The Dubai 7s will commence on Friday 2 December at the Sevens Stadium with the men’s and women’s competitions set to take place.
Kenya 7s are scheduled to take on the pitch at 10: 56 AM to play World 7s Series defending Champions and log leaders Australia in their opener. The second match will see Damian McGrath charges play against South Africa at 2:20 PM in an African Derby.
Shujaa’s final match of the group stage will see them play against Great Britain in a 7:18 PM kick off.
South Africa’s matches will kick off a 09:34 am SA time against Great Britain, 1:20 PM against Kenya and at 6:33 PM against Australia.
Matches will be played across two pitches and kick off at 9:00 local time (GMT+4) on Friday, 2 December with Ireland against Spain in Pool C of the women’s competition. Following two full days of action-packed rugby sevens the women’s final will take place at 18:56 on Saturday, 3 December, followed by the men’s final at 19:26.
The 2023 Series promises to be the biggest, most competitive and exciting Series to date with more at stake than ever before as the top four ranked men’s and women’s teams will earn Olympic qualification for Paris 2024.
At the other end of the table in the men’s competition the number of teams for the 2024 Series will reduce from 16 to 12 to equal the number of women’s teams and align with the Olympic competition structure, meaning fans can expect an intense battle to avoid relegation throughout the 2023 Series with every match and every point counting towards the final Series rankings.
Dubai 7s playing schedule (Timings in EAT)
Friday 2 December
Ireland vs Spain-09:06
USA vs Canada-09:06
France vs Uganda -09:28
Samoa vs Japan- 09:28
Argentina vs New Zealand- 09:50
Fiji vs Uruguay- 10:12
South Africa vs Great Britain – 10:34
Australia vs Kenya 7s- 10:56
USA vs Japan-12:05
Samoa vs Canada 7s- 12:27
Argentina vs Uruguay – 12:49
Fiji vs New Zealand – 13:11
Ireland vs Uganda -13:36
France vs Spain – 13:58
South Africa vs Kenya 7s- 14:20
Australia vs Great Britain -14:42
Samoa vs USA- 17:06
Canada vs Japan – 17:28
Spain vs Uganda -18:07
New Zealand vs Uruguay- 18:34
France vs Ireland -18:35
Fiji vs Argentina – 19:05
Great Britain vs Kenya 7s- 19:18
Australia vs South Africa – 19:33
Saturday 3 December
9TH PLACE QUARTER FINAL
3rd Pool B vs 4th Pool C -08:00
3rd Pool D vs 4th Pool A- 08:22
3rd Pool C vs 4th Pool B- 08:44
3rd Pool A vs 4th Pool D- 09:06
CUP QUARTER FINALS
1st Pool B vs 2nd Pool C- 09:28
1st Pool D vs 2nd Pool A- 09:50
1st Pool C vs 2nd Pool B- 10:12
1st Pool A vs 2nd Pool D- 10:34
13TH PLACE SEMI FINAL
Loser M25 vs Loser M26- 11:32
Loser M27 vs Loser M28- 11:54
9TH PLACE SEMI FINAL
Winner M25 vs Winner M26- 12:16
Winner M27 vs Winner M28- 12:38
5TH PLACE SEMI FINAL
Loser M29 vs Loser M30- 12:30
Loser M31 vs Loser M32- 12:52
CUP SEMI FINALS
Winner M29 vs Winner M30- 13:17
Winner M31 vs Winner M32- 13:39
13TH PLACE PLAY-OFF
Winner M33 vs Winner M34- 15:24
9TH PLACE PLAY-OFF
Winner M35 vs Winner M36- 15:46
5TH PLACE PLAY-OFF
Winner M37 vs Winner M38- 15:54
BRONZE FINAL
Loser M40 vs Loser M39- 17:07
CUP FINAL
Winner M40 vs Winner M39- 18:26
