2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series

Hosts|  United Arab Emirates
Date| 19–20 November 2021
Final positions
Champions|  Hong Kong (4th title)
Runners-up|  South Korea
Third|  Japan
Series details
Matches played| 20
Top try scorer|  Cado Lee Ka To
(5 tries)
Top point scorer|  Russell Webb
(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

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Main article: 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series Trophy

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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United Arab Emirates | Asia Rugby Trophy winner | 9 October 2021 | 2 (2015, 2019) | Sixth place (Bangkok 2015, Colombo 2019)

## Teams

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There were eight teams competing in the tournament, which only had one change from the previous one (2019):

*  China
*  Hong Kong
*  Japan
*  Malaysia
*  Philippines
*  South Korea
*  Sri Lanka
*  United Arab Emirates

## Pool stage

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### Pool A

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Team  |  P  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  PF  |  PA  |  PD  |  Pts | Qualification

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Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 12 | +85 | 9 | Advance to Cup playoffs
South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 21 | +72 | 7 | Advance to Cup playoffs
Philippines | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 87 | –68 | 5 | Advance to Plate playoffs
Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 113 | –89 | 3 | Advance to Plate playoffs

19 November
13:58 GST (UTC+4)

South Korea | 7–14|  Hong Kong

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19 November
14:20 GST (UTC+4)

Philippines | 19–12|  Malaysia

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19 November
17:08 GST (UTC+4)

South Korea | 46–0|  Philippines

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19 November
17:30 GST (UTC+4)

Hong Kong | 54–5|  Malaysia

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19 November
20:18 GST (UTC+4)

South Korea | 40–7|  Malaysia

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19 November
20:40 GST (UTC+4)

Hong Kong | 29–0|  Philippines

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### Pool B

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Team  |  P  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  PF  |  PA  |  PD  |  Pts | Qualification

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Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 33 | +51 | 9 | Advance to Cup playoffs
China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 7 | Advance to Cup playoffs
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 63 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Plate playoffs
Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 92 | –71 | 3 | Advance to Plate playoffs

19 November
14:42 GST (UTC+4)

Japan | 31–14|  Sri Lanka

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19 November
15:04 GST (UTC+4)

China | 29–17|  United Arab Emirates

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19 November
17:52 GST (UTC+4)

Japan | 26–0|  China

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19 November
18:14 GST (UTC+4)

Sri Lanka | 7–29|  United Arab Emirates

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19 November
21:02 GST (UTC+4)

Japan | 27–19|  United Arab Emirates

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19 November
21:24 GST (UTC+4)

Sri Lanka | 0–32|  China

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## Knockout stage

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### Plate playoffs

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| Plate Semi-finals| | Plate Final

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| 20 November – Dubai | |

|  Philippines| 26

| 20 November – Dubai

|  Sri Lanka| 28 |

|  Sri Lanka| 10

| 20 November – Dubai

| |  United Arab Emirates| 29

|  United Arab Emirates| 31

|  Malaysia| 14 |

| 7th place Final

| 20 November – Dubai

|  Philippines| 19

|  Malaysia| 28

Semi-finals

20 November
16:28 GST (UTC+4)

Philippines | 26–28|  Sri Lanka

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20 November
16:50 GST (UTC+4)

United Arab Emirates | 31–14|  Malaysia

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Seventh place

20 November
18:44 GST (UTC+4)

Philippines | 19–28|  Malaysia

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Fifth place

20 November
19:06 GST (UTC+4)

Sri Lanka | 10–29|  United Arab Emirates

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### Cup playoffs

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 20 November – Dubai | |

|  Hong Kong| 24

| 20 November – Dubai

|  China| 0 |

|  Hong Kong| 33

| 20 November – Dubai

| |  South Korea| 7

|  Japan| 14

|  South Korea| 21 |

| Third place

| 20 November – Dubai

|  China| 19

|  Japan| 26

Semi-finals

20 November
17:12 GST (UTC+4)

Hong Kong | 24–0|  China

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20 November
17:34 GST (UTC+4)

Japan | 14–21|  South Korea

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Third place

20 November
20:04 GST (UTC+4)

China | 19–26|  Japan

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Final

20 November
20:48 GST (UTC+4)

Hong Kong | 33–7|  South Korea

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## Final standings

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Legend

| Qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
Pos  | Team

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1  |  Hong Kong
2  |  South Korea
3  |  Japan
4  |  China
5  |  United Arab Emirates
6  |  Sri Lanka
7  |  Malaysia
8  |  Philippines

## See also

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* 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series

## 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. ^ "Hong Kong men win Asia Rugby Sevens Series title, women seal third after dazzling Dubai weekend". South China Morning Post. 21 November 2021.
4. ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
5. ^ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
6. ^ "Asia Rugby announces schedule for West Asia 7s, Qatar 2021". Asia Rugby. 7 October 2021.
7. ^ "UAE gets double victory at the restart of Asia Rugby Sevens Series". PlanetSevens. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

## External links

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* 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
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* Table (Archived)
* Knockout (Archived)
* Statistics (Archived)

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