2018 Dubai Sevens


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–1 December 2018 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Format

The sixteen teams are drawn into four 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 bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals. The bottom two teams from each group go 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

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Knockout stage

Thirteenth place

Challenge Trophy

Fifth place

Cup

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
22
19
17
415
513
612
710
710

PlaceTeamPoints
98
107
115
115
133
142
151
151

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Players

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerTries
1 Marcos Moroni7
2 Alamanda Motuga6
2 John Porch6
2 Muller Du Plessis6
2 Perry Baker6
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RankPlayerPoints
1 John Porch54
2 Andrew Knewstubb52
3 Tom Mitchell41
4 Luke Treharne35
5 Katsuyuki Sakai32

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