2015 Rugby Africa Men's Sevens Championships

2015 Rugby Africa Men's Sevens Championships
Host nations	South Africa
Date	14–15 November
Nations	12 (finals)
Final positions
Champions	Kenya
Runners-up	Zimbabwe
Third	Morocco
Series details

The 2015 RA Men's Sevens Championships is an Olympic qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa on 14–15 November 2015.^[1] It was the 3rd championship in a series that began in 2013.

The tournament will have the top team qualify directly to the Olympics, and the second, third, and fourth place teams qualify for the 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.

North Qualifying

Note: Cameroon was scheduled to compete, but was unable to attend. Morocco took their spot in the competition.

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	0	27	10	+17	6
Togo	2	1	0	1	24	24	E	4
Ghana	2	0	0	2	22	39	–17	2

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Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Morocco	2	2	0	0	68	7	+61	6
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	43	21	+22	4
Mali	2	0	0	2	0	83	–83	2

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Knockout stage

Bowl

	Final
	7 June 2015 – Lomé
	Ghana	27
	Mali	7

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 June 2015 – Lomé
	Ivory Coast	5
	Nigeria	14
					7 June 2015 – Lomé
					Ivory Coast	26
					Togo	5
	7 June 2015 – Lomé
	Morocco	29
	Togo	0

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 June 2015 – Lomé
	Ivory Coast	5
	Nigeria	14
					7 June 2015 – Lomé
					Nigeria	7
					Morocco	34
	7 June 2015 – Lomé
	Morocco	29
	Togo	0

Final North Qualifying standings

Legend
Qualified for the Rugby Africa Olympic tournament

Rank	Team
01 !	Morocco
02 !	Nigeria
03 !	Ivory Coast
4	Togo
5	Ghana
6	Mali

South Qualifying

Note: Zambia has already qualified for the 2015 Rugby Africa Men's Sevens Championships after receiving the 8th Qualification spot with South Africa qualifying directly to the Olympics and no longer participating in the Championships

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Zambia	2	2	0	0	46	19	+27	6
Botswana	2	1	0	1	45	21	+24	4
Burundi	2	0	0	2	7	58	–51	2

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Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Mauritius	2	2	0	0	38	12	+26	6
Congo	2	1	0	1	45	45	E	4
Rwanda	2	0	0	2	21	47	–26	2

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Knockout stage

Bowl

	Final
	27 July 2015 – Kigali
	Burundi	0
	Rwanda	19

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July 2015 – Kigali
	Zambia	40
	Congo	7
					27 July 2015 – Kigali
					Congo	17
					Botswana	24
	27 July 2015 – Kigali
	Mauritius	35
	Botswana	26

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July 2015 – Kigali
	Zambia	40
	Congo	7
					27 July 2015 – Kigali
					Zambia	38
					Mauritius	21
	27 July 2015 – Kigali
	Mauritius	35
	Botswana	26

Final South Qualifying standings

Legend
Qualified for the Rugby Africa Olympic tournament

Rank	Team
01 !	Zambia
02 !	Mauritius
03 !	Botswana
4	Congo
5	Rwanda
6	Burundi

Final Tournament

Teams

South Africa already qualified for the Olympics by finishing 2nd in 2014–15 Sevens World Series. Zambia was then given the final spot by finishing the previous tournament in 9th place^[2]

Pool Stage

Teams ranked 1-8 qualify for Cup Quarterfinals.

All times SAST (UTC+2)

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kenya	3	3	0	0	123	5	+118	9
Madagascar	3	1	0	2	60	92	–32	5
Senegal	3	1	0	2	36	77	–41	5
Mauritius	3	1	0	2	51	96	–45	5

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Zimbabwe	3	3	0	0	122	12	+110	9
Uganda	3	2	0	1	66	60	+6	7
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	43	64	–21	5
Zambia	3	0	0	3	19	114	–95	3

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Namibia	3	3	0	0	102	31	+71	9
Tunisia	3	2	0	1	55	69	-14	7
Morocco	3	1	0	2	83	50	+33	5
Botswana	3	0	0	3	12	102	–90	3

Final Tournament Bowl

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Botswana (11)	3	3	0	0	67	42	+25	9
Mauritius (10)	3	1	0	2	71	43	+28	5
Senegal (9)	3	1	0	2	59	74	-15	5
Zambia (12)	3	1	0	2	45	83	-38	5

Final Tournament Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 November 2015 - 13:28 - Johannesburg
	Madagascar	24
	Uganda	7
					15 November 2015 - 16:37 - Johannesburg
					Madagascar	17
					Namibia	24
					Third place
	15 November 2015 - 13:53 - Johannesburg			15 November 2015 - 16:12 - Johannesburg
	Namibia	39		Uganda	27
	Nigeria	5			Nigeria	7

Semi Final Matches

Seventh Place Match

Plate Final Match

Final Tournament Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	15 November 2015 - 10:44 - Johannesburg
	Kenya (1)	41
					15 November 2015 - 14:18 - Johannesburg
	Madagascar (8)	0
					Kenya	42
	15 November 2015 - 11:09 - Johannesburg
					Tunisia	12
	Uganda (4)	14
									15 November 2015 - 17:27 - Johannesburg
	Tunisia (5)	19
									Kenya	21
	15 November 2015 - 11:34 - Johannesburg
									Zimbabwe	17
	Namibia (3)	15
					15 November 2015 - 14:43 - Johannesburg
	Morocco (6)	17
					Morocco	0			Third place
	15 November 2015 - 11:59 - Johannesburg
					Zimbabwe	26
	Zimbabwe (2)	31							Tunisia	12
	Nigeria (7)	10							Morocco	19
									15 November 2015 - 17:02 - Johannesburg

Quarter Final Matches

Semi Final Matches

Third Place Match

Final Match

Final standings

Legend
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Qualified for the 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Rank	Team
01 !	Kenya
02 !	Zimbabwe
03 !	Morocco
4	Tunisia
5	Namibia
6	Madagascar
7	Uganda
8	Nigeria
9	Botswana
10	Mauritius
11	Senegal
12	Zambia

See also

• 2015 Rugby Africa Women's Sevens Championships

References