2022 Dubai Sevens
The 2022 Dubai Sevens was the second tournament within the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series and was the 22nd international edition and the 52nd overall of the Dubai Sevens since it began in 1970. It was held on 3–4 December 2022 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
| 2022 Dubai Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XXIV | |
| Host nation | United Arab Emirates |
| Date | 3–4 December 2022 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  South Africa |
| Runner-up |  Ireland |
| Third |  New Zealand |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 45 |
← 2021 2023 → | |
Format
The twelve teams at each tournament were drawn into three pools of four teams. A round-robin was held for each pool, where each team played the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed on comparative pool standings, advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for tournament honours. The other teams from each pool went to the challenge playoffs for ninth to twelfth place.
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 | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
 Great Britain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
 Kenya |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | –15 | 5 |
Placement matches
Thirteenth place
| Semi-finals | Thirteenth place | |||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||
 Uganda | 0 | |||||
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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 29 | |||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||
 Spain | 38 | |||||
| Spain | 28 | |||||
 Japan | 0 | |||||
Ninth place
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
 Fiji | 29 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Uganda | 14 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 21 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 17 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 47 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
 Uruguay | 0 | |||||||||
| Spain | 12 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Uruguay | 24 | |||||||||
| Uruguay | 26 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | 7 | |||||||||
| Great Britain | 45 | |||||||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||||||
Cup
Fifth place
| Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||
 Argentina | 28 | |||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||
| Australia | 15 | |||||
| Argentina | 12 | |||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||
 France | 19 | |||||
| France | 24 | |||||
 Samoa | 17 | |||||
Cup playoffs
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 14 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Ireland | 19 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 12 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
 United States | 7 | |||||||||
| United States | 24 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 5 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 21 | |||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 20 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 26 | 3rd place final | ||||||||
| South Africa | 24 | |||||||||
| 3 December – The Sevens | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 19 | |||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 31 | |||||||||
Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
 |
South Africa | 22 |
 |
Ireland | 19 |
 |
New Zealand | 17 |
| 4 | United States | 15 |
| 5 | France | 13 |
| 6 | Argentina | 12 |
| 7 | Australia | 10 |
| Samoa | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fiji | 8 |
| 10 | Uruguay | 7 |
| 11 | Great Britain | 5 |
| Kenya | 5 | |
| 13 | Spain | 3 |
| 14 | Canada | 2 |
| 15 | Japan | 1 |
| Uganda | 1 |
Source: World Rugby
Players
| Forwards | Backs |
|---|---|
| Ricardo Duarttee Branco du Preez Siviwe Soyizwapi |
Perry Baker Harry McNulty Mark Roche Akuila Rokolisoa |
See also
- 2022 Dubai Women's Sevens
- World Rugby Sevens Series
- 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series
References
- worldrugby.org. "Pools for Dubai - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- "Blitzboks headline Dubai Sevens Dream Team". MSN. Retrieved 2022-12-10.