2012 African Sevens Championship

The 2012 African Sevens was an international

, was held in Rabat on September 29–30, 2012.

General

The tournament was played at Stade Bourgogne in the Moroccan city of Rabat. The event was attended by eight rugby sevens nations. On the first day they were playing in two groups of four. The second day there were places at stake was not only the medals of the event, but also two places in the finals of 2013 World Cup.

The teams from South Africa and Kenya, who had already qualified for the World Cup, did not compete. In their absence, Zimbabwe won the competition, defeating Tunisia in the final.^[1] The two finalists gained promotion to the World Cup in 2013.

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Madagascar	3	3	0	0	74	34	+40	9
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	48	27	+21	7
Zambia	3	1	0	2	27	62	-35	5
Morocco	3	0	0	3	17	43	-26	3

---

---

---

---

---

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Zimbabwe	3	3	0	0	62	14	+48	9
Tunisia	3	2	0	1	55	10	+45	7
Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	26	74	-48	5
Namibia	3	0	0	3	17	62	-45	3

---

---

---

---

---

Knockout phase

Bowl

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 September 2012 – Stade Bourgogne
	Zambia	10
					30 September 2012 – Stade Bourgogne
	Namibia	22
					Namibia	24
	30 September 2012 – Stade Bourgogne
					Ivory Coast	7
	Ivory Coast	12
	Morocco	7
					Third place
					30 September 2012 - Stade Bourgogne
					Zambia	5
					Morocco	14

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 September 2012 – Stade Bourgogne
	Madagascar	0
					30 September 2012 – Stade Bourgogne
	Tunisia	7
					Tunisia	12
	30 September 2012 – Stade Bourgogne
					Zimbabwe	33
	Zimbabwe	19
	Nigeria	14
					Third place
					30 September 2012 - Stade Bourgogne
					Madagascar	12
					Nigeria	19

Outright

Rank	Nation	Notes
1	Zimbabwe	promoted to 2013 World Cup
2	Tunisia	promoted to 2013 World Cup
3	Nigeria
4	Madagascar
5	Namibia
6	Ivory Coast
7	Morocco
8	Zambia

References

External links

• CAR^{[permanent dead link]}