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:
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is played annually as part of the
IRB Sevens World Series
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for international
rugby sevens
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(seven-a-side version of
rugby union
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). The 2009 competition was held on December 4 and 5 at
The Sevens. It was the first of eight events in the
2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series
The 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series was the eleventh of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board since 1999–2000. Samoa won the IRB Sevens World Series crown for their fir ...
.
New Zealand
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won the tournament with a 24–12 victory over
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
in the final.
This was the second edition of the Dubai Sevens to be held at The Sevens. Previous editions were held at the
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
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.
Format
The tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.
Teams
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Pool stages
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Knockout
Shield
Bowl
Plate
Cup
Statistics
Individual points
Individual tries
Notes and references
External links
IRB Sevenson irb.com
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2009
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2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series
2009 in Emirati sport
2009 in Asian rugby union