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2023 Africa Women's Sevens
Hosts	Zambia (Qualifier)  Tunisia (Final tournament)
Date	1–2 July 2023 (Qualifier) 14–15 October 2023 (Final tournament)
Nations	10 (Qualifier) 8 (Final tournament)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa
Runners-up	Kenya
Third	Uganda
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Africa Women's Sevens was the 11th edition of the Africa Women's Sevens, an annual African rugby sevens tournament. The qualifier event took place at the Lusaka Rugby Club, Zambia between 1 and 2 July 2023. The main event took place in Tunisia. The winner qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, and the second and third placed teams qualified for the 2024 Final Olympic Qualification Tournament. In addition, the top two teams qualified for the 2024 Challenger Series.

A total of fifteen teams participated.

Format

Teams are seeded according to their performances in the previous championship. The top five teams from the previous championship entered the main tournament, while the remaining ten entered the qualifier.

Teams

The following teams entered the qualification tournament:

•  Algeria
•  Burkina Faso
•  DR Congo
•  Egypt
•  Ghana
•  Ivory Coast
•  Mauritius
•  Senegal
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

The following teams entered the main tournament:

•  Kenya
•  Madagascar
•  South Africa
•  Tunisia
•  Uganda
•  Zambia
•  Ghana
•  Zimbabwe

Qualifier event

Pool stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Zambia	3	3	0	0	100	15	+85	9
Senegal	3	2	0	1	55	48	+7	7
Mauritius	2	1	0	1	19	36	-17	4
Algeria	2	0	0	2	10	61	-51	2
Egypt	2	0	0	2	19	43	-24	2

	Zambia	35–10	Algeria

	Senegal	24–19	Egypt

	Zambia	36–0	Mauritius

	Senegal	26–0	Algeria

	Egypt	0–19	Mauritius

	Zambia	29–5	Senegal

	Egypt	v	Algeria

	Senegal	v	Mauritius

	Zambia	v	Egypt

	Mauritius	v	Algeria

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DR Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Ghana	24–12	Ivory Coast

	Zimbabwe	v	DR Congo

	Ghana	24–0	Burkina Faso

	Zimbabwe	43–0	Ivory Coast

	DR Congo	12–19	Burkina Faso

	Ghana	19–15	Zimbabwe

	DR Congo	v	Ivory Coast

	Zimbabwe	v	Burkina Faso

	Ghana	v	DR Congo

	Burkina Faso	v	Ivory Coast

Knockout stage

9th place

	Egypt	46–0	DR Congo

5th place

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	]
	]
					Algeria	0
					Ivory Coast	19
	]
	]
					Seventh place
					Mauritius	24
					Burkina Faso	12

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
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	]
					]
					]
	]
	]
									Zambia	26
									Ghana	5
	]
	]
					]
					]				Third place
	]
	]
									Senegal	7
									Zimbabwe	10

Standings

Rank	Team
1	Zambia
2	Ghana
3	Zimbabwe
4	Senegal
5	Ivory Coast
6	Algeria
7	Mauritius
8	Burkina Faso
9	Egypt
10	DR Congo

Final tournament

Pool stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	72	12	+60	9
Uganda	3	2	0	1	34	24	+10	7
Tunisia	3	1	0	2	38	44	–6	5
Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	10	74	–64	3

14 October	Tunisia	5–12	Uganda
09:00

14 October	South Africa	26–5	Zimbabwe
09:22

14 October	Tunisia	26–5	Zimbabwe
11:22

14 October	South Africa	19–0	Uganda
12:06

14 October	Uganda	22–0	Zimbabwe
14:56

14 October	South Africa	27–7	Tunisia
16:02

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kenya	3	3	0	0	89	17	+72	9
Zambia	3	2	0	1	32	52	–20	7
Madagascar	3	1	0	2	66	47	+19	5
Ghana	3	0	0	3	20	91	–71	3

14 October	Kenya	27–0	Zambia
09:44

14 October	Madagascar	34–10	Ghana
10:06

14 October	Kenya	42–0	Ghana
12:28

14 October	Madagascar	15–17	Zambia
12:50

14 October	Zambia	15–10	Ghana
15:18

14 October	Madagascar	17–20	Kenya
15:40

Knockout stage

5th place

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	Tunisia	24
	Ghana	5
					Tunisia	5
					Madagascar	25
	Madagascar	15
	Zimbabwe	10
					Seventh place
					Ghana	0
					Zimbabwe	10

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	South Africa	31
	Zambia	0
					South Africa	12
					Kenya	7
	Kenya	27
	Uganda	0
					Third place
					Zambia	10
					Uganda	29

Standings

Rank	Team
	South Africa
	Kenya
	Uganda
4	Zambia
5	Madagascar
6	Tunisia
7	Zimbabwe
8	Ghana

References

1. Kaumba, Michael (2023-06-17). "Zambia Set To Host Women's Sevens Pre Olympic Qualification Tourney". www.znbc.co.zm. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
2. Dube, Godfrey (2023-02-03). "Rugby women can qualify for Olympic event - Magasa". Zambia: News Diggers!. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
3. Mensah, Herbert (2023-10-13). "African Women's Rugby OQT: Overview, groups, team schedule to watch and how to watch these Paris 2024 qualifiers live". Rugby Afrique. Retrieved 2023-10-13.

• Rugby Africa Women's Sevens
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• October 2023 sports events in Africa
• Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification