# 2017 Dubai Women's Sevens

The 2017 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was on 30 November to 1 December at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

## Format

The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.

## Teams

Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the winner of the 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens, South Africa:
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Ireland
* Japan
* New Zealand
* Russia
* Spain
* United States
* South Africa

## Pool stage

All times in UAE Standard Time (UTC+4:00)
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 21 | +92 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 7 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 79 | –29 | 5 |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 88 | –68 | 3 |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 19 | +61 | 9 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 53 | –5 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 89 | –75 | 3 |

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 14 | +67 | 9 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 7 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 60 | –33 | 5 |
| Fiji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 70 | –39 | 3 |

## Knockout round
### Challenge Trophy

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Challenge Trophy Final | Challenge Trophy Final |
| 1 December 2017 – 10:28 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 10:28 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Ireland | 38 |
| Ireland | 38 | 1 December 2017 – 16:25 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 16:25 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Japan | 5 | 1 December 2017 – 16:25 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 16:25 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Japan | 5 | Ireland | 24 |
| 1 December 2017 – 10:50 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 10:50 – The Sevens, Dubai | | Ireland | 24 |
| 1 December 2017 – 10:50 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 10:50 – The Sevens, Dubai | South Africa | 7 |
| Fiji | 14 | South Africa | 7 |
| South Africa | 17 | | |
| South Africa | 17 | 11th Place | 11th Place |
| | | 1 December 2017 – 14:40 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 14:40 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| | | Japan | 15 |
| | | Fiji | 17 |
Matches :

### 5th place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | 5th Place Final |
| 1 December 2017 – 12:14 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 12:14 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| New Zealand | 43 |
| New Zealand | 43 | 1 December 2017 – 15:24 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 15:24 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Spain | 0 | 1 December 2017 – 15:24 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 15:24 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Spain | 0 | New Zealand | 24 |
| 1 December 2017 – 12:36 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 12:36 – The Sevens, Dubai | | New Zealand | 24 |
| 1 December 2017 – 12:36 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 12:36 – The Sevens, Dubai | France | 0 |
| England | 12 | France | 0 |
| France | 21 | | |
| France | 21 | 7th Place | 7th Place |
| | | 1 December 2017 – 15:02 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 15:02 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| | | Spain | 21 |
| | | England | 14 |
Matches :

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 1 December 2017 – 09:00 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 09:00 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| New Zealand | 12 | | | |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1 December 2017 – 13:28 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 13:28 – The Sevens, Dubai | | |
| United States | 14 | 1 December 2017 – 13:28 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 13:28 – The Sevens, Dubai | |
| United States | 14 | United States | 21 | |
| 1 December 2017 – 09:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 09:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | | United States | 21 | |
| 1 December 2017 – 09:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 09:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | Russia | 12 | |
| Russia | 20 | Russia | 12 | |
| Russia | 20 | | | | 1 December 2017 – 17:15 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 17:15 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Spain | 7 | | | | 1 December 2017 – 17:15 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 17:15 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Spain | 7 | | | | United States | 0 |
| 1 December 2017 – 09:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 09:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | | | United States | 0 |
| 1 December 2017 – 09:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 09:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | | Australia | 34 |
| Australia | 29 | | | | Australia | 34 |
| Australia | 29 | 1 December 2017 – 13:50 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 13:50 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| England | 12 | 1 December 2017 – 13:50 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 13:50 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| England | 12 | Australia | 25 | | | |
| 1 December 2017 – 10:06 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 10:06 – The Sevens, Dubai | | Australia | 25 | | | |
| 1 December 2017 – 10:06 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 10:06 – The Sevens, Dubai | Canada | 7 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Canada | 24 (a.e.t.) | Canada | 7 | | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Canada | 24 (a.e.t.) | | | | 1 December 2017 – 16:50 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 16:50 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| France | 19 | | | | 1 December 2017 – 16:50 – The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2017 – 16:50 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| France | 19 | | | | Russia | 10 |
| | | | | | Canada | 5 |
Matches :

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| | Australia | 20 |
| | United States | 18 |
| | Russia | 16 |
| 4 | Canada | 14 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 12 |
| 6 | France | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 7 | Spain | 8 |
| 8 | England | 6 |
| 9 | Ireland | 4 |
| 10 | South Africa | 3 |
| 11 | Fiji | 2 |
| 12 | Japan | 1 |
Source: World Rugby

## Players
### Scoring leaders

Source: World Rugby

### Dream Team

The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Forwards | Backs |
| Portia Woodman Baizat Khamidova Evania Pelite | Julia Greenshields Leyla Kelter Emma Tonegato Elena Zdrokova |