2016 Dubai Women's Sevens

The 2016 Dubai Women's Sevens was the opening tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[1] It was held on 1–2 December 2016 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, and was the 5th edition of the Women's Dubai Sevens as part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[2][3][4] The defending champions Australia started their first game against the invited South Africans. The opening game of the Dubai tournament matched Spain up against England.[5]

2016 Dubai Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series V
Host nation United Arab Emirates
Date1–2 December 2016
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Third Russia
Challenge
Winner Ireland
Tournament details
Matches played34
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Bill Beaumont, the World Rugby Chairman, said: "With the excitement of the Olympic Games still fresh in people's memories, anticipation has never been higher ahead of a new HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series season kicking off".

Format

The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

Teams

The participating teams include:[6]

Pool stage
Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33007722+559
 Russia 31023646–105
 South Africa 31024564–195
 United States 31022955–265
1 December 2016
13:28
United States  12–10  Russia
1 December 2016
13:50
Australia  38–5  South Africa
1 December 2016
16:24
United States  7–26  South Africa
1 December 2016
16:46
Australia  20–7  Russia
1 December 2016
19:21
Russia  19–14  South Africa
1 December 2016
19:43
Australia  19–10  United States

Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33007715+629
 Fiji 31114850–26
 France 31023866–285
 Ireland 30123668–324
1 December 2016
12:44
France  14–21  Fiji
1 December 2016
13:06
New Zealand  27–5  Ireland
1 December 2016
15:40
France  24–14  Ireland
1 December 2016
16:02
New Zealand  19–10  Fiji
1 December 2016
18:37
Fiji  17–17  Ireland
1 December 2016
18:59
New Zealand  31–0  France

Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 33007738+399
 England 32017138+337
 Spain 31023563–285
 Brazil 30033175–443
1 December 2016
12:00
England  31–7  Spain
1 December 2016
12:22
Canada  26–19  Brazil
1 December 2016
14:56
England  28–7  Brazil
1 December 2016
15:18
Canada  27–7  Spain
1 December 2016
17:53
Spain  21–5  Brazil
1 December 2016
18:15
Canada  24–12  England

Knockout stage

Challenge Trophy
 
Semi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
      
 
2 December 2016 – 11:52 – Dubai
 
 
 Spain22
 
2 December 2016 – 16:25 – Dubai
 
 Brazil7
 
 Spain12
 
2 December 2016 – 12:14 Dubai
 
 Ireland14
 
 United States5
 
 
 Ireland28
 
11th Place
 
 
4 December 2016 – 15:02 – Dubai
 
 
 Brazil17
 
 
 United States26

5th place
 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
2 December 2016 – 12:36 – Dubai
 
 
 South Africa12
 
2 December 2016 – 15:46 – Dubai
 
 Canada19
 
 Canada14
 
2 December 2016 – 12:58 – Dubai
 
 Fiji17
 
 Fiji31
 
 
 France12
 
7th Place
 
 
2 December 2016 – 15:24 – Dubai
 
 
 South Africa5
 
 
 France31

Cup
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
2 December 2016 – 09:00 – Dubai
 
 
 New Zealand39
 
2 December 2016 – 13:28 – Dubai
 
 South Africa0
 
 New Zealand24
 
2 December 2016 – 09:22 – Dubai
 
 Russia5
 
 Canada7
 
2 December 2016 – 17:15 – Dubai
 
 Russia17
 
 New Zealand17
 
2 December 2016 – 09:44 – Dubai
 
 Australia5
 
 Fiji17
 
2 December 2016 – 13:50 – Dubai
 
 England19
 
 England10
 
2 December 2016 – 10:06 – Dubai
 
 Australia31 Bronze Medal Match
 
 Australia42
 
2 December 2016 – 16:50 – Dubai
 
 France0
 
 Russia17
 
 
 England14
 

Tournament placings
Place  Team Points
 New Zealand20
 Australia18
 Russia16
4  England14
5  Fiji12
6  Canada10
Place  Team Points
7  France8
8  South Africa6
9  Ireland4
10  Spain3
11  United States2
12  Brazil1

Source:

See also

References

  1. https://dubairugby7s.com/
  2. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-26/aussie-womens-team-to-play-world-series-event-at-sydney-7s/7788252
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-10-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/news/194514
  5. http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/stage/1719/fixtures
  6. http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/stage/1719/pools
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