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 2009 competition was held on December 4 and 5 at The Sevens. It was the first of eight events in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. New Zealand won the tournament with a 24–12 victory over Samoa in the final.

This was the second edition of the Dubai Sevens to be held at The Sevens. Previous editions were held at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground.

Format

The tournament consists of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progress to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progress to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.

Teams

•   Arabian Gulf
•   Argentina
•   Australia
•   England
•   Fiji
•   France
•   Kenya
•   New Zealand
•   Portugal
•   Russia
•   Samoa
•   Scotland
•   South Africa
•   United States
•   Wales
•   Zimbabwe

Pool stages

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	93	21	72	9
Australia	3	2	0	1	61	43	18	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	71	42	29	5
Arabian Gulf	3	0	0	3	14	133	-119	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-12-04	South Africa	28 - 14	Wales
2009-12-04	Australia	47 - 7	Arabian Gulf
2009-12-04	South Africa	36 - 7	Arabian Gulf
2009-12-04	Australia	14 - 7	Wales
2009-12-04	Wales	50 - 0	Arabian Gulf
2009-12-04	South Africa	29 - 0	Australia

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Samoa	3	2	1	0	88	24	64	8
Fiji	3	2	1	0	90	38	52	8
Zimbabwe	3	0	1	2	36	88	-52	4
Scotland	3	0	1	2	36	100	-64	4

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-12-04	Fiji	47 - 12	Scotland
2009-12-04	Samoa	40 - 5	Zimbabwe
2009-12-04	Fiji	31 - 14	Zimbabwe
2009-12-04	Samoa	36 - 7	Scotland
2009-12-04	Scotland	17 - 17	Zimbabwe
2009-12-04	Fiji	12 - 12	Samoa

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	95	22	73	9
Kenya	3	2	0	1	67	58	9	7
Russia	3	1	0	2	19	66	-47	5
United States	3	0	0	3	50	85	-35	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-12-04	England	40 - 12	United States
2009-12-04	Kenya	26 - 5	Russia
2009-12-04	England	28 - 0	Russia
2009-12-04	Kenya	31 - 26	United States
2009-12-04	United States	12 - 14	Russia
2009-12-04	England	27 - 10	Kenya

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	105	20	85	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	72	57	15	7
Portugal	3	1	0	0	31	88	-57	5
France	3	0	0	3	36	79	-43	3

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
2009-12-04	New Zealand	34 - 0	Portugal
2009-12-04	Argentina	22 - 12	France
2009-12-04	New Zealand	33 - 10	France
2009-12-04	Argentina	40 - 7	Portugal
2009-12-04	Portugal	24 - 14	France
2009-12-04	New Zealand	38 - 10	Argentina

Knockout

Shield

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Wales	19
					December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Scotland	12
					Scotland	5
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
					Portugal	29
	Portugal	0
									December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	United States	5
									Portugal	14
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
									Russia	17
	Russia	21
					December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	France	22
					Russia	26
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
					Arabian Gulf	12
	Zimbabwe	28
	Arabian Gulf	19

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Wales	19
					December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Scotland	12
					Wales	33
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
					United States	12
	Portugal	0
									December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	United States	5
									Wales	38
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
									Zimbabwe	7
	Russia	21
					December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	France	22
					France	14
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
					Zimbabwe	27
	Zimbabwe	28
	Arabian Gulf	19

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	New Zealand	17
					December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Kenya	14
					Kenya	14
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
					South Africa	19
	South Africa	5
									December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Fiji	17
									South Africa	0
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
									Australia	7
	England	17
					December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Argentina	12
					Argentina	12
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
					Australia	26
	Samoa	28
	Australia	27

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	New Zealand	17
					December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Kenya	14
					New Zealand	19
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
					Fiji	0
	South Africa	5
									December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Fiji	17
									New Zealand	24
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
									Samoa	12
	England	17
					December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
	Argentina	12
					England	19
	December 5 - The Sevens, Dubai
					Samoa	28
	Samoa	28
	Australia	27

Statistics

Individual points

Individual Points
Pos.	Player	Country	Points
1	Lolo Lui	Samoa	49
2	Ben Gollings	England	46
3	Clinton Sills	Australia	45
4	Sherwin Stowers	New Zealand	45
5	Vasily Artemyev	Russia	40
6	William Ryder	Fiji	40
7	Mikaele Pesamino	Samoa	40
8	Mzwandile Stick	South Africa	40
9	Junior Tomasi Cama	New Zealand	38
10	Rayno Benjamin	South Africa	35

Individual tries

Individual Tries
Pos.	Player	Country	Tries
1	Clinton Sills	Australia	9
2	Sherwin Stowers	New Zealand	9
3	Vasily Artemyev	Russia	8
4	Mikaele Pesamino	Samoa	8
5	Rayno Benjamin	South Africa	7
6	Alex Cuthbert	Wales	7
7	Nicolas Bruzzone	Argentina	6
8	Collins Injera	Kenya	6
9	Humphrey Kayange	Kenya	6
10	Nick Edwards	United States	5

Notes and references

External links

• IRB Sevens
• Dubai Sevens on irb.com

Preceded by Edinburgh Sevens

Dubai Sevens 2009

Succeeded by George Sevens