# 2022 Africa Men's Sevens

The 2022 Africa Men's Sevens are an annual African rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala between 23 and 24 April 2022; they were held in Uganda for the second time. The top three teams qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, and the top two teams qualified to the 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series. In addition, the top two Commonwealth teams not already qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games via the World Rugby Sevens Series booked their places in Birmingham.
Fourteen teams participated in the tournament, including 2019 champions Kenya.

## Format

Teams are seeded according to their performances in the previous championship and regional qualifiers. First-round results determine whether they advance to the Cup pools (for the top eight teams) or the Trophy pools (for the other six teams).
In the Cup competition, the top two teams in each pool advance to the semi-finals (and final / third-place match thereafter). The third-placed teams in each pool contest a fifth-place match, with all other teams (including those in the Trophy competition) given a final ranking after the pool stage since the competition was delayed by inclement weather on the morning of the second day.

## Teams

The following teams participated in the tournament, seeded as follows:
* Kenya
* Uganda
* Namibia
* Madagascar
* Zimbabwe
* Zambia
* Tunisia
* Mauritius
* Cameroon
* Burkina Faso
* Botswana
* Ghana
* Burundi
* Senegal

## Tournament play

All times in East Africa Time (UTC+03:00)

### Opening round

The teams were allocated to pools according to the above results:
* Pool A: Winners of matches 1, 4, and 5, and the losing team with the smallest losing margin
* Pool B: Winners of matches 2, 3, 6, and 7
* Pool C: The losing teams with the 2nd, 5th, and 6th smallest losing margins
* Pool D: The losing teams with the 3rd, 4th, and 7th smallest losing margins

### Pool stage

* Legend (Cup matches only)
* Advanced to semi-finals
* Advanced to fifth-place match

#### Pool A (Cup)

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 41 | +45 | 7 |
| Kenya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 7 |
| Madagascar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 7 |
| Namibia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 101 | -77 | 3 |

#### Pool B (Cup)

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Uganda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 7 | +112 | 9 |
| Zambia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 55 | -8 | 7 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 48 | -31 | 5 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 90 | -73 | 3 |

#### Pool C (Trophy)

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Mauritius | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 19 | +28 | 6 |
| Botswana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 41 | -17 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 38 | -11 | 2 |

#### Pool D (Trophy)

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Ghana | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | +57 | 6 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 10 | +30 | 4 |
| Burundi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 87 | -87 | 2 |

### Knockout stage (Cup only)

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club | 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club |
| Zimbabwe | 26 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club | 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club |
| Zambia | 17 | 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club | 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club |
| Zambia | 17 | Zimbabwe | 0 |
| 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club | 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club | | Zimbabwe | 0 |
| 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club | 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club | Uganda | 28 |
| Uganda | 22 | Uganda | 28 |
| Kenya | 12 | | |
| Kenya | 12 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club | 24 April 2022 – Kyadondo Rugby Club |
| | | Zambia | 12 |
| | | Kenya | 19 |

#### Final
## Final standings

Legend :
| Green fill | Qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
| Blue bar | Qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games |
| Pos | Team |
| 1 | Uganda |
| 2 | Zimbabwe |
| 3 | Kenya |
| 4 | Zambia |
| 5 | Madagascar |
| 6 | Tunisia |
| 7 | Burkina Faso |
| 8 | Namibia |
| 9 | Mauritius |
| 10 | Ghana |
| 11 | Senegal |
| 12 | Botswana |
| 13 | Cameroon |
| 14 | Burundi |

### Note

* ↑ Already qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games via the 2018–19 / 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series.