The 2014 Women's Dubai Sevens was the opening tournament of the

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, and was the third edition of the Women's Dubai Sevens as part of the

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Format

The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Bowl.

Teams

The participating teams and schedule were announced on 15 October 2014. * * * * * * * * * * * *

Match officials

The match officials for the 2014 Dubai Sevens are as follows: * Jesse Beard (

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Pool Stage

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Bowl

Plate

Cup

References

External links

HSBC Women's Sevens Website
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