South Africa Crowned Champs of CAR 7s

from Scrumqueens:

South Africa finished top of the pile at this weekend’s CAR women’s 7s.

The competition served as a qualifier for the 2012 Africa 7s Championship with the top four teams going through to that event, which will in turn determine the teams that qualify for the 2013 World Cup.

The other three teams to qualify from the tournament were Uganda (pictured above), Kenya and Zimbabwe.

That South Africa and Uganda, contested the final on Sunday, was no real surprise as those two teams have dominated the competition, finishing winners and runners up between 2006 and 2008. The tournament was not held in 2009 and 2010.

The tournament, held in Botswana, pitted South Africa against Zambia, Zimbabwe and Rwanda in Pool A while Pool B had Uganda, Kenya, Botswana and Madagascar.

South Africa went unbeaten throughout the entire tournament while Uganda made it all the way to the final without a loss.

The top four will now join the top four from the northern qualifier (Senegal, Burkina Faso, Tunisia and Morocco) for a tournament in Morocco next September.

RESULTS DAY 1 – 29 OCTOBER 2011

Zambia 0 South Africa 34
Zimbabwe 40 Rwanda 0
Uganda 17 Kenya 5
Botswana 0 Madagascar 14
Zimbabwe 5 South Africa 37
Zambia 20 Rwanda 0
Kenya 29 Madagascar 10
Uganda 17 Botswana 7
Zambia 12 Zimbabwe 19
Rwanda 0 South Africa 51
Uganda 17 Madagascar 0
Kenya 31 Botswana 0

RESULTS DAY 2 – 30 OCTOBER 2011

Zambia 19 Botswana 5
Madagascar 36 Rwanda 0
South Africa 14 Kenya 5
Uganda 7 Zimbabwe 0
Botswana 24 Rwanda 0
Zambia 15 Madagascar 14
Kenya 17 Zimbabwe 0

Cup Final

South Africa 42 Uganda 5

FINAL STANDINGS

1. South Africa
2. Uganda
3. Kenya
4. Zimbabwe
5. Zambia
6. Madagascar
7. Botswana
8. Rwanda