2012 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship | |
---|---|
Host nation | India |
Date | 6–7 October 2012 |
Cup | |
Champion | Fiji |
Runner-up | China |
Third | Japan |
Tournament details | |
Matches played | 42 |
← 2011 2013 → |
The 2012 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship was the tournaments thirteenth edition and took place on 6 to 7 October 2012, at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, India. [1] The tournament was a qualifier for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia, there were three available spots at stake. Fiji qualified for the World Cup as champions, along with China and Japan who finished second and third respectively. [1] [2]
15 teams competed in the competition, with 14 teams coming from Asia and one from Oceania. Fiji had earned a place at the qualifier by way of finishing third at the 2012 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship in August. [3] [4]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 5 | +63 | 6 |
Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 4 |
India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | –85 | 2 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 14 | +116 | 9 |
Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 43 | +35 | 7 |
Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 70 | –13 | 5 |
South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 138 | –138 | 3 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0 | +119 | 9 |
Thailand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 48 | +28 | 7 |
Philippines | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 67 | –20 | 5 |
Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 134 | –127 | 3 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 0 | +108 | 9 |
Singapore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 46 | –7 | 7 |
Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 61 | –51 | 5 |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 70 | –50 | 3 |
Semi-finals | Shield | |||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||
Malaysia | 12 | |||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||
United Arab Emirates | 17 | |||||
United Arab Emirates | 24 | |||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||
South Korea | 0 | |||||
South Korea | BYE | |||||
Quarter-finals | Bowl | Final | ||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
India | 5 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
Malaysia | 0 | |||||||||
India | 0 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
Sri Lanka | 33 | |||||||||
Sri Lanka | 20 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | 10 | |||||||||
Sri Lanka | 7 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
Philippines | 22 | |||||||||
Philippines | BYE | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
Philippines | 24 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
Iran | 5 | Eleventh Place | ||||||||
Iran | 29 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
South Korea | 7 | |||||||||
India | 12 | |||||||||
Iran | 17 | |||||||||
Semi-finals | Plate | |||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||
Thailand | 17 | |||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||
Singapore | 12 | |||||
Thailand | 7 | |||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||
Hong Kong | 19 | |||||
Hong Kong | 27 | |||||
Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||
Seventh Place | ||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||
Singapore | 12 | |||||
Chinese Taipei | 5 |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
Japan | 12 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
Thailand | 5 | |||||||||
Japan | 7 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
Fiji | 31 | |||||||||
Fiji | 47 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
Singapore | 0 | |||||||||
Fiji | 15 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
China | 0 | |||||||||
China | 31 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||||
China | 17 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 12 | Third Place/Qualifier | ||||||||
Kazakhstan | 34 | |||||||||
7 October 2012 | ||||||||||
Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
Japan | 17 | |||||||||
Kazakhstan | 7 | |||||||||
The Japan national rugby sevens team participates in competitions such as the World Rugby Sevens Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens.
The Fiji women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Fiji, representing them at rugby union. They played their first test against Samoa in 2006, and compete annually in the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship. In 2022, they created history when they scored the third-highest points in both Men's and Women's Rugby at the Oceania Championship when they trounced Papua New Guinea 152–0. They made their first Rugby World Cup appearance at the delayed tournament in New Zealand.
The Papua New Guinea national rugby sevens team competes in the Pacific Games, Commonwealth Games, Challenger Series and the Oceania Sevens. They finished third in 2009 and fourth in 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2023 in the Oceania Sevens. They missed out on a maiden Olympic spot after being defeated by Samoa 24-0 in the 2023 Oceania 7s Olympic Playoff.
Sport in Oceania varies from country to country. The most popular playing sport for men in Australia is Australian rules football, while for women is netball. Australian rules football is the most popular sport in terms of spectatorship and television ratings. Rugby union is the most popular sport among New Zealanders, while in Papua New Guinea rugby league is the most popular. While, Cricket is the most popular overall sport in Oceania.
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.
The Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team represents Papua New Guinea in international women's rugby sevens tournaments. They are regular participants at the Oceania Women's Sevens Championship and Pacific Games.
The qualification process for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup began on 14 February 2015. Twelve teams qualified for the tournament, which was held in Ireland in 2017.
The Papua New Guinea women's national rugby union team played their first international against Fiji in 2016. They compete annually in the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship, and have not qualified for the Rugby World Cup as yet.
Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship is an international women's rugby union competition contested by women's national teams from Oceania. The current Champions are Samoa who claimed their first Oceania title at the Championship in Australia. Fiji has won the most titles with three.
The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens was the 43rd edition of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, and the seventh tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The performance from this tournament determined the first fourteen seedings of the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament alongside the past year's series and the previous six event of the 2017–18 season.
The qualification process of women's teams for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Automatic qualification was extended to the host and the four semifinalists of the previous cup's tournament. The remaining spots were contested in each of the six regions' respective tournaments.
The 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship was the twelfth Oceania Sevens tournament in men's rugby sevens. It served as the regional qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Sevens and was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 7–9 November. A competition for deaf teams was also included as part of the 2019 Oceania Sevens.
The 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship was the ninth Oceania Women's Sevens tournament. It served as the regional qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Sevens and was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 7–9 November.
The qualification process for the 2021 Rugby World Cup began on 9 August 2019 with 12 teams qualifying to the tournament which was to be held in New Zealand. The 2021 Rugby World Cup was postponed by one year in March 2021 to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The women's tournament for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 9 to 11 September at the Cape Town Stadium.
The 2012 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship was the second edition of the Oceania Women's Sevens Championship and also doubled as a qualifier for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. It was held from 3–4 August 2012 in Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji. Since Australia and New Zealand had already qualified for the World Cup. Fiji as the other highest placing team qualified for the Asia/Oceania final qualifier in Pune, India.
Christy Gunn is a Hong Kong rugby union player. She represented Hong Kong at their first World Cup in 2017.
The men's tournament for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 9 to 11 September at the Cape Town Stadium.
This is the qualifying process for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens with the aim of selecting the women's national rugby sevens teams that will compete in the tournament in Cape Town, South Africa. A total of 47 nations took part in the qualifying process.
The 2012 Asia Pacific Women’s Sevens Championship took place in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia from 31 August to 1 September 2012. Australia defeated Japan in the Cup final to win the tournament and defending champions, Papua New Guinea, won the bronze final.