# 2022 Africa Women's Sevens

The 2022 Africa Women's Sevens are an annual African rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Stade Municipal de Jemmal in Jemmal on 29 and 30 April 2022; they were held in Tunisia for the fourth time.
Nine teams participated in the tournament, including 2019 champions South Africa (who successfully defended their title and qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham). Since South Africa already qualify for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens as hosts, Madagascar secured the World Cup ticket to Cape Town by finishing as runners-up.

## Format

Teams are divided into three pools, in which they each play two matches. Based on their pool positions and points differences, the lowest-ranked team overall is eliminated and the remaining teams seeded in the knockout-stage Cup quarter-finals.
Quarter-final winners advance to the Cup semi-finals (and final / third-place match beyond those), whilst the losers contest the lower-classification Plate matches.

## Qualifications

Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda qualified automatically for the final tournament.

### 2021 Northern Africa Women's Regional 7s

The tournament was held in Alexandria, Egypt.

#### Pool stage

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Senegal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 12 | +39 | 6 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 36 | -1 | 4 |
| Egypt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 57 | -38 | 2 |

#### Final

Senegal qualified for the final tournament.

### 2021 Western Africa Women's Regional 7s

The tournament was held in Kumasi, Ghana.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Ghana | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 29 | +111 | 12 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 8 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 8 |
| Benin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 70 | -39 | 8 |
| Togo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 110 | -105 | 4 |
Ghana qualified for the final tournament.

### 2022 Central Africa Women's Regional 7s

The tournament was held in Bujumbura, Burundi.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Zambia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 5 | +125 | 9 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 55 | -28 | 7 |
| DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 62 | -45 | 4 |
| Burundi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 57 | -52 | 4 |
Zambia qualified for the final tournament.

### 2022 Southern Africa Women's Regional 7s

The tournament was held in Maseru, Lesotho.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 5 | +165 | 12 |
| Namibia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 10 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 8 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 77 | -25 | 6 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 161 | -151 | 4 |
Zimbabwe qualified for the final tournament.

## Qualified teams

The following teams participated in the tournament:
* South Africa
* Senegal
* Zimbabwe
* Kenya
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Tunisia
* Madagascar
* Ghana

## Pool stage

All times in West Africa Time (UTC+01:00)

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | +68 | 6 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 4 |
| Senegal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 67 | -55 | 2 |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Uganda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 6 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 4 |
| Zambia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 37 | -32 | 2 |

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Madagascar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 10 | +26 | 6 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 4 |
| Ghana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 46 | -36 | 2 |

## Knockout stage
### Ninth-place elimination

Senegal, the lowest-ranked team overall, does not progress to the knockout stage.

### Plate competition (5th–8th place playoffs)

| Classification semi-finals | Classification semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal |
| Ghana | 0 |
| Ghana | 0 | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal |
| Kenya | 20 | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal |
| Kenya | 20 | Kenya | 12 |
| 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | | Kenya | 12 |
| 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | Zambia | 5 |
| Zambia | 21 | Zambia | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | | |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal |
| | | Ghana | 29 |
| | | Zimbabwe | 7 |
Matches :

### Cup competition

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | | | |
| South Africa | 17 | | | |
| South Africa | 17 | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | | |
| Ghana | 5 | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | |
| Ghana | 5 | South Africa | 31 | |
| 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | | South Africa | 31 | |
| 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | Tunisia | 0 | |
| Kenya | 5 | Tunisia | 0 | |
| Kenya | 5 | | | | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal |
| Tunisia | 19 | | | | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal |
| Tunisia | 19 | | | | South Africa | 15 |
| 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | | | | | South Africa | 15 |
| 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | | | | Madagascar | 14 |
| Madagascar | 14 | | | | Madagascar | 14 |
| Madagascar | 14 | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | | | |
| Zambia | 10 | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | | | |
| Zambia | 10 | Madagascar | 17 (a.e.t.) | | | |
| 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | | Madagascar | 17 (a.e.t.) | | | |
| 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | Uganda | 12 | | Third place | Third place |
| Uganda | 10 | Uganda | 12 | | Third place | Third place |
| Uganda | 10 | | | | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | | | | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal | 30 April 2022 – Stade Municipal de Jemmal |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | | | | Tunisia | 17 |
| | | | | | Uganda | 15 |
Matches :

## Final standings

Legend :
| Green fill | Qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games |
| Blue bar | Qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
| Pos | Team |
| 1 | South Africa |
| 2 | Madagascar |
| 3 | Tunisia |
| 4 | Uganda |
| 5 | Kenya |
| 6 | Zambia |
| 7 | Ghana |
| 8 | Zimbabwe |
| 9 | Senegal |

### Note

* ↑ Already qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens as host nation.