2022 Dubai Sevens
Sevens World Series XXIV
Host nation	United Arab Emirates
Date	3–4 December 2022
Cup
Champion	South Africa
Runner-up	Ireland
Third	New Zealand
Tournament details
Matches played	45
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The 2022 Dubai Sevens was the second tournament within the 2022–23 World Rugby Sevens Series and was the 22nd international edition and the 52nd overall of the Dubai Sevens since it began in 1970. It was held on 3–4 December 2022 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Format

The twelve teams at each tournament were drawn into three pools of four teams. A round-robin was held for each pool, where each team played the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed on comparative pool standings, advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for tournament honours. The other teams from each pool went to the challenge playoffs for ninth to twelfth place.

Teams

Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, Uganda.^[1]

Pool stage

All times in UAE Standard Time (UTC+4:00)

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	2	0	1	13	7
Australia	3	1	1	1	2	6
Great Britain	3	1	1	1	0	6
Kenya	3	0	2	1	–15	5

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	0	1	47	7
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	44	7
Fiji	3	2	0	1	40	7
Uruguay	3	0	0	3	-131	3

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	24	9
Ireland	3	1	1	1	11	6
Spain	3	1	1	1	7	6
Uganda	3	0	0	3	-42	3

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	43	9
Samoa	3	2	0	1	47	3
Canada	3	1	0	2	-19	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	-71	3

Placement matches

Thirteenth place

	Semi-finals				Thirteenth place
	3 December – The Sevens
	Uganda	0
					3 December – The Sevens
	Canada	29
					Canada	7
	3 December – The Sevens
					Spain	38
	Spain	28
	Japan	0

Ninth place

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	3 December – The Sevens
	Fiji	29
					3 December – The Sevens
	Uganda	14
					Fiji	21
	3 December – The Sevens
					Kenya	17
	Canada	7
									3 December – The Sevens
	Kenya	17
									Fiji	47
	3 December – The Sevens
									Uruguay	0
	Spain	12
					3 December – The Sevens
	Uruguay	24
					Uruguay	26
	3 December – The Sevens
					Great Britain	7
	Great Britain	45
	Japan	5

Cup

Fifth place

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	3 December – The Sevens
	Argentina	28
					3 December – The Sevens
	Australia	15
					Argentina	12
	3 December – The Sevens
					France	19
	France	24
	Samoa	17

Cup playoffs

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	3 December – The Sevens
	Argentina	14
					3 December – The Sevens
	Ireland	19
					Ireland	12
	3 December – The Sevens
					United States	7
	United States	24
									3 December – The Sevens
	Australia	19
									Ireland	5
	3 December – The Sevens
									South Africa	21
	France	0
					3 December – The Sevens
	New Zealand	20
					New Zealand	19
	3 December – The Sevens
					South Africa	26			3rd place final
	South Africa	24
									3 December – The Sevens
	Samoa	19
									United States	12
									New Zealand	31

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	South Africa	22
	Ireland	19
	New Zealand	17
4	United States	15
5	France	13
6	Argentina	12
7	Australia	10
	Samoa	10

Place	Team	Points
9	Fiji	8
10	Uruguay	7
11	Great Britain	5
	Kenya	5
13	Spain	3
14	Canada	2
15	Japan	1
	Uganda	1

Source: World Rugby

Players

Dream Team

Forwards	Backs
Ricardo Duarttee Branco du Preez Siviwe Soyizwapi	Perry Baker Harry McNulty Mark Roche Akuila Rokolisoa

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