Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship
| Current season or competition: 2025 Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship | |
| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Instituted | 2015 |
| Governing body | Arab World (ARF) |
| Holders | United Arab Emirates (2025) |
| Most titles | Morocco (4 titles) |
The Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship (Arabic: البطولة العربية لسباعيات الرجبي للرجال), is an annual rugby sevens tournament involving Arab nations, organised by the Arab Rugby Federation. It is contested on an annual basis.
History
Since the 2024 edition, the name of the competition changed from Tournament to Championship.
Results by year
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Score | Fourth | ||
| 2015 | El Gouna, Egypt |
Morocco |
38–0 | Egypt |
United Arab Emirates |
31–7 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2016 | Marrakesh, Morocco |
Morocco |
29–14 | Tunisia |
United Arab Emirates |
No TPM | Lebanon |
| 2017 | Amman, Jordan |
Morocco |
17–0 | Egypt |
Jordan |
14–0 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2018 | Maadi, Cairo, Egypt |
Egypt |
22–0 | United Arab Emirates |
Jordan |
21–12 | Libya |
| 2019 | Amman, Jordan |
Jordan |
19–14 | Egypt |
United Arab Emirates |
5–0 | Algeria |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Arab world | ||||||
| 2021 | Alexandria, Egypt |
Egypt |
14–0 | Lebanon |
United Arab Emirates |
19–7 | Syria |
| 2022 | Tunis, Tunisia |
Tunisia |
55–0 | Libya |
Egypt |
28–0 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2023 | Al Ain, United Arab Emirates |
UA Emirates |
15–10 | Tunisia |
Libya |
19–12 | Egypt |
| 2024 | Taif, Saudi Arabia |
Morocco |
19–14 | United Arab Emirates |
Tunisia |
19–7 | Egypt |
| 2025 | Alexandria, Egypt |
United Arab Emirates |
14–7 | Morocco |
Egypt |
17–0 | Libya |
| 2026 | ..., Egypt |
Futur event | |||||
Team Records
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 4 (2015, 2016*, 2017, 2024) | 1 (2025) | – | – |
| Egypt | 2 (2018*, 2021*) | 3 (2015*, 2017, 2019) | 2 (2022, 2025*) | 2 (2023, 2024) |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 (2023*, 2025) | 2 (2018, 2024) | 4 (2015, 2016, 2019, 2021) | 2 (2017, 2022) |
| Tunisia | 1 (2022*) | 2 (2016, 2023) | 1 (2024) | – |
| Jordan | 1 (2019*) | – | 2 (2017*, 2018) | – |
| Libya | – | 1 (2022) | 1 (2023) | 2 (2018, 2025) |
| Lebanon | – | 1 (2021) | – | 1 (2016) |
| Saudi Arabia | – | – | – | 1 (2015) |
| Algeria | – | – | – | 1 (2019) |
| Syria | – | – | – | 1 (2021) |
- * hosts
- Updated to 2023
National team appearances in the Arab Rugby Sevens Championship
| Team | 2015 |
20161 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2021 |
20222 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Apps. |
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| Africa | ||||||||||||
| Algeria | 6th | 4th | 5th | 3 | ||||||||
| Egypt | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | Q | 9 | |
| Libya | •• | 6th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 7 | |||
| Morocco | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 5 | ||||||
| Sudan | 6th | 6th | 7th | 3 | ||||||||
| Tunisia | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4 | |||||||
| Asia | ||||||||||||
| Iraq | 7th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 5 | ||||||
| Jordan | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 7th | 6th | 6 | |||||
| Lebanon | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 4 | |||||||
| Palestine | 8th | 5th | 8th | 8th | 10th | 9th | 6 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia | 4th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 8th | 5 | ||||||
| Syria | 4th | 6th | 7th | 9th | •• | 4 | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 10 | |
| Team | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | ||
- 1 Morocco B replaced Libya and took third place
- 2 Tunisia B took seventh place
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See also
External links
- البطولات العربية لسباعيات الرجبي - ARF official website
- Arab Championship Overview - rugbyarchive.net