2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens

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
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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.

Teams

Pool Stage

Pool A
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 South Africa 44001890+1899
 Zimbabwe 43018950+399
 Uganda 42025875-176
 Namibia 410334119−853
 Zambia 400410145−1350

Pool B
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

Bowl (9th/10th Place)

  •  Zambia 5-12  Botswana

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
Legend
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Qualified for the Final 2016 Women's Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kenya
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References
  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.
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