| 2021 Dubai Sevens | |
|---|---|
| Sevens World Series XXIII | |
| Host nation | United Arab Emirates |
| Dubai – Event I | |
| Date | 26–27 November 2021 |
| Champion |  South Africa |
| Runner-up |  United States |
| Third |  Argentina |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
| Tries scored | 205 (average 6.03 per match) |
| Dubai – Event II | |
| Date | 3–4 December 2021 |
| Champion | South Africa |
| Runner-up |  Australia |
| Third | Argentina |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 34 |
| Tries scored | 212 (average 6.24 per match) |
← 2019 2022 → | |
The 2021 Dubai Sevens was held as two rugby sevens tournaments on consecutive weekends in late November and early December that year. They were played as the fifty-first season of the Dubai Sevens, following the cancellation of the 2020 tournament due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
These events in Dubai were the opening tournaments of the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series. Due to ongoing impacts of the pandemic, the first event was played behind closed doors on 26–27 November 2021, with no spectators allowed.[1] The second event was played on 3–4 December in front of full crowds.[1]
As only twelve men's teams instead of the usual sixteen competed in 2021 at Dubai, the Olympic format of three pools with four teams in each was used for both tournaments.[1] The Sevens stadium in Dubai provided two fields for use in these events, which allowed matches in overlapping time slots to be played.[2]
South Africa won back-to-back titles in Dubai, defeating the United States in the final of the first tournament and Australia in the final of the second tournament.