The 2018 Dubai Sevens is the twentieth edition of the Dubai Sevens tournament. It was the first tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held on 30 November and 1 December 2018 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Format The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Every team played each of the other three in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup bracket where teams competed for the gold, silver, and bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge Trophy bracket.
Teams Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, 2018 Africa Men's Sevens winners Zimbabwe:
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 TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts32016229337320158526732015053−3730033470−363
Pool B TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts3300105317493111684919631113572−37630034399−563
Pool C TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts330080314993201693633731025264−12530032696−703
Pool D TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts330096385893201764135731025864−65300314101–873
Knockout stage
Thirteenth place
Challenge Trophy
Fifth place
Cup
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 22 19 17 4 15 5 13 6 12 7 10 10
PlaceTeam Points 9 810 7 11 5 513 314 2 15 1 1
Source: World Rugby
Players
Scoring leaders
+Tries scored Rank Player Tries 1 Marcos Moroni 7 2 Alamanda Motuga 6 John Porch Muller Du Plessis Perry Baker
+Points scored Rank Player Points 1 John Porch 54 2 Andrew Knewstubb 52 3 Tom Mitchell 41 4 Luke Treharne 35 5 Katsuyuki Sakai 32
Source: World Rugby
See also 2018 Dubai Women's Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series World Rugby
References
External links Tournament site World Rugby info