2019 Dubai Women's Sevens Explained

Series:Women's Sevens Series VIII
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Date:5–7 December 2019
Matches:34
Prevseason:2018

The 2019 Dubai Women's Sevens will be an tournament held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 5–7 December 2019. It will be the ninth edition of the Dubai Women's Sevens and will also be the second tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

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

Twelve teams will compete in the tournament with eleven being the core teams that compete throughout the entire season. The invited team for this tournament is Japan who was invited after last competing in the previous round.[1]

Pool stage

Pool A

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33009631659
32017753247
31025564-95
30031494-803

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Pool B

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3300114101049
31114769-226
31113667-316
30032778-513

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Pool C

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320110231717
31024383-405
300321100-793

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Placement matches

Ninth place

Knockout stage

Cup

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
20
18
16
414
512
610
PlaceTeamPoints
78
86
94
103
112
121
Source: World Rugby

See also

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pools and match schedule announced for Dubai Sevens. 17 December 2019. 26 November 2019. World Rugby.