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2015 Africa Cup Sevens
Hosts	South Africa
Date	14–15 November
Nations	12 (finals)
Final positions
Champions	Kenya
Runners-up	Zimbabwe
Third	Morocco
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The 2015 RA Africa Cup Sevens is an Olympic qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa on 14–15 November 2015. It was the 3rd championship in a series that began in 2013.

The tournament qualified directly for the Olympics, while the second, third, and fourth place teams earned spots in the 2016 Men's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Qualifications

North Qualifying

Note: Cameroon was scheduled to compete, but was unable to attend. Morocco took their spot in the competition.

Pool Stage

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	0	27	10	+17	6
Togo	2	1	0	1	24	24	E	4
Ghana	2	0	0	2	22	39	–17	2

Ivory Coast	15 - 10	Ghana

Togo	24 - 12	Ghana

Ivory Coast	12 – 0	Togo

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Morocco	2	2	0	0	68	7	+61	6
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	43	21	+22	4
Mali	2	0	0	2	0	83	–83	2

Nigeria	36 - 0	Mali

Morocco	47 - 0	Mali

Nigeria	7 – 21	Morocco

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Final
	7 June 2015 – Lomé
	Ghana	27
	Mali	7

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 June 2015 – Lomé
	Ivory Coast	5
					7 June 2015 – Lomé
	Nigeria	14
					Ivory Coast	26
	7 June 2015 – Lomé
					Togo	5
	Morocco	29
	Togo	0

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 June 2015 – Lomé
	Ivory Coast	5
					7 June 2015 – Lomé
	Nigeria	14
					Nigeria	7
	7 June 2015 – Lomé
					Morocco	34
	Morocco	29
	Togo	0

Final North Qualifying standings

Rank	Team
	Morocco
	Nigeria
	Ivory Coast
4	Togo
5	Ghana
6	Mali

South Qualifying

Note: Zambia has already qualified for the 2015 Rugby Africa Men's Sevens Championships after receiving the 8th Qualification spot with South Africa qualifying directly to the Olympics and no longer participating in the Championships

Pool Stage

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Zambia	2	2	0	0	46	19	+27	6
Botswana	2	1	0	1	45	21	+24	4
Burundi	2	0	0	2	7	58	–51	2

Botswana	12 - 21	Zambia

Burundi	7 - 25	Zambia

Botswana	33 – 0	Burundi

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Mauritius	2	2	0	0	38	12	+26	6
Congo	2	1	0	1	45	45	E	4
Rwanda	2	0	0	2	21	47	–26	2

Mauritius	24 - 12	Congo

Rwanda	21 - 33	Congo

Mauritius	14 – 0	Rwanda

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Final
	27 July 2015 – Kigali
	Burundi	0
	Rwanda	19

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July 2015 – Kigali
	Zambia	40
					27 July 2015 – Kigali
	Congo	7
					Congo	17
	27 July 2015 – Kigali
					Botswana	24
	Mauritius	35
	Botswana	26

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July 2015 – Kigali
	Zambia	40
					27 July 2015 – Kigali
	Congo	7
					Zambia	38
	27 July 2015 – Kigali
					Mauritius	21
	Mauritius	35
	Botswana	26

Final South Qualifying standings

Rank	Team
	Zambia
	Mauritius
	Botswana
4	Congo
5	Rwanda
6	Burundi

Final Tournament

Teams

•  Kenya
•  Madagascar
•  Namibia
•  Senegal
•  Tunisia
•  Uganda
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe
•  Morocco (North Qualifier)
•  Nigeria (North Qualifier)
•  Mauritius (South Qualifier)
•  Botswana (South Qualifier)

South Africa already qualified for the Olympics by finishing 2nd in 2014–15 Sevens World Series. Zambia was then given the final spot by finishing the previous tournament in 9th place

Pool Stage

Teams ranked 1-8 qualify for Cup Quarterfinals.

All times SAST (UTC+2)

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kenya	3	3	0	0	123	5	+118	9
Madagascar	3	1	0	2	60	92	–32	5
Senegal	3	1	0	2	36	77	–41	5
Mauritius	3	1	0	2	51	96	–45	5

Kenya	50–5	Mauritius

Madagascar	33–17	Senegal

Kenya	27–0	Senegal

Madagascar	27–29	Mauritius

Kenya	46–0	Madagascar

Senegal	19–17	Mauritius

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Zimbabwe	3	3	0	0	122	12	+110	9
Uganda	3	2	0	1	66	60	+6	7
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	43	64	–21	5
Zambia	3	0	0	3	19	114	–95	3

Zimbabwe	31–12	Nigeria

Uganda	47–5	Zambia

Zimbabwe	48–0	Zambia

Uganda	19–12	Nigeria

Zimbabwe	43–0	Uganda

Zambia	14–19	Nigeria

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Namibia	3	3	0	0	102	31	+71	9
Tunisia	3	2	0	1	55	69	-14	7
Morocco	3	1	0	2	83	50	+33	5
Botswana	3	0	0	3	12	102	–90	3

Tunisia	24–7	Botswana

Namibia	24–21	Morocco

Tunisia	21–17	Morocco

Namibia	33–0	Botswana

Tunisia	10–45	Namibia

Morocco	45–5	Botswana

Placement Stage

Final Tournament Bowl

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Botswana (11)	3	3	0	0	67	42	+25	9
Mauritius (10)	3	1	0	2	71	43	+28	5
Senegal (9)	3	1	0	2	59	74	-15	5
Zambia (12)	3	1	0	2	45	83	-38	5

Senegal	40-10	Zambia

Mauritius	14–17	Botswana

Senegal	14–24	Botswana

Mauritius	17–21	Zambia

Botswana	26–14	Zambia

Senegal	5–40	Mauritius

Final Tournament Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 November 2015 - 13:28 - Johannesburg
	Madagascar	24
					15 November 2015 - 16:37 - Johannesburg
	Uganda	7
					Madagascar	17
	15 November 2015 - 13:53 - Johannesburg
					Namibia	24
	Namibia	39
	Nigeria	5
					Third place
					15 November 2015 - 16:12 - Johannesburg
					Uganda	27
					Nigeria	7

Semi-finals

Madagascar	24–7	Uganda

Namibia	39–5	Nigeria

Seventh place match

Uganda	27–7	Nigeria

Plate final match

Madagascar	17–24	Namibia

Final Tournament Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	15 November 2015 - 10:44 - Johannesburg
	Kenya (1)	41
					15 November 2015 - 14:18 - Johannesburg
	Madagascar (8)	0
					Kenya	42
	15 November 2015 - 11:09 - Johannesburg
					Tunisia	12
	Uganda (4)	14
									15 November 2015 - 17:27 - Johannesburg
	Tunisia (5)	19
									Kenya	21
	15 November 2015 - 11:34 - Johannesburg
									Zimbabwe	17
	Namibia (3)	15
					15 November 2015 - 14:43 - Johannesburg
	Morocco (6)	17
					Morocco	0
	15 November 2015 - 11:59 - Johannesburg
					Zimbabwe	26			Third place
	Zimbabwe (2)	31
									15 November 2015 - 17:02 - Johannesburg
	Nigeria (7)	10
									Tunisia	12
									Morocco	19

Quarter-finals

Kenya	41–0	Madagascar

Uganda	14–19	Tunisia

Namibia	15–17	Morocco

Zimbabwe	31–10	Nigeria

Semi-finals

Kenya	42–12	Tunisia

Morocco	0–26	Zimbabwe

Third place match

Tunisia	12–19	Morocco

Final

Kenya	21–17	Zimbabwe

Final standings

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

See also

• 2015 Rugby Africa Women's Sevens Championships

References

1. RUGBY AFRIQUE 2015 COMPETITIONS
2. First step: Rwanda

• Rugby Africa Sevens
• Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
• 2015 rugby sevens competitions
• International rugby union competitions hosted by South Africa
• 2015 in South African rugby union
• 2015 in African rugby union
• Rugby sevens competitions in South Africa