2021 Dubai Women's Sevens

The 2021 Dubai Women's Sevens was held as two rugby sevens tournaments on consecutive weekends in late November and early December that year. They were played as the tenth international season of the Dubai Women's Sevens, following the cancellation of the 2020 tournament due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournaments were the opening events of the 2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Due to ongoing impacts of the pandemic, the first event was played behind closed doors on 26–27 November 2021 with no spectators allowed,^[1] but the second event was played in front of full crowds on 3–4 December at The Sevens stadium in Dubai.^[1] Two pitches were used in Dubai, which allowed matches in overlapping time slots to be played.^[2] As only ten women's teams instead of the usual twelve competed in both tournaments, a format based on two pools with five teams in each was used.^[1]

Australia won back-to-back titles in Dubai, defeating Fiji in the final of both tournaments.

Format

The ten teams at each tournament were drawn into two pools of five teams. A round-robin was held for each pool, where each team played the others in their pool once. The best teams from each pool played off in the Cup final for the gold and silver medals, and the second best teams from each pool played off in the third place final for the bronze medal.

For the lower classification matches, the third best teams from the pools played off for fifth, the fourth best played off for seventh, and the last two teams in each pool played off for ninth place.

Teams

The ten national women's teams competing at both tournaments in Dubai were:

Core teams eligible to play but not participating at Dubai were:

 • England, who were represented by Great Britain for the first two tournaments of the 2021–22 Series, before competing again as a separate national union for the remainder of the series.^[3]

 • New Zealand, who did not participate in Dubai due to the challenges of COVID-19 travel logistics.^[1]

Dubai: Event I

Pool stage – Event I

The first tournament was held with no crowd in attendance at The Sevens stadium in Dubai on 26–27 November 2021. Australia won the tournament, defeating Fiji by 22–7 in the final.

All times in UAE Standard Time (UTC+4:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:

Key:

Pool A – Event I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	4	4	0	0	141	32	+109	12
France	4	2	0	2	98	69	+29	8
Brazil	4	2	0	2	64	86	−22	8
United States	4	2	0	2	56	88	−32	8
Spain	4	0	0	4	24	108	−84	4

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Pool B – Event I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	4	3	0	1	103	70	+33	10
Russia	4	3	0	1	65	46	+19	10
Great Britain	4	3	0	1	67	57	+10	10
Canada	4	1	0	3	64	86	−22	6
Ireland	4	0	0	4	49	89	−40	4

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Knockout stage – Event I

9th place playoff – Event I

	Ninth place
	Spain	14
	Ireland	31

Matches
9th place final 27 November Spain  14–31  Ireland The Sevens   15:51 UAEST (UTC+4) Try: María García 7' c Iera Echebarria 12' c Con: Amalia Argudo 7' Lea Ducher 12' Report Try: Eve Higgins 1' c Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe (2) 4' c, 9' m Megan Burns (2) 6' m, 10' c Con: Lucy Mulhall (3) 1', 5', 10' Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)

5th–8th place playoff – Event I

	Seventh place
	United States	17
	Canada	7
	Fifth place
	Brazil	21
	Great Britain	22

Matches

7th place final 27 November United States  17–7  Canada The Sevens   15:51 UAEST (UTC+4) Try: Alex Sedrick 3' c Naya Tapper (2) 6' m, 8' m Con: Alena Olsen 4' Report Try: Olivia De Couvreur 1' c Con: Breanne Nicholas 2' Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland) 5th place final 27 November Brazil  21–22  Great Britain The Sevens   17:15 UAEST (UTC+4) Try: Bianca Silva 7' c Edna Santini 11' c Gabriela Lima 14' c Con: Raquel Kochhann (2) 7', 15' Isadora Cerullo 11' Report Try: Jasmine Joyce 4' m Ellie Boatman 8' m Abbie Brown 13' c Grace Crompton 15' m Con: Emma Uren 13' Referee: Ashleigh Murray-Pretorius (South Africa)

Cup playoff – Event I

	Third place
	France	40
	Russia	0
	Cup Final
	Australia	22
	Fiji	7

Matches
3rd place final 27 November France  40–0  Russia The Sevens   18:07 UAEST (UTC+4) Report Cup final 27 November Australia  22–7  Fiji The Sevens   18:56 UAEST (UTC+4) Try: Demi Hayes (2) 3' c, 8' m Lily Dick 5' m Charlotte Caslick 7' m Con: Sharni Williams 3' Report Try: Alowesi Nakoci 13' c Con: Reapi Ulunisau 13' Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

Placings – Event I

Source: World Rugby

Dubai: Event II

Pool stage – Event II

The second tournament was played with spectators in attendance at The Sevens stadium in Dubai on 3–4 December 2021.^[2] Australia won the tournament, defeating Fiji by 15–5 in the final.

All times in UAE Standard Time (UTC+4:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:

Key:

Pool A – Event II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	4	4	0	0	153	24	+129	12
Russia	4	3	0	1	86	60	+26	10
Spain	4	2	0	2	50	102	−52	8
Canada	4	1	0	3	39	90	−51	6
Brazil	4	0	0	4	38	90	−52	4

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Pool B – Event II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	4	4	0	0	79	58	+21	12
France	4	3	0	1	102	29	+73	10
United States	4	2	0	2	71	78	–7	8
Ireland	4	1	0	3	55	89	–34	6
Great Britain	4	0	0	4	61	114	–53	4

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Knockout stage – Event II

9th place playoff

	Ninth place
	Brazil	26
	Great Britain	24

Matches

9th place playoff – Event II 4 December Brazil  26–24  Great Britain The Sevens   17:04 UAEST (UTC+4) Try: Thalia Costa (2) 3' c, 8' m Bianca Silva 11' c Gabriela Lima 14' c Con: Isadora Cerullo 3' Raquel Kochhann (2) 11', 14' Cards: Leila dos Santos Silva Report Try: Grace Crompton 1' c Shona Campbell 5' m Abbie Brown (2) 7' c, 9' m Con: Megan Jones (2) 2', 8' Referee: Jaco De Wit (United Arab Emirates)

5th–8th place playoff – Event II

	Seventh place
	Canada	12
	Ireland	26
	Fifth place
	Spain	5
	United States	7

Matches

7th place final 4 December Canada  12–26  Ireland The Sevens   16:19 UAEST (UTC+4) Try: Asia Hogan-Rochester 7' m Chloe Daniels 13' c Con: Asia Hogan-Rochester 13' Report Try: Lucy Mulhall 1' c Stacey Flood 4' c Beibhinn Parsons (2) 8' c, 11' m Con: Lucy Mulhall (3) 1', 4', 8' Referee: Ashleigh Murray-Pretorius (South Africa) 5th place final 4 December Spain  5–7  United States The Sevens   16:41 UAEST (UTC+4) Try: Beatriz Dominguez 7' m Report Try: Naya Tapper 2' c Con: Alena Olsen 2' Referee: Katherine Ritchie (England)

Cup playoff – Event II

	Third place
	Russia	5
	France	28
	Cup Final
	Australia	15
	Fiji	5

Matches

3rd place final 4 December Russia  5–28  France The Sevens   18:07 UAEST (UTC+4) Try: Daria Noritsina 14' m Cards: Daria Noritsina Report Try: Shannon Izar 2' c Camille Grassineau 6' c Jade Ulutule 7' c Valentine Lothoz 9' c Con: Jade Ulutule (3) 3', 6', 8' Shannon Izar 10' Referee: Julianne Zussman (Canada) Cup final 4 December Australia  15–5  Fiji The Sevens   18:56 UAEST (UTC+4) Try: Faith Nathan 4' m Madison Ashby (2) 8' m, 12' m Cards: Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea Report Try: Reapi Ulunisau 8' m Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

Placings – Event II

Source: World Rugby

See also

• 2021 Dubai Sevens (for men's teams)

References

External links

• Tournament site
• World Rugby info – Event I
• World Rugby info – Event II

World Sevens Women's Series IX
Preceded by None (first event)	2021 Dubai Women's Sevens	Succeeded by 2022 Spain Women's Sevens
Dubai Sevens
Preceded by 2019 Dubai Women's Sevens	2021 Dubai Women's Sevens	Succeeded by 2022 Dubai Women's Sevens