The countdown is sort of over – Dubai is getting ready to host the Center East’s largest celebration of sports activities and leisure. Emirates Dubai 7s returns on November 28-30, that includes the opening leg of the 2025/26 HSBC SVNS Collection over the weekend.
World-class athletes will showcase their Olympic-level power and pace over two days, as the highest eight groups in girls’s and males’s sevens battle for glory in entrance of hundreds at The Sevens Stadium.
Australia are looking for their sixth-consecutive girls’s title in Dubai, having overwhelmed arch-rivals New Zealand within the decider final season. Maddison Levi was the star of the present that weekend, with the Aussie scoring a record-setting 15 tries in two days.
Fiji want to go back-to-back in Dubai for the primary time ever, defeating giant-slayers Spain 19-5 final season. Spain had overwhelmed the All Blacks Sevens twice through the nation’s run to a first-ever Cup Closing on the SVNS Collection.
Spain and Fiji haven’t been drawn in the identical pool for this season’s occasion.
Fiji have been given a troublesome draw forward of their title defence. They’re in Pool A, which is the ‘pool of champions’ with 2024/25 SVNS Collection winner South Africa, reigning League Winners Argentina, and Paris Olympics gold medallists France.
In Pool B, Spain can have an opportunity to repeat final season’s heroics after they tackle the All Blacks Sevens. The Spaniards may also face a new-look Australia aspect, and an always-dangerous Nice Britain outfit.
Australia are within the second girls’s pool together with their Olympic rivals Canada, Nice Britain and Japan. The Black Ferns Sevens are in Pool A with the USA of America, France and Fiji.
The most important invitational rugby match on the planet may also happen over the weekend. Rugby Australia unveiled a star-studded Australia A aspect that can compete within the invitational occasion, that includes two Wallaroos wingers and an Olympian.
“The HSBC SVNS is again! Dubai is the right kick-off for the new-look sequence, that includes the world’s prime groups, the most important stars… over two competitors days,” World Rugby Chief Government Alan Gilpin mentioned in an announcement.
“With a runway by means of to the LA 2028 Olympic Video games, a few of the largest stars who shone brightly at Ladies’s Rugby World Cup 2025 will likely be in motion, bringing followers even nearer to the personalities who impressed a brand new fanbase for the game.”
Pageant Director Mathew Tait added: “With so many Ladies’s Rugby World Cup stars returning to the HSBC SVNS stage, this 12 months’s Emirates Dubai 7s will likely be a showcase of world-class expertise. Dubai units the tone for the worldwide sequence, and followers can anticipate thrilling matches, unimaginable music, and an electrical ambiance.”
Former England internationals Emily Scaratt, Ben Youngs and Dan Cole, and Olympic silver medallist Tom Mitchell, are among the many sporting legends internet hosting rugby masterclasses all through Friday.
For The Love of Rugby is a world-famous rugby podcast hosted by Youngs and Cole. They are going to be broadcasting for the Sunroom hospitality space, permitting attendees to hear to 2 of England’s all-time greats speak about varied matters.
Rugby isn’t the one sport on present, with cricket introduced by Dulsco Group, netball introduced by Dubai Holding Neighborhood Administration, Rebound Padel, and the WODON3 health competitors.
There will likely be cricket masterclasses on Friday hosted by James Anderson, Kate Cross, Jacques Kallis and extra.
Music legends Tinie Tempah, Sean Paul, Shaggy, and DJs EZ and FISHER will carry out at 2025 Dubai 7s, making this an unmissable pageant of sport and leisure that you just don’t need to miss.
On Saturday, British rapper Tempah headlines Beats on 2, whereas Paul and Shaggy will carry out on the Frequency on 8 stage. Sunday is concerning the DJs with FISHER, greatest identified for smash hits ‘Dropping It’ and ‘You Little Magnificence’, bringing the occasion to an unimaginable finish.
Native expertise may also carry out.
There’s family-friendly enjoyable for everybody to take pleasure in, with 2025 Dubai 7s together with a zipline for the primary time, in partnership with Arabian Adventures. This zipline will fly over the pageant space and crowds, with a twin line permitting everybody to benefit from the exercise with family members.
The free fall leap, and the Quad Bike Journey, in partnership with Arabian Adventures, are different new additions for this 12 months’s occasion. There will likely be a devoted Youngsters’ Zone open from 10am to 6pm, themed round superheroes and villains.
Friday is formally family-friendly.
The Outside Youngsters’ Zone for older kids aged between 4 and 16 affords loads of video games and actions, together with superhero VR activation, arcade tent, the biggest inflatable ever on the 7s, an F1 driving simulator and extra.
There will likely be an Outside Youngsters’ Cinema from 6 to 9pm every night time, too.
Dubai 7s 2025 affords a big selection of meals and drinks, comparable to Tortilla, Vietnamese Foodies, Increase, Right here-O, Humantra, Science in Sport and Slim Chickens.
There may also be the standard EK A380 flyover on Saturday.
The Sensory Room, in partnership with Sensory4You, may also be accessible all through the occasion, as a part of the match’s dedication to inclusivity.
Tickets, together with three-day passes, can be found now at www.emiratesdubai7s.com.
Day Passes are priced at AED 595 or AED 525 for Folks of Willpower. Saturday or Sunday Basic Admission tickets begin from AED 455 or AED 375 for Folks of Willpower.
