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2011 Dubai Sevens

World Rugby Sevens Series tournament

Field	Value
countries	UAE United Arab Emirates
date	2–3 December 2011
champions1
runnersup1
third
champions2
runnersup2
champions3
runnersup3
champions4
runnersup4
matches	45
tries	277
top point scorer	SCO Andrew Turnbull
(50 points)
top try scorer	SCO Andrew Turnbull
(10 tries)
prevseason	[2010](2010-dubai-sevens)
nextseason	[2012](2012-dubai-sevens)

(50 points) (10 tries)

The 2011 Dubai Sevens was the 11th edition of the tournament and was part of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. It was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at The Sevens stadium.

It was the official debut for the United Arab Emirates national team, the first of several national teams to have been created after the disbanding of the tournament's former host union, the Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union.

England defended their title by defeating France 29–12 in the final.

Also, it included the first official IRB-sponsored women's sevens event outside of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Eight national teams competed in the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup — Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, South Africa, Spain, and the USA, with the semi-finals and finals played on the main pitch at The Sevens.

Canada won the inaugural event by defeating England in the final 26–7.

Format

The teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within the pool. Points were awarded in each pool on a different schedule from most rugby tournaments—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup competition. The four quarterfinal losers dropped into the bracket for the Plate. The Bowl was contested by the third- and fourth-place finishers in each pool, with the losers in the Bowl quarterfinals dropping into the bracket for the Shield.

Teams

The participating teams were:

Pool stage

The draw was made on November 26.

Key to colours in group tables

All times are local (UTC+4).

Pool A

Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
3	3	0	0	114	21	+93	9
3	1	1	1	108	75	+33	6
3	1	1	1	97	71	+26	6
3	0	0	3	19	171	−152	3

Pool B

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
3	3	0	74	17	+57	9
3	2	1	76	28	+48	7
3	1	2	24	58	−34	5
3	0	3	17	88	−71	3

Pool C

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
3	3	0	91	24	+67	9
3	2	1	65	34	+31	7
3	1	2	21	74	−53	5
3	0	3	22	67	−45	3

Pool D

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
3	3	0	62	33	+29	9
3	2	1	78	52	+26	7
3	1	2	38	52	−14	5
3	0	3	33	74	−41	3

Knockout stage

Shield

|3 December – Dubai ||17||26 |3 December – Dubai ||7||41 |3 December – Dubai ||40||5 |3 December – Dubai ||24||12 |3 December – Dubai ||21||12 |3 December – Dubai ||5||35 |3 December – Dubai |****|31||17

Bowl

|3 December – Dubai ||17||26 |3 December – Dubai ||7||41 |3 December – Dubai ||40||5 |3 December – Dubai ||24||12 |3 December – Dubai ||17||33 |3 December – Dubai ||19||17 |3 December – Dubai ||0|****|26

Plate

|3 December – Dubai ||34||7 |3 December – Dubai ||10||7 |3 December – Dubai ||5||7 |3 December – Dubai ||5||19 |3 December – Dubai ||26||12 |3 December – Dubai ||7||22 |3 December – Dubai |****|17||14

Cup

|3 December – Dubai ||34||7 |3 December – Dubai ||10||7 |3 December – Dubai ||5||7 |3 December – Dubai ||5||19 |3 December – Dubai ||12||19 |3 December – Dubai ||5||24 |3 December – Dubai ||29||12 |3 December – Dubai ||26||21

References

(2011-12-03). "England retain Dubai Sevens crown". irbsevens.com.
(14 September 2011). "First IRB Women's Sevens event announced". International Rugby Board.
(2011-12-03). "Canada win first IRB Women's Sevens Cup". irbsevens.com.
(2011-09-15). "Teams participating in Dubai Sevens". irbsevens.com.
(2011-11-26). "IRB confirms pool draw for Dubai Sevens". irbsevens.com.
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