The 2019 Africa Men's Sevens was a
rugby sevens
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tournament held in
Johannesburg
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on 8–9 November 2019. It was the seventh championship in
Africa Men's Sevens, a series that began in 2013.
This tournament also served as a qualifying tournament for the
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
, with the champion team Kenya advancing.
The next two best-placed teams, Uganda and Zimbabwe were eligible to compete at
a final Olympic qualifier tournament, as well as the
2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series.
2018 Africa Regional Sevens – West
On 15–16 September 2018, eight teams took part in a regional tournament at
Abidjan
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,
Ivory Coast
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. The highest ranking teams,
Ivory Coast
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and
Nigeria
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, advanced based on their top two finishes. All times in
Greenwich Mean Time
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(
UTC±00:00).
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Plate
Africa Sevens Qualification
Main tournament
All times in
South African Standard Time
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(
UTC+02:00)
Teams
The order of teams is based upon seeding from
the prior year's tournament's placement.
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Opening round
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Pool stage
The teams were allocated to pools according to the results of the opening round:
Pool A: Winners of matches 1, 4, and 5, and the losing team with the smallest losing margin
Pool B: Winners of matches 2, 3, 6, and 7
Pool C: The losing teams with the 2nd, 5th, and 6th smallest losing margins
Pool D: The losing teams with the 3rd, 4th, and 7th smallest losing margins
Pool A (Championship)
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Pool C (Consolation)
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Pool D (Consolation)
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Knockout stage
;13th place play-off
Ninth place play-off
;7th place play-off
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Olympic Qualification
Placings
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