Asia Rugby Sevens Series
Upcoming season or competition:
Current sports event 2022 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
SportRugby union
Founded2009
No. of teams12
Most recent
champion(s)		 Japan (2023)
Most titles Japan (8 titles)

The Asia Rugby Sevens Series is an annual series of regional rugby sevens tournaments run by Asia Rugby featuring national sevens teams. It has been held regularly since 2009 to determine Asia's best men's national team in the sport of rugby sevens.

History

The first season of the competition began in 2009 with two events happening in Shanghai and Borneo. In the first season, Japan took out the trophy after taking out the Borneo Sevens and finishing runner up in Shanghai.

Tournaments

Asia Rugby Sevens Series

Tournaments that have featured as ranking events in the Asian Sevens Series include:

Results


Host
Year
 China
China 		Hong Kong
Hong Kong 		India
India 		South Korea
Korea 		Malaysia
Malay­sia 		Singapore
Singa­pore 		Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka 		Thailand
Thai­land 		United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emir­ates 		Rank­ing events
2009 Shang­hai Bor­neo a Col­ombo   2 b
2010 Shang­hai Bor­neo 2
2011 Shang­hai Goa a Bor­neo Bang­kok a 2
2012 Shang­hai Mum­bai Bor­neo 3
2013 Mum­bai Kuala Lumpur Singa­pore Bang Saen 4
2014 Bei­jing Hong Kong Kuala Lumpur 3
  2015 c Qing­dao Col­ombo Bang­kok 3
2016 Hong Kong In­cheon Col­ombo 3
2017 Hong Kong In­cheon Col­ombo 3
2018 Hong Kong In­cheon Col­ombo 3
2019 Hui­zhou In­cheon Col­ombo 3
 2020 d
(cancelled) 		Hui­zhou In­cheon Col­ombo N/A
 2021 e Hui­zhou In­cheon Col­ombo Dubai 1
2022 In­cheon Bang­kok Ajman 3
2023 In­cheon Bang­kok 2
Total 7 4 2 (+1) 6 6 1 5 (+1) 4 (+1) 2 37 (+3)
Series logo pre-2015

Notes:

^a Italics denotes tournaments that are non-ranking events not counting towards the annual series championship.

^b The inaugural 2009 series also included non-ranking events at Kish Island in Iran, Subic in the Philippines, and Brunei.

^c It was originally planned to use the 2015 Asian Sevens Series as the qualifier for the 2016 Olympics but the series clashed with the 2015 Rugby World Cup so a separate Asian Olympic qualifying tournament was held with the final stage hosted in Hong Kong.[1]

^d The 2020 series was cancelled before any events were held, due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

^e Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series.[2] Due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, all three of those events were cancelled and replaced – initially by two events planned for Dubai,[3] but eventually by just one event in Dubai.[4]

Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy

Year Host Winner Refs
2017  Qatar  Philippines [5]
2018  Singapore  United Arab Emirates [6]
2019  Indonesia  Malaysia [7]
2021  Qatar  United Arab Emirates [8]
2022  Indonesia  Singapore [9]
2023  Qatar  Thailand [10]

Honours

By Year

Year Series winner Runner-up Refs
2009  Japan  South Korea [11]
2010  South Korea  Japan [12][13]
2011  Japan  Hong Kong [14]
2012  Hong Kong  Japan [15]
2013  Japan  Hong Kong [16]
2014  Hong Kong  South Korea [17]
2015  Japan  Hong Kong [18]
2016  Hong Kong  Sri Lanka
2017  Japan  Hong Kong
2018  Japan  Hong Kong [19]
2019  Japan  Hong Kong
2020 Not contested
2021  Hong Kong  South Korea [20]
2022  Hong Kong  South Korea [21]
2023  Japan  Hong Kong

Series Titles

Team Champion Runner-up
 Japan 8 2
 Hong Kong 5 7
 South Korea 1 4
 Sri Lanka – 1

See also

References

  1. ^ Boost for Hong Kong rugby’s Olympics hopes as city to host Asian qualifiers for Rio
  2. ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2021 Update". 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Your Guide to the Asia Rugby 2021 Competitions". Rugby Asia 24/7. 10 September 2021. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy 2017 Doha 7s". Asia Rugby. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  6. ^ "Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy 2018". Asia Rugby. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  7. ^ "Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy 2019". Asia Rugby. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  8. ^ "Asia Rugby Sevens Men's Trophy 2021". Asia Rugby. 2021-10-02. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  9. ^ "Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy 2022". Asia Rugby. 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  10. ^ "Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy 2023". Asia Rugby. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  11. ^ Japan win Borneo Sevens to top Asian Rugby Sevens Series table for 2009 Archived 2015-04-12 at the Wayback Machine. ARFU. 1 November 2009.
  12. ^ "Korea retain Shanghai Sevens crown". Ultimate Rugby 7s. 6 September 2010. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  13. ^ "Borneo 7s: Hong Kong Win Thrilling Final". Asia Rugby. 31 October 2010. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  14. ^ Japan crowned Asian Number one after winning Borneo Sevens Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine. Asian 5 Nations. 2011.
  15. ^ Hong Kong win Mumbai 7s to take Asian Series Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Ultimate Rugby 7s. 15 October 2012.
  16. ^ Japan beat Hong Kong in Singapore final to seal Asian Rugby Sevens Series title Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Ultimate Rugby 7s. 11 November 2013.
  17. ^ Rugby: Hong Kong bag Beijing leg to secure Asian Sevens Series Archived 2020-02-19 at the Wayback Machine. Sport Asia. 19 October 2014.
  18. ^ "Japan secure double delight with victories in Colombo on Asian Sevens Series". Ultimate Rugby 7s. 12 October 2015. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  19. ^ "Japan complete clean sweep in Asia Sevens Series". World Rugby. 15 October 2018. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  20. ^ "Hong Kong outplay South Korea to pocket Asian Sevens title". Sunday Observer. 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  21. ^ "Asia rugby sevens 2022 standings". Asia Rugby. 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2022-11-28.

External links

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