2018 Africa Women's Sevens

2018 Africa Women's Sevens
2018 Africa Women's Sevens
Hosts	Botswana
Date	26–27 May
Nations	10
Final positions
Champions	Kenia
Runners-up	Uganda
Third	Tunesien
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Africa Women's Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament held in Gaborone, Botswana on 26–27 May 2018.^[1]

Kenya as the highest ranked team qualified for the 2018 Dubai Women's Sevens and 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens. Uganda also qualified for 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens.

Teams

South Africa was initially scheduled to compete, but pulled out to prepare for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.^[2]

Pool stage

All times in Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00)

Legend
Seeded 1–2 in knockout round
Seeded 3–4 in knockout round
Seeded 5–6 in knockout round

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kenia	2	2	0	+83	0	+83	6
Madagaskar	2	1	1	40	42	−2	4
Senegal	2	0	2	0	81	−81	2

26 May 2018	Madagaskar	40–0	Senegal	Gaborone, Botswana
10:08

26 May 2018	Kenia	41–0	Senegal	Gaborone, Botswana
11:44

26 May 2018	Kenia	42–0	Madagaskar	Gaborone, Botswana
13:20

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Tunesien	2	1	1	0	41	17	+24	5
Uganda	2	1	1	0	30	17	+13	5
Simbabwe	2	0	0	2	14	51	–37	2

26 May 2018	Uganda	20–7	Simbabwe	Gaborone, Botswana
10:30

26 May 2018	Tunesien	31–7	Simbabwe	Gaborone, Botswana
12:06

26 May 2018	Tunesien	10–10	Uganda	Gaborone, Botswana
13:42

Pool C

Semi-finals		7th–8th seeding

26 May 2018 – 10:52 – Gaborone, Botswana

Marokko	20
		26 May 2018 – 14:04 – Gaborone, Botswana
Sambia	26
		Sambia	5
26 May 2018 – 12:28 – Gaborone, Botswana
		Botswana	5
Botswana	15

Mauritius	10
		9th–10th seeding

		26 May 2018 – 14:26 – Gaborone, Botswana

		Marokko	24

		Mauritius	5

26 May 2018	Marokko	20–26	Sambia
10:52

26 May 2018	Botswana	15–10	Mauritius
12:28

26 May 2018	Sambia	5–5	Botswana
14:04

26 May 2018	Marokko	24–5	Mauritius
14:26

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Knockout stage

Placement Match

26 May 2018	Marokko	22–5	Mauritius	Gaborone, Botswana
10:58

Fifth Place

Semi-finals		Final

27 May 2018 – 11:42 – Gaborone, Botswana

Sambia	15
		27 May 2018 – 14:16 – Gaborone, Botswana
Simbabwe	17
		Simbabwe	19
27 May 2018 – 12:04 – Gaborone, Botswana
		Senegal	5
Botswana	10

Senegal	22
		Seventh Place

		27 May 2018 – 13:54 – Gaborone, Botswana

		Sambia	5

		Botswana	12

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

27 May 2018 – 9:30 – Gaborone, Botswana

Kenia	42
		27 May 2018 – 12:26 – Gaborone, Botswana
Sambia	5
		Kenia	27
27 May 2018 – 11:36 – Gaborone, Botswana
		Madagaskar	0
Madagaskar	24
				27 May 2018 – 15:22 – Gaborone, Botswana
Simbabwe	5
				Kenia	29
27 May 2018 – 9:52 – Gaborone, Botswana
				Uganda	7
Tunesien	36
		27 May 2018 – 12:48 – Gaborone, Botswana
Botswana	0
		Tunesien	5
27 May 2018 – 10:14 – Gaborone, Botswana
		Uganda	10	Third place
Uganda	12
				27 May 2018 – 14:38 – Gaborone, Botswana
Senegal	5
				Madagaskar	7

				Tunesien	22

Standings

Legend
Qualified to 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

Rank	Team
	Kenia
	Uganda
	Tunesien
4	Madagaskar
5	Simbabwe
6	Senegal
7	Botswana
8	Sambia
9	Marokko
10	Mauritius

References

^ "Rugby Africa's yearly Women's Sevens tournament will conclude a full week devoted to the place of women in rugby in Gaborone, Botswana". Rugby Afrique. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Africa 7s Women's fixtures". ragahouse.com. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[1] "Rugby Africa's yearly Women's Sevens tournament will conclude a full week devoted to the place of women in rugby in Gaborone, Botswana". Rugby Afrique. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[fixtures-2] "Africa 7s Women's fixtures". ragahouse.com. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

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