2007 Dubai Sevens
# 2007 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 2007 competition, which took place on November 30 and December 1 at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, was the first Cup trophy in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series.

It was the last Dubai Sevens to be held at the Exiles Ground. Starting in 2008, the tournament moved to The Sevens, a new stadium built to host the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

The defending series champions New Zealand won the Cup trophy (overall title) over Fiji. Defending Dubai champions South Africa lost in the Cup semifinals. Other trophy winners, in decreasing order of prestige, were Argentina in the Plate, Australia in the Bowl, and Zimbabwe in the Shield.

## Teams

* Arabian Gulf
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* England
* France
* Fiji
* Kenya
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* Scotland
* South Africa
* Tunisia
* United States
* Wales
* Zimbabwe

## Pool stages

### Pool A

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  New Zealand 3300126241029  Scotland 32014958−97  France 31025738195  Arabian Gulf 30035117−1123

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2007-11-30 | New Zealand | 41 - 5 | Scotland |
| 2007-11-30 | France | 26 - 0 | Arabian Gulf |
| 2007-11-30 | New Zealand | 64 - 0 | Arabian Gulf |
| 2007-11-30 | France | 12 - 17 | Scotland |
| 2007-11-30 | Scotland | 27 - 5 | Arabian Gulf |
| 2007-11-30 | New Zealand | 21 - 19 | France |

### Pool B

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Fiji 330011136759  Argentina 3201505007  Australia 31025286−345  Zimbabwe 30033374−413

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2007-11-30 | Fiji | 31 - 19 | Argentina |
| 2007-11-30 | Australia | 28 - 21 | Zimbabwe |
| 2007-11-30 | Fiji | 34 - 5 | Zimbabwe |
| 2007-11-30 | Australia | 12 - 19 | Argentina |
| 2007-11-30 | Argentina | 12 - 7 | Zimbabwe |
| 2007-11-30 | Fiji | 46 - 12 | Australia |

### Pool C

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  Samoa 33007233399  Kenya 3201454327  Wales 3102484085  United States 30031463−493

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2007-11-30 | Samoa | 24 - 19 | Kenya |
| 2007-11-30 | Wales | 22 - 7 | United States |
| 2007-11-30 | Samoa | 29 - 0 | United States |
| 2007-11-30 | Wales | 12 - 14 | Kenya |
| 2007-11-30 | Kenya | 12 - 7 | United States |
| 2007-11-30 | Samoa | 19 - 14 | Wales |

### Pool D

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts  South Africa 33009515809  England 3111615836  Canada 31115374−216  Tunisia 30033193−623

| Date | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2007-11-30 | South Africa | 31 - 5 | Canada |
| 2007-11-30 | England | 27 - 12 | Tunisia |
| 2007-11-30 | South Africa | 42 - 0 | Tunisia |
| 2007-11-30 | England | 24 - 24 | Canada |
| 2007-11-30 | Canada | 24 - 19 | Tunisia |
| 2007-11-30 | South Africa | 22 - 10 | England |

## Knockout

### Shield

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | |
| France | 24 | | | |
| France | 24 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | Zimbabwe | 29 | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | Zimbabwe | 29 | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | United States | 17 | |
| Canada | 21 | United States | 17 | |
| Canada | 21 | | | | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai |
| United States | 12 | | | | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai |
| United States | 12 | | | | Zimbabwe | 22 |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | | | Zimbabwe | 22 |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | | Tunisia | 19 |
| Wales | 17 | | | | Tunisia | 19 |
| Wales | 17 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | |
| Tunisia | 12 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | |
| Tunisia | 12 | Tunisia | 36 | | | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | Tunisia | 36 | | | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | Arabian Gulf | 0 | |
| Australia | 36 | Arabian Gulf | 0 | |
| Arabian Gulf | 5 | | | |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | |
| France | 24 | | | |
| France | 24 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | France | 5 | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | France | 5 | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | Canada | 21 | |
| Canada | 21 | Canada | 21 | |
| Canada | 21 | | | | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai |
| United States | 12 | | | | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai |
| United States | 12 | | | | Canada | 0 |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | | | Canada | 0 |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | | Australia | 31 |
| Wales | 17 | | | | Australia | 31 |
| Wales | 17 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | |
| Tunisia | 12 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | |
| Tunisia | 12 | Wales | 19 | | | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | Wales | 19 | | | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | Australia | 22 | |
| Australia | 36 | Australia | 22 | |
| Arabian Gulf | 5 | | | |

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | |
| New Zealand | 40 | | | |
| New Zealand | 40 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | |
| Argentina | 7 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | |
| Argentina | 7 | Argentina | 17 | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | Argentina | 17 | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | Kenya | 14 | |
| South Africa | 17 | Kenya | 14 | |
| South Africa | 17 | | | | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai |
| Kenya | 15 | | | | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai |
| Kenya | 15 | | | | Argentina | 15 |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | | | Argentina | 15 |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | | Samoa | 14 |
| Samoa | 19 | | | | Samoa | 14 |
| Samoa | 19 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | |
| England | 26 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | |
| England | 26 | Samoa | 28 | | | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | Samoa | 28 | | | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | Scotland | 19 | |
| Fiji | 28 | Scotland | 19 | |
| Scotland | 5 | | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | |
| New Zealand | 40 | | | |
| New Zealand | 40 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | |
| Argentina | 7 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | |
| Argentina | 7 | New Zealand | 12 | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | New Zealand | 12 | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | South Africa | 7 | |
| South Africa | 17 | South Africa | 7 | |
| South Africa | 17 | | | | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai |
| Kenya | 15 | | | | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai |
| Kenya | 15 | | | | New Zealand | 31 |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | | | New Zealand | 31 |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | | Fiji | 21 |
| Samoa | 19 | | | | Fiji | 21 |
| Samoa | 19 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | |
| England | 26 | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | | |
| England | 26 | England | 21 | | | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | | England | 21 | | | |
| December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | December 1 - Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | Fiji | 22 | |
| Fiji | 28 | Fiji | 22 | |
| Scotland | 5 | | | |

## Round 1 table

| Pos. | Country | | Overall |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New Zealand | 20 | 20 |
| 2 | Fiji | 16 | 16 |
| 3 | England | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | South Africa | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | Argentina | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | Samoa | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Kenya | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Scotland | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Australia | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Canada | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Wales | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | France | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | United States | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Arabian Gulf | 0 | 0 |
