2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series

2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Hosts Lebanon (Trophy)
 Uzbekistan (Trophy)
 Thailand (Trophy)
 UAE
Date10 September – 26 November
2022 →

The 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series was hosted as two tournament events in the United Arab Emirates in late November 2021.[1] Following the cancellation of the 2020 series due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the twelfth edition of Asia's continental sevens circuit. The first leg of the tournament was a qualifier for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa. Japan and China qualified for the World Cup.[2]

The lower-tier Trophy tournaments, hosted in Lebanon, Uzbekistan and Thailand served as qualifiers, with the winners eligible to compete in the main series.

Teams

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8 teams competed in the main series.

Schedule

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Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series,[3] but all were eventually cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by two events in the United Arab Emirates.[1][4] The official schedule for the 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series is:[5]

2021 Women's Sevens Series schedule
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner Runner-up
UAE Dubai Dubai 19–20 November 2021  Japan  China

Standings

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Legend
Qualified to 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Relegated for 2022 Series
Rank Team Dubai Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan 12 12
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China 10 10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hong Kong 8 8
4  Kazakhstan 7 7
5  Thailand 4 4
6  Sri Lanka 3 3
7  Malaysia 2 2
8  Philippines 1 1

Tournaments

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Dubai

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The Tournament was held from the 19 to 20 November in Dubai.

Pool stage

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Legend
Advances to Cup
Advances to Plate
Pool A
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Japan 3 3 0 0 99 12 87 9
 Kazakhstan 3 1 1 1 60 26 34 6
 Thailand 3 1 1 1 45 27 18 6
 Philippines 3 0 0 3 5 144 -139 3
19 Nov
Japan 21 - 7 Kazakhstan
19 Nov
Thailand 35 - 5 Philippines
19 Nov
Japan 17 - 5 Thailand
19 Nov
Kazakhstan 48 - 0 Philippines
19 Nov
Japan 61 - 0 Philippines
19 Nov
Kazakhstan 5 - 5 Thailand
Pool B
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 China 3 3 0 0 114 15 99 9
 Hong Kong 3 2 0 1 97 32 65 7
 Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 17 95 -78 5
 Malaysia 3 0 0 3 25 111 -86 3
19 Nov
China 22 - 5 Hong Kong
19 Nov
Sri Lanka 12 - 10 Malaysia
19 Nov
China 47 - 0 Sri Lanka
19 Nov
Hong Kong 54 - 5 Malaysia
19 Nov
China 45 - 10 Malaysia
19 Nov
Hong Kong 38 - 5 Sri Lanka

Knockout stage

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Plate

 
Semi-finalsPlate Final
 
      
 
20 Nov
 
 
 Thailand22
 
20 Nov
 
 Malaysia0
 
 Thailand45
 
20 Nov
 
 Sri Lanka0
 
 Philippines15
 
 
 Sri Lanka19
 
Seventh place
 
 
20 Nov
 
 
 Malaysia12
 
 
 Philippines0

Cup

 
Semi-finalsCup Final
 
      
 
20 Nov
 
 
 Japan29
 
20 Nov
 
 Hong Kong0
 
 Japan14
 
20 Nov
 
 China12
 
 Kazakhstan19
 
 
 China24
 
Third place
 
 
20 Nov
 
 
 Hong Kong12
 
 
 Kazakhstan10

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Trophy

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The women's trophy events were supposed to be held in three places. The Trophy events scheduled for Central and South Asia, and, East and South East Asia appear to have been cancelled.[7]

Trophy West Asia

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Leg City Date Winner Runner-up Third Ref
Qatar Doha 8-9 October 2021  United Arab Emirates  Qatar  Iran [8][9][10][11]

Round-robin

Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 4 3 1 0 131 19 +112 11
 Qatar 4 3 0 1 85 41 +44 10
 Syria 4 2 0 2 69 59 +10 8
 Iran 4 1 1 2 37 31 +6 7
 Iraq 4 0 4 0 7 176 −169 4
Round 1
8 October 2021
16:00
Syria 7-40 United Arab Emirates
Doha
8 October 2021
16:20
Iraq 7-54 Qatar
Doha
Round 2
8 October 2021
17:20
Syria 14-7 Iran
Doha
8 October 2021
17:40
United Arab Emirates 59-0 Iraq
Doha
Round 3
8 October 2021
18:40
Syria 5-12 Qatar
Doha
8 October 2021
19:00
United Arab Emirates 5–5 Iran
Doha
Round 4
8 October 2021
20:00
Syria 43-0 Iraq
Doha
8 October 2021
20:20
Qatar 12-5 Iran
Doha
Round 5
9 October 2021
16:40
Iraq 0-20 Iran
Doha
9 October 2021
17:00
United Arab Emirates 27-7 Qatar
Doha

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2021 Update". 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Four Asian teams book their berths at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in Cape Town". Asia Rugby. 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  3. ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Dialog Asia Rugby Women's Seven Series 2021". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  7. ^ "Your Guide to the Asia Rugby 2021 Competitions". RugbyAsia247. 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  8. ^ "UAE gets double victory at the restart of Asia Rugby Sevens Series". PlanetSevnes. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 Asia Rugby West Asia 7s Trophy Womens - Results". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  10. ^ "2021 Asia Rugby West Asia 7s Trophy Womens - Table". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  11. ^ "2021 Asia Rugby West Asia 7s Trophy Womens - Statistics". Asia Rugby.
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