2009 Dubai Sevens
Template:Short description 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 2009 competition was held on December 4 and 5 at The Sevens. It was the first of eight events in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. New Zealand won the tournament with a 24–12 victory over Samoa in the final.
This was the second edition of the Dubai Sevens to be held at The Sevens. Previous editions were held at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground.
Format
The tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.
Teams
- Arabian Gulf
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- File:Flag of England.svg England
- File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
- File:Flag of France.svg France
- File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
- File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
- File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa
- File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
- File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
- File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
- File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
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Pool stages
Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 3 0 0 93 21 72 9 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 2 0 1 61 43 18 7 File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 3 1 0 2 71 42 29 5 Arabian Gulf 3 0 0 3 14 133 -119 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 28 - 14 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 47 - 7 | Arabian Gulf |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 36 - 7 | Arabian Gulf |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 14 - 7 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 50 - 0 | Arabian Gulf |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 29 - 0 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 3 2 1 0 88 24 64 8 File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 3 2 1 0 90 38 52 8 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 3 0 1 2 36 88 -52 4 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3 0 1 2 36 100 -64 4
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji | 47 - 12 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 40 - 5 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji | 31 - 14 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 36 - 7 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 17 - 17 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji | 12 - 12 | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa |
Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts File:Flag of England.svg England 3 3 0 0 95 22 73 9 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 3 2 0 1 67 58 9 7 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3 1 0 2 19 66 -47 5 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 0 0 3 50 85 -35 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of England.svg England | 40 - 12 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 26 - 5 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of England.svg England | 28 - 0 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 31 - 26 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 12 - 14 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of England.svg England | 27 - 10 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya |
Pool D
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3 3 0 0 105 20 85 9 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 3 2 0 1 72 57 15 7 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 3 1 0 0 31 88 -57 5 File:Flag of France.svg France 3 0 0 3 36 79 -43 3
| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 34 - 0 | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 22 - 12 | File:Flag of France.svg France |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 33 - 10 | File:Flag of France.svg France |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 40 - 7 | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 24 - 14 | File:Flag of France.svg France |
| 2009-12-04 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 38 - 10 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina |
Knockout
Shield
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Bowl
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Plate
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Cup
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Statistics
Individual points
| Individual Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Player | Country | Points |
| 1 | Lolo Lui | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 49 |
| 2 | Ben Gollings | File:Flag of England.svg England | 46 |
| 3 | Clinton Sills | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 45 |
| 4 | Sherwin Stowers | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 45 |
| 5 | Vasily Artemyev | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 40 |
| 6 | William Ryder | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji | 40 |
| 7 | Mikaele Pesamino | File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | 40 |
| 8 | Mzwandile Stick | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 40 |
| 9 | Junior Tomasi Cama | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 38 |
| 10 | Rayno Benjamin | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 35 |
Individual tries
Notes and references
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External links
- IRB Sevens
- Dubai Sevens on irb.com
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