:2023 Dubai Sevens

{{Short description|World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox Rugby Sevens |separate=yes

|name = 2023 Dubai Sevens

|series = 2023–24 SVNS

|countries = {{Flag|UAE}}

|date1= 2–3 December 2023

|champions1 = {{ru7|RSA}}

|runnersup1 = {{ru7|ARG}}

|third1 = {{ru7|NZL}}

|trophy1=Men

|trophy2=Women

|date2= 2–3 December 2023

|champions2 = {{ru7w|AUS}}

|runnersup2 = {{ru7w|NZL}}

|third2 = {{ru7w|FRA}}

|matches = 64

|tries =

|top point scorer =

|top try scorer =

|prevseason = 2022

|nextseason = 2024

}}

The 2023 Dubai Sevens or SVNS DXB was a rugby sevens tournament played at The Sevens. Twelve men's teams and a similar number of women's teams participated.{{Cite web |last=world.rugby |title=Dubai ready to host hotly anticipated HSBC SVNS 2024 kick-off | Rugby World Cup Sevens South Africa 2022 |url=https://www.svns.com/en/news/895794/dubai-ready-to-host-hotly-anticipated-hsbc-svns-2024-kick-off |access-date=5 December 2023 |website=www.svns.com |language=en}}

{{ru7|RSA|noflag=Yes}} won the men's event and their fifth consecutive title in Dubai, defeating {{ru7|ARG|noflag=Yes}} in the final. {{ru7w|AUS|noflag=Yes}} won the women's event and their fourth consecutive title in Dubai, defeating {{ru7w|NZL|noflag=Yes}} in the final.{{Cite web |last=world.rugby |title=HSBC SVNS 2024: South Africa battle to a fifth Dubai title in a row | Rugby World Cup Sevens South Africa 2022 |url=https://www.svns.com/en/news/895770/hsbc-svns-2024-south-africa-battle-to-a-fifth-dubai-title-in-a-row |access-date=5 December 2023 |website=www.svns.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=world.rugby |title=HSBC SVNS 2024: Australia claim fourth straight Dubai title | Rugby World Cup Sevens South Africa 2022 |url=https://www.svns.com/en/news/895772/hsbc-svns-2024-australia-claim-fourth-straight-dubai-title |access-date=5 December 2023 |website=www.svns.com |language=en}}

Men's tournament

= Pool A =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:10.5em;"| Team

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Games won}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Games lost}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points scored for}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points scored against}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Point score difference}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| Pts| Standings points}}

bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7|RSA}}

| 3

07847+319
bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7|NZL}}

| 2

15954+57
bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7|SAM}}

| 1

25036+144
align="left" |{{ru7|CAN}}

| 0

33585–501

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|NZL}}

|score=26–21

|away={{ru7|CAN}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|SAM}}

|score=14–22

|away={{ru7|ZAF}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|RSA}}

|score=35–14

|away={{ru7|CAN}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|NZL}}

|score=14–12

|away={{ru7|SAM}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|SAM}}

|score=24–0

|away={{ru7|CAN}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|NZL}}

|score=19–21

|away={{ru7|SAF}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

= Pool B =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:10.5em;"| Team

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Games won}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Games lost}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points scored for}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points scored against}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Point score difference}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| Pts| Standings points}}

bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7|ARG}}

| 3

07433+419
bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7|IRE}}

| 2

16139+226
bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7|AUS}}

| 1

25157–64
align="left" |{{ru7|ESP}}

| 0

32386–570

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|ARG}}

|score=26–12

|away={{ru7|ESP}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|AUS}}

|score=12–19

|away={{ru7|IRE}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|IRE}}

|score=35–10

|away={{ru7|ESP}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|ARG}}

|score=31–14

|away={{ru7|AUS}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|AUS}}

|score=25–7

|away={{ru7|ESP}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|ARG}}

|score=17–7

|away={{ru7|IRE}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

= Pool C =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:10.5em;"| Team

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Games won}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Games lost}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points scored for}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points scored against}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Point score difference}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| Pts| Standings points}}

bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7|USA}}

| 2

17647+297
bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7|FIJ}}

| 2

16143+186
align="left" |{{ru7|FRA}}

| 1

2

| 54

66–123
align="left" |{{ru7|GBR}}

| 1

23671–353

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|FIJ}}

|score=21–14

|away={{ru7|USA}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|FRA}}

|score=35–0

|away={{ru7|GBR}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|GBR}}

|score=12–36

|away={{ru7|USA}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|FIJ}}

|score=40–5

|away={{ru7|FRA}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|FRA}}

|score=14–26

|away={{ru7|USA}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|FIJ}}

|score=0–24

|away={{ru7|GBR}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

= 9th to 12th playoffs =

{{Round4-with third|team-width=195|bold_winner=high

|RD1=9th place semifinals

|RD2=9th place final

|Consol=11th place final

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7|FRA}}|26|{{ru7|ESP}}|12

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7|GBR}}|21|{{ru7|CAN}}|14

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7|FRA}}|22|{{ru7|GBR}}|0

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7|ESP}}|19|{{ru7|CAN}}|14

}}

= 5th to 8th playoffs =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:10.5em;"| Team

! style="width:1.5em;" | Point Differential

bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7|IRE}}

| 20

bgcolor="#cfc"

| align="left" |{{ru7|SAM}}

| 7

align="left" |{{ru7|AUS}}

| -8

align="left" |{{ru7|USA}}

| -11

Seventh place

{{rugbybox |date=3 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|USA}}

|score=12–26

|away={{ru7|AUS}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

Fifth place

{{rugbybox |date=3 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7-rt|IRE}}

|score=28–5

|away={{ru7|SAM}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

= Cup =

{{Round8-with third|team-width=195|bold_winner=high

|RD1=Quarterfinals |RD2=Semifinals|Consol=3rd place final

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7|RSA}}|24|{{ru7|AUS}}|7

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7|IRE}}|24|{{ru7|FIJ}}|29

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7|USA}}|0|{{ru7|NZL}}|40

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7|SAM}}|14|{{ru7|ARG}}|21

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7|RSA}}|14|{{ru7|FIJ}}|7

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7|NZL}}|19|{{ru7|ARG}}|21

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7|RSA}}|12|{{ru7|ARG}}|7

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7|FIJ}}|12|{{ru7|NZL}}|17

}}

=Final placings=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:0;"
Place

! style="width:11em; text-align:left;"|{{noflag}}Team

{{gold1}}

|align=left|{{ru7|RSA}}

{{silver2}}

|align=left|{{ru7|ARG}}

{{bronze3}}

|align=left|{{ru7|NZL}}

4

|align=left|{{ru7|FIJ}}

5

|align=left|{{ru7|IRE}}

6

|align=left|{{ru7|SAM}}

7

|align=left|{{ru7|AUS}}

8

|align=left|{{ru7|USA}}

9

|align=left|{{ru7|FRA}}

10

|align=left|{{ru7|GBR}}

11

|align=left|{{ru7|ESP}}

12

|align=left|{{ru7|CAN}}

=Dream Team=

style="font-size: 95%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
style="width:200px;" align="left"| Player

! style="width:150px;" align="left"| Country

Leroy Carter{{ru7|NZL}}
Scott Curry{{ru7|NZL}}
Selvyn Davids{{ru7|RSA}}
Rosko Specman{{ru7|RSA}}
Marcos Moneta{{ru7|ARG}}
Germán Schulz{{ru7|ARG}}
Terio Veilawa{{ru7|FIJ}}

Women's tournament

= Pool A =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:10.5em;"| Team

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Games won}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Games lost}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points scored for}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points scored against}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Point score difference}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| Pts| Standings points}}

bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7w|NZL}}

| 3

09142+499
bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7w|FIJ}}

| 2

18063+176
align="left" |{{ru7w|GBR}}

| 1

24186–453
align="left" |{{ru7w|RSA}}

| 0

33657–212

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|NZL}}

|score=19–14

|away={{ru7w|RSA}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|FIJ}}

|score=38–17

|away={{ru7w|GBR}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|FIJ}}

|score=21–17

|away={{ru7w|RSA}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|NZL}}

|score=43–7

|away={{ru7w|GBR}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|GBR}}

|score=17–5

|away={{ru7w|RSA}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|NZL}}

|score=29–21

|away={{ru7w|FIJ}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

= Pool B =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:10.5em;"| Team

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Games won}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Games lost}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points scored for}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points scored against}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Point score difference}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| Pts| Standings points}}

bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7w|AUS}}

| 3

| 0

1385+1339
bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7w|IRE}}

| 2

15954+56
bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7w|BRA}}

| 1

23570–354
align="left" |{{ru7w|JPN}}

| 0

319121–1030

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|AUS}}

|score=39–0

|away={{ru7w|BRA}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|IRE}}

|score=35–7

|away={{ru7w|JPN}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|IRE}}

|score=19–14

|away={{ru7w|BRA}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|AUS}}

|score=66–0

|away={{ru7w|JPN}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|JPN}}

|score=12–21

|away={{ru7w|BRA}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|AUS}}

|score=33–5

|away={{ru7w|IRE}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

= Pool C =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:10.5em;"| Team

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| W | Games won}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| L | Games lost}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PF | Points scored for}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PA | Points scored against}}

! style="width:2.0em;" | {{abbr| PD | Point score difference}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| Pts| Standings points}}

bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7w|FRA}}

| 3

09512+839
bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7w|CAN}}

| 2

15351+26
bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7w|USA}}

| 1

24253–114
align="left" |{{ru7w|ESP}}

| 0

31993–740

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|FRA}}

|score=29–0

|away={{ru7w|CAN}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|USA}}

|score=27–0

|away={{ru7w|ESP}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|FRA}}

|score=28–7

|away={{ru7w|ESP}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|USA}}

|score=10–15

(aet)

|away={{ru7w|CAN}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|CAN}}

|score=38–12

|away={{ru7w|ESP}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

{{rugbybox |date=2 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|USA}}

|score=5–38

|away={{ru7w|FRA}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

= 9th to 12th playoffs =

{{Round4-with third|team-width=195|bold_winner=high

|RD1=9th place semifinals

|RD2=9th place final

|Consol=11th place final

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7w|GBR}}|0|{{ru7w|JPN}}|21

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7w|RSA}}|17|{{ru7w|ESP}}|0

|12={{ru7w|JPN}}|13=12|14={{ru7w|RSA}}|15=5

|16=3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens|17={{ru7w|GBR}}|18=26|19={{ru7w|ESP}}|20=12}}

= 5th to 8th playoffs =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:10.5em;"| Team

! style="width:1.5em;" | Point Differential

bgcolor=#cfc

| align="left" |{{ru7w|IRE}}

| 3

bgcolor="#cfc"

| align="left" |{{ru7w|FIJ}}

| -7

align="left" |{{ru7w|USA}}

| -38

align="left" |{{ru7w|BRA}}

| -47

Seventh place

{{rugbybox |date=3 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|USA}}

|score=38–7

|away={{ru7w|BRA}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

Fifth place

{{rugbybox |date=3 December |time=00:00

|home={{ru7w-rt|IRE}}

|score=19–24

(aet)

|away={{ru7w|FIJ}}

|stadium=The Sevens, Dubai

}}

= Cup =

{{Round8-with third|team-width=195|bold_winner=high

|RD1=Quarterfinals |RD2=Semifinals|Consol=3rd place final

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7w|NZL}}|26|{{ru7w|BRA}}|14

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7w|IRE}}|12|{{ru7w|CAN}}|14

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7w|FRA}}|38|{{ru7w|FIJ}}|14

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7w|AUS}}|32|{{ru7w|USA}}|5

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7w|NZL}}|21|{{ru7w|CAN}}|19

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7w|FRA}}|14|{{ru7w|AUS}}|21

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7w|NZL}}|19|{{ru7w|AUS}}|26

|3 December 2023– 00:00 – The Sevens

|{{ru7w|CAN}}|5|{{ru7w|FRA}}|26

}}

=Final placings=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:0;"
Place

! style="width:11em; text-align:left;"|{{noflag}}Team

{{gold1}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|AUS}}

{{silver2}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|NZL}}

{{bronze3}}

|align=left|{{ru7w|FRA}}

4

|align=left|{{ru7w|CAN}}

5

|align=left|{{ru7w|FIJ}}

6

|align=left|{{ru7w|IRE}}

7

|align=left|{{ru7w|USA }}

8

|align=left|{{ru7w|BRA}}

9

|align=left|{{ru7w|JPN}}

10

|align=left|{{ru7w|RSA}}

11

|align=left|{{ru7w|GBR}}

12

|align=left|{{ru7w|ESP}}

=Dream Team=

style="font-size: 95%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
style="width:200px;" align="left"| Player

! style="width:150px;" align="left"| Country

Charlotte Caslick{{ru7w|AUS}}
Maddison Levi{{ru7w|AUS}}
Teagan Levi{{ru7w|AUS}}
Jorja Miller{{ru7w|NZL}}
Anne-Cécile Ciofani{{ru7w|FRA}}
Florence Symonds{{ru7w|CAN}}
Reapi Ulunisau{{ru7w|FIJ}}

References

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