The

Dubai Sevens The Dubai 7s is an annual rugby sevens and social event held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, UAE. Founded in 1970, the event is the longest running sports event in the Middle East. Events The Dubai 7s has six competitions each year: * World ...

is played annually as part of the

IRB Sevens World Series The SVNS, known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons, is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World ...

for international

rugby sevens Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ...

(seven-a-side version of

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

). The 2006 competition, which took place on December 1 and 2 at the Dubai Exiles ground, was the first Cup trophy in the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series circuit.

Teams

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Pool stages

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Finals

Shield

Bowl

Plate

Cup

Round 1 table

External links

Dubai Rugby 7s
* * on irbsevens.com
Dubai Sevens Profile on UR7s.com
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2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series 2006 in Emirati sport 2006 in Asian rugby union