2017 Dubai Sevens
The 2017 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 1–2 December 2017 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Format
The teams are drawn into four 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 bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy bracket.Teams
Fifteen core teams participate in the tournament along with one invited team, Uganda, the winner of the 2017 Africa Cup Sevens:Pool stage
All times in UAE Standard TimePool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Knockout stage
13th place
| Matches |
Semi-finals 13th Place Final |
Challenge Trophy
| Matches |
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Challenge Throphy Final |
5th place
| Matches |
Semi-finals 5th Place Final |
Cup
| Matches |
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze Medal Match Cup Final |
Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
| 22 | ||
| 19 | ||
| 17 | ||
| 4 | 15 | |
| 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | 12 | |
| 7 | 10 | |
| 7 | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 9 | 8 | |
| 10 | 7 | |
| 11 | 5 | |
| 11 | 5 | |
| 13 | 3 | |
| 14 | 2 | |
| 15 | 1 | |
| 15 | 1 |
Source:
Players
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Tries |
| 1 |  Dan Norton | 8 |
 Darcy Graham | 8 | |
 Solomon Okia | 8 | |
| 4 |  Seabelo Senatla | 7 |
 Tomi Lewis | 7 |
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 1 | Dan Norton | 40 |
| 2 | Darcy Graham | 40 |
| 3 | Solomon Okia | 40 |
| Tom Mitchell | 37 | |
| 5 | Seabelo Senatla | 35 |
Source:
Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:| Forwards | Backs |
 Alamanda Motuga James Rodwell Kwagga Smith | Seabelo Senatla Darcy Graham Cecil Afrika  Joe Ravouvou |