2017 Dubai Women's Sevens
The 2017 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was on 30 November to 1 December at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Format
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 brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.Teams
Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the winner of the 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens, South Africa:Pool stage
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Knockout round
Challenge Trophy
| Matches |
Semi-finals 11th Place Challenge Trophy Final |
5th place
| Matches |
Semi-finals 7th Place 5th Place Final |
Cup
| Matches |
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze Medal Match Cup Final |
Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
| 20 | ||
| 18 | ||
| 16 | ||
| 4 | 14 | |
| 5 | 12 | |
| 6 | 10 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 7 | 8 | |
| 8 | 6 | |
| 9 | 4 | |
| 10 | 3 | |
| 11 | 2 | |
| 12 | 1 |
Source:
Players
Scoring leaders
| Rank | Player | Tries |
| 1 |  Portia Woodman | 9 |
| 2 |  Elena Zdrokova | 7 |
 Emma Tonegato | 7 | |
 Julia Greenshields | 7 | |
| Michaela Blyde | 7 |
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 1 | Portia Woodman | 45 |
| 2 | Elena Zdrokova | 35 |
| Emma Tonegato | 35 | |
| Julia Greenshields | 35 | |
| Michaela Blyde | 35 |
Source:
Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:| Forwards | Backs |
| Portia Woodman Baizat Khamidova Evania Pelite | Julia Greenshields  Leyla Kelter Emma Tonegato Elena Zdrokova |