The 2016 RA Africa Cup Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held in Safaricom Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya on 23–24 September 2016.[1] It was the 4th championship in a series that began in 2013.
The top two placed teams (excluding Kenya) will qualify to the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens, where they will have a chance to earn core team status in the Sevens World Series
Teams ranked 1-4 qualify to Cup Semi-finalsTeams ranked 5-8 qualify to Plate semi-finalsTeams ranked 9-12 go into relegation semi-finals
All times Eastern Africa Time (UTC+3)
| Key to colours in group tables | ||
|---|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Semi-final | ||
| Teams that advanced to relegation semi-finals | ||
| width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 5 | +59 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 67 | –62 | 2 |
| width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 21 | +33 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 19 | +49 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 89 | –82 | 2 |
| width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | +59 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 62 | –50 | 2 |
| width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 12 | +24 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 38 | –24 | 2 |
Relegation Semi-Final
Plate Semi-final
Cup Semi-final
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Winner and qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens | |
| Qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens. | |
| Relegated |
| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Team |
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