The 2017 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2017âÂÂ18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was on 30 November to 1 December at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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.
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:
All times in UAE Standard Time ()
<small>Source: World Rugby</small>
Source: World Rugby
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament: