2015 Dubai Women's Sevens
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2015) |
| 2015 Dubai Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series IV | |
| Host nation |  United Arab Emirates |
| Date | 3-4 December 2015 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Australia |
| Runner-up |  Russia |
| Third |  England |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up |  Canada |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Japan |
| Runner-up |  Brazil |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
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The 2015 Women's Dubai Sevens is the opening tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It is to be held the 3–4 December 2015 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, and is the fourth edition of the Women's Dubai Sevens as part of the 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 Bowl.
Teams
The participating teams and schedule were announced on 15 October 2014.[1]
Pool stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 24 | +71 | 9 |
| New Zealand
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 7 |
 France
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 5 |
| Brazil
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 102 | -92 | 3 |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fiji
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 9 |
| Canada
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 7 |
 Ireland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 49 | -20 | 5 |
 United States
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 71 | -42 | 3 |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 14 | +79 | 9 |
| England
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 7 |
 Spain
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 52 | -12 | 5 |
| Japan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 104 | -92 | 3 |
Knockout stage
Bowl
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 4 December 2015 – 11:52 – Dubai | ||||||
| Ireland | 7 | |||||
| 4 December 2015 – 15:04 – Dubai | ||||||
| Brazil | 29 | |||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||
| 4 December 2015 – 12:14 – Dubai | ||||||
| Japan | 13 | |||||
| United States | 14 | |||||
| Japan | 15 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 14:42 – Dubai | ||||||
| Ireland | 24 | |||||
| United States | 31 | |||||
Plate
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 09:00 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| Russia | 24 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 12:36 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| Spain | 12 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 10:06 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| Canada | 21 | |||||||||
| Canada | 12 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 16:35 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| England | 17 | |||||||||
| Canada | 19 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 09:44 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| Australia | 15 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 12:58 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 33 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 09:22 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 12 | Third place | ||||||||
| Fiji | 12 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 15:32 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
| Spain | 14 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 31 | |||||||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 09:00 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| Russia | 24 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 13:28 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| Russia | 19 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 10:06 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| England | 12 | |||||||||
| Canada | 12 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 17:28 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| England | 17 | |||||||||
| Russia | 12 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 09:44 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| Australia | 31 | |||||||||
| Australia | 15 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 13:50 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||
| Australia | 26 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 09:22 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| France | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Fiji | 12 | |||||||||
| 4 December 2015 – 17:03 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| France | 19 | |||||||||
| England | 10 | |||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Women's Sevens Series News". worldrugby.org. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.