Dubai Rugby Sevens
The Rugby Sevens take place every November at the 'The Sevens', Emirates' purpose built sporting venue. The 2008 event will be its 39th year and will take place between the 27th and 29th of November. Emirates Airline has been the official sponsor of the Dubai Rugby Sevens since 1988. What began with a small band of British expatriates keen to do something more than watch their ever-increasing waist lines, developed into one of the premier Rugby Sevens events in the World.
This massive event goes on for three days. The first day consists of local and international invitational teams in action with
days two and three seeing the 16 international sides compete for the Emirates International Trophy. All matches are seven minutes each way, apart from the three finals, which are ten minutes per half. An International Invitation, Gulf, Local Social, Ladies, Veterans and Youth competitions add to the action-packed three days. The Dubai Rugby Sevens sees over 1,750 players every year and More than 12,000 overseas visitors in attendance. The Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens is the first round of the International Rugby Board Sevens World Series. The reigning Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens champions is New Zealand.
Tickets for this huge event are normally available from October onwards. Prices for the 2008/09 Dubai Rugby Sevens event are below:
Thursday: Free
Friday: Dhs 170
Saturday: Dhs 230
Season Ticket: Dhs 300 (Friday and Saturday)
Reserved Seating: Dhs 500 (Friday and Saturday) MINIMUM BOOKING OF 40 TICKETS
Corporate Hospitality: Dhs 30,000 for a table of 10 (Friday and Saturday) includes 5 VIP parking passes, table of 10 in corporate hospitality village, 5 drinks per person per day, full catering, 1 programme per person, 10 seats in the VIP stand.
Please keep checking the Dubai Rugby Sevens website http://www.dubairugby7s.com for updates on the event and availability of tickets.
Named 'The Sevens', this spectacular sports venue was built by Emirates Airline, one of the world's leading sport sponsors, along with the support of the Government of Dubai.
The venue features a permanent grandstand with 4,500 seats and the addition of temporary stands erected around this permanent structure has increased the capacity to 50,000.
Hospitality areas, broadcast and medical facilities and changing rooms also feature in the design as well as a 30-metre wide promenade, featuring cafes and food outlets.
There are currently six grass pitches and four netball courts at The Sevens, while a nearby sports complex and clubhouse will eventually include provision for tennis, squash, basketball and badminton as well as a gymnasium and swimming pool. Also planned for 2009 is the provision of four new cricket pitches.
Apart from hosting the Rugby World Cup Sevens this weekend, as well as the world record-breaking Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens in November last year, the venue also welcomed over 25,000 spectators for the Emirates and DTCM-sponsored Dubai Football Challenge, which saw David Beckham making his debut for AC Milan as they took on Hamburg SV in January.
The Sevens is home to the offices of the Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union and has become a hub of rugby in the Middle East. The venue will also eventually regularly cater for other popular sports played in the region, including football, cricket and netball.
Directions to The Dubai Rugby Complex
The complete Sitemap of the venue
Details - IRB Dubai Rugby Sevens
