2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Dubai
In the first event of the series, New Zealand took revenge for their Olympic final loss by defeating Australia in the Cup final.

2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

Section Title: Dubai
Table Section Text: In the first event of the series, New Zealand took revenge for their Olympic final loss by defeating Australia in the Cup final.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists

Cup	New Zealand	17–5	Australia	Russia (Bronze) England

5th place	Fiji	17–14	Canada	France (7th) South Africa

Challenge Trophy	Ireland	14–12	Spain	United States (11th) Brazil

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Fiji won the 5th place while Spain took the Challenge Trophy.

final_sentence: Fiji won the 5th place while Spain took the Challenge Trophy.