2016 Dubai Sevens

2016 Dubai Sevens
Sevens World Series XVIII
Host nation	United Arab Emirates
Date	2–3 December 2016
Cup
Champion	South Africa
Runner-up	Fiji
Third	England
Challenge
Winner	United States
Tournament details
Matches played	45
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The 2016 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 2–3 December 2016 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other three in its pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy bracket.^[1]

Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the winner of the 2016 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda:^[2][3]

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	72	50	+22	9
Wales	3	2	0	1	64	48	+16	7
Argentina	3	1	0	2	59	57	+2	5
Canada	3	0	0	3	38	78	–40	3

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	86	22	+64	9
Scotland	3	2	0	1	54	40	+14	7
United States	3	1	0	2	51	40	+11	5
Uganda	3	0	0	3	21	110	–89	3

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	83	26	+57	9
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	64	52	+12	7
Samoa	3	1	0	2	45	60	–15	5
Russia	3	0	0	3	27	81	–54	3

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	64	26	+38	9
France	3	2	0	1	59	42	+17	7
Kenya	3	1	0	2	43	48	–5	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	21	71	–50	3

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	Semi-finals				13th Place Final
	3 December 2016 – 13:38 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Japan	19
					3 December 2016 – 17:57 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Uganda	26
					Uganda	17
	3 December 2016 – 14:00 – The Sevens, Dubai
					Canada	20
	Canada	27
	Russia	5

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Challenge Trophy Final
	3 December 2016 – 09:30 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Argentina	31
					3 December 2016 – 14:22 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Japan	14
					Argentina	10
	3 December 2016 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai
					Samoa	12
	Samoa	27
									3 December 2016 – 18:19 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Uganda	19
									Samoa	14
	3 December 2016 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai
									United States	28
	Kenya	22
					3 December 2016 – 14:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Canada	14
					Kenya	19
	3 December 2016 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai
					United States	21
	United States	40
	Russia	0

	Semi-finals				5th Place Final
	3 December 2016 – 15:27 – The Sevens, Dubai
	France	17
					3 December 2016 – 18:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Scotland	26
					Scotland	12
	3 December 2016 – 16:19 – The Sevens, Dubai
					Australia	19
	Australia	20
	New Zealand	12

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final
	3 December 2016 – 11:00 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Fiji	40
					3 December 2016 – 16:41 – The Sevens, Dubai
	France	5
					Fiji	31
	3 December 2016 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai
					England	12
	England	24
									3 December 2016 – 19:33 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Scotland	21
									Fiji	14
	3 December 2016 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
									South Africa	26
	Australia	12
					3 December 2016 – 17:03 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Wales	21
					Wales	5
	3 December 2016 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai
					South Africa	36			Bronze Medal Match
	South Africa	40
									3 December 2016 – 19:08 – The Sevens, Dubai
	New Zealand	0
									England	38
									Wales	10

Source: World Rugby (archived)

World Sevens Series XVIII
Preceded by None (first event)	2016 Dubai Sevens	Succeeded by 2016 South Africa Sevens
Dubai Sevens
Preceded by 2015 Dubai Sevens	2016 Dubai Sevens	Succeeded by 2017 Dubai Sevens