2012 Dubai Women's Sevens

2012 Dubai Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series I
Cup Semifinal: Australia vs New Zealand in 2012
Host nation	United Arab Emirates
Date	30 November – 1 December 2012
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	South Africa
Plate
Winner	Russia
Runner-up	Canada
Bowl
Winner	United States
Runner-up	France
Tournament details
Matches played	34
Tries scored	50 (average 1.47 per match)
Most points	Emilee Cherry (35 points)
Most tries	Emilee Cherry (7 tries)
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The 2012 Dubai Women's Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held between 30 November 2012 and 1 December 2012 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai.^[1][2] It was the sixth edition of the tournament and the first stop on the 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series.

New Zealand were the first champions of the new series after defeating South Africa 41–0.

The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.^{[citation needed]}

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	2	0	1	39	15	+24	7
England	3	2	0	1	44	27	+17	7
Spain	3	2	0	1	31	17	+14	7
Brazil	3	0	0	3	5	60	−55	3

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	0	54	24	+30	8
New Zealand	3	1	2	0	55	24	+31	7
Canada	3	1	1	1	56	27	+29	6
China	3	0	0	3	0	90	−90	3

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	68	19	+49	9
Netherlands	3	2	0	1	38	43	−5	7
United States	3	1	0	2	41	34	+7	5
France	3	0	0	3	19	70	−51	3

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	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Australia	14
					1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Canada	10
					Australia	14
	1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
					New Zealand	28
	New Zealand	31
									1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
	England	0
									New Zealand	41
	1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
									South Africa	0
	South Africa	12
					1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Netherlands	7
					South Africa	19
	1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
					Spain	17			Third place
	Spain	7
									1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Russia	5
									Spain	17
									Australia	15

	Plate semi-finals				Fifth place
	1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Canada	24
					1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
	England	0
					Canada	10
	1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
					Russia	14
	Netherlands	5
	Russia	21
					Seventh place
					1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
					England	26
					Netherlands	5

	Bowl semi-finals				Ninth place
	1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
	United States	36
					1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
	China	7
					United States	26
	1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
					France	12
	France	22
	Brazil	0
					Eleventh place
					1 December 2012 - The Sevens, Dubai
					China	19
					Brazil	17