2014 Dubai Women's Sevens
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| 2014 Dubai Women's Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Women's Sevens Series III | |
| Host nation |  United Arab Emirates |
| Date | 4–5 December 2014 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up |  Australia |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  Fiji |
| Runner-up |  England |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  Brazil |
| Runner-up |  South Africa |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
| Tries scored | 162 (average 4.76 per match) |
| Most points |  Ghislaine Landry |
| Most tries |  Marina Petrova |
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The 2014 Women's Dubai Sevens was the opening tournament of the 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 4–5 December 2014 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, and was the third edition of the Women's Dubai Sevens as part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Bowl.
Teams
The participating teams and schedule were announced on 15 October 2014.[1]
Match officials
The match officials for the 2014 Dubai Sevens are as follows:[2]
Jesse Beard (New Zealand)
James Bolabiu (Fiji)
Sara Cox (England)- Steve Lee (England)
Alhambra Nievas (Spain)
Amy Perrett (Australia)
Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)
Pool Stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 31 | 65 | 9 |
 United States |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 36 | 61 | 7 |
| Russia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 51 | 20 | 5 |
 China |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 151 | −146 | 3 |
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 10 | 89 | 9 |
 France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 31 | 34 | 7 |
| South Africa |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 77 | −53 | 4 |
 Spain |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 87 | −70 | 4 |
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 19 | 53 | 9 |
| Canada |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 32 | 53 | 7 |
| Fiji |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 85 | −59 | 5 |
| Brazil |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 76 | −47 | 3 |