The Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship (Arabic: البطولة العربية لسباعيات الرجبي للرجال), is an annual rugby sevens tournament involving Arab nations, organised by the Arab Rugby Federation. It is contested on an annual basis.
Current season or competition: 2024 Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship | |
| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Instituted | 2015 |
| Governing body | Arab World (ARF) |
| Holders |  Morocco (2024) |
| Most titles | Morocco (4 titles) |
History edit
Since the 2024 edition, the name of the competition changed from Tournament to Championship.
Results by year edit
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Score | Fourth | ||
| 2015 |  El Gouna, Egypt |
 Morocco |
38–0 |  Egypt |
 United Arab Emirates |
31–7 |  Saudi Arabia |
| 2016 |  Marrakesh, Morocco |
Morocco |
29–14 |  Tunisia |
United Arab Emirates |
No TPM |  Lebanon |
| 2017 |  Amman, Jordan |
Morocco |
17–0 | Egypt |
 Jordan |
14–0 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2018 | Maadi, Cairo, Egypt |
Egypt |
22–0 | United Arab Emirates |
Jordan |
21–12 |  Libya |
| 2019 | Amman, Jordan |
Jordan |
19–14 | Egypt |
United Arab Emirates |
5–0 |  Algeria |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Arab world | ||||||
| 2021 | Alexandria, Egypt |
Egypt |
14–0 | Lebanon |
United Arab Emirates |
19–7 |  Syria |
| 2022 |  Tunis, Tunisia |
Tunisia |
55–0 | Libya |
Egypt |
28–0 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2023 |  Al Ain, United Arab Emirates |
UA Emirates |
15–10 | Tunisia |
Libya |
19–12 | Egypt |
| 2024 |  Taif, Saudi Arabia |
Morocco |
19–14 | United Arab Emirates |
Tunisia |
19–7 | Egypt |
| 2025 | ..., Egypt |
Futur event | |||||
| 2026 | ..., Egypt |
Futur event | |||||
Team Records edit
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco
|
4 (2015, 2016*, 2017, 2024) | – | – | – |
 Egypt
|
2 (2018*, 2021*) | 3 (2015*, 2017, 2019) | 1 (2022) | 2 (2023, 2024) |
 United Arab Emirates
|
1 (2023*) | 2 (2018, 2024) | 4 (2015, 2016, 2019, 2021) | 2 (2017, 2022) |
 Tunisia
|
1 (2022*) | 2 (2016, 2023) | 1 (2024) | – |
 Jordan
|
1 (2019*) | – | 2 (2017*, 2018) | – |
 Libya
|
– | 1 (2022) | 1 (2023) | 1 (2018) |
 Lebanon
|
– | 1 (2021) | – | 1 (2016) |
 Saudi Arabia
|
– | – | – | 1 (2015) |
 Algeria
|
– | – | – | 1 (2019) |
 Syria
|
– | – | – | 1 (2021) |
- * hosts
- Updated to 2023
National team appearances in the Arab Rugby Sevens Championship edit
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| Team | 2015 |
20161 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2021 |
20222 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Apps. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | ||||||||||||
| Algeria
|
5th | 4th | 5th | 3 | ||||||||
| Egypt
|
2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 4th | Q | Q | 8 | |
| Libya
|
•• | 6th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 6 | ||||
| Morocco
|
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4 | |||||||
 Sudan
|
6th | 6th | 7th | 3 | ||||||||
| Tunisia
|
2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4 | |||||||
| Asia | ||||||||||||
 Iraq
|
7th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 4 | |||||||
| Jordan
|
3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 7th | 5 | ||||||
| Lebanon
|
6th | 5th | 2nd | 3 | ||||||||
 Palestine
|
8th | 5th | 8th | 8th | 10th | 5 | ||||||
| Saudi Arabia
|
4th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 4 | |||||||
| Syria
|
4th | 6th | 7th | 9th | 4 | |||||||
| United Arab Emirates
|
3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 9 | ||
| Team | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | |||
- 1 Morocco B replaced Libya and took third place
- 2 Tunisia B took seventh place
See also edit
External links edit
- البطولات العربية لسباعيات الرجبي - ARF official website
- Arab Championship Overview - rugbyarchive.net