2009 Dubai Sevens

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

Pool stages

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	93	21	72	9
Australia	3	2	1	61	43	18	7
Wales	3	1	2	71	42	29	5
Arabian Gulf	3	0	3	14	133	-119	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-12-04	South Africa	28 - 14	Wales
2009-12-04	Australia	47 - 7	Arabian Gulf
2009-12-04	South Africa	36 - 7	Arabian Gulf
2009-12-04	Australia	14 - 7	Wales
2009-12-04	Wales	50 - 0	Arabian Gulf
2009-12-04	South Africa	29 - 0	Australia

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Samoa	3	2	1	0	88	24	64	8
Fiji	3	2	1	0	90	38	52	8
Zimbabwe	3	0	1	2	36	88	-52	4
Scotland	3	0	1	2	36	100	-64	4

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-12-04	Fiji	47 - 12	Scotland
2009-12-04	Samoa	40 - 5	Zimbabwe
2009-12-04	Fiji	31 - 14	Zimbabwe
2009-12-04	Samoa	36 - 7	Scotland
2009-12-04	Scotland	17 - 17	Zimbabwe
2009-12-04	Fiji	12 - 12	Samoa

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
England	3	3	0	95	22	73	9
Kenya	3	2	1	67	58	9	7
Russia	3	1	2	19	66	-47	5
United States	3	0	3	50	85	-35	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-12-04	England	40 - 12	United States
2009-12-04	Kenya	26 - 5	Russia
2009-12-04	England	28 - 0	Russia
2009-12-04	Kenya	31 - 26	United States
2009-12-04	United States	12 - 14	Russia
2009-12-04	England	27 - 10	Kenya

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	105	20	85	9
Argentina	3	2	1	72	57	15	7
Portugal	3	1	0	31	88	-57	5
France	3	0	3	36	79	-43	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-12-04	New Zealand	34 - 0	Portugal
2009-12-04	Argentina	22 - 12	France
2009-12-04	New Zealand	33 - 10	France
2009-12-04	Argentina	40 - 7	Portugal
2009-12-04	Portugal	24 - 14	France
2009-12-04	New Zealand	38 - 10	Argentina

Knockout

Shield

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

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Wales	19
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Scotland	12
		Scotland	5
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		Portugal	29
Portugal	0
				December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
United States	5
				Portugal	14
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				Russia	17
Russia	21
		December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
France	22
		Russia	26
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		Arabian Gulf	12
Zimbabwe	28

Arabian Gulf	19

Bowl

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

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Wales	19
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Scotland	12
		Wales	33
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		United States	12
Portugal	0
				December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
United States	5
				Wales	38
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				Zimbabwe	7
Russia	21
		December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
France	22
		France	14
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		Zimbabwe	27
Zimbabwe	28

Arabian Gulf	19

Plate

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

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New Zealand	17
		December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
Kenya	14
		Kenya	14
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		South Africa	19
South Africa	5
				December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
Fiji	17
				South Africa	0
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				Australia	7
England	17
		December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
Argentina	12
		Argentina	12
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		Australia	26
Samoa	28

Australia	27

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

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New Zealand	17
		December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
Kenya	14
		New Zealand	19
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		Fiji	0
South Africa	5
				December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
Fiji	17
				New Zealand	24
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				Samoa	12
England	17
		December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
Argentina	12
		England	19
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		Samoa	28
Samoa	28

Australia	27

Statistics

Individual points

Individual Points
Pos.	Player	Country	Points
1	Lolo Lui	Samoa	49
2	Ben Gollings	England	46
3	Clinton Sills	Australia	45
4	Sherwin Stowers	New Zealand	45
5	Vasily Artemyev	Russia	40
6	William Ryder	Fiji	40
7	Mikaele Pesamino	Samoa	40
8	Mzwandile Stick	South Africa	40
9	Junior Tomasi Cama	New Zealand	38
10	Rayno Benjamin	South Africa	35

Individual tries

Individual Tries
Pos.	Player	Country	Tries
1	Clinton Sills	Australia	9
2	Sherwin Stowers	New Zealand	9
3	Vasily Artemyev	Russia	8
4	Mikaele Pesamino	Samoa	8
5	Rayno Benjamin	South Africa	7
6	Alex Cuthbert	Wales	7
7	Nicolas Bruzzone	Argentina	6
8	Collins Injera	Kenya	6
9	Humphrey Kayange	Kenya	6
10	Nick Edwards	United States	5

Notes and references

External links

IRB Sevens
Dubai Sevens on irb.com

Preceded by Edinburgh Sevens	Dubai Sevens 2009	Succeeded by George Sevens