# 2012 CAR Women's Sevens

The 2012 CAR Women's Sevens was a qualification tournament for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens which took place in Rabat on 29 to 30 September 2012. There was only one spot available in the World Cup for the region since South Africa had qualified automatically from their semifinal placement in the 2009 World Cup Sevens.
Tunisia defeated Kenya in the Cup final and qualified for the World Cup.

## Qualifications
### 2011 CAR tournament - zone North

The tournament took place on 23 and 24 April n Thies, Senegal. Tournament semi-finalists will qualify for the 2012 CAR Women's Sevens, which will act as a qualifier for the 2013 World Cup. Nigeria withdrew at the last minute, Niger arrived with a team composed mainly by U18 girls and were excluded.

#### Pool stage
##### Pool A

| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
| Tunisia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 0 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 31 |
| Egypt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 60 |
* Tunisia 40-0 Egypt
* Burkina Faso 20-5 Egypt
* Tunisia 26-0 Burkina Faso

##### Pool B

| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
| Senegal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 |
| Morocco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 24 |
* Senegal 12-7 Cameroon
* Morocco 12-0 Cameroon
* Senegal 10-5 Morocco

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

| 5th Place | 5th Place |
| Cameroon | 27 |
| Egypt | 0 |

##### Semi-finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| Senegal | 24 |
| Burkina Faso | 0 | | |
| Burkina Faso | 0 | Tunisia | 5 |
| | | Senegal | 0 |
| Tunisia | 24 | Senegal | 0 |
| Morocco | 0 | | |
| Morocco | 0 | 3rd Place | 3rd Place |
| | | Morocco | 19 |
| | | Burkina Faso | 5 |
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### 2011 CAR tournament - zone South

The tournament occurred on 29 and 30 October 2011 in Botswana. Tournament semi-finalists will qualify for the 2012 CAR Women's Sevens, which will act as a qualifier for the 2013 World Cup.

#### Teams

* Participants:
* Botswana
* South Africa
* Kenya
* Uganda
* Rwanda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe
* Madagascar

#### Pools stage
##### Pool A

| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 49 |
| Zambia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 53 |
| Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 111 |
* South Africa 34-0 Zambia
* Rwanda 0-40 Zimbabwe
* South Africa 37-5 Zimbabwe
* Rwanda 0-20 Zambia
* Zambia 12-19 Zimbabwe
* Rwanda 0-51 South Africa

##### Pool B

| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
| Uganda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 12 |
| Kenya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 27 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 46 |
| Botswana | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 62 |
* Kenya 5-17 Uganda
* Botswana 0-14 Madagascar
* Kenya 29-10 Madagascar
* Botswana 7-17 Uganda
* Madagascar 0-17 Uganda
* Botswana 0-31 Kenya

#### Knockout stage
##### Plate semi-finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Plate Final | Plate Final |
| Botswana | 5 |
| Zambia | 19 | | |
| Zambia | 19 | Zambia | 15 |
| | | Madagascar | 14 |
| Madagascar | 36 | Madagascar | 14 |
| Rwanda | 0 | | |
| Rwanda | 0 | 7th Place | 7th Place |
| | | Botswana | 24 |
| | | Rwanda | 0 |

##### Cup Semi-finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| Kenya | 5 |
| South Africa | 14 | | |
| South Africa | 14 | South Africa | 42 |
| | | Uganda | 5 |
| Uganda | 7 | Uganda | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | | |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 3rd Place | 3rd Place |
| | | Kenya | 17 |
| | | Zimbabwe | 0 |

## Main tournament
### Qualified teams

Eight teams were expected to compete, but Cameroon who replaced Burkina Faso withdrew from the tournament. Zambia replaced South Africa.
* Kenya
* Morocco
* Senegal
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

### Pool stage
#### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
| Kenya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 5 | +72 | 9 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 7 | +66 | 7 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 72 | –67 | 5 |
| Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 71 | –71 | 3 |
Source:
* 29 September 2012
| Tunisia | 36–0 | Zambia |
* Rabat
* 29 September 2012
| Kenya | 34–0 | Morocco |
* Rabat
* 29 September 2012
| Kenya | 36–0 | Zambia |
* Rabat
* 29 September 2012
| Tunisia | 32–0 | Morocco |
* Rabat
* 29 September 2012
| Morocco | 0–5 | Zambia |
* Rabat
* 29 September 2012
| Tunisia | 5–7 | Kenya |
* Rabat

#### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| Uganda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 | +29 | 6 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 27 | -20 | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 2 |
Source:
* 29 September 2012
| Senegal | 7–5 | Zimbabwe |
* Rabat
* 29 September 2012
| Uganda | 12–5 | Zimbabwe |
* Rabat
* 29 September 2012
| Uganda | 22–0 | Senegal |
* Rabat

### Knockout round
#### Plate

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Plate Final | Plate Final |
| 30 September 2012 | 30 September 2012 |
| Morocco | 0 |
| Morocco | 0 | 30 September 2012 | 30 September 2012 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | 30 September 2012 | 30 September 2012 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 | Zimbabwe | 14 |
| 30 September 2012 | 30 September 2012 | | Zimbabwe | 14 |
| 30 September 2012 | 30 September 2012 | Zambia | 10 |
| Zambia | Bye | Zambia | 10 |

#### Cup

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Cup / Qualifier Final | Cup / Qualifier Final |
| 30 September 2012 | 30 September 2012 |
| Kenya | 7 |
| Kenya | 7 | 30 September 2012 | 30 September 2012 |
| Senegal | 0 | 30 September 2012 | 30 September 2012 |
| Senegal | 0 | Kenya | 10 |
| 30 September 2012 | 30 September 2012 | | Kenya | 10 |
| 30 September 2012 | 30 September 2012 | Tunisia | 14 |
| Tunisia | 19 | Tunisia | 14 |
| Uganda | 5 | | |
| Uganda | 5 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 30 September 2012 | 30 September 2012 |
| | | Senegal | 5 |
| | | Uganda | 12 |
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