The Africa Men's Sevens, formerly the Africa Cup Sevens, is an annual rugby sevens tournament involving African nations, organised by Rugby Africa. Since 2013 the event has been contested on an annual basis.

Africa Men's Sevens
SportRugby sevens
Instituted2000
Governing bodyAfrica (Rugby Africa)
Holders Uganda (2024)
Most titles Kenya (6 titles)
Logo in 2013.

The tournament is also acts as a qualifying event for the Rugby World Cup Sevens and Olympic Rugby Sevens as required.

Results by year

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Winners and runners-up for official Rugby Africa and IRB (WR) sevens tournaments:

Year Host Final Third place match Refs
Winner Score Runner-up Third Score Fourth
African Sevens Championship
2000  
Nairobi, Kenya
 
Zimbabwe
26–14  
Kenya
 
Namibia
33–21  
Tunisia
[1]
2004  
Lusaka, Zambia
 
Kenya
33–14  
Namibia
 
Uganda
24–19  
Zimbabwe
[2]
2008  
Tunis, Tunisia
 
Kenya
26–14  
Zimbabwe
 
Tunisia
26–12  
Namibia
[3]
2012  
Rabat, Morocco
 
Zimbabwe
33–12  
Tunisia
 
Nigeria
19–12  
Madagascar
[4]
2013  
Mombasa, Kenya
 
Kenya
24–19  
Zimbabwe
 
Tunisia
31–5  
Madagascar
[5]
2014  
Harare, Zimbabwe
 
South Africa
38–5  
Kenya
 
Zimbabwe
41–5  
Tunisia
[6]
Africa Cup Sevens
2015  
Johannesburg, South Africa
 
Kenya
21–17  
Zimbabwe
 
Morocco
19–12  
Tunisia
[7]
2016  
Nairobi, Kenya
 
Uganda
38–19  
Namibia
 
Kenya
46–0  
Madagascar
2017  
Kampala, Uganda
 
Uganda
10–7  
Zimbabwe
 
Madagascar
26–7  
Zambia
Africa Men's Sevens
2018  
Monastir, Tunisia
 
Zimbabwe
17–5  
Kenya
 
Uganda
24–19  
Madagascar
2019  
Johannesburg, South Africa
 
Kenya
29–0  
Uganda
 
Zimbabwe
24–7  
Madagascar
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2021
2022  
Kampala, Uganda
 
Uganda
28–0  
Zimbabwe
 
Kenya
19–12  
Zambia
2023  
Harare, Zimbabwe
 
Kenya
17–12  
South Africa
 
Uganda
24–12  
Zimbabwe
2024  
Mapou, Mauritius
 
Uganda
N/A  
South Africa
 
Madagascar
N/A  
Zimbabwe

Team Records

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Team Champions Runners-up Third Fourth
  Kenya 6 (2004, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2023) 3 (2000, 2014, 2018) 2 (2016, 2022)
  Uganda 4 (2016, 2017, 2022, 2024) 1 (2019) 3 (2004, 2018, 2023)
  Zimbabwe 3 (2000, 2012, 2018) 5 (2008, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022) 2 (2014, 2019) 3 (2004, 2023, 2024)
  South Africa 1 (2014) 2 (2023, 2024)
  Namibia 2 (2004, 2016) 1 (2000) 1 (2008)
  Tunisia 1 (2012) 2 (2008, 2013) 3 (2000, 2014, 2015)
  Madagascar 2 (2017, 2024) 5 (2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019)
  Nigeria 1 (2012)
  Morocco 1 (2015)
  Zambia 2 (2017, 2022)
Note – Table updated up to the 2022 championships. Years styled in italics when the associated team competed on home soil.

Results by nation

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Team  
2000
 
2004
 
2008
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2022
 
2023
 
2024
Years
  Algeria 11th 12th 2
  Botswana 8th GS 9th 10th 9th 10th 8th 11th 14th 12th 10
  Burkina Faso 7th 6th 5th 3
  Burundi 14th 1
  Cameroon 13th 1
  Eswatini 7th GS 2
  Ghana 9th 10th 9th 10th 4
  Ivory Coast 5th 6th 12th 12th 12th 12th 7th 7
  Kazakhstan =9th 1
  Kenya 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 6th 12
  Madagascar =9th GS 5th 4th 4th 7th 6th 4th 3rd 4th 4th 5th 7th 3rd 14
  Mauritius 10th 12th 10th 12th 13th 9th 10th 7
  Morocco 7th 5th 3rd 8th 7th 8th 10th 7
  Namibia 3rd 2nd 4th 5th 11th 5th 5th 2nd 9th 5th 8th 10th 12
  Nigeria 3rd 8th 11th 8th 7th 8th 8th 11th 8
  Senegal 8th 10th 8th 11th 9th 6th 7th 7th 11th 9
  South Africa 1st dne dne 2nd 2nd 3
  Tunisia 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 6th 5th 6th 11th 6th 9th 9th 13
  Uganda 6th 3rd 7th 7th 5th 7th 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 13
  Zambia =9th GS 6th 8th 9th 9th 12th 11th 4th 5th 6th 4th 5th 8th 14
  Zimbabwe 1st 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 14
Total 12[a] 8 10[b] 8 12[c] 12 12 12 10 12 14 14 12 12

See also

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Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ Botswana participated with two teams (first and B teams).
  2. ^ Tunisia participated with two teams (first and B teams).
  3. ^ Kenya participated with two teams (first and B teams).

References

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