2016 Africa Cup Sevens

The 2016 RA Africa Cup Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held in Safaricom Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya on 23–24 September 2016.[1] It was the 4th championship in a series that began in 2013.

2016 Africa Cup Sevens
Hosts Kenya
Date23–24 September
Nations12
Final positions
Champions Uganda
Runners-up Namibia
Third Kenya
2015
2017

The top two placed teams (excluding Kenya) will qualify to the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens, where they will have a chance to earn core team status in the Sevens World Series

Teams

Pool Stage

Teams ranked 1-4 qualify to Cup Semi-finals Teams ranked 5-8 qualify to Plate semi-finals Teams ranked 9-12 go into relegation semi-finals

All times Eastern Africa Time (UTC+3)

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Semi-final
Teams that advanced to relegation semi-finals

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Kenya 2200645+596
 Nigeria 21014138+34
 Senegal 2002567–622
23 September 2016
12:06
Kenya  33-5  Nigeria

23 September 2016
15:36
Senegal  5-36  Nigeria

23 September 2016
19:14
Kenya  31-0  Senegal

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Uganda 22005421+336
 Zimbabwe 21016819+494
 Mauritius 2002789–822
23 September 2016
11:44
Zimbabwe  14-19  Uganda

23 September 2016
15:14
Mauritius  7-35  Uganda

23 September 2016
18:54
Zimbabwe  54-0  Mauritius

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Madagascar 2200590+596
 Morocco 21012231-94
 Zambia 20021262–502
23 September 2016
11:22
Morocco  0-19  Madagascar

23 September 2016
14:52
Zambia  0-40  Madagascar

23 September 2016
18:32
Morocco  22-12  Zambia

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Namibia 22003612+246
 Tunisia 2101242404
 Botswana 20021438–242
23 September 2016
11:00
Tunisia  5-17  Namibia

23 September 2016
14:30
Botswana  7-19  Namibia

23 September 2016
18:10
Tunisia  19-7  Botswana

Knockout stage

Relegation Semi-Final

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 Sept - 11:12
 
 
 Botswana (9) 24
 
24 Sept - 15:58
 
 Mauritius (12) 21
 
 Botswana 0
 
24 Sept - 11:34
 
 Senegal 55
 
 Zambia (10) 14
 
 
 Senegal (11) 24
 
Third place
 
 
24 Sept - 15:36
 
 
 Mauritius 0
 
 
 Zambia 45

Plate Semi-final

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 Sept - 11:56
 
 
 Zimbabwe (5) 24
 
24 Sept - 16:42
 
 Morocco (8) 5
 
 Zimbabwe 14
 
24 Sept - 12:18
 
 Tunisia 7
 
 Nigeria (6) 7
 
 
 Tunisia (7) 12
 
Third place
 
 
24 Sept - 16:20
 
 
 Morocco 5
 
 
 Nigeria 12

Cup Semi-final

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 Sept - 12:40
 
 
 Madagascar (1) 7
 
24 Sept - 17:26
 
 Namibia (4) 10
 
 Namibia 19
 
24 Sept - 13:02
 
 Uganda 38
 
 Kenya (2) 12
 
 
 Uganda (3) 17
 
Third place
 
 
24 Sept - 17:04
 
 
 Madagascar 0
 
 
 Kenya 46

Final standings

Legend
Winner and qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens
Qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens.
Relegated
Rank Team
 Uganda
 Namibia
 Kenya
4 Madagascar
5 Zimbabwe
6 Tunisia
7 Nigeria
8 Morocco
9 Senegal
10 Botswana
11 Zambia
12 Mauritius
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