Hong Kong women's national rugby sevens team

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Hong Kong
Union Hong Kong Rugby Union
Coach(es) Andy Vilk
Captain(s)Melody Li
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The Hong Kong women's sevens rugby union team represents Hong Kong at an international level and plays at the Hong Kong Women's Sevens and other international sevens tournaments.

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History

Hong Kong competed at the 2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Monaco. They were beaten by France in the finals 51–0 and missed out on qualifying for Tokyo 2020. [1] [2]

Hong Kong participated in the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai; they finished tenth overall in the first round. [3] [4] They finished ninth overall at the 2024 Sevens Challenger Series. [5]

Current squad

Hong Kong China's squad to the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series: [6]

No.Players
2Chloe Chan
3Au Yeung Sin Yi
5Nam Ka Man
6 Natasha Olson-Thorne
7Melody Li
9 Jessica Ho
10Vivian Poon
11 Chong Ka Yan
14Gabriella Rivers
18Mba Oyana Julia Mibuy
19Sabay Lynam
21 Agnes Chan

Tournament History

Asian Games

Asian Games
YearRoundPositionPldWLD
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2010 Bronze Medal Final4th6240
Flag of South Korea.svg 2014 Bronze Medal Final4th6420
Flag of Indonesia.svg 2018 Classification 5th–6th5th6420
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Bronze Medal Final3rd6240
Total0 Title4/42313100

Achievements

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References

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