S. OchiengShujaa set for Rugby 7s World Cup qualifiers in Uganda
Reading Time: 2min | Mon. 21.02.22. | 10:17
This year's Rugby Africa 7s championship, set to be played in April in Kampala, will also act as the qualifiers for the 2022 Rugby 7s World Cup to be held in South Africa from 9-11 September
The men’s national rugby 7s side, Shujaa, will be hoping to book their place in the prestigious 2022 Rugby 7s World Cup when they head to the qualifiers of the tournament that are set to take place in Uganda from 23-24 April 2022.
In an event that will see fourteen teams come together at the 2022 Rugby Africa 7s Championship to fight for the three available slots up for grabs, Shujaa will be hoping to replicate their 2019 heroics in South Africa where they lifted the Africa 7s championship - a victory that guaranteed them a ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Grateful and honoured to receive the #SoyaAwards2021 Male Sports Team of the Year award. #Shujaa pic.twitter.com/RTIMBcaB1Z
— Shujaa (@KenyaSevens) January 25, 2022
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Rugby Africa men’s sevens was not held in 2020 and 2021 and the Innocent ‘Namcos’ Simiyu currently coached side go into the World Cup qualifiers as the defending champions.
In a tweet on his personal account, Rugby Africa Vice-President Andrew Owor announced that the 2022 Rugby Africa Men’s Sevens Cup will be hosted in Kampala, Uganda in April.
“Yes! 14 countries will come together to play over 40 games of rugby; only one will be crowned champion. 2022 Rugby Afrique 7s Championship and World Rugby 7s World Cup Qualifiers will be hosted in Kampala, Uganda on 23 - 24 April,” he posted.
#RugbyAfrica7s
— Andrew Owor, VP (@aowor) January 28, 2022
Yes! 14 countries will come together to play over 40 games of rugby; only one will be crowned Champion.
2022 @RugbyAfrique 7s Championship and @WorldRugby7s World Cup Qualifiers will be hosted in #Kampala, #Uganda by @UgandaRugby on 23 - 24 April.@ExploreUganda pic.twitter.com/wHp6VUhKZi
Eight nations including Kenya and hosts Uganda have already booked their slots for the event. They are joined by Burkina Faso, Ghana, Madagascar, Namibia, Senegal, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Mauritius and Botswana.
They will be joined by the top two teams from the Regional Qualifier tournaments in the Central region.
This year’s event will double not only as a qualifier to the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa but also the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
Just 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ days until we kick off in Cape Town! #RWC7s 🏆 pic.twitter.com/O6PyDmJCYy
— All Blacks Sevens (@AllBlacks7s) February 21, 2022
All three medalists will qualify for a ticket to Cape Town for the World Cup on September 9-11 at the Cape Town Stadium while only the finalists will have booked their flight to Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games on July 29-31 at the Coventry Stadium.
Kenya however has already qualified for the Commonwealth Games based on their results in the HSBC World Series.
