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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 '''2006''' competition, which took place on December 1 and 2 at the Dubai Exiles ground, was the first Cup trophy in the [[2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series]] circuit.

==Teams==
* {{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}
* {{Ru7|ARG}}
* {{Ru7|AUS}}
* {{Ru7|CAN}}
* {{Ru7|ENG}}
* {{Ru7|FIJ}}
* {{Ru7|FRA}}
* {{Ru7|KEN}}
* {{Ru7|NZL}}
* {{Ru7|POR}}
* {{Ru7|SAM}}
* {{Ru7|SCO}}
* {{Ru7|RSA}}
* {{Ru7|TUN}}
* {{Ru7|WAL}}
* {{Ru7|ZIM}}

==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| {{Ru7|FIJ}}
|3||2||0||1||95||19||+76||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}}
|3||2||0||1||53||33||+20||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|POR}}
|3||2||0||1||41||46||-5||'''7'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|KEN}}
|3||0||0||3||7||98||-91||'''3'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%"
|- bgcolor="#008B00" 
| '''Date'''
| '''Team 1'''
| '''Score'''
| '''Team 2'''
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''45 - 0'''
| {{Ru7|KEN}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| {{Ru7|AUS}}
| bgcolor="silver" | '''10 - 12'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|POR}}'''
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''36 - 0'''
| {{Ru7|POR}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''24 - 7'''
| {{Ru7|KEN}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| {{Ru7|KEN}}
| bgcolor="silver" | '''0 - 29'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|POR}}'''
|-
| 2006-12-01
| {{Ru7|FIJ}}
| bgcolor="silver" | '''14 - 19'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''
|}

===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| {{Ru7|ENG}}
|3||3||0||0||86||10||+76||'''9''' 
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}}
|3||1||0||2||35||52||-17||'''5''' 
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|ZIM}}
|3||1||0||2||36||55||-19||'''5'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|SCO}}
|3||1||0||2||33||76||-43||'''5'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%"
|- bgcolor="#008B00" 
| '''Date'''
| '''Team 1'''
| '''Score'''
| '''Team 2'''
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''38 - 0'''
| {{Ru7|SCO}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| {{Ru7|FRA}}
| bgcolor="silver" | '''7 - 19'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|ZIM}}'''
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''29 - 0'''
| {{Ru7|ZIM}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|FRA}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''21 - 14'''
| {{Ru7|SCO}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''19 - 17'''
| {{Ru7|ZIM}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''19 - 7'''
| {{Ru7|FRA}}
|}

===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| {{Ru7|RSA}}
|3||3||0||0||120||24||+96||'''9''' 
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}}
|3||2||0||1||52||78||-26||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|TUN}}
|3||1||0||2||50||64||-14||'''5'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|ARG}}
|3||0||0||3||36||92||-56||'''3'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%"
|- bgcolor="#008B00" 
| '''Date'''
| '''Team 1'''
| '''Score'''
| '''Team 2'''
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|RSA}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''47 - 5'''
| {{Ru7|CAN}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| {{Ru7|ARG}}
| bgcolor="silver" | '''12 - 24'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|TUN}}'''
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|RSA}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''33 - 12'''
| {{Ru7|TUN}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| {{Ru7|ARG}}
| bgcolor="silver" | '''17 - 28'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|CAN}}'''
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|CAN}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''19 - 14'''
| {{Ru7|TUN}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|RSA}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''40 - 7'''
| {{Ru7|ARG}}
|}

===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| {{Ru7|NZL}}
|3||2||0||1||92||22||+70||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|SAM}}
|3||2||0||1||78||24||+54||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|WAL}}
|3||2||0||1||76||45||+31||'''7'''
|-
|align=left| {{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}
|3||0||0||3||0||155||-155||'''3'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%"
|- bgcolor="#008B00" 
| '''Date'''
| '''Team 1'''
| '''Score'''
| '''Team 2'''
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''31 - 12'''
| {{Ru7|WAL}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''54 - 0'''
| {{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''54 - 0'''
| {{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| {{Ru7|SAM}}
| bgcolor="silver" | '''14 - 17'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''
|-
| 2006-12-01
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''47 - 0'''
| {{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}
|-
| 2006-12-01
| {{Ru7|NZL}}
| bgcolor="silver" | '''7 - 10'''
| bgcolor="silver" | '''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''
|}

==Finals==
===Shield===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|PRT}}|33|'''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''|'''12'''
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''|'''10'''|{{Ru7|ARG}}|24
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|TUN}}|26|'''{{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}'''|'''0'''
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|ZWE}}|12|'''{{Ru7|KEN}}'''|'''0'''
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|SCO}}|12|'''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''|'''17'''
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}'''|'''10'''|{{Ru7|KEN}}|7
<!--final  -->
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''|33|{{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}|0
}}

===Bowl===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|PRT}}'''|'''33'''|{{Ru7|SCO}}|12
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|WAL}}|10|'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''|'''24'''
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|TUN}}'''|'''26'''|{{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}|0
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ZWE}}'''|'''12'''|{{Ru7|KEN}}|0
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|PRT}}|7|'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''|'''10'''
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|TUN}}|10|'''{{Ru7|ZWE}}'''|'''17'''
<!--final  -->
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''|'''26'''|{{Ru7|ZWE}}|7
}}
===Plate===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|FJI}}|46|'''{{Ru7|FRA}}'''|'''7'''
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|NZL}}|31|'''{{Ru7|CAN}}'''|'''0'''
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|ZAF}}|19|'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''|'''10'''
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|ENG}}|21|'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''|'''5'''
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|FRA}}'''|'''36'''|{{Ru7|CAN}}|0
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''|'''12'''|{{Ru7|AUS}}|5
<!--final  -->
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|FRA}}|7|'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''|'''26'''
}}
===Cup===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|FJI}}'''|'''46'''|{{Ru7|FRA}}|7
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''|'''31'''|{{Ru7|CAN}}|0
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''|'''19'''|{{Ru7|SAM}}|10
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''|'''21'''|{{Ru7|AUS}}|5
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|FJI}}|12|'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''|'''17'''
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''|'''19'''|{{Ru7|ENG}}|0
<!--final  -->
|<small>December 2 - [[Dubai]]</small> |{{Ru7|NZL}}|12|'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''|'''31'''
}}

==Round 1 table==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! width=5%|Pos.
! Country 
! {{flagicon|Dubai}}
! {{flagicon|RSA}}
! {{flagicon|NZL}}
! {{flagicon|USA}} 
! {{flagicon|HKG}} 
! {{flagicon|AUS}} 
! {{flagicon|ENG}} 
! {{flagicon|SCO}} !! Overall
|-
| 1 ||align=left| {{Ru7|RSA}} || '''20''' |||||||||||||||| '''20'''
|-
| 2 ||align=left| {{Ru7|NZL}} || 16 |||||||||||||||| '''16'''
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{Ru7|FIJ}} || 12 |||||||||||||||| '''12''' 
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{Ru7|ENG}} || 12 |||||||||||||||| '''12'''
|-
| 5 ||align=left| {{Ru7|SAM}} || 8 |||||||||||||||| '''8'''
|-
| 6 ||align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}} || 6 |||||||||||||||| '''6'''
|-
| 7 ||align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}} || 4 |||||||||||||||| '''4'''
|-
| 7 ||align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}} || 4 |||||||||||||||| '''4''' 
|-
| 9 ||align=left| {{Ru7|ARG}} || 2 ||||||||||||||||  '''2'''
|-
| 10 ||align=left| {{Ru7|ZIM}} || 0 ||||||||||||||||  '''0'''
|-
| 10 ||align=left| {{Ru7|POR}} || 0 ||||||||||||||||  '''0'''
|-
| 10 ||align=left| {{Ru7|TUN}} || 0 ||||||||||||||||  '''0'''
|-
| 10 ||align=left| {{Ru7|WAL}} || 0 ||||||||||||||||  '''0'''
|-
| 10 ||align=left| {{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}} || 0 ||||||||||||||||  '''0'''
|-
| 10 ||align=left| {{Ru7|KEN}} || 0 ||||||||||||||||  '''0'''
|-
| 10 ||align=left| {{Ru7|SCO}} || 0 ||||||||||||||||  '''0'''
|}

==External links==
* [http://www.dubairugby7s.com/ Dubai Rugby 7s]
* {{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20061205031302/http://www.irbsevens.com/EN/Home/ IRB Sevens]}}
* {{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209135145/http://www.irbsevens.com/EN/Dubai/ Dubai]}} on irbsevens.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100325092843/http://ur7s.com/tournaments/dubai7s Dubai Sevens Profile on UR7s.com]

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