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{{short description|World Rugby Sevens Series tournament}}
{{Infobox Rugby Sevens
| countries = {{flagicon|UAE}} United Arab Emirates
| date = 3–4 December 2010
| champions1 = {{ru7|ENG}}
| runnersup1 = {{ru7|SAM}}
| third = {{ru7|NZL}}
| champions2 = {{ru7|RSA}}
| runnersup2 = {{ru7|AUS}}
| champions3 = {{ru7|ARG}}
| runnersup3 = {{ru7|ZIM}}
| champions4 = {{ru7|KEN}}
| runnersup4 = {{ru7|FRA}}
| matches =
| tries =
| top point scorer =
| top try scorer =
| prevseason = [[2009 Dubai Sevens|2009]]
| nextseason = [[2011 Dubai Sevens|2011]]
}}

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 '''2010''' competition was held on December 3 and 4 at [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]]. It was the first of eight events in the [[2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series]].

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

This was the final tournament for the host [[Arabian Gulf rugby union team (sevens)|Arabian Gulf team]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=1/news/newsid=2040909.html#hurley+final+home+sevens+farewell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124192050/http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=1/news/newsid=2040909.html#hurley+final+home+sevens+farewell |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |title=Hurley to bid final home Sevens farewell |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=2010-11-22 |accessdate=2010-12-03}}</ref> Following the tournament, the team and its governing body, the [[Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union]], disbanded in order to facilitate a major reorganisation of the sport in the region. As announced by the [[International Rugby Board]] in 2009, the AGRFU is being replaced by new national governing bodies in each of the union's member countries.

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

==Teams==
All 16 teams from the [[2009 Dubai Sevens]] were invited to participate in the 2010 tournament:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/04/05/84/2040584_pdf.pdf |title=Dubai Sevens Schedule |access-date=2010-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013172006/http://www.irb.com/mm/document/tournament/home/02/04/05/84/2040584_pdf.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

*{{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team (sevens)|Arabian Gulf]]}}
*{{Ru7|ARG}}
*{{Ru7|AUS}}
*{{Ru7|ENG}}
*{{Ru7|FJI}}
*{{Ru7|FRA}}
*{{Ru7|KEN}}
*{{Ru7|NZL}}
*{{Ru7|PRT}}
*{{Ru7|RUS}}
*{{Ru7|SAM}}
*{{Ru7|SCO}}
*{{Ru7|ZAF}}
*{{Ru7|USA}}
*{{Ru7|WAL}}
*{{Ru7|ZWE}}

==Pool stages==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables
|-
| style="background:#cfc; width:20px;"|
|align=left|Team advanced to the Cup Quarter Final
|}

===Pool A===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="40"|PF
!width="40"|PA
!width="40"|+/-
!width="40"|Pts
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|SAM}}
|3||2||1||0||101||40||61||'''8'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|WAL}}
|3||2||1||0||85||38||47||'''8'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|KEN}}
|3||1||0||2||50||62||-12||'''5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}
|3||0||0||3||36||132||-96||'''3'''
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%"
|- bgcolor="#008B00"
| '''Date'''
| '''Team 1'''
| '''Score'''
| '''Team 2'''
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 21 – 21 '''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|KEN}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 31 – 19 '''
| {{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 54 – 12 '''
| {{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor= |{{Ru7|KEN}}
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 12 – 17 '''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 47 – 5 '''
| {{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 26 – 7 '''
| {{Ru7|KEN}}
|}

===Pool B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="40"|PF
!width="40"|PA
!width="40"|+/-
!width="40"|Pts
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|NZL}}
|3||3||0||0||114||26||88||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|USA}}
|3||2||0||1||59||62||-3||'''7'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|ZIM}}
|3||1||0||2||36||101||-65||'''5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|ARG}}
|3||0||0||3||52||72||-20||'''3'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%"
|- bgcolor="#008B00"
| '''Date'''
| '''Team 1'''
| '''Score'''
| '''Team 2'''
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 31 – 7 '''
| {{Ru7|USA}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor= |{{Ru7|ARG}}
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 14 – 24 '''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|Zimbabwe}}'''
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 59 – 0 '''
| {{Ru7|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor= |{{Ru7|ARG}}
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 19 – 24 '''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 28 – 12 '''
| {{Ru7|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 24 – 19 '''
| {{Ru7|ARG}}
|}

===Pool C===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="40"|PF
!width="40"|PA
!width="40"|+/-
!width="40"|Pts
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|AUS}}
|3||3||0||0||88||47||41||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|ZAF}}
|3||1||1||1||52||48||4||'''6'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|SCO}}
|3||1||1||1||59||70||-11||'''6'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|RUS}}
|3||0||0||3||39||73||-34||'''3'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%"
|- bgcolor="#008B00"
| '''Date'''
| '''Team 1'''
| '''Score'''
| '''Team 2'''
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 41 – 14 '''
| {{Ru7|SCO}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver"|'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''19 – 10 '''
| {{Ru7|RUS}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 28 – 19 '''
| {{Ru7|RUS}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 19 – 19 '''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 26 – 10 '''
| {{Ru7|RUS}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 19 – 14 '''
| {{Ru7|ZAF}}
|}

===Pool D===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="40"|PF
!width="40"|PA
!width="40"|+/-
!width="40"|Pts
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|FIJ}}
|3||2||0||1||87||38||49||'''7'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|ENG}}
|3||2||0||1||62||47||15||'''7'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|PRT}}
|3||2||0||1||47||57||-10||'''7'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{Ru7|FRA}}
|3||0||0||3||31||85||-54||'''3'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%"
|- bgcolor="#008B00"
| '''Date'''
| '''Team 1'''
| '''Score'''
| '''Team 2'''
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''31 – 7 '''
| {{Ru7|PRT}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 24 – 12 '''
| {{Ru7|FRA}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 35 – 5 '''
| {{Ru7|FRA}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| {{Ru7|ENG}}
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 12 – 14 '''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|PRT}}'''
|-
| 2010-12-03
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|PRT}}'''
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 26 – 14 '''
| {{Ru7|FRA}}
|-
| 2010-12-03
| {{Ru7|FIJ}}
| bgcolor="silver" |''' 21 – 26 '''
| bgcolor="silver" |'''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''
|}

==Knockout==

===Shield===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|KEN}}'''
|'''0'''
|{{Ru7|ARG}}
|43
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|POR}}'''
|'''7'''
|{{Ru7|RUS}}
|10
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|{{Ru7|SCO}}
|28
|'''{{Ru7|FRA}}'''
|'''22'''
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|{{Ru7|ZIM}}
|24
|'''{{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}'''
|'''14'''
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|KEN}}'''
|'''19'''
|{{Ru7|POR}}
|12
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|{{Ru7|FRA}}
|'''26'''|{{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}
|19
<!--final  -->
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|KEN}}'''
|'''26'''
|{{Ru7|FRA}}
|0
}}

===Bowl===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|{{Ru7|KEN}}
|0
|'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''
|'''43'''
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|{{Ru7|POR}}
|7
|'''{{Ru7|RUS}}'''
|'''10'''
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|SCO}}'''
|'''28'''
|{{Ru7|FRA}}
|22
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|ZIM}}'''
|'''24'''
|{{noflag|[[Arabian Gulf rugby union team|Arabian Gulf]]}}
|14
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''
|'''31'''
|{{Ru7|RUS}}
|7
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|{{Ru7|SCO}}
|17|'''{{Ru7|ZIM}}'''
|'''28'''
<!--final  -->
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|ARG}}'''
|'''21'''
|{{Ru7|ZIM}}
|0
}}

===Plate===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|{{Ru7|SAM}}
|38
|'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''
|'''5'''
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|{{Ru7|FIJ}}
|21
|'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''
|'''19'''
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''
|'''21'''
|{{Ru7|ENG}}
|24
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|{{Ru7|NZL}}
|35
|'''{{Ru7|WAL}}'''
|'''7'''
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|{{Ru7|USA}}
|10
|'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''
|'''24'''
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''
|'''26'''|{{Ru7|WAL}}
|12
<!--final  -->
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|ZAF}}'''
|'''19'''
|{{Ru7|AUS}}
|12
}}

===Cup===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''
|'''38'''
|{{Ru7|USA}}
|5
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''
|'''21'''
|{{Ru7|ZAF}}
|19
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|{{Ru7|AUS}}
|21
|'''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''
|'''24'''
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''
|'''35'''
|{{Ru7|WAL}}
|7
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''
|'''24'''
|{{Ru7|FIJ}}
|21
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|'''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''
|'''19'''|{{Ru7|NZL}}
|14
<!--final  -->
|<small>December 4 – [[The Sevens (stadium)|The Sevens]], [[Dubai]]</small>
|{{Ru7|SAM}}
|21
|'''{{Ru7|ENG}}'''
|'''29'''
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100208082231/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/index.html IRB Sevens]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071203163124/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/edition=1/index.html Dubai Sevens] on irb.com

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