2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament
HostsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN
Date9–10 November
Nations8
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Runners-upFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
ThirdFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Series details
Matches played20
2021

The 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held on 9–10 November at Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center Central Stadium in Guangzhou. Japan, as host, prequalified for the Olympic Games, and did not take part in this competition. The champion of the tournament, hosts China, qualify for the Asian continental berth in the 2020 Summer Olympics. The second and third-placed teams, Hong Kong and Kazakhstan, qualify to take part in a 2020 Olympic repechage tournament for one of two final berths in Tokyo. [1]

Contents

Teams

Pool stage

All times in China Standard Time (UTC+08:00) [2]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinal

Pool A

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 33001467+1399
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 32018149+327
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 31022687–615
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 30035115–1103

Pool B

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 33009717+809
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 32018117+647
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 31022098–785
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 30032490–663

Knockout round

Plate

 
Semi-finalsPlate final
 
      
 
10 November – 12:30 – Guangzhou
 
 
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 19
 
10 November – 15:42 – Guangzhou
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7
 
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 12
 
10 November – 12:52 – Guangzhou
 
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 33
 
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 12
 
 
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 10
 
Seventh place
 
 
10 November – 15:20 – Guangzhou
 
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 5
 
 
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 31

Cup

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 November – 13:14 – Guangzhou
 
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 7
 
10 November – 16:30 – Guangzhou
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 19
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 0
 
10 November – 13:36 – Guangzhou
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 33
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 34
 
 
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0
 
Third place
 
 
10 November – 16:04 – Guangzhou
 
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 17
 
 
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 14

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References

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  2. "Asia Rugby Sevens Qualifier 2019 Women #AR7sQ". Asia Rugby . Retrieved 8 November 2019.