# 2019 Dubai Sevens

The 2019 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series and was the 20th international edition and the 50th overall of the Dubai Sevens since it began in 1970. It was held on 5–7 December 2019 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

## Background

The 2019 Dubai Sevens was the first of ten tournaments in the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series with the tournament holding its 50th edition, with it being the 20th time that an World Series event has been held. For Ireland, they would join the series as a core team for the first time after winning the qualifier held at the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens defeating the host nation in the final by 21 points.
Throughout the off-season, qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics took place via the continental tournaments. Over in the Americas, Argentina and Canada qualified through to the Olympics after defeating Brazil and Jamaica respectively. The following week saw Great Britain became the eighth team to qualify after defeating France in the final at Colomiers. In early November, Australia and Kenya became the ninth and tenth team to qualify as they both won their respective regional tournaments. The final continental spot went to South Korea after defeating Hong Kong in the final of the 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

## Format

The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Every team played each of the other three in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup playoffs and competed for gold, silver and bronze medals. The other teams from each pool sent to the classification playoffs for ninth to sixteenth placings.

## Teams

Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, Japan:
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Japan
* Ireland
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Spain
* United States
* Wales

## 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 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 39 | 28 | 7 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 40 | 27 | 7 |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 55 | 14 | 7 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 98 | –69 | 3 |
* 5 December 2019 18:40
| France | 12–10 | Argentina |
| Try: Siega 4'm Bouhraoua 5'c Con: Barraque (1/2) 6' | Report | Try: Bazan Velez 7'm Osadczuk 8'm Con: Mare (0/2) |
* The Sevens Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
* 5 December 2019 19:02
| Fiji | 24–17 | Japan |
| Try: Botitu 0'm Tuwai 2'm Tabu 8'c Mocenacagi 9'c Con: Nacuqu (2/4) 8', 9' | Report | Try: Fujita (2) 5'm, 13'm Ishida 14'c Con: Fujita (1/2) 14' Yoshizawa (0/1) |
* The Sevens Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
* 6 December 2019 12:42
| France | 41–5 | Japan |
| Try: O'Connor 1'm Bouhraoua (3) 3'c, 4'm, 8'c Siega 5'c Dall'igna 10'm Con: Barraque (3/5) 3', 6', 9' Riva (0/1) Mazzoleni (0/1) | Report | Try: Yoshizawa 14'm Con: Fujita (0/1) |
* The Sevens Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
* 6 December 2019 13:04
| Fiji | 21–24 | Argentina |
| Try: Tuimaba 3'c Botitu 7'c Derenalagi 9'c Con: Botitu (1/1) 3' Nacuqu (2/2) 8', 9' | Report | Try: Etchart 1'c Sábato 6'm Álvarez 11'c Moroni 14'm Con: Mare (1/3) 1' Álvarez (1/1) 11' |
* The Sevens Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
* 6 December 2019 18:40
| Argentina | 33–7 | Japan |
| Try: Schulz 2'c Sábato 3'c Bazan Velez 5'c Osadczuk (2) 8'c, 14'm Con: Mare (4/5) 2', 4', 6', 8' | Report | Try: Yoshizawa 7'c Con: Yoshizawa (1/1) 7' |
* The Sevens Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
* 6 December 2019 19:02
| Fiji | 24–14 | France |
| Try: Nacuqu 5'c Tuimaba 8'm Tuwai 10'c Naduva 13'm Con: Nacuqu (2/3) 6', 11' Veilawa (0/1) | Report | Try: O'Connor 2'c Bouhraoua 3'c Con: Barraque (2/2) 3', 4' |
* The Sevens Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 47 | 65 | 9 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 64 | 3 | 7 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 98 | –27 | 5 |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 105 | –41 | 3 |
* 5 December 2019 17:50
| Australia | 43–14 | Scotland |
| Try: Pincus (2) 1'c, 5'm Coward 7'c Turner 7'c Skelton 8'm Malouf 9'c Hutchison 14'm Con: Longbottom (1/2) 2' Coward (3/4) 7', 7', 10' | Report | Try: Fergusson 3'c McFarland 13'c Con: Lowe (2/2) 3', 13' |
* The Sevens Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)
* 5 December 2019 18:12
| United States | 24–19 | Ireland |
| Try: Isles 1'm Barrett (2) 5'c, 11'm Baker 9'c Con: Hughes (2/4) 6', 9' | Report | Try: O'Sullivan 4'c Kennedy 13'c Kelly 14'm Con: Dardis (1/1) 4' Roche (1/2) 13' |
* The Sevens Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
* 6 December 2019 11:58
| Australia | 45–21 | Ireland |
| Try: Malouf 0'c Hutchison 2'm Turner (2) 3'c, 10'c Skelton 5'c Pincus 8'm Anderson 14'c Con: Longbottom (3/5) 1', 4', 5' Coward (2/2) 10', 14' | Report | Try: Conroy 6'c Kennedy 9'c Dardis 12'c Con: Dardis (3/3) 6', 10', 12' |
* The Sevens Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
* 6 December 2019 12:20
| United States | 31–21 | Scotland |
| Try: Unufe 3'c Baker 7'm Schroeder 7'c Tomasin 12'm Isles 14'c Con: Hughes (3/5) 3', 8', 14' | Report | Try: Fergusson 2'c Elms 5'c Rowe 13'c Con: Fergusson (2/2) 2', 6' Lowe (1/1) 13' |
* The Sevens Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
* 6 December 2019 17:50
| Scotland | 29–31 | Ireland |
| Try: Sofolarin (2) 2'c, 11'm Pecqueur (3) 3'm, 8'c, 12'm Con: Fergusson (2/5) 3', 8' | Report | Try: Conroy (5) 0'm, 5'c, 7'c, 9'm, 14'c Con: Dardis (2/4) 5', 7' Roche (1/1) 14' |
* The Sevens Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
* 6 December 2019 18:12
| United States | 12–24 | Australia |
| Try: Unufe 11'c Isles 14'm Con: Hughes (1/2) 11' | Report | Try: Anderson 1'c Pincus 6'm Hutchison (2) 8'c, 13'm Con: Longbottom (2/4) 1', 9' |
* The Sevens Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 21 | 86 | 9 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 64 | –7 | 7 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 64 | –14 | 5 |
| Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 98 | –65 | 3 |
* 5 December 2019 17:06
| Samoa | 19–12 | Canada |
| Try: Scanlan 3'c Solia 6'm Alosio 12'c Con: Alosio (2/3) 3', 12' | Report | Try: Hirayama 1'c Morra 5'm Con: Hirayama (1/2) 2' |
* The Sevens Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
* 5 December 2019 17:28
| New Zealand | 36–7 | Wales |
| Try: Ng Shiu (2) 1'm, 7'c Baker (2) 2'c, 4'm McGarvey-Black (2) 9'c, 10'm Con: Baker (3/5) 2', 8', 10' Knewstubb (0/1) | Report | Try: Goodchild 13'c Con: Treharne (1/1) 14' |
* The Sevens Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
* 6 December 2019 11:14
| Samoa | 31–12 | Wales |
| Try: Alosio 4'm Scanlan 7'c Perez 8'm Alofipo (2) 12', 14' Con: Alosio (2/4) 7', 13' Scanlan (1/1) 14' | Report | Try: Roach 1'm Dyer 11'c Con: Treharne (1/2) 12' |
* The Sevens Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
* 6 December 2019 11:36
| New Zealand | 31–7 | Canada |
| Try: Webber 2'm Rayasi (3) 5'c, 7'c, 9'm Ware 11'c Con: Knewstubb (2/3) 6', 11' Baker (1/1) 7' McGarvey-Black (0/1) | Report | Try: Hirayama 8'c Con: Hirayama (1/1) 8' |
* The Sevens Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)
* 6 December 2019 17:06
| Canada | 31–14 | Wales |
| Try: Kaay (2) 5'm, 7'c Mullins 7'c Berna 9' Coats 14' Con: Hirayama (2/3) 7', 8' Coats (1/1) 14' | Report | Try: Roach 3'c T. Lewis 13'c Con: Treharne (2/2) 3', 13' |
* The Sevens Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
* 6 December 2019 17:28
| New Zealand | 40–7 | Samoa |
| Try: Knewstubb (2) 3'c, 9'c McGarvey-Black 7'c Curry 8'm Molia 11'c Rayasi 12'c Con: Knewstubb (3/4) 4', 7', 9' McGarvey-Black (2/2) 11', 12' | Report | Try: Perez 0'm Con: Tomasi Alosio (1/1) 1' |
* The Sevens Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 31 | 38 | 9 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 31 | 31 | 7 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 88 | -54 | 5 |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 51 | -15 | 3 |
* 5 December 2019 19:32
| England | 36–7 | Spain |
| Try: Bibby 2'm Norton (2) 4'm, 7'm Emery 7'c Burgess 9'c Lindsay-Hague 13'c Con: Bibby (3/6) 7', 9', 13' | Report | Try: Hernández 0'c Con: Hernández (1/1) 1' |
* The Sevens Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
* 5 December 2019 19:54
| South Africa | 17–12 | Kenya |
| Try: Oosthuizen 1'm Specman 8'c Senatla 11'm Con: Geduld (1/3) 8' | Report | Try: Otieno 3'c Onyala 5'm Con: Taabu (1/2) 4' |
* The Sevens Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
* 6 December 2019 13:26
| England | 12–5 | Kenya |
| Try: Lindsay-Hague 2'c Bibby 10'm Con: Emery (1/1) 2' Bibby (0/1) | Report | Try: Oyoo 11'm Con: Taabu (0/1) |
* The Sevens Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
* 6 December 2019 13:48
| South Africa | 33–5 | Spain |
| Try: Specman (2) 2'c, 13'c Dry 5'c Soyizwapi 7'c Pretorius 12'c Con: Geduld (2/2) 3', 6' S. Davids (3/3) 8', 12', 14' | Report | Try: Pla 10'm Con: Hernández (0/1) |
* The Sevens Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
* 6 December 2019 19:32
| Spain | 22–19 | Kenya |
| Try: Pla 2'm Mateu 3'c Fontes 9'm Rodriguez-Guerra 11'm Con: Hernández (1/4) 6' | Report | Try: Olindi 0'c Oyoo 5'c Ojee 13'm Con: Taabu (2/3) 0', 6' |
* The Sevens Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
* 6 December 2019 19:54
| South Africa | 19–14 | England |
| Try: Oosthuizen 6'm Geduld (2) 8', 10' Con: S. Davids (2/3) 8', 10' | Report | Try: Lindsay-Hague 3'c Norton 4'c Con: Bibby (2/2) 4', 5' |
* The Sevens Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

## Placement matches
### Fifteenth place

* 7 December 2019 13:30
| Wales | 38–12 | Japan |
| Try: Dyer (2) 3'c, 14'm Jones 7'c C. Lewis 7'c Davies 10'c Cambriani 11'm Con: Treharne (4/6) 4', 7', 8', 10' | Report | Try: Yamauchi 2'm Hikosaka 5'c Con: Yoshizawa (1/2) 5' |
* The Sevens Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)

### Thirteenth place

* 7 December 2019 13:52
| Kenya | 26–14 | Scotland |
| Try: Sikuta 5'c Onyala 7'c Olindi 10'c Otieno 13'm Con: Taabu (3/4) 5', 7', 10' | Report | Try: Pecqueur 8'c Elms 14'c Con: Lowe (2/2) 9', 14' |
* The Sevens Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

### Eleventh place

* 7 December 2019 15:44
| Ireland | 14–19 | Spain |
| Try: Lennox 7'c Conroy 12'c Con: Dardis (2/2) 7', 13' | Report | Try: Sainz-Trapaga (2) 4'c, 6'm Ramos 10'c Con: Hernández (1/2) 4' Fontes (1/1) 11' |
* The Sevens Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

### Ninth place

* 7 December 2019 16:06
| Fiji | 40–17 | Canada |
| Try: Derenalagi 3'c Bolaca 7'm Tuimaba 7'c Nacuqu (2) 11'c, 12'c Tamani 14'c Con: Botitu (1/2) 3' Bolaca (1/1) 7' Tamani (3/3) 11', 13', 14' | Report | Try: Jones (2) 2'm, 10'c Hirayama 9'm Con: Hirayama (1/3) 10' |
* The Sevens Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

## Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 7 December 2019 – 11:14 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 11:14 – The Sevens | | | |
| France | 12 | | | |
| France | 12 | 7 December 2019 – 15:00 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 15:00 – The Sevens | | |
| England | 19 | 7 December 2019 – 15:00 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 15:00 – The Sevens | |
| England | 19 | England | 12 | |
| 7 December 2019 – 11:36 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 11:36 – The Sevens | | England | 12 | |
| 7 December 2019 – 11:36 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 11:36 – The Sevens | New Zealand | 19 | |
| New Zealand | 26 | New Zealand | 19 | |
| New Zealand | 26 | | | | 7 December 2019 – 19:02 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 19:02 – The Sevens |
| United States | 5 | | | | 7 December 2019 – 19:02 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 19:02 – The Sevens |
| United States | 5 | | | | New Zealand | 0 |
| 7 December 2019 – 11:58 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 11:58 – The Sevens | | | | | New Zealand | 0 |
| 7 December 2019 – 11:58 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 11:58 – The Sevens | | | | South Africa | 15 |
| South Africa | 12 | | | | South Africa | 15 |
| South Africa | 12 | 7 December 2019 – 15:22 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 15:22 – The Sevens | | | |
| Argentina | 5 | 7 December 2019 – 15:22 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 15:22 – The Sevens | | | |
| Argentina | 5 | South Africa | 38 | | | |
| 7 December 2019 – 12:20 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 12:20 – The Sevens | | South Africa | 38 | | | |
| 7 December 2019 – 12:20 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 12:20 – The Sevens | Samoa | 7 | | Third place | Third place |
| Australia | 14 | Samoa | 7 | | Third place | Third place |
| Australia | 14 | | | | 7 December 2019 – 18:00 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 18:00 – The Sevens |
| Samoa | 19 | | | | 7 December 2019 – 18:00 – The Sevens | 7 December 2019 – 18:00 – The Sevens |
| Samoa | 19 | | | | England | 19 |
| | | | | | Samoa | 17 |
Matches :
Quarter-finals
7 December 2019 11:14France 12–19 EnglandTry: Barraque 3'c Bouhraoua 9'm Con: Barraque (1/2) 4'ReportTry: Ellery 7'm Norton 11'm Muir 14'c Con: Bibby (2/3) 11', 14'The Sevens Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
7 December 2019 11:36New Zealand 26–5 United StatesTry: Webber 3'c Ware (2) 6'm, 10'c Collier 13'm Con: Baker (3/4) 3', 11', 13'ReportTry: Isles 14'm Con: Tomasin (0/1)The Sevens Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
7 December 2019 11:58South Africa 12–5 ArgentinaTry: Geduld 1'm Specman 5'c Con: Geduld (1/2) 6'ReportTry: Osadczuk 9'm Con: Mare (0/1)The Sevens Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
7 December 2019 12:20Australia 14–19 SamoaTry: Penalty Try 4' Longbottom 7'c Con: Longbottom (1/1) 7'ReportTry: Tuatagaloa 1'c Perez (2) 9', 12' Con: Alosio (2/3) 2', 10'The Sevens Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)
Semi-finals
7 December 2019 15:00England 12–19 New ZealandTry: Norton 3'c Glover 12'm Con: Bibby (1/2) 4'ReportTry: Knewstubb 7'm Ware 10'c Rayasi 13'c Con: McGarvey-Black (2/2) 10', 13' Baker (0/1)The Sevens Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
7 December 2019 15:22South Africa 38–7 SamoaTry: Z. Davids 3'c Dry 5'm Soyizwapi 6'c Nel 9'm Senatla 10'c S. Davids 11'c Con: Geduld (2/3) 3', 7' S. Davids (2/3) 10', 12'ReportTry: Scanlan 1'c Con: Alosio (1/1) 1'The Sevens Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
3rd place
7 December 2019 18:00England 19–17 SamoaTry: Bowen 0'c de Carpentier 5'c Muir 11'm Con: Bibby (2/2) 0', 5' Emery (0/1)ReportTry: Motuga 2'm Scanlan 3'c Solia 7'm Con: Alosio (1/3) 4'The Sevens Referee: Nehuén Jauri-Rivero (Argentina)
Cup Final
7 December 2019 19:02New Zealand 0–15 South AfricaReportTry: Soyizwapi 6'm Dry 9'm Senatla 13'm Con: Geduld (0/2) S. Davids (0/1)The Sevens Referee: Jordan Way (Australia) :

## Tournament placings

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