Dubai Sevens

2007 Dubai Sevens

The Dubai Sevens is an annual rugby union sevens tournament held in Dubai, UAE. Through the 2007 edition, it was held at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, but in 2008 it moved to The Sevens, a new stadium built to host the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens.^[1] The 2009 competition took place between 3–5 December.

Since 2006, there has also been a women's tournament, featuring a mixture of international invitational teams and national selections. Some of the national selections are developmental sides of top women's rugby nations; others are full senior national sides. Starting in 2011, a second women's tournament, sponsored by the International Rugby Board, has been added. This event, featuring full senior national sides, will be known for at least that season as the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup. This was part of an IRB plan to launch a full women's sevens international series starting in 2012–13.

The tournament is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series.

Results

A blue box around the year indicates tournaments included in the World Rugby Sevens Series.

Year	Venue	Cup			Plate	Bowl	Shield
Year	Venue	Winner	Final Score	Runner-up	Winner	Winner	Winner
1999		New Zealand	38–14	Fiji	Australia	Scotland
2000		New Zealand	34–5	Fiji	South Africa	Ireland
2001^{^a}		New Zealand	45–7	South Africa	Scotland	Wales
2002	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground	New Zealand	38–12	Fiji
2003		South Africa	33–26	New Zealand
2004		England	26–21	Fiji	Samoa	Portugal	Tunisia
2005		England	28–26	Fiji	New Zealand	Wales	Kenya
2006		South Africa	31–12	New Zealand	Samoa	Argentina	Wales
2007		New Zealand	31–21	Fiji	Argentina	Australia	Zimbabwe
2008	The Sevens	South Africa	19–12	England	Samoa	Portugal	United States
2009		New Zealand	24–12	Samoa	Australia	Wales	Russia
2010		England	29–21	Samoa	South Africa	Argentina	Kenya
2011		England	29–12	France	Fiji	Australia	Scotland
2012		Samoa	26–15	New Zealand	Wales	Argentina	England
2013		Fiji	29–17	South Africa	Argentina	Australia	France
2014		South Africa	33–7	Australia	Argentina	Samoa	Canada
2015		Fiji	28–17	England	South Africa	France	Canada
2016		South Africa	26–14	Fiji	Australia	United States	Canada

Notes:

^a The 2001 event was downgraded in status and excluded from the Sevens World Series after several teams withdrew in the wake of the September 11 attacks.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Earlier winners

1998 Fiji
1997 New Zealand Invitation
1996 Fiji
1995 Kiwi Nomads
1994 South Korea
1993 White Heart Marauders
1992 Scotland
1991 Queensland
1990 Toulouse
1989 Crawshays
1988 London Scottish

External links

References

↑ "Emirates unveils Dubai venue 'The Sevens'". International Rugby Board. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
↑ "Dubai scrubbed from Sevens Series". Irish Times. 16 October 2001. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.
↑ Malin, Ian (24 October 2001). "England to miss Dubai's downgraded sevens". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.
↑ "Dubai sevens: Scots take Plate prize". 9 November 2001. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

World Rugby Sevens Series

Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2016–17 events	Dubai South Africa New Zealand Australia USA Canada Hong Kong Singapore France London

Former events	Cardiff China Japan Kuala Lumpur Mar del Plata Punta del Este Scotland Fiji

Current stadiums	Allianz Stadium BC Place The Sevens Stade Jean-Bouin Hong Kong Stadium Twickenham Westpac Stadium Singapore National Stadium Cape Town Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium

Dubai Sevens

Men's events	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Women's events	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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