The 2022 Africa Women's Sevens are an annual African rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Stade Municipal de Jemmal in Jemmal on 29 and 30 April 2022; they were held in Tunisia for the fourth time.
Nine teams participated in the tournament, including 2019 champions South Africa (who successfully defended their title and qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham). Since South Africa already qualify for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens as hosts, Madagascar secured the World Cup ticket to Cape Town by finishing as runners-up.
Format Teams are divided into three pools, in which they each play two matches. Based on their pool positions and points differences, the lowest-ranked team overall is eliminated and the remaining teams seeded in the knockout-stage Cup quarter-finals.
Quarter-final winners advance to the Cup semi-finals (and final / third-place match beyond those), whilst the losers contest the lower-classification Plate matches.
Qualifications Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda qualified automatically for the final tournament.
2021 Northern Africa Women's Regional 7s The tournament was held in Alexandria, Egypt.
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Final
Senegal qualified for the final tournament.
2021 Western Africa Women's Regional 7s The tournament was held in Kumasi, Ghana.
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Ghana qualified for the final tournament.
2022 Central Africa Women's Regional 7s The tournament was held in Bujumbura, Burundi.
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Zambia qualified for the final tournament.
2022 Southern Africa Women's Regional 7s The tournament was held in Maseru, Lesotho.
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Zimbabwe qualified for the final tournament.
Qualified teams The following teams participated in the tournament:
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Knockout stage Ninth-place elimination Senegal, the lowest-ranked team overall, does not progress to the knockout stage.
Plate competition (5th–8th place playoffs)
MatchesClassification semi-finals
Seventh-place match
Fifth-place match
Cup competition
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third-place match
Final
Final standings LegendGreen fillQualified for the 2022 Commonwealth GamesBlue barQualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens PosTeam 123456789 Note
See also 2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
References
External links Tournament site