Dramatic win takes Kenya to Olympic sevens

Johannesburg (AFP) - Kenya scored a last-gasp try to defeat Zimbabwe 19-17 near Johannesburg on Sunday and qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games rugby sevens.

The fancied Kenyans trailed at half-time and again late in the second half before securing the place reserved for Africa, apart from regional giants South Africa.

South Africa booked their place at the first Olympic sevens by finishing runners-up to New Zealand in the 2014-2015 World Rugby Sevens Series.

Zimbabwe and losing semi-finalists Morocco and Tunisia get another chance next year to qualify for Rio when they compete in a 16-nation global repechage tournament.

Results

Cup

Quarter-finals: Kenya 41 Madagascar 0, Tunisia 19 Uganda 14, Morocco 22 Namibia 15, Zimbabwe 31 Nigeria 10

Semi-finals: Kenya 42 Tunisia 12, Zimbabwe 26 Morocco 0

Third place: Morocco 19 Tunisia 12

Final: Kenya 19 Zimbabwe 17

Plate

Final: Namibia 24 Madagascar 17

Bowl

Final: Botswana 26 Zambia 14