# 2023 Africa Women's Sevens

The 2023 Africa Women's Sevens was the 11th edition of the Africa Women's Sevens, an annual African rugby sevens tournament. The qualifier event took place at the Lusaka Rugby Club, Zambia between 1 and 2 July 2023. The main event took place in Tunisia. The winner qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, and the second and third placed teams qualified for the 2024 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament. In addition, the top two teams qualified for the 2024 Challenger Series.
A total of fifteen teams participated.

## Format

Teams are seeded according to their performances in the previous championship. The top five teams from the previous championship entered the main tournament, while the remaining ten entered the qualifier.

## Teams

The following teams entered the qualification tournament:
* Algeria
* Burkina Faso
* DR Congo
* Egypt
* Ghana
* Ivory Coast
* Mauritius
* Senegal
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe
The following teams entered the main tournament:
* Kenya
* Madagascar
* South Africa
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Ghana
* Zimbabwe

## Qualifier event
### Pool stage

* Legend
* Advanced to quarter finals

#### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Zambia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 15 | +85 | 9 |
| Senegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 7 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 36 | -17 | 4 |
| Algeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 61 | -51 | 2 |
| Egypt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 43 | -24 | 2 |

#### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Knockout stage
#### 5th place

| Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| [[ |]] | Algeria | 0 |
| | Ivory Coast | 19 |
| [[ |]] | Ivory Coast | 19 |
| [[ |]] | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | Mauritius | 24 |
| | Burkina Faso | 12 |

#### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| [[ |]] | | Zambia | 26 |
| | | Ghana | 5 |
| [[ |]] | | Ghana | 5 |
| | [[ |]] | Third place | Third place |
| [[ |]] | [[ |]] | Third place | Third place |
| [[ |]] | | Senegal | 7 |
| | | Zimbabwe | 10 |

### Standings

Legend :
* Qualified for Main Tournament
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Zambia |
| 2 | Ghana |
| 3 | Zimbabwe |
| 4 | Senegal |
| 5 | Ivory Coast |
| 6 | Algeria |
| 7 | Mauritius |
| 8 | Burkina Faso |
| 9 | Egypt |
| 10 | DR Congo |

## Final tournament
### Pool stage

* Legend
* Advanced to semi finals

#### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 12 | +60 | 9 |
| Uganda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 7 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 44 | –6 | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 74 | –64 | 3 |

#### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kenya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 17 | +72 | 9 |
| Zambia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 52 | –20 | 7 |
| Madagascar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 5 |
| Ghana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 91 | –71 | 3 |

#### Knockout stage
##### 5th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Tunisia | 24 |
| Ghana | 5 | | |
| Ghana | 5 | Tunisia | 5 |
| | | Madagascar | 25 |
| Madagascar | 15 | Madagascar | 25 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | | |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Ghana | 0 |
| | | Zimbabwe | 10 |

##### Cup

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| South Africa | 31 |
| Zambia | 0 | | |
| Zambia | 0 | South Africa | 12 |
| | | Kenya | 7 |
| Kenya | 27 | Kenya | 7 |
| Uganda | 0 | | |
| Uganda | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Zambia | 10 |
| | | Uganda | 29 |

#### Standings

* Legend
* Qualified for 2024 Summer Olympics
* Qualified for Olympic Repechage
| Rank | Team |
| | South Africa |
| | Kenya |
| | Uganda |
| 4 | Zambia |
| 5 | Madagascar |
| 6 | Tunisia |
| 7 | Zimbabwe |
| 8 | Ghana |