The 2018 Dubai Women's Sevens was the second tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held on 29–30 November 2018 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Format The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.
Teams Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, 2018 Africa Women's Sevens winners Kenya:
Pool stage All times in UAE Standard Time (UTC+4:00)
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33008736+51932017036+34731023155−24530031980−613
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33007824+54932016531+34731026253+9530035102−973
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts33008828+60932017736+41731023977−38530031275−633
Knockout stage
Challenge Trophy
MatchesSemi-finals
Eleventh place
Challenge Trophy Final
Fifth place
MatchesSemi-finals
Seventh place
Fifth place
Cup
MatchesQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
3rd place
Cup Final
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 18 16 4 14 5 12 6 10
PlaceTeam Points 7 8 8 6 9 4 10 3 11 2 12 1
Source: World Rugby
Players
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Bianca Farella 7 Michaela Blyde 3 Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe 6 4 Evania Pelite 5 Gayle Broughton
+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 Bianca Farella 35 Michaela Blyde 3 Ghislaine Landry 30 Amee-Leigh Murphy-Crowe 5 Tyla Nathan-Wong 28
Source: World Rugby
See also World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series World Rugby
References
External links Tournament site World Rugby info