2009 Dubai Sevens

World Rugby Sevens Series tournament The Dubai Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2009 competition was held on December 4 and 5 at The Sevens. It was the first of eight events in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. New Zealand won the tournament with a 24–12 victory over Samoa in the final. This was the second edition of the Dubai Sevens to be held at The Sevens. Previous editions were held at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground. Format The tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals. Teams Arabian Gulf ARG AUS ENG FJI FRA KEN NZL PRT RUS SAM SCO ZAF USA WAL ZWE Pool stages Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| ZAF |3||3||0||0||93||21||72||9 |- |align=left| AUS |3||2||0||1||61||43||18||7 |- |align=left| WAL |3||1||0||2||71||42||29||5 |- |align=left| Arabian Gulf |3||0||0||3||14||133||-119||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-12-04ZAF28 - 14 WAL 2009-12-04AUS47 - 7 Arabian Gulf 2009-12-04ZAF36 - 7 Arabian Gulf 2009-12-04AUS14 - 7 WAL 2009-12-04WAL50 - 0 Arabian Gulf 2009-12-04ZAF29 - 0 AUS Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| SAM |3||2||1||0||88||24||64||8 |- |align=left| FIJ |3||2||1||0||90||38||52||8 |- |align=left| ZWE |3||0||1||2||36||88||-52||4 |- |align=left| SCO |3||0||1||2||36||100||-64||4 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-12-04FIJ47 - 12 SCO 2009-12-04SAM40 - 5 ZWE 2009-12-04FIJ31 - 14 ZWE 2009-12-04SAM36 - 7 SCO 2009-12-04SCO17 - 17ZWE 2009-12-04FIJ12 - 12SAM Pool C {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| ENG |3||3||0||0||95||22||73||9 |- |align=left| KEN |3||2||0||1||67||58||9||7 |- |align=left| RUS |3||1||0||2||19||66||-47||5 |- |align=left| USA |3||0||0||3||50||85||-35||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-12-04ENG40 - 12 USA 2009-12-04KEN26 - 5 RUS 2009-12-04ENG28 - 0 RUS 2009-12-04KEN31 - 26 USA 2009-12-04 USA12 - 14RUS 2009-12-04ENG27 - 10 KEN Pool D {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Team !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| NZL |3||3||0||0||105||20||85||9 |- |align=left| ARG |3||2||0||1||72||57||15||7 |- |align=left| PRT |3||1||0||0||31||88||-57||5 |- |align=left| FRA |3||0||0||3||36||79||-43||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2009-12-04NZL34 - 0 PRT 2009-12-04ARG22 - 12 FRA 2009-12-04NZL33 - 10 FRA 2009-12-04ARG40 - 7 PRT 2009-12-04PRT24 - 14 FRA 2009-12-04NZL38 - 10 ARG Knockout Shield December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai WAL 19 SCO 12 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai PRT 0 USA 5 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai RUS 21 FRA 22 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai ZWE 28 Arabian Gulf 19 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai SCO 5 PRT 29 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai RUS 26 Arabian Gulf 12 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai POR 14 RUS 17 Bowl December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai WAL 19 SCO 12 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai PRT 0 USA 5 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai RUS 21 FRA 22 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai ZWE 28 Arabian Gulf 19 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai WAL 33 USA 12 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai FRA 14 ZWE 27 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai WAL 38 ZWE 7 Plate December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai NZL 17 KEN 14 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai ZAF 5 FIJ 17 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai ENG 17 ARG 12 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai SAM 28 AUS 27 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai KEN 14 ZAF 19 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai ARG 12 AUS 26 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai ZAF 0 AUS 7 Cup December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai NZL 17 KEN 14 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai ZAF 5 FIJ 17 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai ENG 17 ARG 12 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai SAM 28 AUS 27 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai NZL 19 FIJ 0 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai ENG 19 SAM 28 December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai NZL 24 SAM 12 Statistics Individual points Individual Points Pos. Player Country Points 1 Lolo Lui SAM 49 2 Ben Gollings ENG 46 3 Clinton Sills AUS 45 4 Sherwin Stowers NZL 45 5 Vasily Artemyev RUS 40 6 William Ryder FJI 40 7 Mikaele Pesamino SAM 40 8 Mzwandile Stick ZAF 40 9 Junior Tomasi Cama NZL 38 10 Rayno Benjamin ZAF 35 Individual tries Individual Tries Pos. Player Country Tries 1 Clinton Sills AUS 9 2 Sherwin Stowers NZL 9 3 Vasily Artemyev RUS 8 4 Mikaele Pesamino SAM 8 5 Rayno Benjamin ZAF 7 6 Alex Cuthbert WAL 7 7 Nicolas Bruzzone ARG 6 8 Collins Injera KEN 6 9 Humphrey Kayange KEN 6 10 Nick Edwards USA 5 Notes and references External links IRB Sevens Dubai Sevens on irb.com Dubai Sevens Edinburgh Sevens George Sevens 2009 2009 Category:2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series Category:2009 in Emirati sport Category:2009 in Asian rugby union