| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Inaugural season | 2016 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Japan (2019) |
The Korean Sevens is an international rugby union sevens tournament contested by men's national teams. The tournament forms part of the Asian Sevens Series, [1] [2] and is hosted, as of 2017, in Incheon at the Namdong Rugby Field. [3] [4]
| Year | Venue | Cup Final | Placings | Refs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |||
| 2016 | Namdong Rugby Field |  Hong Kong | 36–0 |  Sri Lanka |  South Korea |  China |  Malaysia | [5] |
| 2017 | Namdong Rugby Field | South Korea | 17–12 |  Japan | Hong Kong | China | Sri Lanka | [6] |
| 2018 | Namdong Rugby Field | Japan | 28–19 | Hong Kong | China | South Korea |  Philippines | [7] |
| 2019 | Namdong Rugby Field | Japan | 21–12 | Hong Kong | China | South Korea | Sri Lanka | [8] |
| 2020 | Namdong Rugby Field | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| 2021 | Namdong Rugby Field | Scheduled for 4–5 September 2021 | ||||||
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