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2016 Dubai Women's Sevens

The 2016 Dubai Women's Sevens was the opening tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[1] It was held on 1–2 December 2016 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, and was the 5th edition of the Women's Dubai Sevens as part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[2][3][4] The defending champions Australia started their first game against the invited South Africans. The opening game of the Dubai tournament matched Spain up against England.[5]

2016 Dubai Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series V
Host nationUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Date1–2 December 2016
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Third Russia
Challenge
Winner Ireland
Tournament details
Matches played34
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Bill Beaumont, the World Rugby Chairman, said: "With the excitement of the Olympic Games still fresh in people's memories, anticipation has never been higher ahead of a new HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series season kicking off".

Format edit

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 edit

The participating teams include:[6]

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
  Australia 3 3 0 0 77 22 +55 9
  Russia 3 1 0 2 36 46 –10 5
  South Africa 3 1 0 2 45 64 –19 5
  United States 3 1 0 2 29 55 –26 5
1 December 2016
13:28
United States  12–10  Russia
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
13:50
Australia  38–5  South Africa
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
16:24
United States  7–26  South Africa
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
16:46
Australia  20–7  Russia
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
19:21
Russia  19–14  South Africa
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
19:43
Australia  19–10  United States
The Sevens, Dubai

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 77 15 +62 9
  Fiji 3 1 1 1 48 50 –2 6
  France 3 1 0 2 38 66 –28 5
  Ireland 3 0 1 2 36 68 –32 4
1 December 2016
12:44
France  14–21  Fiji
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
13:06
New Zealand  27–5  Ireland
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
15:40
France  24–14  Ireland
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
16:02
New Zealand  19–10  Fiji
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
18:37
Fiji  17–17  Ireland
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
18:59
New Zealand  31–0  France
The Sevens, Dubai

Pool C edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Canada 3 3 0 0 77 38 +39 9
  England 3 2 0 1 71 38 +33 7
  Spain 3 1 0 2 35 63 –28 5
  Brazil 3 0 0 3 31 75 –44 3
1 December 2016
12:00
England  31–7  Spain
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
12:22
Canada  26–19  Brazil
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
14:56
England  28–7  Brazil
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
15:18
Canada  27–7  Spain
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
17:53
Spain  21–5  Brazil
The Sevens, Dubai
1 December 2016
18:15
Canada  24–12  England
The Sevens, Dubai

Knockout stage edit

Challenge Trophy edit

 
Semi-finalsChallenge Trophy Final
 
      
 
2 December 2016 – 11:52 – Dubai
 
 
  Spain22
 
2 December 2016 – 16:25 – Dubai
 
  Brazil7
 
  Spain12
 
2 December 2016 – 12:14 Dubai
 
  Ireland14
 
  United States5
 
 
  Ireland28
 
11th Place
 
 
4 December 2016 – 15:02 – Dubai
 
 
  Brazil17
 
 
  United States26

5th place edit

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
2 December 2016 – 12:36 – Dubai
 
 
  South Africa12
 
2 December 2016 – 15:46 – Dubai
 
  Canada19
 
  Canada14
 
2 December 2016 – 12:58 – Dubai
 
  Fiji17
 
  Fiji31
 
 
  France12
 
7th Place
 
 
2 December 2016 – 15:24 – Dubai
 
 
  South Africa5
 
 
  France31

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
2 December 2016 – 09:00 – Dubai
 
 
  New Zealand39
 
2 December 2016 – 13:28 – Dubai
 
  South Africa0
 
  New Zealand24
 
2 December 2016 – 09:22 – Dubai
 
  Russia5
 
  Canada7
 
2 December 2016 – 17:15 – Dubai
 
  Russia17
 
  New Zealand17
 
2 December 2016 – 09:44 – Dubai
 
  Australia5
 
  Fiji17
 
2 December 2016 – 13:50 – Dubai
 
  England19
 
  England10
 
2 December 2016 – 10:06 – Dubai
 
  Australia31 Bronze Medal Match
 
  Australia42
 
2 December 2016 – 16:50 – Dubai
 
  France0
 
  Russia17
 
 
  England14
 

Tournament placings edit

Place  Team Points
    New Zealand 20
    Australia 18
    Russia 16
4   England 14
5   Fiji 12
6   Canada 10
Place  Team Points
7   France 8
8   South Africa 6
9   Ireland 4
10   Spain 3
11   United States 2
12   Brazil 1

Source: [1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens". Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Aussie women's team to play world series event at Sydney 7s". ABC News. 26 August 2016.
  3. ^ "News: Sydney added to become host of Women's World Sevens Series as schedule is announced - Ultimate Rugby Sevens - UR7s". Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Women's Dubai match schedule announced - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series".
  5. ^ "World Rugby Women's Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  6. ^ "World Rugby Women's Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
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