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2022 Dubai Sevens

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2022 Dubai Sevens
Sevens World Series XXIV
Host nationUnited Arab Emirates
Date3–4 December 2022
Cup
Champion South Africa
Runner-up Ireland
Third New Zealand
Tournament details
Matches played45
2021
2023

The 2022 Dubai Sevens was the second tournament within the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series and was the 22nd international edition and the 52nd overall of the Dubai Sevens since it began in 1970. It was held on 3 and 4 December 2022 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Format

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The twelve teams at each tournament were drawn into three pools of four teams each. A round-robin was held for each pool, where every team played each of the other three in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed on comparative pool standings, advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for tournament honours. The other teams from each pool went to the challenge playoffs for ninth to twelfth place.

Teams

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Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, United Arab Emirates.[1] {{columns-list|colwidth=14em|

Core Teams

Invited Team

Pool stage

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All times in UAE Standard Time (UTC+4:00)

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

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PD Pts
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 13 7
 Australia 3 1 1 1 2 6
 Great Britain 3 1 1 1 0 6
 Kenya 3 0 2 1 –15 5


Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PD Pts
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 47 7
 New Zealand 3 2 0 1 44 7
 Fiji 3 2 0 1 40 7
 Uruguay 3 0 0 3 -131 3


Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 24 9
 Ireland 3 1 1 1 11 6
 Spain 3 1 1 1 7 6
 United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 -42 3


Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 43 9
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 47 3
 Canada 3 1 0 2 -19 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 -71 3

Placement matches

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Thirteenth place

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13th place semifinal13th place final
 
      
 
12:49 pm
 
 
 United Arab Emirates0
 
4:07 pm
 
 Canada29
 
 Canada7
 
1:11 pm
 
 Spain38
 
 Spain28
 
 
 Japan0
 
15th place final
 
 
3:30 pm
 
 
 Uganda7
 
 
 Japan10

Ninth place

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9th place Quarterfinals9th place SemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 
 Fiji29
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 United Arab Emirates14
 
 Fiji21
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Kenya17
 
 Canada7
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Kenya17
 
 Fiji47
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Uruguay0
 
 Spain12
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Uruguay24
 
 Uruguay26
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Great Britain7 11th place final
 
 Great Britain45
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Japan5
 
 Kenya21
 
 
 Great Britain14
 


Cup

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Fifth place

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5th to 8th playoffs

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5th place semifinal5th place final
 
      
 
12:49 pm
 
 
 Argentina28
 
4:07 pm
 
 Australia15
 
 Argentina12
 
1:11 pm
 
 France19
 
 France24
 
 
 Samoa17
 
7th place final
 
 
3:30 pm
 
 
 Australia17
 
 
 Samoa15


Cup playoffs

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 
 Argentina14
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Ireland19
 
 Ireland12
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 United States7
 
 United States24
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Australia19
 
 Ireland5
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 South Africa21
 
 France0
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 New Zealand20
 
 New Zealand19
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 South Africa26 3rd place final
 
 South Africa24
 
3 December – The Sevens
 
 Samoa19
 
 United States12
 
 
 New Zealand31
 

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Africa 22
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ireland 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand 17
4  United States 15
5  France 13
6  Argentina 12
7  Australia 11
8  Samoa 10
9  Fiji 8
10  Uruguay 7
11  Kenya 6
12  Great Britain 5
13  Spain 4
14  Canada 3
15  Japan 2
16  United Arab Emirates 1

Source: World Rugby

Players

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Dream Team
Forwards Backs
South Africa Ricardo Duarttee
South Africa Branco du Preez
South Africa Siviwe Soyizwapi
United States Perry Baker
Ireland Harry McNulty
Ireland Mark Roche
Akuila Rokolisoa

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ worldrugby.org. "Pools for Dubai - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  2. ^ "Blitzboks headline Dubai Sevens Dream Team". MSN. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
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World Sevens Series XXIV
Preceded by 2022 Dubai Sevens Succeeded by
Dubai Sevens
Preceded by 2022 Dubai Sevens Succeeded by