2008 Dubai Sevens

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 2008 competition was held on November 28 and 29 at The Sevens, a brand-new facility built to host the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens.http://www.irb.com/rwcsevens/news/newsid=2025888.html#emirates+unveils+dubai+venue+the+sevens Emirates unveils Dubai venue 'The Sevens' International Rugby Board 2008-07-02 2008-09-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20080731225458/http://www.irb.com/rwcsevens/news/newsid=2025888.html#emirates+unveils+dubai+venue+the+sevens 2008-07-31 dead It was the first of eight events in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series. The top-tier Cup trophy was won by South Africa. This was the first 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 AUS ENG FRA FJI Georgia KEN NZL Portugal 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| NZL |3||3||0||0||104||21||+83||9 |- |align=left| AUS |3||2||0||1||50||62||−12||7 |- |align=left| WAL |3||1||0||2||50||62||−12||5 |- |align=left| ZWE |3||0||0||3||31||90||−59||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-11-28 NZL 28 - 7 WAL 2008-11-28 AUS 21 - 12 ZWE 2008-11-28 NZL 43 - 7 ZWE 2008-11-28 AUS 22 - 17 WAL 2008-11-28 WAL 26 - 12 ZWE 2008-11-28 NZL 33 - 7 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| ZAF |3||3||0||0||95||10||+85||9 |- |align=left| KEN |3||2||0||1||66||38||+28||7 |- |align=left| SCO |3||1||0||2||29||83||−54||5 |- |align=left| Arabian Gulf |3||0||0||3||21||80||−59||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-11-28 ZAF 31 - 10 SCO 2008-11-28 KEN 28 - 7 Arabian Gulf 2008-11-28 ZAF 33 - 0 Arabian Gulf 2008-11-28 KEN 38 - 0 SCO 2008-11-28 SCO 19 - 14 Arabian Gulf 2008-11-28 ZAF 31 - 0 KEN 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| SAM |3||3||0||0||71||26||+45||9 |- |align=left| ARG |3||2||0||1||52||33||+19||7 |- |align=left| FRA |3||1||0||2||35||53||−17||5 |- |align=left| Georgia |3||0||0||3||26||73||−47||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-11-28 SAM 19 - 14 FRA 2008-11-28 ARG 26 - 7 Georgia 2008-11-28 SAM 33 - 7 Georgia 2008-11-28 ARG 21 - 7 FRA 2008-11-28 FRA 14 - 12 Georgia 2008-11-28 SAM 19 - 5 ARG 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| ENG |3||3||0||0||83||22||+61||9 |- |align=left| FJI |3||2||0||1||64||40||+24||7 |- |align=left| Portugal |3||1||0||2||29||55||−26||5 |- |align=left| USA |3||0||0||3||34||93||−59||3 |} Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2008-11-28 FJI 47 - 12 USA 2008-11-28 ENG 31 - 7 Portugal 2008-11-28 FJI 12 - 0 Portugal 2008-11-28 ENG 24 - 10 USA 2008-11-28 USA 12 - 22 Portugal 2008-11-28 FJI 5 - 28 ENG Knockout Shield November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai WAL 26 Arabian Gulf 7 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai Portugal 19 Georgia 7 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai FRA 22 USA 12 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai SCO 5 ZWE 19 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai Arabian Gulf 22 Georgia 12 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai USA 17 SCO 14 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai Arabian Gulf 7 USA 31 Bowl November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai WAL 26 Arabian Gulf 7 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai Portugal 19 Georgia 7 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai FRA 22 USA 12 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai SCO 5 ZWE 19 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai WAL 0 Portugal 24 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai FRA 17 ZWE 12 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai Portugal 24 FRA 0 Plate November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai NZL 21 KEN 17 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai ENG 15 ARG 5 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai SAM 7 FJI 12 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai ZAF 19 AUS 0 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai KEN 26 ARG 24 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai SAM 17 AUS 14 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai KEN 7 SAM 12 Cup November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai NZL 21 KEN 17 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai ENG 15 ARG 5 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai SAM 7 FJI 12 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai ZAF 19 AUS 0 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai NZL 19 ENG 21 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai FJI 7 ZAF 10 November 29 - The Sevens, Dubai ENG 12 ZAF 19 Statistics Individual points Individual points http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/pointdetails.html Season Player Points International Rugby Board 2008-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20080409030044/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/pointdetails.html 9 April 2008 dead Updated:2008-11-30 Pos. Player Country Points 1 Tomasi Cama NZL 41 2 Ollie Phillips ENG 39 3 Lavin Asego KEN 36 4= Collins Injera KEN 35 4= Mzwandile Stick ZAF 35 6 Lolo Lui SAM 32 7 Pedro Leal PRT 31 8 Tim Nanai-Williams NZL 26 9= Robert Ebersohn ZAF 25 9= Rayno Benjamin ZAF 25 Individual tries Individual tries http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/triesdetails.html Season Player Tries International Rugby Board 2008-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025245/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/statistics/triesdetails.html 9 April 2008 dead Updated:2008-11-30 Pos. Player Country Tries 1 Collins Injera KEN 7 2= Rayno Benjamin ZAF 5 2= Isoa Damu ENG 5 2= Robert Ebersohn ZAF 5 2= David Mateus PRT 5 6= Thomas Combezou FRA 4 6= Apelu Fa'aiuga SAM 4 6= Vereniki Goneva FJI 4 6= Tim Mikkelson NZL 4 6= Tim Nanai-Williams NZL 4 Notes and references External links IRB Sevens Dubai Sevens on irb.com Dubai Sevens Edinburgh Sevens George Sevens 2008 2009 Category:2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series Category:2008 in Emirati sport Category:2008 in Asian rugby union