2016 Dubai Women's Sevens Explained

Series:	Women's Sevens Series V
Countries:	United Arab Emirates
Date:	1–2 December 2016
Trophy2:	Challenge
Matches:	34
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017

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]

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

Pool A

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	77	22	+55	9
	3	1	0	2	36	46	–10	5
	3	1	0	2	45	64	–19	5
	3	1	0	2	29	55	–26	5

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Pool B

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	77	15	+62	9
	3	1	1	1	48	50	–2	6
	3	1	0	2	38	66	–28	5
	3	0	1	2	36	68	–32	4

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Pool C

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	77	38	+39	9
	3	2	0	1	71	38	+33	7
	3	1	0	2	35	63	–28	5
	3	0	0	3	31	75	–44	3

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Knockout stage

Cup

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
		20
		18
		16
4		14
5		12
6		10

Place	Team	Points
7		8
8		6
9		4
10		3
11		2
12		1

Source: http://www.worldrugby.org/womens-sevens-series/standings

See also

• World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• World Rugby

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens. Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens. 23 April 2023.
2. News: Aussie women's team to play world series event at Sydney 7s. ABC News. 26 August 2016.
3. Web site: News: Sydney added to become host of Women's World Sevens Series as schedule is announced - Ultimate Rugby Sevens - UR7s . 2016-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161028083419/http://ur7s.com/news/sydney-added-to-become-host-of-womens-world-sevens-series-as-schedule-is-announced . 2016-10-28 . dead .
4. Web site: Women's Dubai match schedule announced - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
5. Web site: World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series. www.world.rugby. 23 April 2023.
6. Web site: World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series. www.world.rugby. 23 April 2023.