# 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens

The 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament held in Monastir, Tunisia on 16–17 September 2017. This tournament served as a qualifier for two tournaments, only the winner qualifies for next years 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, whereas the top two teams qualify for the 2018 Commonwealth Games which will also be held the following year.
South Africa won the tournament and qualified for the Sevens World Cup and the Commonwealth Games, runner-up, Kenya, qualified for the latter.

## Teams

Eight teams competed in the tournament.
* Kenya
* Madagascar
* Morocco
* Senegal
* South Africa
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zimbabwe

## Pool stage
### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 7 | +75 | 9 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 7 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 5 |
| Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 108 | –103 | 3 |
Source:
* 16 September 2017 10:00
| South Africa | 41–0 | Morocco |
* 16 September 2017 10:22
| Uganda | 10–15 | Tunisia |
* 16 September 2017 11:58
| South Africa | 17–7 | Tunisia |
* 16 September 2017 12:20
| Uganda | 29–0 | Morocco |
* 16 September 2017 13:56
| South Africa | 24–0 | Uganda |
* 16 September 2017 14:18
| Tunisia | 38–5 | Morocco |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kenya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 5 | +107 | 9 |
| Madagascar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 7 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 80 | –48 | 5 |
| Senegal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 89 | –84 | 3 |
* 16 September 2017 10:44
| Kenya | 27–5 | Madagascar |
* 16 September 2017 11:06
| Zimbabwe | 15–5 | Senegal |
* 16 September 2017 12:42
| Kenya | 38–0 | Senegal |
* 16 September 2017 13:04
| Zimbabwe | 17–28 | Madagascar |
* 16 September 2017 14:40
| Kenya | 47–0 | Zimbabwe |
* 16 September 2017 15:02
| Senegal | 0–36 | Madagascar |

## Knockout stage
### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 17 September 2017 – 10:30 | 17 September 2017 – 10:30 | | | |
| Kenya | 47 | | | |
| Kenya | 47 | 17 September 2017 – 13:12 | 17 September 2017 – 13:12 | | |
| Morocco | 0 | 17 September 2017 – 13:12 | 17 September 2017 – 13:12 | |
| Morocco | 0 | Kenya | 26 | |
| 17 September 2017 – 11:14 | 17 September 2017 – 11:14 | | Kenya | 26 | |
| 17 September 2017 – 11:14 | 17 September 2017 – 11:14 | Tunisia | 7 | |
| Tunisia | 24 | Tunisia | 7 | |
| Tunisia | 24 | | | | 17 September 2017 – 15:22 | 17 September 2017 – 15:22 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | | | | 17 September 2017 – 15:22 | 17 September 2017 – 15:22 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | | | | Kenya | 12 |
| 17 September 2017 – 10:52 | 17 September 2017 – 10:52 | | | | | Kenya | 12 |
| 17 September 2017 – 10:52 | 17 September 2017 – 10:52 | | | | South Africa | 17 |
| South Africa | 43 | | | | South Africa | 17 |
| South Africa | 43 | 17 September 2017– 13:34 | 17 September 2017– 13:34 | | | |
| Senegal | 0 | 17 September 2017– 13:34 | 17 September 2017– 13:34 | | | |
| Senegal | 0 | South Africa | 27 | | | |
| 17 September 2017 – 11:36 | 17 September 2017 – 11:36 | | South Africa | 27 | | | |
| 17 September 2017 – 11:36 | 17 September 2017 – 11:36 | Uganda | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Madagascar | 5 | Uganda | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Madagascar | 5 | | | | 17 September 2017– 15:00 | 17 September 2017– 15:00 |
| Uganda | 12 | | | | 17 September 2017– 15:00 | 17 September 2017– 15:00 |
| Uganda | 12 | | | | Tunisia | 14 |
| | | | | | Uganda | 5 |

### Fifth Place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 17 September 2017 – 12:28 | 17 September 2017 – 12:28 |
| Morocco | 7 |
| Morocco | 7 | 17 September 2017 – 14:38 | 17 September 2017 – 14:38 |
| Senegal | 24 | 17 September 2017 – 14:38 | 17 September 2017 – 14:38 |
| Senegal | 24 | Senegal | 5 |
| 17 September 2017– 12:50 | 17 September 2017– 12:50 | | Senegal | 5 |
| 17 September 2017– 12:50 | 17 September 2017– 12:50 | Madagascar | 24 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | Madagascar | 24 |
| Madagascar | 29 | | |
| Madagascar | 29 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 September 2017– 14:16 | 17 September 2017– 14:16 |
| | | Morocco | 0 |
| | | Zimbabwe | 26 |

## Standings

* Legend
* Winner qualifies to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
* Top two Commonwealth members eligible for 2018 Commonwealth Games
| Rank | Team |
| | South Africa |
| | Kenya |
| | Tunisia |
| 4 | Uganda |
| 5 | Madagascar |
| 6 | Senegal |
| 7 | Zimbabwe |
| 8 | Morocco |