African Sevens draw announced
The draw for what could be the largest CAR African sevens championship since 2009 has been announced.
Published by John Birch, February 27th, 2014
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The logistical and financial challenges involved have invariably prevented the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) from bringing Africa's top sevens nations together in one place. Previous tournaments - even World Cup qualifiers - have been restricted to teams from only six or sevens nations, but the draw for the 2014 championships includes eight nations - South Africa, Kenya, Senegal, Madagascar, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Whether all eight teams actually take part will not be known until the tournament begins on 12th April - withdrawals on the day of the tournament have not been unusual in the past - but the fact that this year's competition is proceeded by a week long training camp for all teams will provide an extra incentive to participate.
The tournament was due to take place in Morocco in March, but was moved toMachakos in Kenya last month. As a result Morocco have been replaced in the draw by Namibia, with the other seven participants unchanged.
The competition will be completed in a single day, and the full draw is as follows:
POOL ASouth AfricaKenyaSenegalMadagascar
POOL BTunisiaUgandaZimbabweNamibia
FULL TOURNAMENT FIXTURES
POOL STAGES (Local time)1 10.00AM - 10.20AM Senegal vs Madagascar2 10.20am - 10.40am Zimbabwe vs Namibia3 11.00am - 11.20am Kenya vs Madagascar4 11.20am - 11.40am Uganda vs Namibia5 12.00am - 12.20pm South Africa vs Senegal6 12.20pm - 12.40pm Tunisia vs Zimbabwe7 01.00pm - 01.20pm Kenya vs Senegal8 01.20pm - 01.40pm Uganda vs Zimbabwe9 02.00pm - 02.40pm South Africa vs Madagascar10 02.40pm - 03.00pm Tunisia vs Namibia11 03.20pm - 03.40pm South Africa vs Kenya12 03.40pm - 04.00pm Tunisia vs Uganda
KNOCK OUT STAGES13 04.20pm - 04.40pm BOWL SEMI 3rd Pool A vs 4th Pool B14 04.40pm - 05.00pm BOWL SEMI 4th Pool A vs 3rd Pool B15 05.00pm - 05.20pm CUP SEMI Winner Pool A vs Runners up Pool B16 05.20pm - 05.40pm CUP SEMI Winner Pool B vs Runners up Pool A17 05.40pm -06.00pm SHIELD FINAL Loser Game 13 vs Loser Game 1418 06.00pm - 06.20pm BOWL FINAL Winner Game 13 vs Winner Game 1419 06.20pm - 06.40pm PLATE FINAL Loser Game 15 vs Loser Game 1620 06.40pm - 07.10pm CUP FINAL Winner Game 15 vs Winner Game 16
With thanks to Helen Koyokoyo Buteme