2011 Cup of Nations (rugby union)
| 2011 Cup of Nations | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 10-16 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Countries |  United Arab Emirates |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Final | |
| Venue | The Sevens Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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| Champions |  Hong Kong[1]
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| Runner-up |  Kenya
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The 2011 Emirates Cup of Nations was held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai as a season ending tournament for tier 3 teams from different continents[2]. The four competing teams were hosts UAE, Asian 5 Nations rivals Hong Kong, 2011 Africa Cup champions Kenya and South American Rugby Championship A Division team Brazil.
Format
The tournament is being played as a single round-robin, with the winner being the leading team after the third round of fixtures. The points for the tournament were awarded for: Win = 4 points Draw = 2 points Loss = 1 point Scoring 4 or more tries in one game = 1 bonus point Losing by 7 or less points = 1 bonus point
Fixtures and results
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus points |
Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | ||||
| 1 | Hong Kong |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 34 | 119 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Kenya |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 81 | 18 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 |  Brazil |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 67 | 27 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 193 | -164 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 December 2011 13:00 (UTC+04:00) |
| Brazil | 25-27 | Kenya |
| Try: (4 tries scored) | [1] | Try: (5 tries scored)[3] |
| The Sevens, Dubai |
| 10 December 2011 15:00 (UTC+04:00) |
| United Arab Emirates | 14-72 | Hong Kong |
| Try: (2 tries scored) | [2] | Try: Tom McQueen (2), Keith Robertson, Alex McQueen, Ed Haynes, Terence Montgomery, Rowan Varty, Cado Lee, Lee Jones, Tim Alexander, Alex Ng Con: Alex McQueen (7) Pen: Alex McQueen |
| The Sevens |
| 13 December 2011 18:00 (UTC+04:00) |
| Hong Kong | 44-17 | Kenya |
| Try: Mark Goosen, Rowan Varty, Charles French (2), Adam Raby, Paul Tauti Con: Alex McQueen (4) Pen: Alex McQueen (2) | [3] |
| The Sevens |
| 13 December 2011 20:00 (UTC+04:00) |
| United Arab Emirates | 3-66 | Brazil |
| Pen: (1 Penalty) | [4] | Try: Martín Schaefer, Juli, Nativo, Nick, Diegão, Croffi, Gregg (2), Pedrinho, Du Con: Gregg (5) Pen: Gregg Drop: Tanque |
| The Sevens |