# 2012 Dubai Women's Sevens

The 2012 Dubai Women's Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held between 30 November 2012 and 1 December 2012 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and the first stop on the 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series.
New Zealand were the first champions of the new series after defeating South Africa 41–0.

## Format

The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.

## Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 15 | +24 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 7 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 7 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60 | −55 | 3 |
* 30 November 2012 12:06
| England | 5 – 20 | South Africa |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 12:26
| Spain | 19 – 0 | Brazil |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 15:52
| England | 22 – 0 | Brazil |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 16:14
| Spain | 5 – 0 | South Africa |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 20:28
| South Africa | 19 – 5 | Brazil |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 20:50
| England | 17 – 7 | Spain |
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* The Sevens, Dubai

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 24 | +30 | 8 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 24 | +31 | 7 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 90 | −90 | 3 |
* 30 November 2012 12:28
| Canada | 12 – 15 | Russia |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 12:48
| New Zealand | 31 – 0 | China |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 16:36
| Canada | 32 – 0 | China |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 16:58
| New Zealand | 12 – 12 | Russia |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 20:28
| Russia | 27 – 0 | China |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 21:12
| Canada | 12 – 12 | New Zealand |
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* The Sevens, Dubai

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 19 | +49 | 9 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 7 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 70 | −51 | 3 |
* 30 November 2012 11:42
| Australia | 24 – 12 | Netherlands |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 12:04
| United States | 27 – 7 | France |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 15:52
| Australia | 29 – 0 | France |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 16:14
| United States | 7 – 12 | Netherlands |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 20:22
| Netherlands | 14 – 12 | France |
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* The Sevens, Dubai
* 30 November 2012 20:42
| Australia | 15 – 7 | United States |
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* The Sevens, Dubai

## Knockout stage
### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Australia | 14 | | | |
| Australia | 14 | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | | |
| Canada | 10 | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | |
| Canada | 10 | Australia | 14 | |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | | Australia | 14 | |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | New Zealand | 28 | |
| New Zealand | 31 | New Zealand | 28 | |
| New Zealand | 31 | | | | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| England | 0 | | | | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| England | 0 | | | | New Zealand | 41 |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | | | New Zealand | 41 |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | | South Africa | 0 |
| South Africa | 12 | | | | South Africa | 0 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | | | |
| Netherlands | 7 | South Africa | 19 | | | |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | | South Africa | 19 | | | |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | Spain | 17 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 7 | Spain | 17 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 7 | | | | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| Russia | 5 | | | | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| Russia | 5 | | | | Spain | 17 |
| | | | | | Australia | 15 |

### Plate

| Plate semi-finals | Plate semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| Canada | 24 |
| Canada | 24 | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| England | 0 | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| England | 0 | Canada | 10 |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | | Canada | 10 |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | Russia | 14 |
| Netherlands | 5 | Russia | 14 |
| Russia | 21 | | |
| Russia | 21 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| | | England | 26 |
| | | Netherlands | 5 |

### Bowl

| Bowl semi-finals | Bowl semi-finals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| United States | 36 |
| United States | 36 | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| China | 7 | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| China | 7 | United States | 26 |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | | United States | 26 |
| 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | France | 12 |
| France | 22 | France | 12 |
| Brazil | 0 | | |
| Brazil | 0 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai | 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai |
| | | China | 19 |
| | | Brazil | 17 |