2023 Africa Women's Sevens

2023 Africa Women's Sevens
Hosts Zambia (Qualifier)
 Tunisia (Final tournament)
Date1–2 July 2023 (Qualifier)
14–15 October 2023 (Final tournament)
Nations10 (Qualifier)
8 (Final tournament)
Final positions
Champions South Africa
Runners-up Kenya
Third Uganda
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 Africa Women's Sevens was the 11th edition of the Africa Women's Sevens, an annual African rugby sevens tournament. The qualifier event took place at the Lusaka Rugby Club, Zambia between 1 and 2 July 2023.[1] The main event took place in Tunisia. 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.

A total of fifteen teams participated.

Format

Teams are seeded according to their performances in the previous championship. The top five teams from the previous championship entered the main tournament, while the remaining ten entered the qualifier.[2]

Teams

The following teams entered the qualification tournament:

  •  Algeria
  •  Burkina Faso
  •  DR Congo
  •  Egypt
  •  Ghana
  •  Ivory Coast
  •  Mauritius
  •  Senegal
  •  Zambia
  •  Zimbabwe

The following teams entered the main tournament:[3]

Qualifier event

Pool stage

Legend
Advanced to quarter finals
Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Zambia 3 3 0 0 100 15 +85 9
 Senegal 3 2 0 1 55 48 +7 7
 Mauritius 2 1 0 1 19 36 -17 4
 Algeria 2 0 0 2 10 61 -51 2
 Egypt 2 0 0 2 19 43 -24 2
Zambia  35–10  Algeria  
Senegal  24–19  Egypt  
Zambia  36–0  Mauritius  
Senegal  26–0  Algeria  
Egypt  0–19  Mauritius  
Zambia  29–5  Senegal  
Egypt  v  Algeria  
Senegal  v  Mauritius  
Zambia  v  Egypt  
Mauritius  v  Algeria  
Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 DR Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Burkina Faso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ghana  24–12  Ivory Coast  
Zimbabwe  v  DR Congo  
Ghana  24–0  Burkina Faso  
Zimbabwe  43–0  Ivory Coast  
DR Congo  12–19  Burkina Faso  
Ghana  19–15  Zimbabwe  
DR Congo  v  Ivory Coast  
Zimbabwe  v  Burkina Faso  
Ghana  v  DR Congo  
Burkina Faso  v  Ivory Coast  

Knockout stage

9th place
Egypt  46–0  DR Congo  
5th place
 
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 Ivory Coast19
 
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Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 Mauritius24
 
 
 Burkina Faso12
Cup
 
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 Zambia26
 
 
 Ghana5
 
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 Senegal7
 
 
 Zimbabwe10
 

Standings

Legend
Qualified for Main Tournament
Rank Team
1  Zambia
2  Ghana
3  Zimbabwe
4  Senegal
5  Ivory Coast
6  Algeria
7  Mauritius
8  Burkina Faso
9  Egypt
10  DR Congo

Final tournament

Pool stage

Legend
Advanced to semi finals
Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 72 12 +60 9
 Uganda 3 2 0 1 34 24 +10 7
 Tunisia 3 1 0 2 38 44 –6 5
 Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 10 74 –64 3
14 October Tunisia  5–12  Uganda  
09:00
14 October South Africa  26–5  Zimbabwe  
09:22
14 October Tunisia  26–5  Zimbabwe  
11:22
14 October South Africa  19–0  Uganda  
12:06
14 October Uganda  22–0  Zimbabwe  
14:56
14 October South Africa  27–7  Tunisia  
16:02
Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Kenya 3 3 0 0 89 17 +72 9
 Zambia 3 2 0 1 32 52 –20 7
 Madagascar 3 1 0 2 66 47 +19 5
 Ghana 3 0 0 3 20 91 –71 3
14 October Kenya  27–0  Zambia  
09:44
14 October Madagascar  34–10  Ghana  
10:06
14 October Kenya  42–0  Ghana  
12:28
14 October Madagascar  15–17  Zambia  
12:50
14 October Zambia  15–10  Ghana  
15:18
14 October Madagascar  17–20  Kenya  
15:40

Knockout stage

5th place
 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 Tunisia24
 
 
 Ghana5
 
 Tunisia5
 
 
 Madagascar25
 
 Madagascar15
 
 
 Zimbabwe10
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 Ghana0
 
 
 Zimbabwe10
Cup
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 South Africa31
 
 
 Zambia0
 
 South Africa12
 
 
 Kenya7
 
 Kenya27
 
 
 Uganda0
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 Zambia10
 
 
 Uganda29

Standings

Legend
Qualified for 2024 Summer Olympics
Qualified for Olympic Repechage
Rank Team
 South Africa
 Kenya
 Uganda
4  Zambia
5  Madagascar
6  Tunisia
7  Zimbabwe
8  Ghana

References

  1. ^ Kaumba, Michael (2023-06-17). "Zambia Set To Host Women's Sevens Pre Olympic Qualification Tourney". www.znbc.co.zm. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  2. ^ Dube, Godfrey (2023-02-03). "Rugby women can qualify for Olympic event - Magasa". Zambia: News Diggers!. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  3. ^ Mensah, Herbert (2023-10-13). "African Women's Rugby OQT: Overview, groups, team schedule to watch and how to watch these Paris 2024 qualifiers live". Rugby Afrique. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
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