Rugby sevens at the 2022 Asian Games | |
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Venue | Hangzhou Normal University Cangqian Campus Field |
Dates | 24 – 26 September 2023 |
Competitors | 239 from 15 [lower-alpha 1] nations |
Teams | 20 [lower-alpha 2] |
Rugby sevens at the 2022 Asian Games was held at the Cangqian Campus Field, China over three days from 24 to 26 September 2023. [1]
* Host nation (China)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2 | China (CHN)* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
The draw for the competition was done virtually at the on 22 August 2023. [2] [3]
In September 2023, the allocation of the men's groups were reorganized following the late entry of the Sri Lanka national team as the Independent Athletes. The Sri Lanka team will compete under the OCA flag just in rugby sevens due to their national rugby federation's suspension. [4]
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Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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Hong Kong | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
South Korea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | China | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
5 | United Arab Emirates | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Singapore | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
9 | Philippines | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Independent Athletes | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Thailand | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
12 | Afghanistan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
13 | Nepal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
Hong Kong | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | Thailand | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Singapore | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
7 | India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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