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2012 Dubai Sevens
World Rugby Sevens Series tournament
World Rugby Sevens Series tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| countries | UAE United Arab Emirates |
| date | 30 November – 1 December 2012 |
| champions1 | |
| runnersup1 | |
| third | |
| champions2 | |
| runnersup2 | |
| champions3 | |
| runnersup3 | |
| champions4 | |
| runnersup4 | |
| matches | 45 |
| tries | 217 |
| top point scorer | CAN Nathan Hirayama |
| (51 points) | |
| top try scorer | ENG Dan Norton |
| KEN Collins Injera | |
| NZL Kurt Baker | |
| SAM Paul Perez | |
| (6 tries) | |
| prevseason | [2011](2011-dubai-sevens) |
| nextseason | [2013](2013-dubai-sevens) |
(51 points) KEN Collins Injera NZL Kurt Baker SAM Paul Perez (6 tries)
The 2012 Dubai Sevens was held on 30 November and 1 December 2012 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and the second stop of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series.
Samoa defeated New Zealand 26–15 in the final to win the title.
Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.
Pool Stage
| Key to colours in group tables |
|---|
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 24 | +26 | **9** | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 26 | +6 | **7** | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 31 | −12 | **5** | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 46 | −20 | **3** |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 28 | +34 | **9** | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 26 | +17 | **7** | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 41 | −10 | **5** | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 70 | −41 | **3** |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 43 | +8 | **7** | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 55 | −2 | **7** | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 32 | +2 | **5** | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 58 | −8 | **5** |
Pool D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 35 | +39 | **8** | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 34 | −10 | **7** | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 47 | 0 | **6** | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 62 | −29 | **3** |
Knockout stage
Shield (13th place)
|1 December – Dubai ||12||14 |1 December – Dubai ||25||12 |1 December – Dubai ||14||29 |1 December – Dubai ||24||14 |1 December – Dubai ||26||24 |1 December – Dubai ||12||40 |1 December – Dubai ||5|****|26
Bowl (9th place)
|1 December – Dubai ||12||14 |1 December – Dubai ||25||12 |1 December – Dubai ||14||29 |1 December – Dubai ||24||14 |1 December – Dubai ||14||22 |1 December – Dubai ||5||12 |1 December – Dubai ||10|****|14
Plate (5th place)
|1 December – Dubai ||5||8 |1 December – Dubai ||19||7 |1 December – Dubai ||7||19 |1 December – Dubai ||28||7 |1 December – Dubai ||5||27 |1 December – Dubai ||28||12 |1 December – Dubai |****|21||14
Cup (1st place)
|1 December – Dubai ||5||8 |1 December – Dubai ||19||7 |1 December – Dubai ||7||19 |1 December – Dubai ||28||7 |1 December – Dubai ||5||12 |1 December – Dubai ||7||27 |1 December – Dubai ||26||15 |1 December – Dubai ||12||15
References
References
- (2012-12-01). "Samoa defeat New Zealand to win Dubai Sevens". irbsevens.com.
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