2015 Dubai Sevens
{{Short description|World Rugby Sevens Series tournament}}
{{Infobox Rugby Sevens
| series = Sevens World Series XVII
| countries = {{flagicon|UAE}} United Arab Emirates
| date = 4–5 December 2015
| champions1 = {{ru7|FIJ}}
| runnersup1 = {{ru7|ENG}}
| third = {{ru7|USA}}
| champions2 = {{ru7|RSA}}
| runnersup2 = {{ru7|AUS}}
| champions3 = {{ru7|FRA}}
| runnersup3 = {{ru7|SCO}}
| champions4 = {{ru7|CAN}}
| runnersup4 = {{ru7|JPN}}
| matches = 45
| tries = 264
| top point scorer =
| top try scorer =
| prevseason = 2014
| nextseason = 2016
}}
The 2015 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 4–5 December 2015 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other three teams in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.
Teams
The 16 participating teams for the tournament:{{cite web | url=http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/123236 | title=Draws announced for HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series opener in Dubai | work=World Rugby | date=13 November 2015 | accessdate=13 November 2015}}
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
- {{ru7|ARG}}
- {{ru7|AUS}}
- {{ru7|CAN}}
- {{ru7|ENG}}
- {{ru7|FIJ}}
- {{ru7|FRA}}
- {{ru7|JPN}}
- {{ru7|KEN}}
- {{ru7|NZL}}
- {{ru7|POR}}
- {{ru7|SAM}}
- {{ru7|SCO}}
- {{ru7|RSA}}
- {{ru7|RUS}}
- {{ru7|USA}}
- {{ru7|WAL}}
{{div col end}}
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 advanced to the Cup quarter-final |
=Pool A=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=25 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=25 abbr="Won" |W !width=25 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=25 abbr="Lost" |L !width=32 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=32 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=32 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=25 abbr="Points" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|FIJ}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 31 | +81 | 9 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|ARG}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 61 | –11 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|JPN}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 59 | –2 | 5 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|CAN}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 103 | –68 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 09:00
|home = {{ru7-rt|Fiji}}
|score = 63–14
|away = {{ru7|Canada}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 09:22
|home = {{ru7-rt|Argentina}}
|score = 31–19
|away = {{ru7|Japan}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 12:00
|home = {{ru7-rt|Fiji}}
|score = 21–17
|away = {{ru7|Japan}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 12:22
|home = {{ru7-rt|Argentina}}
|score = 19–14
|away = {{ru7|Canada}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 18:28
|home = {{ru7-rt|Fiji}}
|score = 28–0
|away = {{ru7|Argentina}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 18:50
|home = {{ru7-rt|Canada}}
|score = 7–21
|away = {{ru7|Japan}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
=Pool B=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=25 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=25 abbr="Won" |W !width=25 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=25 abbr="Lost" |L !width=32 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=32 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=32 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=25 abbr="Points" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|RSA}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 19 | +85 | 9 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|SAM}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 55 | –12 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|SCO}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 57 | –16 | 5 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|RUS}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 81 | –57 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 09:44
|home = {{ru7-rt|South Africa}}
|score = 33–7
|away = {{ru7|Samoa}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 10:06
|home = {{ru7-rt|Scotland}}
|score = 17–14
|away = {{ru7|Russia}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 12:44
|home = {{ru7-rt|South Africa}}
|score = 45–0
|away = {{ru7|Russia}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 12:44
|home = {{ru7-rt|Scotland}}
|score = 12–17
|away = {{ru7|Samoa}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 19:12
|home = {{ru7-rt|Samoa}}
|score = 19–10
|away = {{ru7|Russia}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 19:36
|home = {{ru7-rt|South Africa}}
|score = 26–12
|away = {{ru7|Scotland}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
=Pool C=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=25 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=25 abbr="Won" |W !width=25 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=25 abbr="Lost" |L !width=32 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=32 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=32 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=25 abbr="Points" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|NZL}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 33 | +47 | 7 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|USA}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 52 | +28 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|FRA}}
|3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 49 | +26 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|POR}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 127 | –101 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 10:30
|home = {{ru7-rt|New Zealand}}
|score = 21–14
|away = {{ru7|France}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 10:52
|home = {{ru7-rt|United States}}
|score = 45–14
|away = {{ru7|Portugal}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 14:14
|home = {{ru7-rt|New Zealand}}
|score = 47–5
|away = {{ru7|Portugal}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 14:36
|home = {{ru7-rt|United States}}
|score = 21–26
|away = {{ru7|France}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 19:36
|home = {{ru7-rt|France}}
|score = 35–7
|away = {{ru7|Portugal}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 19:58
|home = {{ru7-rt|New Zealand}}
|score = 12–14
|away = {{ru7|United States}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
=Pool D=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=25 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=25 abbr="Won" |W !width=25 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=25 abbr="Lost" |L !width=32 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=32 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=32 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=25 abbr="Points" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|ENG}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 22 | +44 | 9 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{Ru7|AUS}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|WAL}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 79 | –62 | 5 |
| align=left|{{Ru7|KEN}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 45 | –11 | 3 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 11:14
|home = {{ru7-rt|England}}
|score = 26–5
|away = {{ru7|Wales}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 11:36
|home = {{ru7-rt|Australia}}
|score = 14–12
|away = {{ru7|Kenya}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 14:58
|home = {{ru7-rt|England}}
|score = 19–12
|away = {{ru7|Kenya}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 15:20
|home = {{ru7-rt|Australia}}
|score = 43–0
|away = {{ru7|Wales}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 20:20
|home = {{ru7-rt|Wales}}
|score = 12–10
|away = {{ru7|Kenya}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 December 2015
|time = 20:42
|home = {{ru7-rt|England}}
|score = 21–5
|away = {{ru7|Australia}}
|report =
|stadium = The Sevens, Dubai
}}
Knockout stage
=Shield=
{{Round8 |team-width=190
|5 December 2015 – 09:30 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{Ru7|JPN}}|12|{{ru7|KEN}}|17
|5 December 2015 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|FRA}}|38|{{ru7|RUS}}|5
|5 December 2015 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|WAL}}|24|{{Ru7|CAN}}|14
|5 December 2015 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|SCO}}|21|{{ru7|POR}}|14
|5 December 2015 – 13:38 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{Ru7|JPN}}|21|{{ru7|RUS}}|19
|5 December 2015 – 14:00 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{Ru7|CAN}}|31|{{ru7|POR}}|14
|5 December 2015 – 18:14 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{Ru7|JPN}}|17|{{ru7|CAN}}|19
}}
=Bowl=
{{Round8 |team-width=190
|5 December 2015 – 09:30 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{Ru7|JPN}}|12|{{ru7|KEN}}|17
|5 December 2015 – 09:52 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|FRA}}|38|{{ru7|RUS}}|5
|5 December 2015 – 10:14 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|WAL}}|24|{{Ru7|CAN}}|14
|5 December 2015 – 10:36 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|SCO}}|21|{{ru7|POR}}|14
|5 December 2015 – 14:22 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|KEN}}|7|{{ru7|FRA}}|33
|5 December 2015 – 14:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|WAL}}|14|{{ru7|SCO}}|17
|5 December 2015 – 18:42 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{Ru7|FRA}}|24|{{Ru7|SCO}}|14
}}
=Plate=
{{Round8 |team-width=190
|5 December 2015 – 11:00 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{Ru7|FIJ}}|19|{{ru7|AUS}}|12
|5 December 2015 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|NZL}}|24|{{ru7|SAM}}|21
|5 December 2015 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|ENG}}|14|{{Ru7|ARG}}|7
|5 December 2015 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|RSA}}|19|{{ru7|USA}}|21
|5 December 2015 – 16:11 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|AUS}}|28|{{ru7|SAM}}|10
|5 December 2015 – 16:33 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{Ru7|ARG}}|5|{{ru7|RSA}}|26
|5 December 2015 – 19:10 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|AUS}}|14|{{ru7|RSA}}|19
}}
=Cup=
{{Round8-with third |team-width=190
|5 December 2015 – 11:00 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{Ru7|FIJ}}|19|{{ru7|AUS}}|12
|5 December 2015 – 11:22 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|NZL}}|24|{{ru7|SAM}}|21
|5 December 2015 – 11:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|ENG}}|14|{{Ru7|ARG}}|7
|5 December 2015 – 12:06 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|RSA}}|19|{{ru7|USA}}|21
|5 December 2015 – 16:55 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{Ru7|FIJ}}|19|{{ru7|NZL}}|5
|5 December 2015 – 17:17 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{ru7|ENG}}|24|{{ru7|USA}}|19
|5 December 2015 – 20:12 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{Ru7|FIJ}}|28|{{Ru7|ENG}}|17
|5 December 2015 – 19:40 – The Sevens, Dubai
|{{Ru7|NZL}}|12|{{Ru7|USA}}|31
}}
Scoring
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| Rank | Player | Tries |
|---|---|---|
| align=center| 1 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Terry Bourahoua | align=center| 8 |
| align=center| 2 | {{flagicon|RSA}} Seabelo Senatla | align=center| 7 |
| align=center| 3 | {{flagicon|USA}} Perry Baker | align=center| 5 |
| align=center| 3 | {{flagicon|FIJ}} Jerry Tuwai | align=center| 5 |
| align=center| 3 | {{flagicon|RSA}} Justin Geduld | align=center| 5 |
| align=center| 3 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Ostroushko | align=center| 5 |
Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/stage/1545/statistics WR website]
Awards
- HSBC Player of the Final - Jerry Tuwai{{cite web |url=http://ur7s.com/news/jerry-tuwai-dazzles-and-and-sparkles-to-win-hsbc-player-of-the-final-in-dubai |title=Jerry Tuwai dazzles and sparkles to win HSBC Player of the Final in Dubai |date=7 December 2015 |accessdate=18 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222100655/http://ur7s.com/news/jerry-tuwai-dazzles-and-and-sparkles-to-win-hsbc-player-of-the-final-in-dubai |archive-date=22 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/ World Rugby Sevens Series website]
- [http://www.dubairugby7s.com Dubai Rugby 7s website]
{{2015–16 Sevens World Series}}
{{Dubai Sevens}}
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Category:2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series