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.
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 Arabian Gulf
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
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|align=left| |3||2||0||1||49||58||−9||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||57||38||19||5 |- |align=left| Arabian Gulf |3||0||0||3||5||117||−112||3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2007-11-30 41 - 5 2007-11-30 26 - 0 Arabian Gulf 2007-11-30 64 - 0 Arabian Gulf 2007-11-30 12 - 17 2007-11-30 27 - 5 Arabian Gulf 2007-11-30 21 - 19
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
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|align=left| |3||2||0||1||50||50||0||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||52||86||−34||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||33||74||−41||3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2007-11-30 31 - 19 2007-11-30 28 - 21 2007-11-30 34 - 5 2007-11-30 12 - 19 2007-11-30 12 - 7 2007-11-30 46 - 12
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
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|align=left| |3||2||0||1||45||43||2||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||48||40||8||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||14||63||−49||3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2007-11-30 24 - 19 2007-11-30 22 - 7 2007-11-30 29 - 0 2007-11-30 12 - 14 2007-11-30 12 - 7 2007-11-30 19 - 14
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
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|align=left| |3||1||1||1||61||58||3||6 |- |align=left| |3||1||1||1||53||74||−21||6 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||31||93||−62||3
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 2007-11-30 31 - 5 2007-11-30 27 - 12 2007-11-30 42 - 0 2007-11-30 24 - 24 2007-11-30 24 - 19 2007-11-30 22 - 10
Knockout
Shield
Bowl
Plate
Cup
Round 1 table Pos. Country Overall 1 20 20 2 16 16 3 12 12 3 12 12 5 8 8 6 6 6 7 4 4 7 4 4 9 2 2 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 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