Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship | |
Sport | Rugby sevens |
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Instituted | 2015 |
Governing body | Arab World (ARF) |
Holders | Morocco (2024) |
Most titles | Morocco (4 titles) |
The Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship (Arabic: البطولة العربية لسباعيات الرجبي للرجال), is an annual rugby sevens tournament involving Arab nations, organised by the Arab Rugby Federation. It is contested on an annual basis.
History[edit]
Since the 2024 edition, the name of the competition changed from Tournament to Championship.
Results by year[edit]
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Score | Fourth | ||
2015 | El Gouna, Egypt | Morocco | 38–0 | Egypt | United Arab Emirates | 31–7 | Saudi Arabia |
2016 | Marrakesh, Morocco | Morocco | 29–14 | Tunisia | United Arab Emirates | No TPM | Lebanon |
2017 | Amman, Jordan | Morocco | 17–0 | Egypt | Jordan | 14–0 | United Arab Emirates |
2018 | Maadi, Cairo, Egypt | Egypt | 22–0 | United Arab Emirates | Jordan | 21–12 | Libya |
2019 | Amman, Jordan | Jordan | 19–14 | Egypt | United Arab Emirates | 5–0 | Algeria |
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Arab world | ||||||
2021 | Alexandria, Egypt | Egypt | 14–0 | Lebanon | United Arab Emirates | 19–7 | Syria |
2022 | Tunis, Tunisia | Tunisia | 55–0 | Libya | Egypt | 28–0 | United Arab Emirates |
2023 | Al Ain, United Arab Emirates | UA Emirates | 15–10 | Tunisia | Libya | 19–12 | Egypt |
2024 | Taif, Saudi Arabia | Morocco | 19–14 | United Arab Emirates | Tunisia | 19–7 | Egypt |
2025 | ..., Egypt | Futur event | |||||
2026 | ..., Egypt | Futur event |
Team Records[edit]
Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third | Fourth |
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Morocco | 4 (2015, 2016*, 2017, 2024) | – | – | – |
Egypt | 2 (2018*, 2021*) | 3 (2015*, 2017, 2019) | 1 (2022) | 2 (2023, 2024) |
United Arab Emirates | 1 (2023*) | 2 (2018, 2024) | 4 (2015, 2016, 2019, 2021) | 2 (2017, 2022) |
Tunisia | 1 (2022*) | 2 (2016, 2023) | 1 (2024) | – |
Jordan | 1 (2019*) | – | 2 (2017*, 2018) | – |
Libya | – | 1 (2022) | 1 (2023) | 1 (2018) |
Lebanon | – | 1 (2021) | – | 1 (2016) |
Saudi Arabia | – | – | – | 1 (2015) |
Algeria | – | – | – | 1 (2019) |
Syria | – | – | – | 1 (2021) |
- * hosts
- Updated to 2023
National team appearances in the Arab Rugby Sevens Championship[edit]
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Team | 2015 | 20161 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 20222 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Apps. |
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Africa | ||||||||||||
Algeria | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3 | ||||||||
Egypt | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 4th | Q | Q | 8 | |
Libya | •• | 6th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 6 | ||||
Morocco | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4 | |||||||
Sudan | 6th | 6th | 7th | 3 | ||||||||
Tunisia | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4 | |||||||
Asia | ||||||||||||
Iraq | 7th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 4 | |||||||
Jordan | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 7th | 5 | ||||||
Lebanon | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 3 | ||||||||
Palestine | 8th | 5th | 8th | 8th | 10th | 5 | ||||||
Saudi Arabia | 4th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 4 | |||||||
Syria | 4th | 6th | 7th | 9th | 4 | |||||||
United Arab Emirates | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 9 | ||
Team | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
- 1 Morocco B replaced Libya and took third place
- 2 Tunisia B took seventh place
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- البطولات العربية لسباعيات الرجبي - ARF official website
- Arab Championship Overview - rugbyarchive.net