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2017 Africa Cup Sevens
Hosts	Uganda
Date	6–7 October
Nations	10
Final positions
Champions	Uganda
Runners-up	Zimbabwe
Third	Madagascar
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The 2017 Africa Cup Sevens is a rugby sevens tournament held in Kampala, Uganda on 6–7 October 2017. It will be the 5th championship in a series that began in 2013.

The 2017 tournament serves as a qualifier for the following:

• The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament, where two teams compete for a chance to be a core team of the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series
• The 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, also involving the top two
• The 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the top two Commonwealth of Nations members eligible.

Teams

•  Botswana
•  Ghana
•  Madagascar
•  Mauritius
•  Morocco
•  Senegal
•  Tunisia
•  Uganda
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

• Notes:

1. Ghana makes its tournament debut after being a full World Rugby member in May 2017
2. Namibia was originally scheduled to attend, but with Namibia Rugby Union citing financial reasons for pulling the team for the tournament, Mauritius was invited in its place

Pool stage

All matches are East Africa Time (UTC+3:00)

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Uganda	4	4	0	0	143	29	+114	12
Zambia	4	3	0	1	57	73	−16	10
Tunisia	4	1	1	2	71	87	−16	7
Morocco	4	1	0	3	69	95	−26	6
Ghana	4	0	1	3	34	90	−56	5

Tunisia	19−19	Ghana

Morocco	19−24	Zambia

Uganda	33−0	Ghana

Tunisia	14−21	Zambia

Uganda	35−0	Zambia

Tunisia	19−14	Morocco

Uganda	42−10	Morocco

Zambia	12−5	Ghana

Uganda	33−19	Tunisia

Morocco	26−10	Ghana

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Madagascar	4	4	0	0	109	29	+80	12
Zimbabwe	4	3	0	1	71	38	+33	10
Senegal	4	2	0	2	53	62	−9	8
Botswana	4	0	1	3	40	83	−43	5
Mauritius	4	0	1	3	38	99	−61	5

Zimbabwe	21−7	Mauritius

Senegal	24−12	Botswana

Madagascar	40−10	Mauritius

Zimbabwe	21−7	Botswana

Madagascar	24-7	Botswana

Zimbabwe	17−5	Senegal

Madagascar	26−0	Senegal

Botswana	14−14	Mauritius

Madagascar	19−12	Zimbabwe

Senegal	24−7	Mauritius

Knockout stage

9th Place

Ghana	7−12	Mauritius

Ghana	26−0	Mauritius

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	7 October 2017 - 11:00
	Uganda	33
					7 October 2017 - 14:04
	Botswana	0
					Uganda	38
	7 October 2017 - 12:06
					Zambia	12
	Zambia	33
									7 October 2017 - 16:46
	Senegal	21
									Uganda	10
	7 October 2017 - 11:22
									Zimbabwe	7
	Madagascar	33
					7 October 2017 - 14:26
	Morocco	15
					Madagascar	10
	7 October 2017 - 11:44
					Zimbabwe	21			Third place
	Zimbabwe	17
									7 October 2017 - 16:24
	Tunisia	12
									Zambia	7
									Madagascar	26

5th Place

	Semi-finals				Fifth Place
	7 October 2017 - 13:20
	Botswana	12
					7 October 2017 - 16:02
	Senegal	27
					Senegal	12
	7 October 2017 - 13:42
					Tunisia	35
	Morocco	10
	Tunisia	14
					Seventh Place
					7 October 2017 - 15:40
					Botswana	0
					Morocco	10

Standings

Rank	Team
	Uganda
	Zimbabwe
	Madagascar
4	Zambia
5	Tunisia
6	Senegal
7	Morocco
8	Botswana
9	Ghana
10	Mauritius

See also

• 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Men
• Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
• 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens

References

1. "Uganda Beats Tunisia to Africa Cup Sevens Hosting Rights". allafrica.com. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
2. "Schedule of the competitions 2017". 19 January 2017.
3. ^ "Uganda to host 2017 Africa Rugby Sevens". Xinhua. 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
4. "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
5. "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
6. "Ghana Rugby seizes opportunity to qualify for world tournament". citifmonline.com. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
7. Namibia rugby sevens post on Facebook

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