2012 Dubai Sevens
{{Short description|World Rugby Sevens Series tournament}}
{{Infobox Rugby Sevens
| countries = {{flagicon|UAE}} United Arab Emirates
| date = 30 November – 1 December 2012
| champions1 = {{Ru7|SAM}}
| runnersup1 = {{Ru7|NZL}}
| third = {{ru7|KEN}}
| champions2 = {{Ru7|WAL}}
| runnersup2 = {{Ru7|CAN}}
| champions3 = {{Ru7|ARG}}
| runnersup3 = {{Ru7|RSA}}
| champions4 = {{Ru7|ENG}}
| runnersup4 = {{Ru7|ESP}}
| matches = 45
| tries = 217
| top point scorer = {{flagicon|CAN}} Nathan Hirayama
(51 points)
| top try scorer = {{flagicon|ENG}} Dan Norton
{{flagicon|KEN}} Collins Injera
{{flagicon|NZL}} Kurt Baker
{{flagicon|SAM}} Paul Perez
(6 tries)
| prevseason = 2011
| nextseason = 2013
}}
The 2012 Dubai Sevens was held on 30 November and 1 December 2012 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and the second stop of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series.
Samoa defeated New Zealand 26–15 in the final to win the title.{{cite web|url=http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=1/news/newsid=2064400.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204112159/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=1/news/newsid=2064400.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 4, 2012|title=Samoa defeat New Zealand to win Dubai Sevens|date=2012-12-01|work=irbsevens.com}}
Format
The teams were drawn into four 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/Shield brackets.
Pool Stage
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables |
|---|
| style="background:#cfc; width:20px;"|
|align=left|Teams that advance to the Cup Quarterfinal |
=Pool A=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=25 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|FIJ}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 9 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|KEN}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|ESP}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 5 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|SCO}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 09:50
|home = {{ru7-rt|FIJ}}
|score = 14 – 0
|report =
|away = {{ru7|ESP}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 10:12
|home = {{ru7-rt|KEN}}
|score = 12 – 5
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121201141241/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=4/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|SCO}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 13:36
|home = {{ru7-rt|FIJ}}
|score = 22 – 14
|report =
|away = {{ru7|SCO}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 13:58
|home = {{ru7-rt|KEN}}
|score = 10 – 7
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203060435/http://irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=12/matchdetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|ESP}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 17:00
|home = {{ru7-rt|ESP}}
|score = 12 – 7
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203060503/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=18/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|SCO}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 18:58
|home = {{ru7-rt|FIJ}}
|score = 14 – 10
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203035735/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=22/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|KEN}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
=Pool B=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=25 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|NZL}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 28 | +34 | 9 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|WAL}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|ARG}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 5 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|RUS}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 70 | −41 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 10:36
|home = {{ru7-rt|NZL}}
|score = 14 – 7
|report =
|away = {{ru7|WAL}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 10:58
|home = {{ru7-rt|ARG}}
|score = 17 – 10
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203061001/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=6/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|RUS}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 14:22
|home = {{ru7-rt|NZL}}
|score = 31 – 14
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203061142/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=13/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|RUS}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 14:44
|home = {{ru7-rt|ARG}}
|score = 7 – 14
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203060441/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=14/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|WAL}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 17:22
|home = {{ru7-rt|WAL}}
|score = 22 – 5
|report =
|away = {{ru7|RUS}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 19:22
|home = {{ru7-rt|NZL}}
|score = 17 – 7
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203035801/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=23/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|ARG}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
=Pool C=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=25 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|SAM}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 7 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|POR}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|RSA}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 5 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|ENG}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 5 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 11:20
|home = {{ru7-rt|RSA}}
|score = 19 – 10
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203061006/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=7/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|ENG}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 11:44
|home = {{ru7-rt|SAM}}
|score = 24 – 19
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203042438/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=8/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|POR}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 15:06
|home = {{ru7-rt|RSA}}
|score = 10 – 12
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203040638/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=15/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|POR}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 15:28
|home = {{ru7-rt|SAM}}
|score = 17 – 19
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203042352/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=16/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|ENG}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 17:44
|home = {{ru7-rt|ENG}}
|score = 21 – 22
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203035730/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=20/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|POR}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 19:44
|home = {{ru7-rt|RSA}}
|score = 5 – 10
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203035817/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=24/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|SAM}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
=Pool D=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=25 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|CAN}} |3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 35 | +39 | 8 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|FRA}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|AUS}}
|3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 6 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|USA}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 09:06
|home = {{ru7-rt|FRA}}
|score = 0 – 20
|report =
|away = {{ru7|CAN}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 09:28
|home = {{ru7-rt|AUS}}
|score = 19 – 12
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121207171543/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=2/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|USA}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 12:52
|home = {{ru7-rt|FRA}}
|score = 17 – 14
|report =
|away = {{ru7|USA}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 13:14
|home = {{ru7-rt|AUS}}
|score = 28 – 28
|report =
|away = {{ru7|CAN}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 16:38
|home = {{ru7-rt|CAN}}
|score = 26 – 7
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203042357/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=17/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|USA}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 30 November 2012
|time = 18:36
|home = {{ru7-rt|FRA}}
|score = 7 – 0
|report = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121203035801/http://www.irbsevens.com/matches/idcup=1040/season=2012/edition=1/gameno=23/matchDetails.html Report]}}
|away = {{ru7|AUS}}
|stadium = The Sevens Stadium
}}
Knockout stage
=Shield (13th place) =
{{Round8
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|ESP}}|12|{{Ru7|USA}}|14
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|RSA}}|25|{{Ru7|RUS}}|12
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|AUS}}|14|{{Ru7|SCO}}|29
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|ARG}}|24|{{Ru7|ENG}}|14
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|ESP}}|26|{{Ru7|RUS}}|24
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|AUS}}|12|{{Ru7|ENG}}|40
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|ESP}}|5|{{Ru7|ENG}}|26
}}
=Bowl (9th place) =
{{Round8
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|ESP}}|12|{{Ru7|USA}}|14
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|RSA}}|25|{{Ru7|RUS}}|12
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|AUS}}|14|{{Ru7|SCO}}|29
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|ARG}}|24|{{Ru7|ENG}}|14
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|USA}}|14|{{Ru7|RSA}}|22
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|SCO}}|5|{{Ru7|ARG}}|12
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|RSA}}|10|{{Ru7|ARG}}|14
}}
=Plate (5th place) =
{{Round8
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|FIJ}}|5|{{Ru7|FRA}}|8
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|SAM}}|19|{{Ru7|WAL}}|7
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|CAN}}|7|{{Ru7|KEN}}|19
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|NZL}}|28|{{Ru7|POR}}|7
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|FIJ}}|5|{{Ru7|WAL}}|27
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|CAN}}|28|{{Ru7|POR}}|12
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|WAL}}|21|{{Ru7|CAN}}|14
}}
=Cup (1st place) =
{{Round8-with third
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|FIJ}}|5|{{Ru7|FRA}}|8
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|SAM}}|19|{{Ru7|WAL}}|7
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|CAN}}|7|{{Ru7|KEN}}|19
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|NZL}}|28|{{Ru7|POR}}|7
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|FRA}}|5|{{Ru7|SAM}}|12
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|KEN}}|7|{{Ru7|NZL}}|27
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|SAM}}|26|{{Ru7|NZL}}|15
|1 December – Dubai
|{{Ru7|FRA}}|12|{{Ru7|KEN}}|15
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101117205236/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=1/index.html Official website]}}
{{2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series}}
{{Dubai Sevens}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dubai Sevens}}
Category:2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series
Category:2012 in Emirati sport
Category:2012 in Asian rugby union