
| Qualified for Olympic Repechage |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
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Kenya |
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South Africa |
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Uganda |
| 4 | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | Zambia |
| 6 | Burkina Faso |
| 7 | Madagascar |
| 8 | Nigeria |
| 9 | Tunisia |
| 10 | Namibia |
| 11 | Algeria |
| 12 | Ivory Coast |
References
- "Zimbabwe to host Rugby Africa Sevens Cup". www.thezimbabwean.co. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/05/paris-2024-nigeria-rugby-team-battles-ghana-in-olympic-qualifiers/.
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