The Dubai Women's Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held in Dubai, UAE. The tournament includes several competitions including, since 1994, [1] an international women's invitational competition. Though most entrants are ad hoc sides composed of club and international players from a variety of (generally European) countries, some are official national selections - the results of matches between such sides appear below.
The first Dubai women's sevens competition was held in 1994, where it was won by Kuwait who defeated the Royal Hong Kong Police in the final. [2] Until the 2007 edition was held at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, in 2008 it moved to The Sevens, a new stadium built to host the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. [3] The 2009 competition took place between 3–5 December.
In 2011, a new competition was launched by International Rugby Board (IRB) - the IRB Women's Challenge Cup - as a first step towards a full schedule of IRB-sponsored women's sevens events for 2012–13 season. It featured eight official national teams. The traditional international women's invitational competition also took place on neighbouring pitches.
On 4 October 2012, the IRB announced the launch of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series for the 2012–13 season. The Dubai competition will be the first of four events in the inaugural season. [4]
No official national selections.
Played on 1 and 2 December 2007 at Dubai (Source Canada Union). Participants included Canada and USA, but there were no inter-national matches.
Date: 27–29 November 2008.
Group Games
Semi Final
Venue/Date: 4 December 2009, Dubai. As ever the status of some teams is debatable. Possible International match ups are:
Group Games
Classification Stages
Venue/Date: 2–3 December 2009, Dubai. As ever the status of some teams is debatable. Fixtures between what appear to be international teams are:
Group Games
2–3 December 2011
The first fully sanctioned IRB women's tournament (apart from the 2009 World Cup). Held alongside that year's Dubai Sevens and the normal Women's Invitational, with the semi-finals, the final and all of the Pool A games held on the main pitch. Part of a plan to launch a full IRB International Women's Sevens Series for 2012–13. Selection criteria were not revealed by the IRB, though the teams selected and the seedings roughly reflected the 2009 World Cup rankings - but with China and Brazil invited instead of Spain and France in order to give worldwide representation. Spain were later included when New Zealand declined their invitation to attend. [13]
POOL A
| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 21 |
| Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 19 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 31 |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 88 |
5th to 8th Place
7th Place
5th Place
POOL B
| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 34 |
| USA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 48 |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 58 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 68 |
Semi Finals
3rd Place
Final
This tournament, as usual, featured a mixture of national selections and international invitational teams. The official national teams were France and Kenya in Pool A, and Netherlands and "Maple Leafs" (the Canadian development team) in Pool B. Unofficial teams were Moscow Region and Tuks (South African universities) in Pool A, and Iron Ladies (Ukraine) and Team Globaleye (international team) in Pool B.
The following are the results of the games involving the official national selections (including the Maple Leafs, though their games are not internationals) - full results can be found here.
Pool games
Semi-finals
Final
Group A
Group B
Plate Semi Finals (5th-8th)
7th/8th Match
Plate final: 5th/6th Match
| Group C
Bowl Semi Finals (9th-12th)
11th/12th Match
Bowl final:9th/10th Match
Quarter-finals (1st-8th)
Cup Semi Finals (1st-4th)
3rd/4th place
Cup Final: 1st/2nd place
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Semi-finals
Final
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Group A
Group B
Plate Semi Finals (5th-8th)
7th/8th Match
Plate final: 5th/6th Match
| Group C
Bowl Semi Finals (9th-12th)
11th/12th Match
Bowl final:9th/10th Match
Quarter-finals (1st-8th)
Cup Semi Finals (1st-4th)
3rd/4th place
Cup Final: 1st/2nd place
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Group A
Bowl final (9th-10th)
Plate Semi Finals (5th-8th)
Plate final: 5th/6th Match
| Group C
Cup Semi Finals (1st-4th)
Cup Final: 1st/2nd place
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Group A
Group B
Plate Semi Finals (5th-8th)
7th/8th Match
Plate final: 5th/6th Match
| Group C
Bowl Semi Finals (9th-12th)
11th/12th Match
Bowl final:9th/10th Match
Quarter-finals (1st-8th)
Cup Semi Finals (1st-4th)
3rd/4th place
Cup Final: 1st/2nd place
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Group A
Group B
Bowl semi-finals (9th-12th)
Bowl final: 9th/10th Match
| Group C
Cup Quarter Finals (1st-8th)
Plate Semi Finals (1st-4th)
7th/8th place
Plate Final: 5th/6th place
Cup Semi Finals (1st-4th)
3rd/4th place
Cup Final: 1st/2nd place
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