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The Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series is the regional championship for women's international rugby sevens in Asia. Initially contested as a single tournament, the championship was expanded into a two-tournament series in 2014. The competition is sanctioned and sponsored by Asia Rugby, which is the rugby union governing body for the region.
Contents
- Champions
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- Classification Stages
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2007 South East Asia Sevens
- 2008 Asian ChampionshipWorld Cup Qualifiers
- Group Stages
- Development Tournament 2008
- 2009
- Pool Stages
- Classification stages
- Asian Championship 2010
- Bowl 9th 12th semi finals
- Placing 1112th
- Bowl final9th10th
- Plate semi finals 5th 8th
- Placing 7th8th
- Plate final 5th6th
- Championship quarter finals
- Championship semi finals
- Bronze Medal Match
- Gold Medal Match
- Asia Pacific Championship 2010
- References
Rugby sevens — also known as 7-a-side, or 7s — is a short form of the sport of rugby union that was first played in 1883. The first (men's) internationals took place in 1973. As women's rugby union developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.
However, although the first women's international rugby union 15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first women's international 7s tournaments were played, when the 1997 Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time. Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship competitions. This reached its zenith with the first Women's Sevens World Cup in 2009, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens would be included in the Olympics from 2016.
The first official regional 7s championship for international women's teams from Asia was held in Hong Kong, played as part of the 2000 Hong Kong Sevens tournament. In 2003, ten international teams competed in a separate tournament for the Asia C Cup, with six teams progressing to the Hong Kong Women's Sevens. Since then, the regional 7s championships have periodically served as pre-qualifying competitions for the Rugby 7s World Cup, or other sevens tournaments.
Champions
Winners of the Asian Women's Sevens Championship:
The following are details of all official regional women's international championships played in the Asia since the first tournament in 2000, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with all result details, where known (included are the ARFU Women's Sevens and other official regional championships, e.g. Asian championship classifications within the Hong Kong Women's Sevens tournament)..
2000
Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament.
2001
Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament.
2002
Played as part of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament.
2003
Venue/Date: Hong Kong, 27 March 2003
The top two from each pool progressed to the Hong Kong Sevens 2003 - Kazakhstan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Arabian Gulf
Classification Stages
The teams in 3rd, 4th and 5th split into two groups. The placings in these groups then played off in three finals, for 9th, 7th and 5th, the latter referred to as the Asia D Cup. Additionally the best two to progress to Hong Kong also played off for the Asia C Cup.
9th place
7th place
5th place AD Cup
AC Cup
2004
Venue/Date: Almaty, Kazakhstan 15–16 May 2004
2005
Venue/Date: Singapore, 15–16 April 2005 Summarised
2006
Venue/Date: Taskent, Uzbekistan 15–16 May 2006
2007
Date/Venue: 27–28 April 2007, Doha. (Source Sri Lanka union)
Participants: Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, defending champions China, three-time winners Kazakhstan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and the Arabian Gulf.
Group stages presumably happened but it would appear from the classification games that China withdrew.
Classification Stages
Shield Final
Bowl Final
Plate Final
Cup Final
2007 South East Asia Sevens
Date/Venue: 6 October 2007, Singapore.
Group stage
Bowl Final
Plate Final
Cup Final
2008 Asian Championship/World Cup Qualifiers
Venue/Date: Hong Kong, 4–5 October 2008.
The winners, runners up and 3rd place all progressed to Dubai.
Group Stages
POOL C
Classification Stages
Extra games for 9th place team
5th to 8th
Semi Finals
7th Place
5th Place
3rd Place
Final
Development Tournament 2008
Was due to be played in Laos, 26 to 29 November 2008. It was believed to be a training forum with a tournament on the final day. Likely participants were Laos, Iran, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand. No scores were published.
2009
Venue/Date: May 30, 2009. Bangkok, Thailand. Japan withdrew due to concerns about H1N1. Korea withdrew due to "lack of preparation".
Pool Stages
Division 2
Classification stages
The top four in the two pools in Division 1 played quarter finals. The 5th place teams formed two further three team leagues with the teams from Division 2.
9th to 14th
Cup Quarter Finals
Plate Semi Finals
Cup Semi Finals
Bowl Final
Plate Final
Cup Final
Asian Championship 2010
24–25 July 2010 at Guangzhou, China
Pool Stages
Group E: - placing 9-13
Bowl (9th-12th) semi-finals
Placing 11/12th
Bowl final(9th/10th)
Plate semi-finals (5th-8th)
Placing 7th/8th
Plate final (5th/6th)
Championship quarter-finals
Championship semi-finals
Bronze Medal Match
Gold Medal Match
Asia-Pacific Championship 2010
29–31 October 2010 at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia