Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 18:34
María Ribera makes her debut as coach of the Spanish women’s sevens this weekend at the start of the World Series in Dubai. The woman from Badajoz leads the Leonas’7s together with Alberto Socías at the HSBC SVNS in Dubai, the first of the seven events of the World Series, in addition to the Grand Final in Madrid, with the participation of the twelve best rugby 7 teams in the world. world.
María Ribera pointed out during the reception for the men’s and women’s national teams at the CSD headquarters that they are going “all in to Dubai.” We are very excited. This Spain has made the semi-finals and we want to be at the top. The Spanish sevens will face the United States, France and Canada in the first phase in group C. Spain will open fire on Saturday against the American team, bronze in the last edition, at 6:00 a.m., two hours later they will face the French and will close this group stage against Canada at 12:45 p.m.
María Ribera has prepared the tournament in recent weeks with a permanent concentration of the national team in Madrid. The World Series is also new and presents a new format with the twelve best teams in the world.
The Spanish expedition traveled this Tuesday to Dubai where they will compete on Saturday and Sunday in the first stop of the World Series and from there they will travel again to Cape Town where the competition resumes the following week (December 9 and 10). The calendar completes January 26-28 in Perth, February 23-25 in Vancouver, March 2-3 in Los Angeles, April 5-7 in Hong Kong, May 3-5 in Singapore and the grand final in Madrid from May 31 to June 2.