2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series | |
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Hosts | ![]() |
Date | 19–20 November 2021 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third | ![]() |
Series details | |
Matches played | 20 |
Top try scorer | ![]() (5 tries) |
Top point scorer | ![]() (39 points) |
← 2019 2022 → |
The 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series was a rugby sevens tournament held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in late November 2021.[1] Following the cancellation of the 2020 series due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the twelfth edition of Asia's continental sevens circuit. The event acted as a qualifier for the 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Chile and the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa. Hong Kong and South Korea qualified for both events.[2][3]
Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series,[4] but all were eventually cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by two events in the United Arab Emirates.[1][5] This was eventually changed again to a single sevens event held in Dubai.
Qualification
[edit]Five teams from West Asia played in a qualification tournament over two days to make up the eighth place at the Asia Rugby Sevens Series. The event was played as a round-robin and knockout, hosted by Qatar. Previous attendees United Arab Emirates won the tournament on 9 October.[6][7]
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances | Previous best performance |
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Asia Rugby Trophy winner | 9 October 2021 | 2 (2015, 2019) | Sixth place (Bangkok 2015, Colombo 2019) |
Teams
[edit]There were eight teams competing in the tournament, which only had one change from the previous one (2019):
Pool stage
[edit]Pool A
[edit]Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 12 | +85 | 9 | Advance to Cup playoffs |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 21 | +72 | 7 | Advance to Cup playoffs |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 87 | –68 | 5 | Advance to Plate playoffs |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 113 | –89 | 3 | Advance to Plate playoffs |
Pool B
[edit]Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 33 | +51 | 9 | Advance to Cup playoffs |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 7 | Advance to Cup playoffs |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 63 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Plate playoffs |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 92 | –71 | 3 | Advance to Plate playoffs |
Knockout stage
[edit]Plate playoffs
[edit]Plate Semi-finals | Plate Final | |||||
20 November – Dubai | ||||||
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20 November – Dubai | ||||||
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20 November – Dubai | ||||||
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7th place Final | ||||||
20 November – Dubai | ||||||
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Semi-finals
Seventh place
Fifth place
Cup playoffs
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
20 November – Dubai | ||||||
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20 November – Dubai | ||||||
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20 November – Dubai | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
20 November – Dubai | ||||||
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Semi-finals
Third place
Final
Final standings
[edit]Legend | |
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Qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
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8 | ![]() |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2021 Update". 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Four Asian teams book their berths at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in Cape Town". Asia Rugby. 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ "Hong Kong men win Asia Rugby Sevens Series title, women seal third after dazzling Dubai weekend". South China Morning Post. 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Asia Rugby announces schedule for West Asia 7s, Qatar 2021". Asia Rugby. 7 October 2021.
- ^ "UAE gets double victory at the restart of Asia Rugby Sevens Series". PlanetSevens. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.