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 nation |  United Arab Emirates |
| Date | 1–2 December 2016 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| Third |  Russia |
| Challenge | |
| Winner |  Ireland |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
← 2015 2017 → | |
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
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
The participating teams include:[6]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Pool B
| 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 |
Knockout stage
Challenge Trophy
| Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | |||||
| 2 December 2016 – 11:52 – Dubai | ||||||
 Spain | 22 | |||||
| 2 December 2016 – 16:25 – Dubai | ||||||
 Brazil | 7 | |||||
| Spain | 12 | |||||
| 2 December 2016 – 12:14 Dubai | ||||||
| Ireland | 14 | |||||
| United States | 5 | |||||
| Ireland | 28 | |||||
| 11th Place | ||||||
| 4 December 2016 – 15:02 – Dubai | ||||||
| Brazil | 17 | |||||
| United States | 26 | |||||
5th place
| Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | |||||
| 2 December 2016 – 12:36 – Dubai | ||||||
| South Africa | 12 | |||||
| 2 December 2016 – 15:46 – Dubai | ||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 19 | |||||
| Canada | 14 | |||||
| 2 December 2016 – 12:58 – Dubai | ||||||
| Fiji | 17 | |||||
| Fiji | 31 | |||||
| France | 12 | |||||
| 7th Place | ||||||
| 2 December 2016 – 15:24 – Dubai | ||||||
| South Africa | 5 | |||||
| France | 31 | |||||
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| 2 December 2016 – 09:00 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 39 | |||||||||
| 2 December 2016 – 13:28 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 2 December 2016 – 09:22 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| Russia | 5 | |||||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||||||
| 2 December 2016 – 17:15 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| Russia | 17 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 17 | |||||||||
| 2 December 2016 – 09:44 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| Australia | 5 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 17 | |||||||||
| 2 December 2016 – 13:50 – Dubai | ||||||||||
 England | 19 | |||||||||
| England | 10 | |||||||||
| 2 December 2016 – 10:06 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| Australia | 31 | Bronze Medal Match | ||||||||
| Australia | 42 | |||||||||
| 2 December 2016 – 16:50 – Dubai | ||||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
| Russia | 17 | |||||||||
| England | 14 | |||||||||
Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | France | 8 |
| 8 | South Africa | 6 |
| 9 | Ireland | 4 |
| 10 | Spain | 3 |
| 11 | United States | 2 |
| 12 | Brazil | 1 |
References
- "Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens". Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- "Aussie women's team to play world series event at Sydney 7s". ABC News. 26 August 2016.
- "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.
- "Women's Dubai match schedule announced - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series".
- "World Rugby Women's Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- "World Rugby Women's Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 23 April 2023.