The qualification tournament for the final place at next year's men's Rugby World Cup in France will be held at the Sevens Stadium in Dubai from 6-18 November, World Rugby said on Monday.
Hong Kong, Kenya, the United States and Portugal will clash in a round-robin format, and the winners will go into Pool C at the World Cup, alongside Wales, Australia, Fiji and Georgia.
The World Cup will be played in France for the second time from 8 September next year. The country also hosted the tournament in 2007.
Kenya, the beaten finalists to Namibia Rugby Africa Cup 2022, and Hong Kong, who lost out on a finals berth to Tonga at the weekend, have never competed at the Rugby World Cup.
