2018 Africa Women's Sevens

The 2018 Africa Women's Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament held in Gaborone, Botswana on 26–27 May 2018.[1]

2018 Africa Women's Sevens
Hosts	Botswana
Date	26–27 May
Nations	10
Final positions
Champions	Kenya
Runners-up	Uganda
Third	Tunisia
← 2017 2019 →

Kenya as the highest ranked team qualified for the 2018 Dubai Women's Sevens and 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens. Uganda also qualified for 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens.

Teams

South Africa was initially scheduled to compete, but pulled out to prepare for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[2]

•  Botswana
•  Kenya
•  Madagascar
•  Mauritius
•  Morocco
•  Senegal
•  Tunisia
•  Uganda
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

Pool stage

All times in Central Africa Time (UTC+02:00)

Legend
Seeded 1–2 in knockout round
Seeded 3–4 in knockout round
Seeded 5–6 in knockout round

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kenya	2	2	0	0	+83	0	+83	6
Madagascar	2	1	0	1	40	42	−2	4
Senegal	2	0	0	2	0	81	−81	2

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26 May 2018	Madagascar	40–0	Senegal	Gaborone, Botswana
10:08

26 May 2018	Kenya	41–0	Senegal	Gaborone, Botswana
11:44

26 May 2018	Kenya	42–0	Madagascar	Gaborone, Botswana
13:20

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	41	17	+24	5
Uganda	2	1	1	0	30	17	+13	5
Zimbabwe	2	0	0	2	14	51	–37	2

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26 May 2018	Uganda	20–7	Zimbabwe	Gaborone, Botswana
10:30

26 May 2018	Tunisia	31–7	Zimbabwe	Gaborone, Botswana
12:06

26 May 2018	Tunisia	10–10	Uganda	Gaborone, Botswana
13:42

Pool C

	Semi-finals				7th–8th seeding
	26 May 2018 – 10:52 – Gaborone, Botswana
	Morocco	20
					26 May 2018 – 14:04 – Gaborone, Botswana
	Zambia	26
					Zambia	5
	26 May 2018 – 12:28 – Gaborone, Botswana
					Botswana	5
	Botswana	15
	Mauritius	10
					9th–10th seeding
					26 May 2018 – 14:26 – Gaborone, Botswana
					Morocco	24
					Mauritius	5

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26 May 2018	Morocco	20–26	Zambia
10:52

26 May 2018	Botswana	15–10	Mauritius
12:28

26 May 2018	Zambia	5–5	Botswana
14:04

26 May 2018	Morocco	24–5	Mauritius
14:26

[2]

Knockout stage

Placement Match

26 May 2018	Morocco	22–5	Mauritius	Gaborone, Botswana
10:58

Fifth Place

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 May 2018 – 11:42 – Gaborone, Botswana
	Zambia	15
					27 May 2018 – 14:16 – Gaborone, Botswana
	Zimbabwe	17
					Zimbabwe	19
	27 May 2018 – 12:04 – Gaborone, Botswana
					Senegal	5
	Botswana	10
	Senegal	22
					Seventh Place
					27 May 2018 – 13:54 – Gaborone, Botswana
					Zambia	5
					Botswana	12

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	27 May 2018 – 9:30 – Gaborone, Botswana
	Kenya	42
					27 May 2018 – 12:26 – Gaborone, Botswana
	Zambia	5
					Kenya	27
	27 May 2018 – 11:36 – Gaborone, Botswana
					Madagascar	0
	Madagascar	24
									27 May 2018 – 15:22 – Gaborone, Botswana
	Zimbabwe	5
									Kenya	29
	27 May 2018 – 9:52 – Gaborone, Botswana
									Uganda	7
	Tunisia	36
					27 May 2018 – 12:48 – Gaborone, Botswana
	Botswana	0
					Tunisia	5
	27 May 2018 – 10:14 – Gaborone, Botswana
					Uganda	10			Third place
	Uganda	12
									27 May 2018 – 14:38 – Gaborone, Botswana
	Senegal	5
									Madagascar	7
									Tunisia	22

Standings

Legend
Qualified to 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

Rank	Team
	Kenya
	Uganda
	Tunisia
4	Madagascar
5	Zimbabwe
6	Senegal
7	Botswana
8	Zambia
9	Morocco
10	Mauritius

See also

• 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

References

1. "Rugby Africa's yearly Women's Sevens tournament will conclude a full week devoted to the place of women in rugby in Gaborone, Botswana". Rugby Afrique. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
2. "Africa 7s Women's fixtures". ragahouse.com. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.