Uganda national rugby sevens team
| Union | Uganda Rugby Union | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | URU | |
| Coach(es) | Tolbert Onyango | |
| Captain(s) | Micheal Wokorach Vice captain =Ian Munyani | |
| Top scorer | Philip Wokorach | |
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| Largest defeat | ||
| Not playing at the Monacco games that were Olympics Qualifiers Qualifiers. | ||
| World Cup Sevens | ||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2018) | |
The Uganda National 7s team is called Uganda Sevens. One of Uganda's biggest accomplishments has been to win the Africa Mens 7s in 2022 which were world cup and commonwealth qualifiers.
Uganda won the Africa Mens 7s on 23rd April 2022 at Kyadondo Rugby Ground. This tournament was played by 14 countries.They made their first world cup appearance after winning the 2017 Africa Cup Sevens, [1]
Cuurent Uganda 7s team: Ian Munyani, Aaron Ofoywroth, Michael Wokorach, Philip Wokorach, Adrian Kasito, Kelvin Balagadde, Ivan Otema, Nobert Okeny, Desire Ayera, Karim Arinaitwe, Timothy Kisiga, Isaac Massanganzira.
Technical Team: Michael Wandera (Team Manager) Tolbert Onyango (Coach) Timothy Mudoola (Strength and conditioning coach) Samuel Asiimwe (Physiotherapist) Gloria ( Team Doctor)
Tournament History
Rugby World Cup Sevens
| Rugby World Cup Sevens Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 1993
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Did Not Enter | ||||||||
 1997
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 2001
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Did Not Qualify | ||||||||
 2005
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 2009
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 2013
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Did Not Enter | ||||||||
 2018
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Bowl Semi-final | 19th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Uganda’s only World Cup Sevens appearance came in 2018, when Uganda defeated Zimbabwe and Uruguay to finish in 19th place.
Commonwealth Games
| Commonwealth Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 1998
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Did Not Enter | ||||||||
 2002
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 2006
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Bowl Semifinalist | 11th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
 2010
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Bowl Semifinalist | 11th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2014
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Bowl Semifinalist | 11th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2018
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Group stage | 12th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 4/6 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | |||
Africa Sevens
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This was an olympic qualifier in Johannesburg.
Uganda has won the Africa Seven three times. Years: 2016,2017,2022.
Players
Current squad
Squad to 2014 Commonwealth Games:[2]
- Philip Wokorach
- Lawrence Ssebuliba
- Govle Ramathan
- James Ijongat
- Emma Ecodu
- Alfred Bijik
- Eric Kasiita
- Benon Lukoma Musoke Kizza
- Jaspher Ochen
- Phillip Pariyo
- Allan Seamus Otim
- Micheal Okorach
See also
References
- ^ "Uganda and Zimbabwe qualify for RWC Sevens 2018". World Rugby. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ Glasgow 2014 (2014). "Rugby Sevens - Men". Retrieved 28 July 2014.
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