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 3 3 0 0 129 19 110 9 France 3 2 0 1 64 67 -3 7 Canada 3 1 0 2 55 48 7 5 Arabian Gulf 3 0 0 3 17 131 -114 3

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts Samoa 3 3 0 0 66 26 40 9 Fiji 3 2 0 1 80 33 47 7 Wales 3 1 0 2 64 75 -11 5 Tunisia 3 0 0 3 17 74 -57 3

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts England 3 3 0 0 133 12 121 9 Australia 3 2 0 1 59 40 19 7 Kenya 3 1 0 2 54 78 -24 5 Uganda 3 0 0 3 5 121 -116 3

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts South Africa 3 3 0 0 80 21 59 9 Argentina 3 2 0 1 40 43 -3 7 Portugal 3 1 0 2 38 64 -26 5 Scotland 3 0 0 3 22 52 -30 3

Finals

Shield

Bowl

Plate

Cup

External links

• on irbsevens.com