2019 Africa Women's Sevens Explained

Countries:	Tunisia
Date:	12–13 October
Nations:	10
Prevseason:	2018
Nextseason:	2022

The 2019 Africa Women's Sevens was a women's rugby sevens tournament held in Monastir, Tunisia on 12–13 October 2019.^[1]

The tournament acted as qualification for the 2020 Hong Kong Women's Sevens, which in turns serves as a qualification tournament for the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

The tournament also acted as qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

South Africa won the tournament and qualified for the Hong Kong Sevens along with Kenya. South Africa declined Olympics qualification so Kenya earned the automatic qualifying spot.^[2]

Pool stage

The top two teams in each pool as well as the two best 3rd ranked teams qualify for the cup quarterfinals.^[3]

Legend
Advance to Cup quarterfinals
Advance to Challenge Trophy semifinals

Pool A

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
	3	3	0	0	123	0	+123	9
	3	2	0	1	36	56	−20	7
	3	1	0	2	22	63	−41	5
	3	0	0	3	20	82	−62	3

Pool B

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
	3	3	0	0	99	0	+99	9
	3	2	0	1	25	47	−22	7
	3	1	0	2	17	48	−31	5
	3	0	0	3	17	63	−46	3

Pool C

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
	3	3	0	0	89	7	+82	9
	3	2	0	1	76	14	+62	7
	3	1	0	2	41	65	−24	5
	3	0	0	3	0	120	−120	3

Knockout stage

Cup

Final standings

Legend
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Qualified for the Final Qualification Tournament.

width=50	Rank	width=240	Team
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 Rugby Africa Women's Seven Kicks Off its First Day on a High Note. October 13, 2019. October 7, 2021. June 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210628084457/https://www.rugbyafrique.com/2019-rugby-africa-womens-seven-kicks-off-its-first-day-on-a-high-note/. live.
2. Web site: Kenya qualify for Tokyo 2020 despite Rugby Africa Women's Sevens final defeat. October 13, 2019. www.insidethegames.biz. October 14, 2019. October 13, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191013225411/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1085903/kenya-rugby-women-qualify-for-tokyo-2020. live.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-10-14 . 2019-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191014015251/http://www.rugbyafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Tournament-Manual-Africa-Women-7S-2019-Tunisia-ENG.pdf . live .