Shujaa defeated USA to advance to the 9th place play-off against New Zealand tomorrow at the ongoing HSBC Perth 7s in Australia.
The Kevin Wambua side beat Americans 26-21 and booked New Zealand in a repeat of the pool match where Kenya lost 29-14 yesterday.
After losing two of their opening matches to New Zealand 29-14 and 21-14 to Fiji, Kenya managed to beat unbeaten Uruguay 19-05 to finish third in the pool.
Against the USA, Adam Channel touched down first with Marcus Tupuola adding extras for a 7-0 Patrick Odongo leveld the try with Anthony Mboya responding to level at 7 each.
George Ooro Angeyo scored second try for Wambua side with unconverted try for 12-07 lead for kenya into break.
Ooro scored his second try immediately after break, converting his own try for 19-7 as Americans won their second try through Channel’s converted try for 19-14 but Floyd Wabwire scored Kenya’s third try with Nygel Amaitsa converting for 26-14 but USA’s Faitala Talapusi touched down for a final score of 26-21.