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2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series

The 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series was hosted as two tournament events in the 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 first leg of the tournament was a qualifier for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa. Japan and China qualified for the World Cup.[2]

2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Hosts Libanon (Trophy)
 Usbekistan (Trophy)
 Thailand (Trophy)
 UAE
Date10 September – 26 November
2022 →

The lower-tier Trophy tournaments, hosted in Lebanon, Uzbekistan and Thailand served as qualifiers, with the winners eligible to compete in the main series.

Teams

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8 teams competed in the main series.

Zeitplan

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Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series,[3] but all were eventually cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by two events in the United Arab Emirates.[1][4] The official schedule for the 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series is:[5]

2021 Women's Sevens Series schedule
Leg Stadium City Dates Winner Runner-up
UAE Dubai Dubai 19–20 November 2021   Japan   China

Standings

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Legend
Qualified to 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Relegated for 2022 Series
Rank Team Dubai Points
    Japan 12 12
    China 10 10
    Hongkong 8 8
4   Kasachstan 7 7
5   Thailand 4 4
6   Sri Lanka 3 3
7   Malaysia 2 2
8   Philippinen 1 1

Tournaments

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Dubai

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The Tournament was held from the 19 to 20 November in Dubai.

Pool stage

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Legend
Advances to Cup
Advances to Plate
Pool A
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
  Japan 3 3 0 0 99 12 87 9
  Kasachstan 3 1 1 1 60 26 34 6
  Thailand 3 1 1 1 45 27 18 6
  Philippinen 3 0 0 3 5 144 -139 3
19 Nov
Japan  21 - 7  Kasachstan
19 Nov
Thailand  35 - 5  Philippinen
19 Nov
Japan  17 - 5  Thailand
19 Nov
Kasachstan  48 - 0  Philippinen
19 Nov
Japan  61 - 0  Philippinen
19 Nov
Kasachstan  5 - 5  Thailand
Pool B
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
  China 3 3 0 0 114 15 99 9
  Hongkong 3 2 0 1 97 32 65 7
  Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 17 95 -78 5
  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 25 111 -86 3
19 Nov
China  22 - 5  Hongkong
19 Nov
Sri Lanka  12 - 10  Malaysia
19 Nov
China  47 - 0  Sri Lanka
19 Nov
Hongkong  54 - 5  Malaysia
19 Nov
China  45 - 10  Malaysia
19 Nov
Hongkong  38 - 5  Sri Lanka

Knockout stage

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Plate

 
Semi-finalsPlate Final
 
      
 
20 Nov
 
 
  Thailand22
 
20 Nov
 
  Malaysia0
 
  Thailand45
 
20 Nov
 
  Sri Lanka0
 
  Philippinen15
 
 
  Sri Lanka19
 
Seventh place
 
 
20 Nov
 
 
  Malaysia12
 
 
  Philippinen0

Cup

 
Semi-finalsCup Final
 
      
 
20 Nov
 
 
  Japan29
 
20 Nov
 
  Hongkong0
 
  Japan14
 
20 Nov
 
  China12
 
  Kasachstan19
 
 
  China24
 
Third place
 
 
20 Nov
 
 
  Hongkong12
 
 
  Kasachstan10

[6]

Trophy

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The women's trophy events were supposed to be held in three places. The Trophy events scheduled for Central and South Asia, and, East and South East Asia appear to have been cancelled.[7]

Trophy West Asia

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Leg City Date Winner Runner-up Third Ref
Katar Doha 8-9 October 2021   Vereinigte Arabische Emirate   Katar   Iran [8][9][10][11]

Round-robin

Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 4 3 1 0 131 19 +112 11
  Katar 4 3 0 1 85 41 +44 10
  Syria 4 2 0 2 69 59 +10 8
  Iran 4 1 1 2 37 31 +6 7
  Iraq 4 0 4 0 7 176 −169 4
Round 1
8 October 2021
16:00
Syria  7-40  Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Doha
8 October 2021
16:20
Iraq  7-54  Katar
Doha
Round 2
8 October 2021
17:20
Syria  14-7  Iran
Doha
8 October 2021
17:40
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate  59-0  Iraq
Doha
Round 3
8 October 2021
18:40
Syria  5-12  Katar
Doha
8 October 2021
19:00
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate  5–5  Iran
Doha
Round 4
8 October 2021
20:00
Syria  43-0  Iraq
Doha
8 October 2021
20:20
Katar  12-5  Iran
Doha
Round 5
9 October 2021
16:40
Iraq  0-20  Iran
Doha
9 October 2021
17:00
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate  27-7  Katar
Doha

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2021 Update". 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Four Asian teams book their berths at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in Cape Town". Asia Rugby. 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  3. ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Dialog Asia Rugby Women's Seven Series 2021". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  7. ^ "Your Guide to the Asia Rugby 2021 Competitions". RugbyAsia247. 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  8. ^ "UAE gets double victory at the restart of Asia Rugby Sevens Series". PlanetSevnes. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 Asia Rugby West Asia 7s Trophy Womens - Results". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  10. ^ "2021 Asia Rugby West Asia 7s Trophy Womens - Table". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  11. ^ "2021 Asia Rugby West Asia 7s Trophy Womens - Statistics". Asia Rugby.
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