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2016 Africa Cup Sevens

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2016 Africa Cup Sevens
Hosts Kenya
Date23–24 September
Nations12
Final positions
Champions Uganda
Runners-up Namibia
Third Kenya
2015
2017

The 2016 RA Africa Cup Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held in Safaricom Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya on 23–24 September 2016.[1] It was the 4th championship in a series that began in 2013.

The top two placed teams (excluding Kenya) will qualify to the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens, where they will have a chance to earn core team status in the Sevens World Series

Teams

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Pool Stage

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Teams ranked 1-4 qualify to Cup Semi-finals Teams ranked 5-8 qualify to Plate semi-finals Teams ranked 9-12 go into relegation semi-finals

All times Eastern Africa Time (UTC+3)

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Semi-final
Teams that advanced to relegation semi-finals

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Kenya 2 2 0 0 64 5 +59 6
 Nigeria 2 1 0 1 41 38 +3 4
 Senegal 2 0 0 2 5 67 –62 2
23 September 2016
12:06
Kenya 33-5 Nigeria
23 September 2016
15:36
Senegal 5-36 Nigeria
23 September 2016
19:14
Kenya 31-0 Senegal

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Uganda 2 2 0 0 54 21 +33 6
 Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1 68 19 +49 4
 Mauritius 2 0 0 2 7 89 –82 2
23 September 2016
11:44
Zimbabwe 14-19 Uganda
23 September 2016
15:14
Mauritius 7-35 Uganda
23 September 2016
18:54
Zimbabwe 54-0 Mauritius

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Madagascar 2 2 0 0 59 0 +59 6
 Morocco 2 1 0 1 22 31 -9 4
 Zambia 2 0 0 2 12 62 –50 2
23 September 2016
11:22
Morocco 0-19 Madagascar
23 September 2016
14:52
Zambia 0-40 Madagascar
23 September 2016
18:32
Morocco 22-12 Zambia

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Namibia 2 2 0 0 36 12 +24 6
 Tunisia 2 1 0 1 24 24 0 4
 Botswana 2 0 0 2 14 38 –24 2
23 September 2016
11:00
Tunisia 5-17 Namibia
23 September 2016
14:30
Botswana 7-19 Namibia
23 September 2016
18:10
Tunisia 19-7 Botswana

Knockout stage

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Relegation Semi-Final

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 Sept - 11:12
 
 
 Botswana (9) 24
 
24 Sept - 15:58
 
 Mauritius (12) 21
 
 Botswana 0
 
24 Sept - 11:34
 
 Senegal 55
 
 Zambia (10) 14
 
 
 Senegal (11) 24
 
Third place
 
 
24 Sept - 15:36
 
 
 Mauritius 0
 
 
 Zambia 45

Plate Semi-final

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 Sept - 11:56
 
 
 Zimbabwe (5) 24
 
24 Sept - 16:42
 
 Morocco (8) 5
 
 Zimbabwe 14
 
24 Sept - 12:18
 
 Tunisia 7
 
 Nigeria (6) 7
 
 
 Tunisia (7) 12
 
Third place
 
 
24 Sept - 16:20
 
 
 Morocco 5
 
 
 Nigeria 12

Cup Semi-final

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 Sept - 12:40
 
 
 Madagascar (1) 7
 
24 Sept - 17:26
 
 Namibia (4) 10
 
 Namibia 19
 
24 Sept - 13:02
 
 Uganda 38
 
 Kenya (2) 12
 
 
 Uganda (3) 17
 
Third place
 
 
24 Sept - 17:04
 
 
 Madagascar 0
 
 
 Kenya 46

Final standings

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Legend
Winner and qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens
Qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens.
Relegated
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Uganda
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Namibia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kenya
4  Madagascar
5  Zimbabwe
6  Tunisia
7  Nigeria
8  Morocco
9  Senegal
10  Botswana
11  Zambia
12  Mauritius

References

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  1. ^ "Africa Cup 7s in Kenya". 23 September 2016.