2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series

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2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
HostsFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Date19–20 November 2021
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
ThirdFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Series details
Matches played20
Top try scorerFlag of Hong Kong.svg Cado Lee Ka To
(5 tries)
Top point scorerFlag of Hong Kong.svg Russell Webb
(39 points)
2019
2022

The 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series was a rugby sevens tournament held in Dubai, 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 event acted as a qualifier for the 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Chile and the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa. Hong Kong and South Korea qualified for both events. [2] [3]

Contents

Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series, [4] but all were eventually cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by two events in the United Arab Emirates. [1] [5] This was eventually changed again to a single sevens event held in Dubai.

Qualification

Five teams from West Asia played in a qualification tournament over two days to make up the eighth place at the Asia Rugby Sevens Series. The event was played as a round-robin and knockout, hosted by Qatar. Previous attendees United Arab Emirates won the tournament on 9 October. [6] [7]

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearancesPrevious best
performance
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Asia Rugby Trophy winner9 October 20212 (2015, 2019)Sixth place (Bangkok 2015, Colombo 2019)

Teams

There were eight teams competing in the tournament, which only had one change from the previous one (2019):

Pool stage

Pool A

Team P W D L PF PA PD PtsQualification
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 33009712+859Advance to Cup playoffs
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 32019321+727Advance to Cup playoffs
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 31021987–685Advance to Plate playoffs
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 300324113–893Advance to Plate playoffs
19 November
13:58 GST (UTC+4)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg7–14Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Dubai

19 November
14:20 GST (UTC+4)
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg19–12Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Dubai

19 November
17:08 GST (UTC+4)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg46–0Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Dubai

19 November
17:30 GST (UTC+4)
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg54–5Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Dubai

19 November
20:18 GST (UTC+4)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg40–7Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Dubai

19 November
20:40 GST (UTC+4)
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg29–0Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Dubai


Pool B

Team P W D L PF PA PD PtsQualification
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 33008433+519Advance to Cup playoffs
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 32016143+187Advance to Cup playoffs
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 31026563+25Advance to Plate playoffs
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 30032192–713Advance to Plate playoffs
19 November
14:42 GST (UTC+4)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg31–14Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Dubai

19 November
15:04 GST (UTC+4)
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg29–17Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Dubai

19 November
17:52 GST (UTC+4)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg26–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Dubai

19 November
18:14 GST (UTC+4)
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg7–29Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Dubai

19 November
21:02 GST (UTC+4)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg27–19Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Dubai

19 November
21:24 GST (UTC+4)
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg0–32Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Dubai

Knockout stage

Plate playoffs

 
Plate Semi-finalsPlate Final
 
      
 
20 November – Dubai
 
 
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 26
 
20 November – Dubai
 
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 28
 
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 10
 
20 November – Dubai
 
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 29
 
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 31
 
 
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 14
 
7th place Final
 
 
20 November – Dubai
 
 
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 19
 
 
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 28


Semi-finals

20 November
16:28 GST (UTC+4)
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg26–28Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Dubai
20 November
16:50 GST (UTC+4)
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg31–14Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Dubai

Seventh place

20 November
18:44 GST (UTC+4)
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg19–28Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Dubai

Fifth place

20 November
19:06 GST (UTC+4)
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg10–29Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Dubai

Cup playoffs

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 November – Dubai
 
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 24
 
20 November – Dubai
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 33
 
20 November – Dubai
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 14
 
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 21
 
Third place
 
 
20 November – Dubai
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 19
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 26

Semi-finals

20 November
17:12 GST (UTC+4)
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg24–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Dubai
20 November
17:34 GST (UTC+4)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg14–21Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Dubai

Third place

20 November
20:04 GST (UTC+4)
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg19–26Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Dubai

Final

20 November
20:48 GST (UTC+4)
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg33–7Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Dubai


Final standings

Legend
Qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
PosTeam
1Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
5Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
6Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
7Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
8Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines

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