2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens

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2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens
HostsSouth Africa
Date26–27 September
Nations10 teams
Final positions
Champions South Africa
Runners-up Kenya
Third Tunisia
2014
2016

The 2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens was a women's

African Women's Sevens Championship
, hosting teams from both Northern and Southern Africa.

South Africa, as the tournament winner, qualified directly for the Olympic Games but their

final qualifying competition to play-off for inclusion in the 2016 Games.[citation needed
]

Teams

Pool Stage

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 South Africa 4 4 0 0 189 0 +189 9
 Zimbabwe 4 3 0 1 89 50 +39 9
 Uganda 4 2 0 2 58 75 -17 6
 Namibia 4 1 0 3 34 119 −85 3
 Zambia 4 0 0 4 10 145 −135 0

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)

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.

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

  • 2015 Rugby Africa Men's Sevens Championships

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.