| Series: | Sevens World Series XVIII |
| Countries: | United Arab Emirates |
| Date: | 2–3 December 2016 |
| Trophy1: | Cup |
| Trophy2: | Challenge |
| Matches: | 45 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 2–3 December 2016 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other three in its pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy bracket.[1]
Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the winner of the 2016 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda:[2] [3]
| width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 50 | +22 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 78 | –40 | 3 |
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| width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 22 | +64 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 110 | –89 | 3 |
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| width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 26 | +57 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 60 | –15 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 81 | –54 | 3 |
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| width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 26 | +38 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 48 | –5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 71 | –50 | 3 |
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| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | ||
| 19 | ||
| 17 | ||
| 4 | 15 | |
| 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | 12 | |
| 7 | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 8 | |
| 10 | 7 | |
| 11 | 5 | |
| 5 | ||
| 13 | 3 | |
| 14 | 2 | |
| 15 | 1 | |
| 1 |