2012 Dubai Women's Sevens

2012 Dubai Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series I

Cup Semifinal: Australia vs New Zealand in 2012
Host nation United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Date 30 November – 1 December 2012
Cup
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  South Africa
Plate
Champions  Russia
Runners-up  Canada
Bowl
Champions  United States
Runners-up  France
Shield
Tournament details
Matches played 34
Tries scored 50 (average 1.471 per match)
Top point scorer Australia Emilee Cherry
(35 points)
Top try scorer Australia Emilee Cherry
(7 tries)
2011
2013

The 2012 Dubai Women's Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held between 30 November 2012 and 1 December 2012 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. It was the 6th edition of the tournament and the first stop on the 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series

New Zealand were the first champions of the new series after defeating South Africa 41–0.[1]

Format

The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.

Pool stage

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

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 32013915+247
 England 32014427+177
 Spain 32013117+147
 Brazil 3003560−553
30 November 2012
12:06
England  5 – 20  South Africa
Report

30 November 2012
12:26
Spain  19 – 0  Brazil
Report

30 November 2012
15:52
England  22 – 0  Brazil
Report

30 November 2012
16:14
Spain  5 – 0  South Africa
Report

30 November 2012
20:28
South Africa  19 – 5  Brazil
Report

30 November 2012
20:50
England  17 – 7  Spain
Report

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Russia 32105424+308
 New Zealand 31205524+317
 Canada 31115627+296
 China 3003090−903
30 November 2012
12:28
Canada  12 – 15  Russia
Report

30 November 2012
12:48
New Zealand  31 – 0  China
Report

30 November 2012
16:36
Canada  32 – 0  China
Report

30 November 2012
16:58
New Zealand  12 – 12  Russia
Report

30 November 2012
20:28
Russia  27 – 0  China
Report

30 November 2012
21:12
Canada  12 – 12  New Zealand
Report

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33006819+499
 Netherlands 32013843−57
 United States 31024134+75
 France 30031970−513
30 November 2012
11:42
Australia  24 – 12  Netherlands
Report

30 November 2012
12:04
United States  27 – 7  France
Report

30 November 2012
15:52
Australia  29 – 0  France
Report

30 November 2012
16:14
United States  7 – 12  Netherlands
Report

30 November 2012
20:22
Netherlands  14 – 12  France
Report

30 November 2012
20:42
Australia  15 – 7  United States
Report

Knockout stage

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai        
  Australia  14
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
  Canada  10  
  Australia  14
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
      New Zealand  28  
  New Zealand  31
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
  England  0  
  New Zealand  41
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai    
    South Africa  0
  South Africa  12
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
  Netherlands  7  
  South Africa  19 Third place
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
      Spain  17   1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
  Spain  7
  Spain  17
  Russia  5  
  Australia  15
 

Plate

Plate semi-finals Fifth place
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
  Canada  24  
  England  0  
 
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
      Canada  10
    Russia  14
Seventh place
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
  Netherlands  5   England  26
  Russia  21     Netherlands  5

Bowl

Bowl semi-finals Ninth place
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
  United States  36  
  China  7  
 
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
      United States  26
    France  12
Eleventh place
1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai 1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
  France  22   China  19
  Brazil  0     Brazil  17

References

  1. "New Zealand women power to Dubai title". wsws.irbsevens.com. 2012-12-01.
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