# 2016 Africa Cup Sevens

The 2016 RA Africa Cup Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held in Safaricom Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya on 23–24 September 2016. It was the 4th championship in a series that began in 2013.
The top two placed teams (excluding Kenya) will qualify to the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens, where they will have a chance to earn core team status in the Sevens World Series

## Teams

* Kenya
* Madagascar
* Namibia
* Senegal
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe
* Morocco
* Nigeria
* Mauritius
* Botswana

## Pool Stage

Teams ranked 1-4 qualify to Cup Semi-finals Teams ranked 5-8 qualify to Plate semi-finals Teams ranked 9-12 go into relegation semi-finals
All times Eastern Africa Time (UTC+3)
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup Semi-final
* Teams that advanced to relegation semi-finals

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kenya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 5 | +59 | 6 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 4 |
| Senegal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 67 | –62 | 2 |
* 23 September 2016 12:06
| Kenya | 33-5 | Nigeria |
* 23 September 2016 15:36
| Senegal | 5-36 | Nigeria |
* 23 September 2016 19:14
| Kenya | 31-0 | Senegal |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Uganda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 21 | +33 | 6 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 19 | +49 | 4 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 89 | –82 | 2 |
* 23 September 2016 11:44
| Zimbabwe | 14-19 | Uganda |
* 23 September 2016 15:14
| Mauritius | 7-35 | Uganda |
* 23 September 2016 18:54
| Zimbabwe | 54-0 | Mauritius |

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Madagascar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | +59 | 6 |
| Morocco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 4 |
| Zambia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 62 | –50 | 2 |
* 23 September 2016 11:22
| Morocco | 0-19 | Madagascar |
* 23 September 2016 14:52
| Zambia | 0-40 | Madagascar |
* 23 September 2016 18:32
| Morocco | 22-12 | Zambia |

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Namibia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 12 | +24 | 6 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| Botswana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 38 | –24 | 2 |
* 23 September 2016 11:00
| Tunisia | 5-17 | Namibia |
* 23 September 2016 14:30
| Botswana | 7-19 | Namibia |
* 23 September 2016 18:10
| Tunisia | 19-7 | Botswana |

## Knockout stage

Relegation Semi-Final
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 Sept - 11:12 | 24 Sept - 11:12 |
| Botswana (9) | 24 |
| Botswana (9) | 24 | 24 Sept - 15:58 | 24 Sept - 15:58 |
| Mauritius (12) | 21 | 24 Sept - 15:58 | 24 Sept - 15:58 |
| Mauritius (12) | 21 | Botswana | 0 |
| 24 Sept - 11:34 | 24 Sept - 11:34 | | Botswana | 0 |
| 24 Sept - 11:34 | 24 Sept - 11:34 | Senegal | 55 |
| Zambia (10) | 14 | Senegal | 55 |
| Senegal (11) | 24 | | |
| Senegal (11) | 24 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 24 Sept - 15:36 | 24 Sept - 15:36 |
| | | Mauritius | 0 |
| | | Zambia | 45 |
Plate Semi-final
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 Sept - 11:56 | 24 Sept - 11:56 |
| Zimbabwe (5) | 24 |
| Zimbabwe (5) | 24 | 24 Sept - 16:42 | 24 Sept - 16:42 |
| Morocco (8) | 5 | 24 Sept - 16:42 | 24 Sept - 16:42 |
| Morocco (8) | 5 | Zimbabwe | 14 |
| 24 Sept - 12:18 | 24 Sept - 12:18 | | Zimbabwe | 14 |
| 24 Sept - 12:18 | 24 Sept - 12:18 | Tunisia | 7 |
| Nigeria (6) | 7 | Tunisia | 7 |
| Tunisia (7) | 12 | | |
| Tunisia (7) | 12 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 24 Sept - 16:20 | 24 Sept - 16:20 |
| | | Morocco | 5 |
| | | Nigeria | 12 |
Cup Semi-final
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 Sept - 12:40 | 24 Sept - 12:40 |
| Madagascar (1) | 7 |
| Madagascar (1) | 7 | 24 Sept - 17:26 | 24 Sept - 17:26 |
| Namibia (4) | 10 | 24 Sept - 17:26 | 24 Sept - 17:26 |
| Namibia (4) | 10 | Namibia | 19 |
| 24 Sept - 13:02 | 24 Sept - 13:02 | | Namibia | 19 |
| 24 Sept - 13:02 | 24 Sept - 13:02 | Uganda | 38 |
| Kenya (2) | 12 | Uganda | 38 |
| Uganda (3) | 17 | | |
| Uganda (3) | 17 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 24 Sept - 17:04 | 24 Sept - 17:04 |
| | | Madagascar | 0 |
| | | Kenya | 46 |

## Final standings

* Legend
* Winner and qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens
* Qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens.
* Relegated
| Rank | Team |
| | Uganda |
| | Namibia |
| | Kenya |
| 4 | Madagascar |
| 5 | Zimbabwe |
| 6 | Tunisia |
| 7 | Nigeria |
| 8 | Morocco |
| 9 | Senegal |
| 10 | Botswana |
| 11 | Zambia |
| 12 | Mauritius |