The 2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament for the continental championship of Africa and a qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] The competition was held in Kempton Park, South Africa on 26–27 September 2015.[2] It was the fifth all-continental African Women's Sevens Championship, hosting teams from both Northern and Southern Africa.

2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens
HostsSouth Africa
Date26–27 September
Nations10 teams
Final positions
Champions South Africa
Runners-up Kenya
Third Tunisia
2014
2016

South Africa, as the tournament winner, qualified directly for the Olympic Games but their National Olympic Committee decided not to send a team so the runner-up, Kenya, took their place. The next three place-getters, Tunisia, Zimbabwe and Tunisia progressed to the final qualifying competition to play-off for inclusion in the 2016 Games.[citation needed]

Teams

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Pool Stage

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Pool A

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
  South Africa 4 4 0 0 189 0 +189 9
  Zimbabwe 4 3 0 1 89 50 +39 9
  Uganda 4 2 0 2 58 75 -17 6
  Namibia 4 1 0 3 34 119 −85 3
  Zambia 4 0 0 4 10 145 −135 0

Pool B

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Ranking Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
1   Kenya 4 0 0 148 14 12
2   Tunisia 3 0 1 111 31 10
3   Madagascar 2 0 2 72 57 8
4   Senegal 1 0 3 37 106 6
5   Botswana 0 0 4 14 168 4

Placement Stage

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Bowl (9th/10th Place)

Plate (5th/8th Place)

Semi-finals

7th/8th Place

Plate Final (5th/6th Place)

Cup (1st/4th Place)

Semi-finals

3rd/4th Place

Final

Final standings

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Legend
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Qualified for the Final 2016 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Rank Team
    South Africa
    Kenya
    Tunisia
4   Zimbabwe
5   Madagascar
6   Senegal
7   Uganda
8   Namibia
9   Botswana
10   Zambia

South Africa will not participate in the 2016 Olympics.[3][4] Previously SASCOC chief executive Tubby Reddy had stated that winning the continental qualifier would not be enough.[5] Kenya, as the second-placed team in the African qualifiers, advance to the Olympics.[6] Madagascar, the fifth-place finisher in qualifying, was named as a replacement.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Olympic qualification tournaments Scrum Queens
  2. ^ Rugby Afrique 2015 Competitions
  3. ^ "SASCOC Board will not be considered continental qualification". Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Kenya women replace South Africa for Rio". Americas Rugby News. 11 December 2015.
  5. ^ "SA athletes face tough Olympic qualifying criteria". Sport.
  6. ^ "Qualification Process" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  7. ^ "South Africa reject Olympic invitation". Scrum Queens. 17 November 2015.