2022 Dubai Sevens

2022 Dubai Sevens
Sevens World Series XXIV
Host nation	United Arab Emirates
Date	3–4 December 2022
Cup
Champion	South Africa
Runner-up	Ireland
Third	New Zealand
Tournament details
Matches played	45
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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

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

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

Core Teams

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Great Britain
•  Ireland
•  Japan
•  Kenya
•  New Zealand
•  Samoa
•  South Africa
•  Spain
•  United States
•  Uruguay

Invited Team

•  United Arab Emirates

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

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

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

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

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

Thirteenth place

	13th place semifinal				13th place final
	12:49 pm
	United Arab Emirates	0
					4:07 pm
	Canada	29
					Canada	7
	1:11 pm
					Spain	38
	Spain	28
	Japan	0
					15th place final
					3:30 pm
					Uganda	7
					Japan	10

Ninth place

	9th place Quarterfinals				9th place Semifinals				Final
	3 December – The Sevens
	Fiji	29
					3 December – The Sevens
	United Arab Emirates	14
					Fiji	21
	3 December – The Sevens
					Kenya	17
	Canada	7
									3 December – The Sevens
	Kenya	17
									Fiji	47
	3 December – The Sevens
									Uruguay	0
	Spain	12
					3 December – The Sevens
	Uruguay	24
					Uruguay	26
	3 December – The Sevens
					Great Britain	7			11th place final
	Great Britain	45
									3 December – The Sevens
	Japan	5
									Kenya	21
									Great Britain	14

Cup

Fifth place

5th to 8th playoffs

	5th place semifinal				5th place final
	12:49 pm
	Argentina	28
					4:07 pm
	Australia	15
					Argentina	12
	1:11 pm
					France	19
	France	24
	Samoa	17
					7th place final
					3:30 pm
					Australia	17
					Samoa	15

Cup playoffs

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	3 December – The Sevens
	Argentina	14
					3 December – The Sevens
	Ireland	19
					Ireland	12
	3 December – The Sevens
					United States	7
	United States	24
									3 December – The Sevens
	Australia	19
									Ireland	5
	3 December – The Sevens
									South Africa	21
	France	0
					3 December – The Sevens
	New Zealand	20
					New Zealand	19
	3 December – The Sevens
					South Africa	26			3rd place final
	South Africa	24
									3 December – The Sevens
	Samoa	19
									United States	12
									New Zealand	31

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	South Africa	22
	Ireland	19
	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

Dream Team

Forwards	Backs
Ricardo Duarttee Branco du Preez Siviwe Soyizwapi	Perry Baker Harry McNulty Mark Roche Akuila Rokolisoa

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See also

• 2022 Dubai Women's Sevens
• World Rugby Sevens Series
• 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series

References

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.

External links

• Tournament site
• World Rugby info

World Sevens Series XXIV
Preceded by 2022 Hong Kong Sevens	2022 Dubai Sevens	Succeeded by 2022 South Africa Sevens
Dubai Sevens
Preceded by 2021 Dubai Sevens	2022 Dubai Sevens	Succeeded by 2023 Dubai Sevens