Indonesia national rugby sevens team

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The Indonesia national rugby union sevens is a minor sevens side. They have competed at the Hong Kong Sevens, and were runners up in the plate competition in 1977.

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History

Rugby was first introduced in Indonesia during the Dutch colonial period, and was played mostly by ex-pats. [1] In March 1976 an Indonesian Sevens squad, alongside twelve other nations, participated in the inaugural Hong Kong Sevens tournament. [2] Indonesia returned to Hong Kong again for the 1976 tournament where they lost to Tonga in the plate final. [3] Indonesia continued to participate in the tournament until 1986 after which, interest began to wane and the program went on hiatus. [1]

Indonesia returned to competitive sevens rugby at the 2012 HSBC Asian Rugby Sevens Series after having some success with their fifteens program.

Tournament Record

YearTournamentHostVenueWLPlace
1976 Hong Kong Sevens Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong HK Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong DNP
1977 Hong Kong Sevens Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong HK Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong 4th
1978 Hong Kong Sevens Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong HK Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong DNP
1980 Hong Kong Sevens Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong HK Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong DNP
1981 Hong Kong Sevens Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong HK Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong DNP
1982 Hong Kong Sevens Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong HK Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong DNP
1983 Hong Kong Sevens Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong HK Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong DNP
1984 Hong Kong Sevens Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong HK Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong DNP
1985 Hong Kong Sevens Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong HK Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong DNP
1986 Hong Kong Sevens Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong HK Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong DNP
2013 HSBC Asian Rugby Sevens Series Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Ang Mo Kio 11th
2016 Asia Rugby Sevens Series Flag of India.svg India Nehru Jawaharlal Stadium. Chennai 1410th
2017 Southeast Asian Games Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Petaling Jaya Stadium. Petaling Jaya 245th
2018 Asia Rugby Sevens SeriesFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Clark Parade Grounds, Mabalacat 415th
2018 Asian Games Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Senayan Rugby Pitch, Jakarta1511th
2019 Southeast Asian Games Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Clark Parade Grounds, Mabalacat 245th
2019 Asia Rugby Sevens SeriesFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta 226th
2022 Asia Rugby Sevens SeriesFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia JGBK Rugby Pitch, Jakarta 138th

(DNP) = Did not place, (―) = W/L record unavailable


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