2017 Dubai Women's Sevens Explained
The 2017 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was on 30 November to 1 December at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[1]
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 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
Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the winner of the 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens, South Africa:[2]
Pool stage
All times in UAE Standard Time
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 |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 21 | +92 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 79 | –29 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 88 | –68 | 3 | |
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 |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 19 | +61 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 53 | –5 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 89 | –75 | 3 | |
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 |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 14 | +67 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 60 | –33 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 70 | –39 | 3 | |
Knockout round
Cup
Tournament placings
Place | Team | Points |
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| | 20 |
| | 18 |
| | 16 |
4 | | 14 |
5 | | 12 |
6 | | 10 |
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Place | Team | Points |
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7 | | 8 |
8 | | 6 |
9 | | 4 |
10 | | 3 |
11 | | 2 |
12 | | 1 |
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Source: World RugbyPlayers
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored |
Rank | Player | Tries |
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align=center | 1 | | align=center | 9 |
align=center | 2 | | align=center | 7 |
align=center | | | align=center | 7 |
align=center | | | align=center | 7 |
align=center | | | align=center | 7 |
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+Points scored |
Rank | Player | Points |
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align=center | 1 | | align=center | 45 |
align=center | 2 | | align=center | 35 |
align=center | | | align=center | 35 |
align=center | | | align=center | 35 |
align=center | | | align=center | 35 |
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Source:
World RugbyDream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Sevens Series 2018 to finish in Paris as women's dates confirmed. World Rugby. 29 September 2017. 13 October 2017.
- Web site: Draw made for first round of the Sevens Series in Dubai. World Rugby. 12 October 2017. 12 October 2017.
- Web site: Women's Dream Team: Dubai. World Rugby. 2 December 2017. 13 March 2018.