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2007 Dubai Sevens
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right|thumb|300px|2007 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 2007 competition, which took place on November 30 and December 1 at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, was the first Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series.
It was the last Dubai Sevens to be held at the Exiles Ground. Starting in 2008, the tournament moved to The Sevens, a new stadium 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
The defending series champions New Zealand won the Cup trophy (overall title) defeating Fiji. Defending Dubai champions South Africa lost in the Cup semifinals. Other trophy winners, in decreasing order of prestige, were Argentina in the Plate, Australia in the Bowl, and Zimbabwe in the Shield.
Teams
GCC Arabian Gulf
ARG
AUS
CAN
ENG
FRA
FJI
KEN
NZL
SAM
SCO
ZAF
TUN
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||126||24||102||9
|-
|align=left| SCO
|3||2||0||1||49||58||−9||7
|-
|align=left| FRA
|3||1||0||2||57||38||19||5
|-
|align=left| GCC Arabian Gulf
|3||0||0||3||5||117||−112||3
|}
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2007-11-30 NZL 41 - 5 SCO 2007-11-30 FRA 26 - 0 GCC Arabian Gulf 2007-11-30 NZL 64 - 0 GCC Arabian Gulf 2007-11-30 FRA 12 - 17 SCO 2007-11-30 SCO 27 - 5 GCC Arabian Gulf 2007-11-30 NZL 21 - 19 FRA
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| FJI
|3||3||0||0||111||36||75||9
|-
|align=left| ARG
|3||2||0||1||50||50||0||7
|-
|align=left| AUS
|3||1||0||2||52||86||−34||5
|-
|align=left| ZWE
|3||0||0||3||33||74||−41||3
|}
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2007-11-30 FJI 31 - 19 ARG 2007-11-30 AUS 28 - 21 ZWE 2007-11-30 FJI 34 - 5 ZWE 2007-11-30 AUS 12 - 19 ARG 2007-11-30 ARG 12 - 7 ZWE 2007-11-30 FJI 46 - 12 AUS
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||72||33||39||9
|-
|align=left| KEN
|3||2||0||1||45||43||2||7
|-
|align=left| WAL
|3||1||0||2||48||40||8||5
|-
|align=left| USA
|3||0||0||3||14||63||−49||3
|}
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2007-11-30 SAM 24 - 19 KEN 2007-11-30 WAL 22 - 7 USA 2007-11-30 SAM 29 - 0 USA 2007-11-30 WAL 12 - 14 KEN 2007-11-30 KEN 12 - 7 USA 2007-11-30 SAM 19 - 14 WAL
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| ZAF
|3||3||0||0||95||15||80||9
|-
|align=left| ENG
|3||1||1||1||61||58||3||6
|-
|align=left| CAN
|3||1||1||1||53||74||−21||6
|-
|align=left| TUN
|3||0||0||3||31||93||−62||3
|}
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2007-11-30 ZAF 31 - 5 CAN 2007-11-30 ENG 27 - 12 TUN 2007-11-30 ZAF 42 - 0 TUN 2007-11-30 ENG 24 - 24 CAN 2007-11-30 CAN 24 - 19 TUN 2007-11-30 ZAF 22 - 10 ENG
Knockout
Shield
December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai FRA 24 ZWE 19 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai CAN 21 USA 12 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai WAL 17 TUN 12 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai AUS 36 GCC Arabian Gulf 5 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai ZWE 29 USA 17 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai TUN 36 GCC Arabian Gulf 0 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai ZWE 22 TUN 19
Bowl
December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai FRA 24 ZWE 19 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai CAN 21 USA 12 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai WAL 17 TUN 12 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai AUS 36 Arabian Gulf 5 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai FRA 5 CAN 21 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai WAL 19 AUS 22 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai CAN 0 AUS 31
Plate
December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai NZL 40 ARG 7 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai ZAF 17 KEN 15 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai SAM 19 ENG 26 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai FJI 28 SCO 5 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai ARG 17 KEN 14 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai SAM 28 SCO 19 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai ARG 15 SAM 14
Cup
December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai NZL 40 ARG 7 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai ZAF 17 KEN 15 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai SAM 19 ENG 26 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai FJI 28 SCO 5 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai NZL 12 ZAF 7 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai ENG 21 FJI 22 December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai NZL 31 FJI 21
Round 1 table
Pos.
Country Dubai RSA NZL USA HKG AUS ENG SCO Overall
1 NZL 20 20
2 FIJ 16 16
3 ENG 12 12
3 RSA 12 12
5 ARG 8 8
6 SAM 6 6
7 KEN 4 4
7 SCO 4 4
9 AUS 2 2
10 CAN 0 0
10 WAL 0 0
10 FRA 0 0
10 ZIM 0 0
10 TUN 0 0
10 USA 0 0
10 GCC Arabian Gulf 0 0
Notes and references
External links
Dubai Rugby 7s
IRB Sevens
Dubai Sevens on irb.com
Dubai Sevens Profile on UR7s.com
2007
Category:2007–08 IRB Sevens World Series
Category:2007 in Emirati sport
Category:2007 in Asian rugby union