Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship

The Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship (Arabic: البطولة العربية لسباعيات الرجبي للرجال), is an annual rugby sevens tournament involving Arab nations, organised by the Arab Rugby Federation. It is contested on an annual basis.

Arab Rugby 7s Men's Championship
Current season or competition:
2024 Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship
SportRugby sevens
Instituted2015
Governing bodyArab World (ARF)
Holders Morocco (2024)
Most titles Morocco (4 titles)

History

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Since the 2024 edition, the name of the competition changed from Tournament to Championship.

Results by year

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Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third Score Fourth
2015  
El Gouna, Egypt
 
Morocco
38–0  
Egypt
 
United Arab Emirates
31–7  
Saudi Arabia
2016  
Marrakesh, Morocco
 
Morocco
29–14  
Tunisia
 
United Arab Emirates
No TPM  
Lebanon
2017  
Amman, Jordan
 
Morocco
17–0  
Egypt
 
Jordan
14–0  
United Arab Emirates
2018  
Maadi, Cairo, Egypt
 
Egypt
22–0  
United Arab Emirates
 
Jordan
21–12  
Libya
2019  
Amman, Jordan
 
Jordan
19–14  
Egypt
 
United Arab Emirates
5–0  
Algeria
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Arab world
2021  
Alexandria, Egypt
 
Egypt
14–0  
Lebanon
 
United Arab Emirates
19–7  
Syria
2022  
Tunis, Tunisia
 
Tunisia
55–0  
Libya
 
Egypt
28–0  
United Arab Emirates
2023  
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
 
UA Emirates
15–10  
Tunisia
 
Libya
19–12  
Egypt
2024  
Taif, Saudi Arabia
 
Morocco
19–14  
United Arab Emirates
 
Tunisia
19–7  
Egypt
2025  
..., Egypt
Futur event
2026  
..., Egypt
Futur event

Team Records

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Team Champions Runners-up Third Fourth
  Morocco 4 (2015, 2016*, 2017, 2024)
  Egypt 2 (2018*, 2021*) 3 (2015*, 2017, 2019) 1 (2022) 2 (2023, 2024)
  United Arab Emirates 1 (2023*) 2 (2018, 2024) 4 (2015, 2016, 2019, 2021) 2 (2017, 2022)
  Tunisia 1 (2022*) 2 (2016, 2023) 1 (2024)
  Jordan 1 (2019*) 2 (2017*, 2018)
  Libya 1 (2022) 1 (2023) 1 (2018)
  Lebanon 1 (2021) 1 (2016)
  Saudi Arabia 1 (2015)
  Algeria 1 (2019)
  Syria 1 (2021)
* hosts
Updated to 2023

National team appearances in the Arab Rugby Sevens Championship

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Team  
2015
 
20161
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2021
 
20222
 
2023
 
2024
 
2025
 
2026
Apps.
Africa
  Algeria 6th 4th 5th 3
  Egypt 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 4th 4th Q Q 8
  Libya •• 6th 4th 5th 2nd 3rd 6th 6
  Morocco 1st 1st 1st 1st 4
  Sudan 6th 6th 7th 3
  Tunisia 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 4
Asia
  Iraq 7th 5th 6th 8th 4
  Jordan 3rd 3rd 1st 5th 7th 5
  Lebanon 5th 5th 2nd 3
  Palestine 8th 5th 8th 8th 10th 5
  Saudi Arabia 4th 8th 6th 5th 4
  Syria 4th 6th 7th 9th 4
  United Arab Emirates 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 9
Team 4 6 8 6 6 8 8 8 10
1 Morocco B replaced Libya and took third place
2 Tunisia B took seventh place

See also

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