# 2022 Dubai Sevens

The 2022 Dubai Sevens was the second tournament within the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series and was the 22nd international edition and the 52nd overall of the Dubai Sevens since it began in 1970. It was held on 3 and 4 December 2022 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

## Format

The twelve teams at each tournament were drawn into three pools of four teams each. A round-robin was held for each pool, where every team played each of the other three in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed on comparative pool standings, advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for tournament honours. The other teams from each pool went to the challenge playoffs for ninth to twelfth place.

## Teams

Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, United Arab Emirates. {{columns-list|colwidth=14em|
Core Teams
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* Fiji
* France
* Great Britain
* Ireland
* Japan
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* South Africa
* Spain
* United States
* Uruguay
Invited Team
* United Arab Emirates

## 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 | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | –15 | 5 |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 7 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 7 |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 7 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -131 | 3 |

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PD | Pts |
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -42 | 3 |

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 3 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -19 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -71 | 3 |

## Placement matches
### Thirteenth place

| 13th place semifinal | 13th place semifinal | 13th place final | 13th place final |
| 12:49 pm | 12:49 pm |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 4:07 pm | 4:07 pm |
| Canada | 29 | 4:07 pm | 4:07 pm |
| Canada | 29 | Canada | 7 |
| 1:11 pm | 1:11 pm | | Canada | 7 |
| 1:11 pm | 1:11 pm | Spain | 38 |
| Spain | 28 | Spain | 38 |
| Japan | 0 | | |
| Japan | 0 | 15th place final | 15th place final |
| | | 3:30 pm | 3:30 pm |
| | | Uganda | 7 |
| | | Japan | 10 |

### Ninth place

| 9th place Quarterfinals | 9th place Quarterfinals | 9th place Semifinals | 9th place Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | | |
| Fiji | 29 | | | |
| Fiji | 29 | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | Fiji | 21 | |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | Fiji | 21 | |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | Kenya | 17 | |
| Canada | 7 | Kenya | 17 | |
| Canada | 7 | | | | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens |
| Kenya | 17 | | | | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens |
| Kenya | 17 | | | | Fiji | 47 |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | | | | Fiji | 47 |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | | | Uruguay | 0 |
| Spain | 12 | | | | Uruguay | 0 |
| Spain | 12 | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | | |
| Uruguay | 24 | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | | |
| Uruguay | 24 | Uruguay | 26 | | | |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | Uruguay | 26 | | | |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | Great Britain | 7 | | 11th place final | 11th place final |
| Great Britain | 45 | Great Britain | 7 | | 11th place final | 11th place final |
| Great Britain | 45 | | | | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens |
| Japan | 5 | | | | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens |
| Japan | 5 | | | | Kenya | 21 |
| | | | | | Great Britain | 14 |

## Cup
### 5th to 8th playoffs

| 5th place semifinal | 5th place semifinal | 5th place final | 5th place final |
| 12:49 pm | 12:49 pm |
| Argentina | 28 |
| Argentina | 28 | 4:07 pm | 4:07 pm |
| Australia | 15 | 4:07 pm | 4:07 pm |
| Australia | 15 | Argentina | 12 |
| 1:11 pm | 1:11 pm | | Argentina | 12 |
| 1:11 pm | 1:11 pm | France | 19 |
| France | 24 | France | 19 |
| Samoa | 17 | | |
| Samoa | 17 | 7th place final | 7th place final |
| | | 3:30 pm | 3:30 pm |
| | | Australia | 17 |
| | | Samoa | 15 |

### Cup playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | | |
| Argentina | 14 | | | |
| Argentina | 14 | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | |
| Ireland | 19 | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | |
| Ireland | 19 | Ireland | 12 | |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | Ireland | 12 | |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | United States | 7 | |
| United States | 24 | United States | 7 | |
| United States | 24 | | | | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens |
| Australia | 19 | | | | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens |
| Australia | 19 | | | | Ireland | 5 |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | | | | Ireland | 5 |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | | | South Africa | 21 |
| France | 0 | | | | South Africa | 21 |
| France | 0 | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | | |
| New Zealand | 20 | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | | |
| New Zealand | 20 | New Zealand | 19 | | | |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | | New Zealand | 19 | | | |
| 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens | South Africa | 26 | | 3rd place final | 3rd place final |
| South Africa | 24 | South Africa | 26 | | 3rd place final | 3rd place final |
| South Africa | 24 | | | | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens |
| Samoa | 19 | | | | 3 December – The Sevens | 3 December – The Sevens |
| Samoa | 19 | | | | United States | 12 |
| | | | | | New Zealand | 31 |

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| | South Africa | 22 |
| | Ireland | 19 |
| | New Zealand | 17 |
| 4 | United States | 15 |
| 5 | France | 13 |
| 6 | Argentina | 12 |
| 7 | Australia | 11 |
| 8 | Samoa | 10 |
| 9 | Fiji | 8 |
| 10 | Uruguay | 7 |
| 11 | Kenya | 6 |
| 12 | Great Britain | 5 |
| 13 | Spain | 4 |
| 14 | Canada | 3 |
| 15 | Japan | 2 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
Source: World Rugby