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2016 Dubai Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nationUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Date2–3 December 2016
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Fiji
Third England
Challenge
Winner United States
Tournament details
Matches played45
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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.

Format

The teams are drawn into four 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 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]

Teams

Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the winner of the 2016 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda:[2][3]

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
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 72 50 +22 9
 Wales 3 2 0 1 64 48 +16 7
 Argentina 3 1 0 2 59 57 +2 5
 Canada 3 0 0 3 38 78 –40 3
2 December 2016
10:30
Argentina 19–21 Wales
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2 December 2016
10:52
Fiji 26–19 Canada
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2 December 2016
14:14
Argentina 21–14 Canada
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2 December 2016
14:36
Fiji 24–12 Wales
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2 December 2016
19:31
Wales 31–5 Canada
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2 December 2016
19:53
Fiji 22–19 Argentina
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Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 86 22 +64 9
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 54 40 +14 7
 United States 3 1 0 2 51 40 +11 5
 Uganda 3 0 0 3 21 110 –89 3
2 December 2016
09:44
United States 5–14 Scotland
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2 December 2016
10:06
South Africa 46–0 Uganda
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2 December 2016
12:44
United States 29–7 Uganda
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2 December 2016
13:06
South Africa 21–5 Scotland
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2 December 2016
18:44
Scotland 35–14 Uganda
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2 December 2016
19:06
South Africa 19–17 United States
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Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 3 3 0 0 83 26 +57 9
 New Zealand 3 2 0 1 64 52 +12 7
 Samoa 3 1 0 2 45 60 –15 5
 Russia 3 0 0 3 27 81 –54 3
2 December 2016
11:14
England 19–7 Samoa
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2 December 2016
11:36
New Zealand 26–5 Russia
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2 December 2016
14:58
England 38–7 Russia
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2 December 2016
15:20
New Zealand 26–21 Samoa
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2 December 2016
20:15
Samoa 17–15 Russia
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2 December 2016
20:37
New Zealand 12–26 England
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Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 64 26 +38 9
 France 3 2 0 1 59 42 +17 7
 Kenya 3 1 0 2 43 48 –5 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 21 71 –50 3
2 December 2016
09:00
Kenya 14–24 France
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2 December 2016
09:22
Australia 19–14 Japan
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2 December 2016
12:00
Kenya 17–7 Japan
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2 December 2016
12:22
Australia 28–0 France
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2 December 2016
18:00
France 35–0 Japan
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2 December 2016
18:22
Australia 17–12 Kenya
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Knockout stage

13th place

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
3 December 2016 – 13:38 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Japan19
 
3 December 2016 – 17:57 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Uganda26
 
 Uganda17
 
3 December 2016 – 14:00 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Canada20
 
 Canada27
 
 
 Russia5
 

Challenge trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
          
 
3 December 2016 – 09:30 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Argentina31
 
3 December 2016 – 14:22 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Japan14
 
 Argentina10
 
3 December 2016 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Samoa12
 
 Samoa27
 
3 December 2016 – 18:19 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Uganda19
 
 Samoa14
 
3 December 2016 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 United States28
 
 Kenya22
 
3 December 2016 – 14:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Canada14
 
 Kenya19
 
3 December 2016 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 United States21
 
 United States40
 
 
 Russia0
 

5th place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
3 December 2016 – 15:27 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 France17
 
3 December 2016 – 18:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Scotland26
 
 Scotland12
 
3 December 2016 – 16:19 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Australia19
 
 Australia20
 
 
 New Zealand12
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
3 December 2016 – 11:00 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Fiji40
 
3 December 2016 – 16:41 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 France5
 
 Fiji31
 
3 December 2016 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 England12
 
 England24
 
3 December 2016 – 19:33 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Scotland21
 
 Fiji14
 
3 December 2016 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 South Africa26
 
 Australia12
 
3 December 2016 – 17:03 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Wales21
 
 Wales5
 
3 December 2016 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 South Africa36 Bronze Medal Match
 
 South Africa40
 
3 December 2016 – 19:08 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 New Zealand0
 
 England38
 
 
 Wales10
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Africa 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Fiji 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England 17
4  Wales 15
5  Australia 13
6  Scotland 12
7  France 10
 New Zealand 10
Place  Team Points
9  United States 8
10  Samoa 7
11  Kenya 5
 Argentina 5
13  Canada 3
14  Uganda 2
15  Japan 1
 Russia 1

Source: World Rugby (archived)

References

  1. ^ http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/195249
  2. ^ http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/194340, Uganda set for Dubai after African win
  3. ^ http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/193845 Olympic heroes set for Dubai opener


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