2018 Dubai Sevens
Sevens World Series XX
Host nation	United Arab Emirates
Date	30 November–1 December 2018
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	United States
Third	England
Challenge Trophy
Winner	Samoa
Tournament details
Matches played	45
Tries scored	278 (average 6.18 per match)
Most points	John Porch (54)
Most tries	Marcos Moroni (7)
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The 2018 Dubai Sevens is the twentieth edition of the Dubai Sevens tournament. It was the first tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held on 30 November and 1 December 2018 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[1]

The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Every team played each of the other three in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup bracket where teams competed for the gold, silver, and bronze medals. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge Trophy bracket.

Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, 2018 Africa Men's Sevens winners Zimbabwe:

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

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	2	0	1	62	29	33	7
Argentina	3	2	0	1	58	52	6	7
Samoa	3	2	0	1	50	53	−3	7
Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	34	70	−36	3

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	105	31	74	9
Scotland	3	1	1	1	68	49	19	6
France	3	1	1	1	35	72	−37	6
Kenya	3	0	0	3	43	99	−56	3

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	80	31	49	9
United States	3	2	0	1	69	36	33	7
Spain	3	1	0	2	52	64	−12	5
Wales	3	0	0	3	26	96	−70	3

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	96	38	58	9
England	3	2	0	1	76	41	35	7
Canada	3	1	0	2	58	64	−6	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	14	101	–87	3

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	Semi-finals				Thirteenth place
	1 December – 13:38 – The Sevens
	Japan	26
					1 December – 17:53 – The Sevens
	Kenya	19
					Japan	7
	1 December – 14:00 – The Sevens
					Wales	31
	Zimbabwe	10
	Wales	14

	Quarter-finals				Challenge Trophy Final				Final
	1 December – 9:30 – The Sevens
	Samoa	40
					1 December – 14:22 – The Sevens
	Japan	12
					Samoa	26
	1 December – 9:52 – The Sevens
					Spain	22
	Spain	26
									1 December – 18:15 – The Sevens
	Kenya	19
									Samoa	33
	1 December – 10:14 – The Sevens
									France	24
	Canada	38
					1 December – 14:44 – The Sevens
	Zimbabwe	5
					Canada	12
	1 December – 10:36 – The Sevens
					France	28
	France	38
	Wales	17

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	1 December – 15:33 – The Sevens
	South Africa	29
					1 December – 18:40 – The Sevens
	Scotland	0
					South Africa	19
	1 December – 15:55 – The Sevens
					Fiji	24
	Argentina	21
	Fiji	31

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Cup Final
	1 December– 11:00 – The Sevens
	South Africa	5
					1 December– 16:17 – The Sevens
	England	22
					England	5
	1 December– 11:22 – The Sevens
					New Zealand	7
	New Zealand	21
									1 December– 19:29 – The Sevens
	Scotland	7
									New Zealand	21
	1 December– 11:44 – The Sevens
									United States	5
	Australia	38
					1 December– 16:39 – The Sevens
	Argentina	0
					Australia	17
	1 December– 12:06 – The Sevens
					United States	22			Third place
	Fiji	12
									1 December– 19:04 – The Sevens
	United States	24
									England	15
									Australia	14

Source: World Rugby

Source: World Rugby

• 2018 Dubai Women's Sevens
• World Rugby Sevens Series
• 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series
• World Rugby

• Tournament site
• World Rugby info

World Sevens Series XX
Preceded by None (first event)	2018 Dubai Sevens	Succeeded by 2018 South Africa Sevens
Dubai Sevens
Preceded by 2017 Dubai Sevens	2018 Dubai Sevens	Succeeded by 2019 Dubai Sevens