# Africa Men's Sevens

The Africa Men's Sevens, formerly the Africa Cup Sevens, is an annual rugby sevens tournament involving African nations, organised by Rugby Africa. Since 2013 the event has been contested on an annual basis.
The tournament is also acts as a qualifying event for the Rugby World Cup Sevens and Olympic Rugby Sevens as required.

## Results by year

Winners and runners-up for official Rugby Africa and IRB (WR) sevens tournaments:
| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | Refs |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Score | Fourth | Refs |
| African Sevens Championship |
| 2000 | Nairobi, Kenya | Zimbabwe | 26–14 | Kenya | Namibia | 33–21 | Tunisia | |
| 2004 | Lusaka, Zambia | Kenya | 33–14 | Namibia | Uganda | 24–19 | Zimbabwe | |
| 2008 | Tunis, Tunisia | Kenya | 26–14 | Zimbabwe | Tunisia | 26–12 | Namibia | |
| 2012 | Rabat, Morocco | Zimbabwe | 33–12 | Tunisia | Nigeria | 19–12 | Madagascar | |
| 2013 | Mombasa, Kenya | Kenya | 24–19 | Zimbabwe | Tunisia | 31–5 | Madagascar | |
| 2014 | Harare, Zimbabwe | South Africa | 38–5 | Kenya | Zimbabwe | 41–5 | Tunisia | |
| Africa Cup Sevens |
| 2015 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Kenya | 21–17 | Zimbabwe | Morocco | 19–12 | Tunisia | |
| 2016 | Nairobi, Kenya | Uganda | 38–19 | Namibia | Kenya | 46–0 | Madagascar | |
| 2017 | Kampala, Uganda | Uganda | 10–7 | Zimbabwe | Madagascar | 26–7 | Zambia | |
| Africa Men's Sevens |
| 2018 | Monastir, Tunisia | Zimbabwe | 17–5 | Kenya | Uganda | 24–19 | Madagascar | |
| 2019 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Kenya | 29–0 | Uganda | Zimbabwe | 24–7 | Madagascar | |
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa |
| 2021 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa |
| 2022 | Kampala, Uganda | Uganda | 28–0 | Zimbabwe | Kenya | 19–12 | Zambia | |
| 2023 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Kenya | 17–12 | South Africa | Uganda | 24–12 | Zimbabwe | |
| 2024 | Mapou, Mauritius | Uganda | N/A | South Africa | Madagascar | N/A | Zimbabwe | |

## Team Records

| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third | Fourth |
| Kenya | 6 (2004, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2023) | 3 (2000, 2014, 2018) | 2 (2016, 2022) | – |
| Uganda | 4 (2016, 2017, 2022, 2024) | 1 (2019) | 3 (2004, 2018, 2023) | – |
| Zimbabwe | 3 (2000, 2012, 2018) | 5 (2008, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022) | 2 (2014, 2019) | 3 (2004, 2023, 2024) |
| South Africa | 1 (2014) | 2 (2023, 2024) | – | – |
| Namibia | – | 2 (2004, 2016) | 1 (2000) | 1 (2008) |
| Tunisia | – | 1 (2012) | 2 (2008, 2013) | 3 (2000, 2014, 2015) |
| Madagascar | – | – | 2 (2017, 2024) | 5 (2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019) |
| Nigeria | – | – | 1 (2012) | – |
| Morocco | – | – | 1 (2015) | – |
| Zambia | – | – | – | 2 (2017, 2022) |
    Note – Table updated up to the 2022 championships. Years styled in italics when the associated team competed on home soil.

## Results by nation

| Team | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
| Algeria | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11th | 12th | 2 |
| Botswana | 8th | GS | 9th | | | 10th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 11th | 14th | 12th | | | 10 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | | | | | | | | 7th | 6th | 5th | 3 |
| Burundi | | | | | | | | | | | | 14th | | | 1 |
| Cameroon | | | | | | | | | | | | 13th | | | 1 |
| Eswatini | 7th | GS | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Ghana | | | | | | | | | 9th | 10th | 9th | 10th | | | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 5th | | | 6th | 12th | 12th | | | | | 12th | | 12th | 7th | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | =9th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Kenya | 2nd | 1st | 1st | | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 6th | 12 |
| Madagascar | =9th | GS | 5th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 14 |
| Mauritius | | | | | | | 10th | 12th | 10th | 12th | 13th | 9th | | 10th | 7 |
| Morocco | | | | 7th | 5th | | 3rd | 8th | 7th | 8th | 10th | | | | 7 |
| Namibia | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 11th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | | 9th | 5th | 8th | 10th | | 12 |
| Nigeria | | | | 3rd | 8th | 11th | 8th | 7th | | | 8th | | 8th | 11th | 8 |
| Senegal | | | 8th | | 10th | 8th | 11th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 11th | | | 9 |
| South Africa | | | | | | 1st | dne | | | | dne | | 2nd | 2nd | 3 |
| Tunisia | 4th | | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 11th | 6th | 9th | 9th | 13 |
| Uganda | 6th | 3rd | 7th | | 7th | 5th | 7th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 13 |
| Zambia | =9th | GS | 6th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 12th | 11th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 14 |
| Zimbabwe | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 14 |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | |