The 2019 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the

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and was the 20th international edition and the 50th overall of the

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since it began in 1970. It was held on 5–7 December 2019 at

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Background

The 2019 Dubai Sevens was the first of ten tournaments in the

with the tournament holding its 50th edition of the tournament with it being the 20th time that an World Series event has been held. For Ireland, they would join the series as a core team for the first time after winning the qualifier held at the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens defeating the host nation in the final by 21 points. Throughout the off-season, qualifying for the

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took place in the continental tournaments. Over in the Americas,

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and

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qualified through to the Olympics after defeating

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and

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respectively. The following week saw

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became the eighth team to qualify after defeating

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in the final at

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. In early November, Australia and

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became the ninth and tenth team to qualify as they both won their respective regional tournaments. The final continental spot went to

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after defeating

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in the final of the

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Format

The sixteen are drawn into four pools of four teams. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup playoffs and compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The other teams from each pool go to the classification playoffs for ninth to sixteenth placings.

Teams

Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, Japan:

Pool stage

All times in UAE Standard Time ( UTC+4:00)

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Placement matches

Fifteenth place

Thirteenth place

Eleventh place

Ninth place

Cup

Tournament placings

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Players

References

External links

Tournament site

World Rugby info
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Background

Format

Teams

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Placement matches

Fifteenth place

Thirteenth place

Eleventh place

Ninth place

Cup

Tournament placings

Players

See also

References

External links