# 2015 Dubai Sevens

The 2015 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 4–5 December 2015 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

## Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other three teams in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

## Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Japan
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Portugal
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Russia
* United States
* Wales

## Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup quarter-final

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 31 | +81 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 61 | –11 | 7 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 59 | –2 | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 103 | –68 | 3 |
* 4 December 2015 09:00
| Fiji | 63–14 | Canada |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 09:22
| Argentina | 31–19 | Japan |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 12:00
| Fiji | 21–17 | Japan |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 12:22
| Argentina | 19–14 | Canada |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 18:28
| Fiji | 28–0 | Argentina |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 18:50
| Canada | 7–21 | Japan |
* The Sevens, Dubai

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 19 | +85 | 9 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 55 | –12 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 57 | –16 | 5 |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 81 | –57 | 3 |
* 4 December 2015 09:44
| South Africa | 33–7 | Samoa |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 10:06
| Scotland | 17–14 | Russia |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 12:44
| South Africa | 45–0 | Russia |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 12:44
| Scotland | 12–17 | Samoa |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 19:12
| Samoa | 19–10 | Russia |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 19:36
| South Africa | 26–12 | Scotland |
* The Sevens, Dubai

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 33 | +47 | 7 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 52 | +28 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 49 | +26 | 7 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 127 | –101 | 3 |
* 4 December 2015 10:30
| New Zealand | 21–14 | France |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 10:52
| United States | 45–14 | Portugal |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 14:14
| New Zealand | 47–5 | Portugal |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 14:36
| United States | 21–26 | France |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 19:36
| France | 35–7 | Portugal |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 19:58
| New Zealand | 12–14 | United States |
* The Sevens, Dubai

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 22 | +44 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 7 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 79 | –62 | 5 |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 45 | –11 | 3 |
* 4 December 2015 11:14
| England | 26–5 | Wales |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 11:36
| Australia | 14–12 | Kenya |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 14:58
| England | 19–12 | Kenya |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 15:20
| Australia | 43–0 | Wales |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 20:20
| Wales | 12–10 | Kenya |
* The Sevens, Dubai
* 4 December 2015 20:42
| England | 21–5 | Australia |
* The Sevens, Dubai

## Knockout stage
### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 December 2015 – 09:30 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 09:30 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Japan | 12 | | | |
| Japan | 12 | 5 December 2015 – 13:38 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 13:38 – The Sevens, Dubai | | |
| Kenya | 17 | 5 December 2015 – 13:38 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 13:38 – The Sevens, Dubai | |
| Kenya | 17 | Japan | 21 | |
| 5 December 2015 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai | | Japan | 21 | |
| 5 December 2015 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai | Russia | 19 | |
| France | 38 | Russia | 19 | |
| France | 38 | | | | 5 December 2015 – 18:14 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 18:14 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Russia | 5 | | | | 5 December 2015 – 18:14 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 18:14 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Russia | 5 | | | | Japan | 17 |
| 5 December 2015 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | | | Japan | 17 |
| 5 December 2015 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | | Canada | 19 |
| Wales | 24 | | | | Canada | 19 |
| Wales | 24 | 5 December 2015 – 14:00 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 14:00 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Canada | 14 | 5 December 2015 – 14:00 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 14:00 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Canada | 14 | Canada | 31 | | | |
| 5 December 2015 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai | | Canada | 31 | | | |
| 5 December 2015 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai | Portugal | 14 | |
| Scotland | 21 | Portugal | 14 | |
| Portugal | 14 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 December 2015 – 09:30 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 09:30 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Japan | 12 | | | |
| Japan | 12 | 5 December 2015 – 14:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 14:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | | |
| Kenya | 17 | 5 December 2015 – 14:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 14:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | |
| Kenya | 17 | Kenya | 7 | |
| 5 December 2015 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai | | Kenya | 7 | |
| 5 December 2015 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai | France | 33 | |
| France | 38 | France | 33 | |
| France | 38 | | | | 5 December 2015 – 18:42 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 18:42 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Russia | 5 | | | | 5 December 2015 – 18:42 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 18:42 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Russia | 5 | | | | France | 24 |
| 5 December 2015 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | | | France | 24 |
| 5 December 2015 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | | Scotland | 14 |
| Wales | 24 | | | | Scotland | 14 |
| Wales | 24 | 5 December 2015 – 14:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 14:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Canada | 14 | 5 December 2015 – 14:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 14:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Canada | 14 | Wales | 14 | | | |
| 5 December 2015 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai | | Wales | 14 | | | |
| 5 December 2015 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai | Scotland | 17 | |
| Scotland | 21 | Scotland | 17 | |
| Portugal | 14 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 December 2015 – 11:00 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 11:00 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Fiji | 19 | | | |
| Fiji | 19 | 5 December 2015 – 16:11 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 16:11 – The Sevens, Dubai | | |
| Australia | 12 | 5 December 2015 – 16:11 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 16:11 – The Sevens, Dubai | |
| Australia | 12 | Australia | 28 | |
| 5 December 2015 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | | Australia | 28 | |
| 5 December 2015 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | Samoa | 10 | |
| New Zealand | 24 | Samoa | 10 | |
| New Zealand | 24 | | | | 5 December 2015 – 19:10 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 19:10 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Samoa | 21 | | | | 5 December 2015 – 19:10 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 19:10 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Samoa | 21 | | | | Australia | 14 |
| 5 December 2015 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | | | Australia | 14 |
| 5 December 2015 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | | South Africa | 19 |
| England | 14 | | | | South Africa | 19 |
| England | 14 | 5 December 2015 – 16:33 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 16:33 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Argentina | 7 | 5 December 2015 – 16:33 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 16:33 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Argentina | 7 | Argentina | 5 | | | |
| 5 December 2015 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai | | Argentina | 5 | | | |
| 5 December 2015 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai | South Africa | 26 | |
| South Africa | 19 | South Africa | 26 | |
| United States | 21 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 December 2015 – 11:00 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 11:00 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Fiji | 19 | | | |
| Fiji | 19 | 5 December 2015 – 16:55 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 16:55 – The Sevens, Dubai | | |
| Australia | 12 | 5 December 2015 – 16:55 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 16:55 – The Sevens, Dubai | |
| Australia | 12 | Fiji | 19 | |
| 5 December 2015 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | | Fiji | 19 | |
| 5 December 2015 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai | New Zealand | 5 | |
| New Zealand | 24 | New Zealand | 5 | |
| New Zealand | 24 | | | | 5 December 2015 – 20:12 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 20:12 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Samoa | 21 | | | | 5 December 2015 – 20:12 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 20:12 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| Samoa | 21 | | | | Fiji | 28 |
| 5 December 2015 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | | | Fiji | 28 |
| 5 December 2015 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | | England | 17 |
| England | 14 | | | | England | 17 |
| England | 14 | 5 December 2015 – 17:17 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 17:17 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Argentina | 7 | 5 December 2015 – 17:17 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 17:17 – The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Argentina | 7 | England | 24 | | | |
| 5 December 2015 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai | | England | 24 | | | |
| 5 December 2015 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai | United States | 19 | | Third place | Third place |
| South Africa | 19 | United States | 19 | | Third place | Third place |
| South Africa | 19 | | | | 5 December 2015 – 19:40 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 19:40 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| United States | 21 | | | | 5 December 2015 – 19:40 – The Sevens, Dubai | 5 December 2015 – 19:40 – The Sevens, Dubai |
| United States | 21 | | | | New Zealand | 12 |
| | | | | | United States | 31 |

## Scoring

| Rank | Player | Tries |
| 1 | Terry Bourahoua | 8 |
| 2 | Seabelo Senatla | 7 |
| 3 | Perry Baker | 5 |
| 3 | Jerry Tuwai | 5 |
| 3 | Justin Geduld | 5 |
| 3 | Vladimir Ostroushko | 5 |
Source: WR website

## Awards

* HSBC Player of the Final - Jerry Tuwai