The Ghana Rugby men’s Sevens Eagles succeeded in clinching the bronze cup and medals in the just completed Africa Rugby Men’s Sevens “Africa Cup West” Tournament in Lome, Togo when it beat Niger by 14 points to 5.
The Ghana national team won both its Pool B matches against Benin (19 to 0) and Mali (15 to 0) to rank number one in the combined ranking with 34 points followed by Niger (19), Togo (2) and Mali (-2) who all proceeded to the semifinals.
In a ranking match, fifth-placed Benin managed to beat sixth placed Burkina Faso by 22 to 5 to secure fifth place ranking for the tournament.
In the first semifinal, Mali beat Niger by 26 points to 0 while Togo beat Ghana narrowly by 22 points to 19. This set up a final between Togo and Mali while Ghana and Niger competed for the third place honors.
The third place playoff was won by Ghana when they beat Niger by 14 points to 5.
In the final match between the home team Togo and Mali the result at full time was 12 points each and after two extra time periods, Mali managed to score a try to win the tournament with 17 points to the 12 of Togo.
Ghana Rugby Wins Bronze Cup In Togo (Photos)
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