# 2023 Africa Men's Sevens

The 2023 Africa Men's Sevens was the 13th edition of the Africa Men's Sevens, an annual African rugby sevens tournament. The qualifier event took place at the Labourdonnais Sports Grounds, Mauritius between 24 and 25 June 2023. The main event took place in Harare, Zimbabwe. 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.
Twelve teams participated in each tournament

## Format

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

## Teams

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

## Qualifier event
### Pool stage

* Legend
* Advanced to quarter finals
* Potential quarter finals

#### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Nigeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 21 | +89 | 9 |
| Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 31 | +65 | 7 |
| Burundi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 101 | –59 | 5 |
| DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 112 | –95 | 3 |

#### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Algeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 12 | +79 | 9 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 21 | +44 | 7 |
| Botswana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 72 | –51 | 5 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 91 | –72 | 3 |

#### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Senegal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 9 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 7 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 57 | –24 | 5 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 79 | –48 | 3 |

#### Knockout stage
##### 9th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Burundi | 36 |
| DR Congo | 17 | | |
| DR Congo | 17 | Burundi | 17 |
| | | Cameroon | 33 |
| Cameroon | 15 | Cameroon | 33 |
| Lesotho | 5 | | |
| Lesotho | 5 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | DR Congo | 0 |
| | | Lesotho | 15 |

##### 5th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Egypt | 7 |
| Senegal | 26 | | |
| Senegal | 26 | Senegal | 12 |
| | | Mauritius | 14 |
| Mauritius | 36 | Mauritius | 14 |
| Botswana | 0 | | |
| Botswana | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Egypt | 14 |
| | | Botswana | 12 |

##### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Algeria | 33 | | |
| Egypt | 7 | | |
| Egypt | 7 | Algeria | 29 |
| | | Ghana | 10 |
| Senegal | 19 | Ghana | 10 |
| Ghana | 22 | | | | |
| Ghana | 22 | | | Algeria | 24 |
| | | | | Nigeria | 5 |
| Mauritius | 10 | | | Nigeria | 5 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | | | | |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | Ivory Coast | 12 | | |
| | | Nigeria | 20 | Third place | Third place |
| Nigeria | 33 | Nigeria | 20 | Third place | Third place |
| Botswana | 5 | | | | |
| Botswana | 5 | | | Ghana | 10 |
| | | | | Ivory Coast | 28 |

#### Standings

Legend :
* Qualified for Main Tournament
| Rank | Team |
| | Algeria |
| | Nigeria |
| | Ivory Coast |
| 4 | Ghana |
| 5 | Mauritius |
| 6 | Senegal |
| 7 | Egypt |
| 8 | Botswana |
| 9 | Cameroon |
| 10 | Burundi |
| 11 | Lesotho |
| 12 | DR Congo |

## Final tournament
### Pool stage

* Legend
* Advanced to quarter finals
* Potential quarter finals

#### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 14 | +106 | 9 |
| Madagascar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 48 | +49 | 7 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 91 | –53 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 112 | –102 | 3 |

#### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kenya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 22 | +100 | 9 |
| Zambia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 62 | +19 | 7 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 91 | –47 | 5 |
| Namibia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 103 | –72 | 3 |

#### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 22 | +72 | 8 |
| Uganda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 61 | +25 | 7 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 6 |
| Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 133 | –114 | 3 |

#### Knockout stage
##### 9th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Tunisia | 19 |
| Algeria | 14 | | |
| Algeria | 14 | Tunisia | 19 |
| | | Namibia | 14 |
| Namibia | 24 | Namibia | 14 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | | |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | Algeria | 26 |
| | | Ivory Coast | 19 |

##### 5th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Burkina Faso | 24 |
| Madagascar | 19 | | |
| Madagascar | 19 | Burkina Faso | 26 |
| | | Zambia | 33 |
| Zambia | 28 | Zambia | 33 |
| Nigeria | 12 | | |
| Nigeria | 12 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Madagascar | 43 |
| | | Nigeria | 17 |

##### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Kenya | 26 | | |
| Burkina Faso | 0 | | |
| Burkina Faso | 0 | Kenya | 33 |
| | | Zimbabwe | 10 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | Zimbabwe | 10 |
| Madagascar | 10 | | | | |
| Madagascar | 10 | | | Kenya | 17 |
| | | | | South Africa | 12 |
| Zambia | 15 | | | South Africa | 12 |
| Uganda | 29 | | | | |
| Uganda | 29 | Uganda | 14 | | |
| | | South Africa | 26 | Third place | Third place |
| South Africa | 27 | South Africa | 26 | Third place | Third place |
| Nigeria | 0 | | | | |
| Nigeria | 0 | | | Zimbabwe | 12 |
| | | | | Uganda | 24 |

#### Standings

* Legend
* Qualified for 2024 Summer Olympics
* Qualified for Olympic Repechage
| Rank | Team |
| | Kenya |
| | South Africa |
| | Uganda |
| 4 | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | Zambia |
| 6 | Burkina Faso |
| 7 | Madagascar |
| 8 | Nigeria |
| 9 | Tunisia |
| 10 | Namibia |
| 11 | Algeria |
| 12 | Ivory Coast |