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Format

The twelve teams at each tournament were drawn into three pools of four teams. A round-robin was held for each pool, where each team played the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed on comparative pool standings, advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for tournament honours. The other teams from each pool went to the challenge playoffs for ninth to twelfth place.

Teams

Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Uganda.

Pool stage

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

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Placement matches

Thirteenth place

Ninth place

Cup

Fifth place

Cup playoffs

Tournament placings

Source
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Players

References

External links

Tournament site

World Rugby info
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