2017 Dubai Sevens

The 2017 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 1–2 December 2017 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[1]

2017 Dubai Sevens
Sevens World Series XIX
Host nation United Arab Emirates
Date1–2 December 2017
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up New Zealand
Third England
Challenge Trophy
Winner France
Tournament details
Matches played45
Tries scored266 (average 5.911 per match)
Top point scorer Darcy Graham (40)
Dan Norton (40)
Solomon Okia (40)
Top try scorer Darcy Graham (8)
Dan Norton (8)
Solomon Okia (8)
2016
2018

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.

Teams

Fifteen core teams participate in the tournament along with one invited team, Uganda, the winner of the 2017 Africa Cup Sevens:[2]

Pool stage

All times in UAE Standard Time (UTC+4:00)

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 33009515+809
 Kenya 32016377–147
 Canada 31023774–375
 Uganda 30034170–293

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 33007112+599
 Scotland 32015064–147
 Spain 31023566–315
 France 30033852–143

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 33009733+649
 Australia 320110433+717
 Wales 31024364–215
 Russia 300312126–1143

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33006743+249
 Samoa 32016050+107
 Argentina 31025357–45
 United States 30034070–303

Knockout stage

13th place

 
Semi-finals13th Place Final
 
      
 
2 December 2017 – 13:38 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 United States21
 
2 December 2017 – 17:57 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Wales31
 
 Wales26
 
2 December 2017 – 14:00 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Uganda7
 
 Uganda17 (a.e.t.)
 
 
 Russia12
 

Challenge Trophy

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsChallenge Throphy Final
 
          
 
2 December 2017 – 09:30 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Canada10 (a.e.t.)
 
2 December 2017 – 14:22 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 United States5
 
 Canada21
 
2 December 2017 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 France28
 
 Wales17
 
2 December 2017 – 18:19 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 France24
 
 France21
 
2 December 2017 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Spain12
 
 Argentina26
 
2 December 2017 – 14:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Uganda7
 
 Argentina12
 
2 December 2017 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Spain14
 
 Spain31
 
 
 Russia0
 

5th place

 
Semi-finals5th Place Final
 
      
 
2 December 2017 – 15:35 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Samoa27 (a.e.t.)
 
2 December 2017 – 18:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Scotland22
 
 Samoa17
 
2 December 2017 – 15:57 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Australia22
 
 Kenya12
 
 
 Australia19
 

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
 
          
 
2 December 2017 – 11:00 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 South Africa26
 
2 December 2017 – 16:19 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Samoa10
 
 South Africa12
 
2 December 2017 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Fiji7
 
 Fiji35
 
2 December 2017 – 19:33 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Scotland24
 
 South Africa24
 
2 December 2017 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 New Zealand12
 
 New Zealand14
 
2 December 2017 – 16:41 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Kenya12
 
 New Zealand14
 
2 December 2017 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 England5 Bronze Medal Match
 
 England26
 
2 December 2017 – 19:08 – The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Australia19
 
 Fiji21
 
 
 England28
 

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
 South Africa22
 New Zealand19
 England17
4  Fiji15
5  Australia13
6  Samoa12
7  Kenya10
 Scotland10
Place  Team Points
9  France8
10  Spain7
11  Canada5
 Argentina5
13  Wales3
14  Uganda2
15  Russia1
 United States1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1 Dan Norton8
Darcy Graham8
Solomon Okia8
4 Seabelo Senatla7
Tomi Lewis7
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1 Dan Norton40
2 Darcy Graham40
3 Solomon Okia40
Tom Mitchell37
5 Seabelo Senatla35

Source: World Rugby

Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]

ForwardsBacks
Alamanda Motuga
James Rodwell
Kwagga Smith
Seabelo Senatla
Darcy Graham
Cecil Afrika
Joe Ravouvou

See also

References

  1. "About the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". World Rugby. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. "Draw made for first round of the Sevens Series in Dubai". World Rugby. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. "Seven players make Dubai Dream Team". World Rugby. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
World Sevens Series XIX
Preceded by
None (first event)
2017 Dubai Sevens Succeeded by
2017 South Africa Sevens
Dubai Sevens
Preceded by
2016 Dubai Sevens
2017 Dubai Sevens Succeeded by
2018 Dubai Sevens
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