Africa Men's Sevens

Africa Men's Sevens
Sport	Rugby sevens
Instituted	2000
Governing body	Africa (Rugby Africa)
Holders	Kenya (2023)
Most titles	Kenya (6 titles)

The Africa Men's Sevens, formerly the Africa Cup Sevens, is an annual rugby sevens tournament involving African nations, organised by Rugby Africa. Since 2013 the event has been contested on an annual basis.

The tournament is also acts as a qualifying event for the Rugby World Cup Sevens and Olympic Rugby Sevens as required.

Results by year

Winners and runners-up for official Rugby Africa and IRB (WR) sevens tournaments:

Year	Host	Final			Third place match			Refs
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third	Score	Fourth	Refs
African Sevens (RWC 7s qualifiers)
2000	Nairobi, Kenya	Zimbabwe	26–14	Kenya	Namibia	33–21	Tunisia	^[1]
2004	Lusaka, Zambia	Kenya	33–14	Namibia	Uganda	24–19	Zimbabwe	^[2]
2008	Tunis, Tunisia	Kenya	26–14	Zimbabwe	Tunisia	26–12	Namibia	^[3]
Africa Cup Sevens
2012	Rabat, Morocco	Zimbabwe	33–12	Tunisia	Nigeria	19–12	Madagascar	^[4]
2013	Mombasa, Kenya	Kenya	24–19	Zimbabwe	Tunisia	31–5	Madagascar	^[5]
2014	Harare, Zimbabwe	South Africa	38–5	Kenya	Zimbabwe	41–5	Tunisia	^[6]
2015	Johannesburg, South Africa	Kenya	21–17	Zimbabwe	Morocco	19–12	Tunisia	^[7]
2016	Nairobi, Kenya	Uganda	38–19	Namibia	Kenya	46–0	Madagascar
2017	Kampala, Uganda	Uganda	10–7	Zimbabwe	Madagascar	26–7	Zambia
Africa Men's Sevens
2018	Monastir, Tunisia	Zimbabwe	17–5	Kenya	Uganda	24–19	Madagascar
2019	Johannesburg, South Africa	Kenya	29–0	Uganda	Zimbabwe	24–7	Madagascar
2022	Kampala, Uganda	Uganda	28–0	Zimbabwe	Kenya	19–12	Zambia
2023	Harare, Zimbabwe	Kenya	17–12	South Africa	Uganda	24–12	Zimbabwe
2024	Mapou, Mauritius		–			–

Team Records

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third	Fourth
Kenya	6 (2004, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2023)	3 (2000, 2014, 2018)	2 (2016, 2022)	–
Zimbabwe	3 (2000, 2012, 2018)	5 (2008, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022)	2 (2014, 2019)	2 (2004, 2023)
Uganda	3 (2016, 2017, 2022)	1 (2019)	3 (2004, 2018, 2023)	–
South Africa	1 (2014)	1 (2023)	–	–
Namibia	–	2 (2004, 2016)	1 (2000)	1 (2008)
Tunisia	–	1 (2012)	2 (2008, 2013)	3 (2000, 2014, 2015)
Madagascar	–	–	1 (2017)	5 (2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Nigeria	–	–	1 (2012)	–
Morocco	–	–	1 (2015)	–
Zambia	–	–	–	2 (2017, 2022)

Note – Table updated up to the 2022 championships. Years styled in italics when the associated team competed on home soil.

Results by nation

Team	2000	2004	2008	2012
Algeria
Botswana	8th	GS	9th
Eswatini	7th	GS
Ivory Coast	5th			6th
Kazakhstan	=9th
Kenya	2nd	1st	1st
Madagascar	=9th	GS	5th	4th
Morocco				7th
Namibia	3rd	2nd	4th	5th
Nigeria				3rd
Senegal			8th
Tunisia	4th		3rd	2nd
Uganda	6th	3rd	7th
Zambia	=9th	GS	6th	8th
Zimbabwe	1st	4th	2nd	1st
Total	12^[a]	8	10^[b]	8