Africa Women's Sevens

Africa Women's Sevens
Sport	Rugby sevens
Instituted	2004; 20 years ago
Governing body	Africa (Rugby Africa)
Holders	South Africa (2023)
Most titles	South Africa (9 titles)

The Africa Women's Sevens is the continental championship for women's international rugby sevens in Africa. The tournament sanctioned and sponsored by Rugby Africa (previously CAR) which is the rugby union governing body for the continent.

Tournament History[edit]

Background[edit]

Rugby sevens — also known as 7-a-side, or 7s — is a short form of the sport of rugby union that was first played in 1883. The first (men's) internationals took place in 1973. As women's rugby union developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.

However, although the first women's international rugby union 15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first women's international 7s tournaments were played, when the 1997 Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time. Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship competitions. This reached its zenith with 2009's inaugural women's tournament for the Rugby World Cup Sevens, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016.

Beginnings[edit]

The 2004 CAR South Tournament took place in October. Rwanda and Burundi sent their national teams to play against clubs from Uganda (Thunderbirds A, B and C) and Kenya (Mwamba). The Thunderbirds from Uganda won the tournament.

The first official regional 7s championship for international women's teams from Africa was held in Tunisia in 2004, although this only included teams from Northern Africa. The first World Cup Sevens qualifier for women's teams from Africa was held in Uganda in 2008. Since then, African championships have periodically served as pre-qualifying competitions for the Rugby 7s World Cup, or other sevens tournaments such as at the Summer Olympics.

The 2005 CAR South Tournament was planned for Kampala, 5 to 6 November. The International Rugby Board (IRB) through the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) offered 10,000 US dollars towards the first African women's rugby tournament to be held in Uganda. However CAR did not release the money as promised so it was called off. CAR released the money in 2006 for the first CAR 7s tournament where Uganda, Uganda Select, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia and Zimbabwe participated. The 2006 CAR South Tournament was played in Uganda. The 2005 and 2006 CAR North Tournaments were played in Tunisia. Montpellier are known to have played in both.

There was an African Tournament that was supposed to have taken place in East London, South Africa on August 7 to 9, 2008 but was cancelled three weeks before the event. Likely teams were South Africa, England, Canada, France, Australia, USA, New Zealand, Samoa, Wales, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Tunisia and Zambia.

The 2009 CAR Women's Sevens was expected to take place on 25 and 26 September in Kampala, Uganda, but was cancelled due to a lack of sponsorship.

Honours[edit]

Winners of continent-wide African Championship tournaments for national women's sevens teams:*

Year	Location	Winner	Score	Runner-up
CAR Era
2006	Kampala	South Africa	15–7	Uganda
2007	Kampala	South Africa	20–7	Uganda
2008	Kampala	South Africa	24–0	Uganda
2012	Rabat	Tunisia	14–10	Kenya
2013	Tunis	South Africa	29–5	Tunisia
2014	Machakos	South Africa	14–10	Kenya
Rugby Africa Era
2015	Kempton Park	South Africa	31–5	Kenya
2016	Harare	South Africa	22–17	Kenya
2017	Monastir	South Africa	17–12	Kenya
2018	Gaborone	Kenya	29–7	Uganda
2019	Monastir	South Africa	15–14	Kenya
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2021	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2022	Jemmal	South Africa	15–14	Madagascar
2023	Monastir	South Africa	12–7	Kenya

* Note: Does not include regional competitions for Northern or Southern Africa, or tournaments including developmental sides or non-national teams.

The following are details of all regional women's international championships played in Africa, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with all result details, where known (included are the CAR Women's Sevens and other official regional championships, e.g. CAR North and South tournaments).

2004 CAR North Tournament[edit]

The competition was played in Tunisia.

Group stage[edit]

Group A

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against
Tunisia	2	0	56	17
Béziers	1	1	44	27
Malta	0	2	10	66

Tunisia 22-12 Béziers
Béziers 32-5 Malta
Tunisia 34-5 Malta

Group B

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against
Montpellier	2	0	27	5
Tunisia Universities	1	1	10	20
Portugal	0	2	10	22

Montpellier 12-5 Portugal
Tunisia Universities 0-15 Montpellier
Tunisia Universities 10-5 Portugal

Classification stage[edit]

Semi-finals

Semi-finals		Cup Final



Tunisia	24

Tunisia Universities	0
		Tunisia	17

		Montpellier	5
Montpellier	7

Béziers	5
		3rd Place



		Tunisia Universities	Won

		Béziers	0

5th/6th Place

	5th Place



	Portugal	29

	Malta	0

2007 CAR North Tournament[edit]

Date/Venue: Tunis, Tunisia, 9–10 March 2007.^[1]

Table

Rank	Teams	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
	Tunisia	4	3	1	0	63	10	+53
	Uganda	4	3	1	0	49	15	+34
	Arabian Gulf	4	1	1	2	15	27	–12
4	Tunisian Universities	4	1	1	2	10	27	–17
5	Ivory Coast	4	0	0	4	0	58	–58

Matches

Tunisia 5–0 Arabian Gulf
Uganda 22–0 Ivory Coast
Tunisian Universities 5–5 Arabian Gulf
Tunisia 36–0 Ivory Coast
Uganda 5–0 Tunisian Universities
Tunisia 17–5 Tunisian Universities
Uganda 17–10 Arabian Gulf
Arabian Gulf beat Ivory Coast
Tunisian Universities beat Ivory Coast
Uganda 5–5 Tunisia

2009 CAR North West[edit]

Venue/Date: 6–7 June 2009, Accra, Ghana. Ivory Coast were invited but did not attend.

Pool stages[edit]

Pool A Ghana, Burkina Faso, Tunisia

Tunisia 34-0 Ghana
Tunisia bt Burkina Faso
Ghana bt Burkina Faso

Pool B Nigeria, Egypt, Togo, Morocco

Nigeria 5-5 Morocco
Nigeria 43-5 Togo
Nigeria 66-0 Egypt

Classification stages[edit]

5th Burkina Faso, 6th Togo, 7th Egypt

Semi-finals

Nigeria 17-0 Ghana
Tunisia 47-0 Morocco

3rd Place

Ghana 5-0 Morocco

Final

Tunisia 43-5 Nigeria

2010 CAR North West[edit]

The tournament was held on 28 and 29 May in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.^[2] Mali withdrew and were replaced by hosts, Burkina Faso.

POOL A

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
Senegal	2	1	0	?	?
Morocco	2	0	1	64	10
Ghana	1	1	1	?	?
Togo	0	0	3	?	?

Morocco 29-0 Togo
Morocco 28-0 Ghana
Senegal 10-7 Morocco
Senegal 5-5 Ghana
Senegal beat Togo
Ghana beat Togo

Semi-finals

Senegal 7-0 Burkina Faso
Tunisia 43-0 Morocco

Consolation semifinals

Ivory Coast beat Togo
Ghana beat Burkina Faso B

7th place final

Togo beat Burkina Faso B

POOL B

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
Tunisia	3	0	118	0
Burkina Faso A	2	1	?	?
Ivory Coast	1	2	?	?
Burkina Faso B	0	3	?	?

Burkina Faso A 0-41 Tunisia
Ivory Coast A 0-40 Tunisia
Burkina Faso beat Ivory Coast
Burkina Faso B 0-37 Tunisia
Burkina Faso A beat Burkina Faso B
Burkina Faso B lost to Ivory Coast

5th place final

Ivory Coast beat Ghana

3rd place final

Morocco 12-0 Burkina Faso^[3]

Final

Tunisia 50-0 Senegal

2011 CAR tournaments[edit]

CAR North[edit]

The tournament took place on 23 and 24 April n Thies, Senegal.^[4] Tournament semi-finalists will qualify for the 2012 CAR Women's Sevens, which will act as a qualifier for the 2013 World Cup. Nigeria withdrew at the last minute, Niger arrived with a team composed mainly by U18 girls and were excluded.

POOL A

Nation	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
Tunisia	2	2	0	66	0
Burkina Faso	1	0	1	20	31
Egypt	2	0	2	5	60

Tunisia 40-0 Egypt
Burkina Faso 20-5 Egypt
Tunisia 26-0 Burkina Faso

POOL B

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
Senegal	2	0	22	12
Morocco	1	1	17	10
Cameroon	0	2	7	24

Senegal 12-7 Cameroon
Morocco 12-0 Cameroon
Senegal 10-5 Morocco

5th place[edit]

	5th Place



	Cameroon	27

	Egypt	0

Semi-finals[edit]

Semi-finals		Cup Final



Senegal	24

Burkina Faso	0
		Tunisia	5

		Senegal	0
Tunisia	24

Morocco	0
		3rd Place



		Morocco	19

		Burkina Faso	5

Source: ^[5]

CAR South[edit]

The tournament occurred on 29 and 30 October 2011 in Botswana.^[6] Tournament semi-finalists will qualify for the 2012 CAR Women's Sevens, which will act as a qualifier for the 2013 World Cup.

Teams

Participants:

POOL A

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
South Africa	3	0	132	5
Zimbabwe	2	1	64	49
Zambia	1	2	32	53
Rwanda	0	3	0	111

South Africa 34-0 Zambia
Rwanda 0-40 Zimbabwe
South Africa 37-5 Zimbabwe
Rwanda 0-20 Zambia
Zambia 12-19 Zimbabwe
Rwanda 0-51 South Africa

Plate semi-finals[edit]

Semi-finals		Plate Final



Botswana	5

Zambia	19
		Zambia	15

		Madagascar	14
Madagascar	36

Rwanda	0
		7th Place



		Botswana	24

		Rwanda	0

POOL B

Nation	Won	Lost	For	Against
Uganda	3	0	51	12
Kenya	2	1	65	27
Madagascar	1	2	24	46
Botswana	0	3	7	62

Kenya 5-17 Uganda
Botswana 0-14 Madagascar
Kenya 29-10 Madagascar
Botswana 7-17 Uganda
Madagascar 0-17 Uganda
Botswana 0-31 Kenya

Cup Semi-finals[edit]

Semi-finals		Cup Final



Kenya	5

South Africa	14
		South Africa	42

		Uganda	5
Uganda	7

Zimbabwe	0
		3rd Place



		Kenya	17

		Zimbabwe	0

Notes[edit]

^ Source Uganda Correspondent
^ ... e-le-maroc , ... _a154.html^{[permanent dead link]}, ... agadougou/^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Or 14-0 in some sources
^ "Tournoi international de rugby féminin à 7 au Sénégal 23-24 avril 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-04-16. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
^ "In second period of overtime". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
^ "Rugby à 7". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-04-14.

[1] Source Uganda Correspondent

[2] ... e-le-maroc , ... _a154.html^{[permanent dead link]}, ... agadougou/^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Or 14-0 in some sources

[4] "Tournoi international de rugby féminin à 7 au Sénégal 23-24 avril 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-04-16. Retrieved 2011-04-15.

[5] "In second period of overtime". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-04-25.

[6] "Rugby à 7". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-04-14.

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v t e Africa Sevens
Men	2000 2004 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Women	2006 2007 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Rugby Africa

v t e Women's national rugby union teams
Teams with World Cup appearances	Australia Canada England Fiji France Germany Hong Kong Ireland Italy Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands New Zealand Russia Samoa Scotland South Africa Spain Sweden United States Wales
Teams with no World Cup appearances	Austria Andorra Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cayman Islands China Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark El Salvador Finland Guatemala Guyana India Ivory Coast Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mexico Namibia Norway Papua New Guinea Philippines Portugal Romania Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Senegal Serbia Singapore Switzerland Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Uzbekistan Zambia Zimbabwe
Ineligible	Basque Country
Defunct	Great Britain Soviet Union

Tournament History[edit]

Background[edit]

Beginnings[edit]

Honours[edit]

2004 CAR North Tournament[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Classification stage[edit]

2007 CAR North Tournament[edit]

2009 CAR North West[edit]

Pool stages[edit]

Classification stages[edit]

2010 CAR North West[edit]

2011 CAR tournaments[edit]

CAR North[edit]

5th place[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

CAR South[edit]

Plate semi-finals[edit]

Cup Semi-finals[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]