2014 Dubai Women's Sevens

The 2014 Women's Dubai Sevens was the opening tournament of the 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 4–5 December 2014 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, and was the third edition of the Women's Dubai Sevens as part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

2014 Dubai Women's Sevens
Women's Sevens Series III
Host nation	United Arab Emirates
Date	4–5 December 2014
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Australia
Plate
Winner	Fiji
Runner-up	England
Bowl
Winner	Brazil
Runner-up	South Africa
Tournament details
Matches played	34
Tries scored	162 (average 4.76 per match)
Most points	Ghislaine Landry
Most tries	Marina Petrova
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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.^[1]

Australia  Brazil  Canada  China  England  Fiji

France  New Zealand  Russia  South Africa  Spain  United States

Match officials

The match officials for the 2014 Dubai Sevens are as follows:^[2]

• Jesse Beard (New Zealand)
• James Bolabiu (Fiji)
• Sara Cox (England)
• Steve Lee (England)
• Alhambra Nievas (Spain)
• Amy Perrett (Australia)
• Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	96	31	65	9
United States	3	2	0	1	97	36	61	7
Russia	3	1	0	2	71	51	20	5
China	3	0	0	3	5	151	−146	3

4 December 2014 11:44

New Zealand	43–0	China
	Report[3]

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4 December 2014 12:06

Russia	12–17	United States
	Report[4]

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4 December 2014 14:40

New Zealand	24–19	United States
	Report[5]

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4 December 2014 15:02

Russia	47–5	China
	Report[6]

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4 December 2014 17:36

United States	61–0	China
	Report[7]

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4 December 2014 17:58

New Zealand	29–12	Russia
	Report[8]

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Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	99	10	89	9
France	3	2	0	1	65	31	34	7
South Africa	3	0	1	2	24	77	−53	4
Spain	3	0	1	2	17	87	−70	4

4 December 2014 11:00

Australia	36–0	South Africa
	Report[9]

The Sevens, Dubai

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4 December 2014 11:22

Spain	0–31	France
	Report[10]

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4 December 2014 13:56

Australia	24–10	France
	Report[11]

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4 December 2014 14:18

Spain	17–17	South Africa
	Report[12]

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4 December 2014 16:52

France	24–7	South Africa
	Report[13]

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4 December 2014 17:14

Australia	39–0	Spain
	Report[14]

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Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	72	19	53	9
Canada	3	2	0	1	85	32	53	7
Fiji	3	1	0	2	26	85	−59	5
Brazil	3	0	0	3	29	76	−47	3

4 December 2014 12:28

Canada	26–10	Brazil
	Report[15]

The Sevens, Dubai

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4 December 2014 12:50

England	26–0	Fiji
	Report[16]

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4 December 2014 15:24

Canada	47–5	Fiji
	Report[17]

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4 December 2014 15:46

England	29–7	Brazil
	Report[18]

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4 December 2014 18:20

Fiji	21–12	Brazil
	Report[19]

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4 December 2014 18:42

Canada	12–17	England
	Report[20]

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Knockout stage

Bowl

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 December - 13:08 - The Sevens, Dubai
	South Africa	17
					5 December - 17:04 - The Sevens, Dubai
	China	0
					South Africa	7
	5 December - 13:30 - The Sevens, Dubai
					Brazil	17
	Spain	14
	Brazil	19
					Third place
					5 December - 16:20 - The Sevens, Dubai
					China	5
					Spain	28

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	5 December – 10:00 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Australia	47
					5 December – 13:54 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Fiji	0
					Fiji	24
	5 December – 10:22 – The Sevens, Dubai
					United States	21
	United States	0
									5 December – 17:41 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Canada	36
									Fiji	12
	5 December – 10:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
									England	19
	England	5
					5 December – 14:16 – The Sevens, Dubai
	France	7
					England	21
	5 December – 11:06 – The Sevens, Dubai
					Russia	19			Third place
	New Zealand	19
									5 December – 16:42 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Russia	17
									United States	22
									Russia	20

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	5 December – 10:00 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Australia	47
					5 December – 15:00 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Fiji	0
					Australia	29
	5 December – 10:22 – The Sevens, Dubai
					Canada	7
	United States	0
									5 December – 18:31 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Canada	36
									Australia	17
	5 December – 10:44 – The Sevens, Dubai
									New Zealand	19
	England	5
					5 December – 15:22 – The Sevens, Dubai
	France	7
					France	10
	5 December – 11:06 – The Sevens, Dubai
					New Zealand	31			Third place
	New Zealand	19
									5 December – 18:09 – The Sevens, Dubai
	Russia	17
									Canada	10
									France	5