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The Dubai Sevens is an annual rugby union sevens tournament held in Dubai, UAE. The tournament includes several competitions including, since 2006, an international women's invitational competition. Though most entrants are ad hoc sides composed of club and international players from a variety of (generally European) countries, some are official national selections - the results of matches between such sides appear below.
Until the 2007 edition was held at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, in 2008 it moved to The Sevens, a new stadium built to host the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[1] The 2009 competition took place between 3–5 December.
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Dubai Tournament 2006
No official national selections.
Dubai Tournament 2007
Played on 1 and 2 December 2007 at Dubai (Source Canada Union) Participants included Canada and USA, but there were no inter-national matches
Dubai Tournament 2008
Date: 27–29 November 2008.
- England played as England Sporting Chance Foundation. USA did not have this tournament listed as part of their preparation. Netherlands and Canada are believed to have been near full strength as were the England team. A Kenyan team had entered, but withdrew (Source Netherlands rugby)
Group Games
- Sporting Chance Foundation (England) 34-7 USA
- Canada 33-5 WOP Netherlands
Semi Final
- Sporting Chance Foundation (England) 12-5 Canada
- England went on to win the final. USA and Canada were joint third. Netherlands won the plate.
- At the same time a "Gulf" competition was played but the results are not included as none of the "nations" has its own union.
Dubai Tournament 2009
Venue/Date: 4 December 2009, Dubai. As ever the status of some teams is debatable. Possible International match ups are:
Group Games
- Georgia 0-54 Arabian Gulf
- France 21-12 USA
- Kenya 17-21 Arabian Gulf
- Georgia 0-41 Kenya
Classification Stages
- Kenya 5-26 USA (Plate semi-final)
- France finished as champions
- Arabian Gulf and Kenya both lost in the Plate semi-finals
- USA lost in the Plate final
Dubai Tournament 2010
Venue/Date: 2–3 December 2009, Dubai. As ever the status of some teams is debatable. Fixtures between what appear to be international teams are:
Group Games
- France 35 Brazil 0
- France 12 Almaty-Kazakhstan[2] 0
- Almaty-Kazahstan 12 Brazil 7
- France finished as runners-up (winners Samurai Dubai included several England players).
- Keyna and Almaty-Kazakhstan lost in the cup quarter-finals
- Brazil finished as runner-up in the Plate (losing to Pink Ba-Baas, composed of English club players).
- ^ "Emirates unveils Dubai venue 'The Sevens'". International Rugby Board. 2008-07-02. http://www.irb.com/rwcsevens/news/newsid=2025888.html#emirates+unveils+dubai+venue+the+sevens. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
- ^ This would appear to be effectively the Kazakhstan national team
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