The 2018 Dubai Sevens is the twentieth edition of the Dubai Sevens tournament. It was the first tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held on 30 November and 1 December 2018 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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 bracket where teams competed for the gold, silver, and bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge Trophy bracket.

Teams

Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, 2018 Africa Men's Sevens winners Zimbabwe:

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

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
South Africa32016229337
Argentina3201585267
Samoa32015053−37
Zimbabwe30033470−363
30 November 10:30
Argentina19–21Samoa
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
30 November 10:52
South Africa31–0Zimbabwe
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
30 November 14:14
Argentina22–19Zimbabwe
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
30 November 14:36
South Africa19–12Samoa
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
30 November 19:31
Samoa17–15Zimbabwe
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)
30 November 19:53
South Africa12–17Argentina
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

Pool B

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
Fiji330010531749
Scotland31116849196
France31113572−376
Kenya30034399−563
30 November 9:44
Kenya14–35Scotland
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
30 November 10:06
Fiji41–0France
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
30 November 12:44
Kenya17–21France
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
30 November 13:06
Fiji21–19Scotland
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)
30 November 18:44
Scotland14–14France
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
30 November 19:06
Fiji43–12Kenya
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)

Pool C

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
New Zealand33008031499
United States32016936337
Spain31025264−125
Wales30032696−703
30 November 9:00
United States29–0Spain
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)
30 November 9:22
New Zealand28–7Wales
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
30 November 12:00
United States33–12Wales
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
30 November 12:22
New Zealand28–17Spain
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
30 November 18:00
Spain35–7Wales
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
30 November 18:22
New Zealand24–7United States
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

Pool D

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
Australia33009638589
England32017641357
Canada31025864−65
Japan300314101–873
30 November 11:14
England26–12Canada
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Jérémy Rozier (France)
30 November 11:36
Australia43–0Japan
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
30 November 14:58
England31–7Japan
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
30 November 15:20
Australia31–19Canada
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
30 November 20:15
Canada27–7Japan
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
30 November 20:37
Australia22–19England
The Sevens, Dubai Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

Thirteenth place

Semi-finalsThirteenth place
1 December – 13:38 – The Sevens
Japan26
1 December – 17:53 – The Sevens
Kenya19
Japan7
1 December – 14:00 – The Sevens
Wales31
Zimbabwe10
Wales14

Challenge Trophy

Quarter-finalsChallenge Trophy FinalFinal
1 December – 9:30 – The Sevens
Samoa40
1 December – 14:22 – The Sevens
Japan12
Samoa26
1 December – 9:52 – The Sevens
Spain22
Spain26
1 December – 18:15 – The Sevens
Kenya19
Samoa33
1 December – 10:14 – The Sevens
France24
Canada38
1 December – 14:44 – The Sevens
Zimbabwe5
Canada12
1 December – 10:36 – The Sevens
France28
France38
Wales17

Fifth place

Semi-finalsFifth place
1 December – 15:33 – The Sevens
South Africa29
1 December – 18:40 – The Sevens
Scotland0
South Africa19
1 December – 15:55 – The Sevens
Fiji24
Argentina21
Fiji31

Cup

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsCup Final
1 December– 11:00 – The Sevens
South Africa5
1 December– 16:17 – The Sevens
England22
England5
1 December– 11:22 – The Sevens
New Zealand7
New Zealand21
1 December– 19:29 – The Sevens
Scotland7
New Zealand21
1 December– 11:44 – The Sevens
United States5
Australia38
1 December– 16:39 – The Sevens
Argentina0
Australia17
1 December– 12:06 – The Sevens
United States22Third place
Fiji12
1 December– 19:04 – The Sevens
United States24
England15
Australia14

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
New Zealand22
United States19
England17
4Australia15
5Fiji13
6South Africa12
7Argentina10
Scotland10
PlaceTeamPoints
9Samoa8
10France7
11Canada5
Spain5
13Wales3
14Japan2
15Kenya1
Zimbabwe1

Source:

Players

Scoring leaders

Tries scored
RankPlayerTries
1Marcos Moroni7
2Alamanda Motuga6
John Porch
Muller Du Plessis
Perry Baker
Points scored
RankPlayerPoints
1John Porch54
2Andrew Knewstubb52
3Tom Mitchell41
4Luke Treharne35
5Katsuyuki Sakai32

Source:

See also

External links

World Sevens Series XX
Preceded byNone (first event)2018 Dubai SevensSucceeded by2018 South Africa Sevens
Dubai Sevens
Preceded by2017 Dubai Sevens2018 Dubai SevensSucceeded by2019 Dubai Sevens