2012 CAR Women's Sevens | |
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Hosts | Morocco |
Date | 29−30 September |
Nations | 7 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Tunisia |
Runners-up | Kenya |
Third | Uganda |
Series details | |
Matches played | 15 |
← 2008 2013 → |
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]
Eight teams were expected to compete, but Cameroon withdrew from the tournament. [2]
Pool A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
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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 |
Pool B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
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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 |
Plate
Semi-finals | Plate Final | |||||
30 September 2012 | ||||||
Morocco | 0 | |||||
30 September 2012 | ||||||
Zimbabwe | 5 | |||||
Zimbabwe | 14 | |||||
30 September 2012 | ||||||
Zambia | 10 | |||||
Zambia | Bye | |||||
Cup
Semi-finals | Cup / Qualifier Final | |||||
30 September 2012 | ||||||
Kenya | 7 | |||||
30 September 2012 | ||||||
Senegal | 0 | |||||
Kenya | 10 | |||||
30 September 2012 | ||||||
Tunisia | 14 | |||||
Tunisia | 19 | |||||
Uganda | 5 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
30 September 2012 | ||||||
Senegal | 5 | |||||
Uganda | 12 |
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