2022 Africa Women's Sevens | |
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Hosts | Tunisia |
Date | 29–30 April 2022 |
Nations | 9 |
Final positions | |
Champions | South Africa |
Runners-up | Madagascar |
Third | Tunisia |
Series details | |
Matches played | 21 |
← 2019 2023 → |
The 2022 Africa Women's Sevens are an annual African rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Stade Municipal de Jemmal in Jemmal on 29 and 30 April 2022; they were held in Tunisia for the fourth time. [1]
Nine teams participated in the tournament, including 2019 champions South Africa (who successfully defended their title and qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham). [2] Since South Africa already qualify for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens as hosts, Madagascar secured the World Cup ticket to Cape Town by finishing as runners-up.
Teams are divided into three pools, in which they each play two matches. Based on their pool positions and points differences, the lowest-ranked team overall is eliminated and the remaining teams seeded in the knockout-stage Cup quarter-finals.
Quarter-final winners advance to the Cup semi-finals (and final / third-place match beyond those), whilst the losers contest the lower-classification Plate matches.
Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda qualified automatically for the final tournament.
The tournament was held in Alexandria, Egypt.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Senegal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 12 | +39 | 6 |
Algeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 36 | -1 | 4 |
Egypt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 57 | -38 | 2 |
17 December 2021 | Egypt | 14–28 | Algeria | Alexandria | |
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17 December 2021 | Senegal | 22–7 | Algeria | Alexandria | |
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17 December 2021 | Egypt | 5–29 | Senegal | Alexandria | |
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18 December 2021 | Senegal | 19–5 | Algeria | Alexandria | |
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Senegal qualified for the final tournament.
The tournament was held in Kumasi, Ghana.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Ghana | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 29 | +111 | 12 |
Ivory Coast | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 8 |
Burkina Faso | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 8 |
Benin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 70 | -39 | 8 |
Togo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 110 | -105 | 4 |
27 November 2021 | Ghana | 51–0 | Togo | Kumasi | |
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27 November 2021 | Ivory Coast | 12–19 | Benin | Kumasi | |
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27 November 2021 | Burkina Faso | 12–0 | Benin | Kumasi | |
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27 November 2021 | Ivory Coast | 20–0 | Togo | Kumasi | |
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27 November 2021 | Ghana | 19–17 | Burkina Faso | Kumasi | |
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28 November 2021 | Ghana | 41–0 | Benin | Kumasi | |
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28 November 2021 | Ivory Coast | 17–0 | Burkina Faso | Kumasi | |
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28 November 2021 | Benin | 12–5 | Togo | Kumasi | |
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28 November 2021 | Burkina Faso | 27–0 | Togo | Kumasi | |
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28 November 2021 | Ghana | 29–12 | Ivory Coast | Kumasi | |
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Ghana qualified for the final tournament.
The tournament was held in Bujumbura, Burundi.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Zambia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 5 | +125 | 9 |
Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 55 | -28 | 7 |
DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 62 | -45 | 4 |
Burundi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 57 | -52 | 4 |
13 March 2022 | DR Congo | 0–40 | Zambia | Bujumbura | |
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13 March 2022 | Burundi | 0–5 | Cameroon | Bujumbura | |
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13 March 2022 | Burundi | 5–5 | DR Congo | Bujumbura | |
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13 March 2022 | Zambia | 43–5 | Cameroon | Bujumbura | |
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13 March 2022 | DR Congo | 12–17 | Cameroon | Bujumbura | |
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13 March 2022 | Burundi | 0–47 | Zambia | Bujumbura | |
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Zambia qualified for the final tournament.
The tournament was held in Maseru, Lesotho.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Zimbabwe | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 5 | +165 | 12 |
Namibia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 10 |
Mauritius | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 8 |
Botswana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 77 | -25 | 6 |
Lesotho | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 161 | -151 | 4 |
29 January 2022 | Lesotho | 0–62 | Zimbabwe | Maseru | |
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29 January 2022 | Mauritius | 21–12 | Botswana | Maseru | |
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29 January 2022 | Zimbabwe | 39–0 | Namibia | Maseru | |
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29 January 2022 | Lesotho | 5–30 | Botswana | Maseru | |
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29 January 2022 | Namibia | 17–10 | Mauritius | Maseru | |
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29 January 2022 | Zimbabwe | 39–0 | Botswana | Maseru | |
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30 January 2022 | Lesotho | 0–31 | Mauritius | Maseru | |
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30 January 2022 | Namibia | 12–10 | Botswana | Maseru | |
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30 January 2022 | Zimbabwe | 25–0 | Mauritius | Maseru | |
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30 January 2022 | Lesotho | 5–38 | Namibia | Maseru | |
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Zimbabwe qualified for the final tournament.
The following teams participated in the tournament: [3]
All times in West Africa Time (UTC+01:00)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | +68 | 6 |
Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 4 |
Senegal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 67 | -55 | 2 |
29 April 2022 | Senegal | 12–14 | Zimbabwe | Stade Municipal de Jemmal | |
11:00 [4] [5] |
29 April 2022 | South Africa | 53–0 | Senegal | Stade Municipal de Jemmal | |
12:28 [5] |
29 April 2022 | Zimbabwe | 0–15 | South Africa | Stade Municipal de Jemmal | |
13:56 [5] |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Uganda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 6 |
Kenya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 4 |
Zambia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 37 | -32 | 2 |
29 April 2022 | Zambia | 5–15 | Uganda | Stade Municipal de Jemmal | |
11:22 [4] [5] |
29 April 2022 | Kenya | 22–0 | Zambia | Stade Municipal de Jemmal | |
12:50 [5] |
29 April 2022 | Uganda | 10–7 | Kenya | Stade Municipal de Jemmal | |
14:18 [5] |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Madagascar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 10 | +26 | 6 |
Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 4 |
Ghana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 46 | -36 | 2 |
29 April 2022 | Ghana | 5–17 | Tunisia | Stade Municipal de Jemmal | |
11:44 [4] [5] |
29 April 2022 | Madagascar | 29–5 | Ghana | Stade Municipal de Jemmal | |
13:12 [5] |
29 April 2022 | Tunisia | 5–7 | Madagascar | Stade Municipal de Jemmal | |
14:40 [5] |
Senegal, the lowest-ranked team overall, does not progress to the knockout stage.
Classification semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
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Ghana | 0 | |||||
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Kenya | 20 | |||||
Kenya | 12 | |||||
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Zambia | 5 | |||||
Zambia | 21 | |||||
Zimbabwe | 14 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
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Ghana | 29 | |||||
Zimbabwe | 7 |
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South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
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Ghana | 5 | |||||||||
South Africa | 31 | |||||||||
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Tunisia | 0 | |||||||||
Kenya | 5 | |||||||||
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Tunisia | 19 | |||||||||
South Africa | 15 | |||||||||
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Madagascar | 14 | |||||||||
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Zambia | 10 | |||||||||
Madagascar | 17 (a.e.t.) | |||||||||
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Uganda | 12 | Third place | ||||||||
Uganda | 10 | |||||||||
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Zimbabwe | 0 | |||||||||
Tunisia | 17 | |||||||||
Uganda | 15 | |||||||||
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Legend | |
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Green fill | Qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games |
Blue bar | Qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
Pos | Team |
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1 | South Africa [lower-alpha 1] |
2 | Madagascar |
3 | Tunisia |
4 | Uganda |
5 | Kenya |
6 | Zambia |
7 | Ghana |
8 | Zimbabwe |
9 | Senegal |
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