The 2015 Women's Dubai Sevens was the opening tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held on 3–4 December 2015 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai,[1] and was the fourth edition of the Women's Dubai Sevens as part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[2]
| 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 |
← 2014 2016 → | |
Format
editThe 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
editThe participating teams and schedule were announced on 15 October 2014.[3]
Pool stage
edit| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
editBowl
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams watches sister Niall debut in Dubai Women's Sevens". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2015-12-04. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ Strang, Ben (28 January 2017). "A few magic moves could revive the Wellington Sevens as a 'must attend' event". Stuff. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Women's Sevens Series News". worldrugby.org. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.