Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship
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Current season or competition: 2025 Arab Rugby Sevens Men's Championship | |
| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Instituted | 2015 |
| Governing body | Arab World (ARF) |
| Holders |  United Arab Emirates (2025) |
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[1] |  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[2] |  Taif, Saudi Arabia |
Morocco |
19–14 | United Arab Emirates |
Tunisia |
19–7 | Egypt |
| 2025[3] | Alexandria, Egypt |
United Arab Emirates |
14–7 | Morocco |
Egypt |
17–0 | Libya |
| 2026 | ..., Egypt |
Futur event | |||||
Team Records
[edit]| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco
|
4 (2015, 2016*, 2017, 2024) | 1 (2025) | – | – |
| Egypt
|
2 (2018*, 2021*) | 3 (2015*, 2017, 2019) | 2 (2022, 2025*) | 2 (2023, 2024) |
| United Arab Emirates
|
2 (2023*, 2025) | 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) | 2 (2018, 2025) |
| 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]| Team | 2015 |
20161 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2021 |
20222 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Apps. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | ||||||||||||
| Algeria
|
6th | 4th | 5th | 3 | ||||||||
| Egypt
|
2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | Q | 9 | |
| Libya
|
•• | 6th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 7 | |||
| Morocco
|
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 5 | ||||||
 Sudan
|
6th | 6th | 7th | 3 | ||||||||
| Tunisia
|
2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4 | |||||||
| Asia | ||||||||||||
 Iraq
|
7th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 5 | ||||||
| Jordan
|
3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 7th | 6th | 6 | |||||
| Lebanon
|
5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 4 | |||||||
 Palestine
|
8th | 5th | 8th | 8th | 10th | 9th | 6 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia
|
4th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 8th | 5 | ||||||
| Syria
|
4th | 6th | 7th | 9th | •• | 4 | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates
|
3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 10 | |
| Team | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | ||
- 1 Morocco B replaced Libya and took third place
- 2 Tunisia B took seventh place
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See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- البطولات العربية لسباعيات الرجبي - ARF official website
- Arab Championship Overview - rugbyarchive.net
References
[edit]- ^ "Morocco wins Arab Rugby 7s in Amman". Jordan Times. 2017-10-07. Archived from the original on 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ^ "المنتخب الوطني للريكبي السباعي يتوج بلقب البطولة العربية بالسعودية". Le 360 Sport Arabe (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ^ Boutakrint, Mohamed (2025-02-16). "Morocco Secures Silver at Arab Rugby Sevens Championship". Barlaman Today. Retrieved 2025-07-14.