2010 Dubai Sevens

The Dubai Sevens was played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2010 competition was held on December 3 and December 4 at The Sevens. It was the first of eight events in the 2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series.

2010 Dubai Sevens
Host nation United Arab Emirates
Date3–4 December 2010
Cup
Champion England
Runner-up Samoa
Third New Zealand
Plate
Winner South Africa
Runner-up Australia
Bowl
Winner Argentina
Runner-up Zimbabwe
Shield
Winner Kenya
Runner-up France
2009
2011

This was the third edition of the Dubai Sevens to be held at The Sevens. Previous editions were held at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground.

This was the final tournament for the host Arabian Gulf team.[1] Following the tournament, the team and its governing body, the Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union, disbanded in order to facilitate a major reorganisation of the sport in the region. As announced by the International Rugby Board in 2009, the AGRFU is being replaced by new national governing bodies in each of the union's member countries.

Format

The tournament consisted of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progressed to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competed in cup semi-finals and the losers competed in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competed in bowl semi-finals and the losers competed in shield semi-finals.

Teams

All 16 teams from the 2009 Dubai Sevens were invited to participate in the 2010 tournament:[2]

Pool stages

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to the Cup Quarter Final

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Samoa 321010140618
 Wales 32108538478
 Kenya 31025062-125
 Arabian Gulf 300336132-963
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2010-12-03  Samoa 21 – 21  Wales
2010-12-03  Kenya 31 – 19  Arabian Gulf
2010-12-03  Samoa 54 – 12  Arabian Gulf
2010-12-03  Kenya 12 – 17  Wales
2010-12-03  Wales 47 – 5  Arabian Gulf
2010-12-03  Samoa 26 – 7  Kenya

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 New Zealand 330011426889
 United States 32015962-37
 Zimbabwe 310236101-655
 Argentina 30035272-203
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2010-12-03  New Zealand 31 – 7  United States
2010-12-03  Argentina 14 – 24  Zimbabwe
2010-12-03  New Zealand 59 – 0  Zimbabwe
2010-12-03  Argentina 19 – 24  United States
2010-12-03  United States 28 – 12  Zimbabwe
2010-12-03  New Zealand 24 – 19  Argentina

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Australia 33008847419
 South Africa 3111524846
 Scotland 31115970-116
 Russia 30033973-343
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2010-12-03  Australia 41 – 14  Scotland
2010-12-03  South Africa 19 – 10  Russia
2010-12-03  Australia 28 – 19  Russia
2010-12-03  South Africa 19 – 19  Scotland
2010-12-03  Scotland 26 – 10  Russia
2010-12-03  Australia 19 – 14  South Africa

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Fiji 32018738497
 England 32016247157
 Portugal 32014757-107
 France 30033185-543
Date Team 1 Score Team 2
2010-12-03  Fiji 31 – 7  Portugal
2010-12-03  England 24 – 12  France
2010-12-03  Fiji 35 – 5  France
2010-12-03  England 12 – 14  Portugal
2010-12-03  Portugal 26 – 14  France
2010-12-03  Fiji 21 – 26  England

Knockout

Shield

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Kenya 0
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Argentina 43
 
 Kenya 19
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Portugal 12
 
 Portugal 7
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Russia 10
 
 Kenya 26
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 France 0
 
 Scotland 28
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 France 22
 
 France 26
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Arabian Gulf 19
 
 Zimbabwe 24
 
 
 Arabian Gulf 14
 

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Kenya 0
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Argentina 43
 
 Argentina 31
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Russia 7
 
 Portugal 7
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Russia 10
 
 Argentina 21
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Zimbabwe 0
 
 Scotland 28
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 France 22
 
 Scotland 17
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Zimbabwe 28
 
 Zimbabwe 24
 
 
 Arabian Gulf 14
 

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Samoa 38
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 United States 5
 
 United States 10
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 South Africa 24
 
 Fiji 21
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 South Africa 19
 
 South Africa 19
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Australia 12
 
 Australia 21
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 England 24
 
 Australia 26
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Wales 12
 
 New Zealand 35
 
 
 Wales 7
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Samoa 38
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 United States 5
 
 Samoa 24
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Fiji 21
 
 Fiji 21
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 South Africa 19
 
 Samoa 21
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 England 29
 
 Australia 21
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 England 24
 
 England 19
 
December 4 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 New Zealand 14
 
 New Zealand 35
 
 
 Wales 7
 

References

  1. "Hurley to bid final home Sevens farewell" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  2. "Dubai Sevens Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
Preceded by
Edinburgh Sevens
Dubai Sevens
2010
Succeeded by
George Sevens
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