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.
Format The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Every team played each of the other three 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:
Pool stage All times in UAE Standard Time (UTC+4:00)
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33009515+80932016377–14731023774–37530034170–293
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33007112+59932015064–14731023566–31530033852–143
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33009733+649320110433+71731024364–215300312126–1143
Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33006743+24932016050+10731025357–4530034070–303
Knockout stage
13th place
MatchesSemi-finals
13th Place Final
Challenge Trophy
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
Challenge Trophy Final
5th place
MatchesSemi-finals
5th Place Final
Cup
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal Match
Cup Final
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 22 19 17 4 15 5 13 6 12 7 10 10
PlaceTeam Points 9 810 7 11 5 513 314 2 15 1 1
Source: World Rugby
Players
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Dan Norton 8 Darcy Graham 8 Solomon Okia 8 4 Seabelo Senatla 7 Tomi Lewis 7
+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Dan Norton 40 2 Darcy Graham 40 3 Solomon Okia 40 Tom Mitchell 37 5 Seabelo Senatla 35
Source: World Rugby
Dream Team The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
Forwards Backs Alamanda Motuga James Rodwell Kwagga Smith Seabelo Senatla Darcy Graham Cecil Afrika Joe Ravouvou
See also 2017 Dubai Women's Sevens
References