The 2019 Dubai Women's Sevens will be a tournament held at
The Sevens Stadium
The Sevens is a purpose-built rugby sevens stadium in Ūd al-Baydāʾ, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Sevens Stadium is a venue for rugby, association football, Gaelic football, Australian football (Aussie rules football), netball, basketball ...
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Dubai
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United Arab Emirates
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from 5–7 December 2019. It will be the ninth edition of the
Dubai Women's Sevens and will also be the second tournament of the
2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
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 Challenge Trophy.
Teams
Twelve teams will compete in the tournament with eleven being the core teams that compete throughout the entire season. The invited team for this tournament is
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
who was invited after last competing in the
previous round.
Pool stage
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Placement matches
Eleventh place
Ninth place
Knockout stage
Cup
Tournament placings
Source
World Rugby
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See also
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World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The World Rugby SVNS, known as the HSBC SVNS for Naming rights, sponsorship reasons, is a series of international rugby sevens tournaments for women's national teams run by World Rugby. The inaugural series was held in 2012–13 as the successo ...
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2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
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2019 South Africa Sevens
See also
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World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The World Rugby SVNS, known as the HSBC SVNS for Naming rights, sponsorship reasons, is a series of international rugby sevens tournaments for women's national teams run by World Rugby. The inaugural series was held in 2012–13 as the successo ...
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2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
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2019 Dubai Sevens
The 2019 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series and was the 20th international edition and the 50th overall of the Dubai Sevens since it began in 1970. It was held on 5–7 December 2019 at The Sev ...
References
External links
Tournament siteWorld Rugby info
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2019
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2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
2019 in women's rugby union
2019 in Emirati sport
2019 in Asian rugby union
Dubai Sevens
The Dubai 7s is an annual rugby sevens and social event held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, UAE. Founded in 1970, the event is the longest running sports event in the Middle East.
Events
The Dubai 7s has six competitions each year:
* World ...