| Teamname: | Zambia rugby sevens team |
| Country: | Zambia |
| Fullname: | Zambia national rugby sevens team |
| Union: | Zambia Rugby Football Union |
| Region: | Africa |
| Coach: | Andrew Musonda Kaminsa[1] [2] |
| Captain: | Israel Kalumba |
| World Cup Apps: | 0 |
| Sevens: | yes |
The Zambia national rugby sevens team is the men's African rugby sevens team that competes in the annual Africa Men's Sevens competition and the Commonwealth Games. It is governed by the Zambia Rugby Football Union (ZRFU).
The team reached their peak in 2003, when they participated on the World 7s series, drawing with the likes of Australia. However it is widely agreed with the talents of Hamayuma, Chimbuluku and Watkins the side is currently the strongest it has ever been.
Zambia made their first Commonwealth Games rugby sevens appearance in 2018, and they qualified again in 2022.[3] [4] [5] Their best result at the Africa sevens event was fourth (2017, 2022).[6]
The squad competed in 2 events in 2022 - the Zambezi Challenge 7s coming as runners up, notably higher than both Botswana (8th) and Zimbabwe (3rd). They finished 4th in the 2022 Africa 7s held in Kampala, Uganda. They were very close to qualifiying for the World Cup that year, losing to Zimbabwe by 7 points in the Semi-Final and to Kenya by 3 points in the Bronze Final.
The squad attended the 2023 Africa 7s, finishing in 4th place. Missing out on the Olympic Repecharge to Uganda. In 2024, the squad will attend the All-Africa Championship in Ghana.
Zambia's sevens squad to the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7] [8]
| Player | Date of birth (age) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel Kalumba (c) | July 29, 2022 | |
| 2 | Edmond Hamayuwa | July 29, 2022 | |
| 3 | Laston Mukosa | July 29, 2022 | |
| 4 | Davy Chimbukulu | July 29, 2022 | |
| 5 | Lawrence Kaushiku | July 29, 2022 | |
| 6 | Elisha Bwalya | July 29, 2022 | |
| 7 | Mike Masabo | July 29, 2022 | |
| 8 | Brian Mbalwe | July 29, 2022 | |
| 9 | Rodgers Mukupa | July 29, 2022 | |
| 10 | Alex Mwewa | July 29, 2022 | |
| 11 | Chisanga Nkoma | July 29, 2022 | |
| 12 | Arun Watkins | July 29, 2022 | |
| 13 | Melvin Banda | July 29, 2022 |
| World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
| 1993 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1997 | |||||||||
| 2001 | |||||||||
| 2005 | |||||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||
| 2013 | |||||||||
| 2018 | |||||||||
| Total | 0/8 | ||||||||
| Commonwealth Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
| 1998 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||
| 2018 | Pool stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 13th–16th Place Semi-finals | =15th | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||