# 2005 Dubai Sevens

The 2005 Dubai Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground on 1 and 2 December 2005. It was the 18th edition of the Dubai Sevens (sixth as a World Series event) and was the first tournament of the 2005–06 World Sevens Series. Sixteen teams competed in the tournament and was separated into four groups of four with the top two teams from each group qualifying to the cup tournament.
After winning the group, South Africa took out the cup final defeating Fiji by a score of 28–26. New Zealand took out the plate while the bowl and shield was won by Wales and Kenya respectively.

## Teams

* Arabian Gulf
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Portugal
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Wales

## Pool stages
### Pool A

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  New Zealand 3300129191109  France 32016467-37  Canada 3102554875  Arabian Gulf 300317131-1143
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2005-12-01 | New Zealand | 24 - 7 | Canada |
| 2005-12-01 | France | 33 - 12 | Arabian Gulf |
| 2005-12-01 | New Zealand | 60 - 0 | Arabian Gulf |
| 2005-12-01 | France | 19 - 10 | Canada |
| 2005-12-01 | Canada | 38 - 5 | Arabian Gulf |
| 2005-12-01 | New Zealand | 45 - 12 | France |

### Pool B

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Samoa 33006626409  Fiji 32018033477  Wales 31026475-115  Tunisia 30031774-573
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2005-12-01 | Fiji | 31 - 5 | Tunisia |
| 2005-12-01 | Samoa | 26 - 14 | Wales |
| 2005-12-01 | Fiji | 42 - 21 | Wales |
| 2005-12-01 | Samoa | 14 - 5 | Tunisia |
| 2005-12-01 | Tunisia | 7 - 29 | Wales |
| 2005-12-01 | Fiji | 7 - 26 | Samoa |

### Pool C

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  England 3300133121219  Australia 32015940197  Kenya 31025478-245  Uganda 30035121-1163
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2005-12-01 | England | 52 - 7 | Kenya |
| 2005-12-01 | Australia | 33 - 0 | Uganda |
| 2005-12-01 | England | 48 - 0 | Uganda |
| 2005-12-01 | Australia | 21 - 7 | Kenya |
| 2005-12-01 | Kenya | 40 - 5 | Uganda |
| 2005-12-01 | England | 33 - 5 | Australia |

### Pool D

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  South Africa 33008021599  Argentina 32014043-37  Portugal 31023864-265  Scotland 30032252-303
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2005-12-01 | South Africa | 21 - 7 | Scotland |
| 2005-12-01 | Argentina | 19 - 14 | Portugal |
| 2005-12-01 | South Africa | 40 - 7 | Portugal |
| 2005-12-01 | Argentina | 14 - 10 | Scotland |
| 2005-12-01 | Scotland | 5 - 17 | Portugal |
| 2005-12-01 | South Africa | 19 - 7 | Argentina |

## Finals
### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | |
| Tunisia | 5 | | | |
| Tunisia | 5 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | |
| Canada | 26 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | |
| Canada | 26 | Tunisia | 24 | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | Tunisia | 24 | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | Uganda | 0 | |
| Portugal | 41 | Uganda | 0 | |
| Portugal | 41 | | | | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai |
| Uganda | 0 | | | | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai |
| Uganda | 0 | | | | Tunisia | 7 |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | | | Tunisia | 7 |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | | Kenya | 10 |
| Kenya | 0 | | | | Kenya | 10 |
| Kenya | 0 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | |
| Scotland | 33 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | |
| Scotland | 33 | Kenya | 35 | | | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | Kenya | 35 | | | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | Arabian Gulf | 7 | |
| Wales | 24 | Arabian Gulf | 7 | |
| Arabian Gulf | 7 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | |
| Tunisia | 5 | | | |
| Tunisia | 5 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | |
| Canada | 26 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | |
| Canada | 26 | Canada | 24 | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | Canada | 24 | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | Portugal | 17 | |
| Portugal | 41 | Portugal | 17 | |
| Portugal | 41 | | | | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai |
| Uganda | 0 | | | | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai |
| Uganda | 0 | | | | Canada | 5 |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | | | Canada | 5 |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | | Wales | 19 |
| Kenya | 0 | | | | Wales | 19 |
| Kenya | 0 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | |
| Scotland | 33 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | |
| Scotland | 33 | Scotland | 0 | | | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | Scotland | 0 | | | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | Wales | 19 | |
| Wales | 24 | Wales | 19 | |
| Arabian Gulf | 7 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | |
| Fiji | 46 | | | |
| Fiji | 46 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | |
| France | 7 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | |
| France | 7 | France | 36 | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | France | 36 | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | Argentina | 0 | |
| New Zealand | 31 | Argentina | 0 | |
| New Zealand | 31 | | | | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai |
| Argentina | 0 | | | | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai |
| Argentina | 0 | | | | France | 7 |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | | | France | 7 |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | | Samoa | 26 |
| South Africa | 19 | | | | Samoa | 26 |
| South Africa | 19 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | |
| Samoa | 10 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | |
| Samoa | 10 | Samoa | 12 | | | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | Samoa | 12 | | | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | Australia | 5 | |
| England | 21 | Australia | 5 | |
| Australia | 5 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | |
| Fiji | 46 | | | |
| Fiji | 46 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | |
| France | 7 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | |
| France | 7 | Fiji | 12 | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | Fiji | 12 | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | New Zealand | 17 | |
| New Zealand | 31 | New Zealand | 17 | |
| New Zealand | 31 | | | | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai |
| Argentina | 0 | | | | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai |
| Argentina | 0 | | | | New Zealand | 12 |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | | | New Zealand | 12 |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | | South Africa | 31 |
| South Africa | 19 | | | | South Africa | 31 |
| South Africa | 19 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | |
| Samoa | 10 | December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | | |
| Samoa | 10 | South Africa | 19 | | | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | | South Africa | 19 | | | |
| December 2 - Dubai | December 2 - Dubai | England | 0 | |
| England | 21 | England | 0 | |
| Australia | 5 | | | |