November 14, 2015
Africa Rugby 7s Olympic Qualifier: Day One
Poster: Rugby Afrique
The Africa Olympic Qualifier is being held in Barnard Stadium in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa on November 14th and 15th. The winner of the tournament will join South Africa in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August 2016. The other semi-finalists will have one last opportunity in June 2016 in a World Rugby Repechage Tournament consisting of sixteen teams.
Twelve teams are competing to win the Africa 7s and join Brazil, Fiji, South Africa, New Zealand, Great Britain, Argentina, United States, France and Japan at the Olympics. The Oceania Rugby 7s winner, likely either Australia or Samoa, will also join them. The last remaining spot will be for the World Rugby 7s Repechage Tournament winner.
While Kenya enters the tournament as the favorite, Zimbabwe, Namibia and other hope to challenge for this spot. The other teams are Uganda, Tunisia, Morocco, Nigeria, Madagascar, Senegal, Mauritius, Botswana and Zambia.
While winning the tournament guarantees going to the Olympics, the other three Semi-Finalists will enter the Repechage in June in a winner take all tournament for the last Olympic spot.
Teams that have already qualified for the Repechage include Uruguay, Chile, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Russia, Germany, Ireland, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Sri Lanka.
Two other teams will join this group from Oceania. They will be the second and third place teams from the Oceania 7s: Australia, Samoa, Cook Islands or Papua New Guinea.
Pools
A: Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Senegal
B: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Nigeria, Uganda
C: Botswana, Morocco, Namibia, Tunisia
Day One Results
Pool A:
Kenya 50-5 Mauritius
Madagascar 33-17 Senegal
Senegal 0-27 Kenya
Mauritius 29-27 Madagascar
Kenya 46-0 Madagascar
Mauritius 17-19 Senegal
Pool B:
Nigeria 12-31 Zimbabwe
Uganda 47-5 Zambia
Zambia 0-48 Zimbabwe
Uganda 19-12 Nigeria
Zimbabwe 43-0 Uganda
Nigeria 19-14 Zambia
Pool C:
Botswana 7-24 Tunisisa
Morocco 21-24 Namibia
Morocco 17-21 Tunisia
Botswana 0-33 Namibia
Namibia 45-10 Tunisia
Morocco 45-5 Botswana
Day One Standings
1 Kenya 2 Zimbabwe 3 Namibia 4 Uganda 5 Tunisia 6 Morocco 7 Nigeria 8 Madagascar 9 Senegal 10 Mauritius 11 Botswana 12 Zambia
Sunday Nov 15th
Bowl Semi-Finals
Senegal Zambia
Mauritius Botswana
Cup Quarter-Finals
Kenya Madagascar
Uganda Tunisia
Namibia Morocco
Zimbabwe Nigeria
