| Countries: | United Arab Emirates |
| Date: | 30 November – 1 December 2012 |
| Matches: | 45 |
| Tries: | 217 |
| Top Point Scorer: |  Nathan Hirayama(51 points) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Dan Norton Collins Injera Kurt BakerPaul Perez (6 tries) |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 Dubai Sevens was held on 30 November and 1 December 2012 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and the second stop of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series.
Samoa defeated New Zealand 26–15 in the final to win the title.[1]
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.
| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=25 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 3 |
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| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=25 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 28 | +34 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 70 | −41 | 3 |
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| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=25 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 5 |
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| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=25 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 35 | +39 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 3 |
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