The 2019 Dubai Women's Sevens will be a tournament held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 5–7 December 2019. It will be the ninth edition of the Dubai Women's Sevens and will also be the second tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
| 2019 Dubai Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series VIII | |
| Host nation |  United Arab Emirates |
| Date | 5–7 December 2019 |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
← 2018 | |
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 Challenge Trophy.
Teams
editTwelve teams will compete in the tournament with eleven being the core teams that compete throughout the entire season. The invited team for this tournament is Japan who was invited after last competing in the previous round.[1]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 31 | 65 | 9 |
 Canada
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 53 | 24 | 7 |
 Russia
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 64 | -9 | 5 |
 Brazil
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 94 | -80 | 3 |
Pool B
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 10 | 104 | 9 |
 Fiji
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 69 | -22 | 6 |
 Spain
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 67 | -31 | 6 |
 Ireland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 78 | -51 | 3 |
Pool C
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 France
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 21 | 48 | 9 |
 New Zealand
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 31 | 71 | 7 |
 England
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 83 | -40 | 5 |
 Japan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 100 | -79 | 3 |
Placement matches
editEleventh place
editNinth place
editKnockout stage
editCup
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| 7 December – The Sevens Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 21 | |||||||||
| 7 December – The Sevens Stadium | ||||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia | 12 | |||||||||
| 7 December – The Sevens Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 26 | |||||||||
| France | 7 | |||||||||
| 7 December – The Sevens Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 19 | |||||||||
| Canada | 14 | |||||||||
| 7 December – The Sevens Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 17 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 10 | |||||||||
| 7 December – The Sevens Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 7 December – The Sevens Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 7 | Third place | ||||||||
| United States | 28 | |||||||||
| 7 December – The Sevens Stadium | ||||||||||
| Russia | 7 | |||||||||
| Australia | 7 | |||||||||
| United States | 24 | |||||||||
| Matches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
3rd place
Cup Final
|
Tournament placings
edit| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
|
New Zealand |
20 |
|
Canada |
18 |
|
United States |
16 |
| 4 | Australia |
14 |
| 5 | France |
12 |
| 6 | Russia |
10 |
Source: World Rugby
See also
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Pools and match schedule announced for Dubai Sevens". World Rugby. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.