2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series Trophy

Rugby Sevens qualification tournament

2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series Trophy

Host nation|  Qatar
Date| 8–9 October 2021
Cup
Champion|  United Arab Emirates
Runner-up|  Iran
Third|  Qatar
Tournament details
Matches played| 14
Most points|  Boris Finck (45 points)
Most tries|  Ali Yaghoti (7 tries)

The 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series Trophy also known as the 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series qualification or the 2021 West Asia Sevens was the qualification tournament for the 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, the winner of which would qualify for the event as the eighth team. The 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series was the first Asian Sevens event to be held since 2019. And was itself a qualification event for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

The tournament was played between five teams (Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Lebanon and debutants Palestine).[1] The event was held in Doha, Qatar over two days (8, 9 October).[2] The winners of the tournament were the United Arab Emirates.[2][3]

## Pool stage

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All the tournament results were tallied via Asia Rugby:[4]

### Round-robin

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

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United Arab Emirates | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 32 | +101 | 10 | Advance to Semi-finals
Qatar | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 29 | +88 | 10
Iran | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 52 | +66 | 10
Lebanon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 102 | –8 | 6
Palestine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 247 | –247 | 4 |

#### Round 1

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8 October
16:40 AST (UTC+3)

Palestine | 0–58|  Qatar

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Doha

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8 October
17:00 AST (UTC+3)

United Arab Emirates | 26–0|  Iran

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Doha

#### Round 2

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8 October
18:00 AST (UTC+3)

Palestine | 0–68|  Lebanon

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Doha

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8 October
18:20 AST (UTC+3)

Qatar | 25–5|  United Arab Emirates

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Doha

#### Round 3

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8 October
19:20 AST (UTC+3)

Palestine | 0–59|  Iran

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Doha

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8 October
19:40 AST (UTC+3)

Qatar | 22–5|  Lebanon

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Doha

#### Round 4

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9 October
16:00 AST (UTC+3)

Palestine | 0–62|  United Arab Emirates

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Doha

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9 October
16:20 AST (UTC+3)

Iran | 40–14|  Lebanon

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Doha

#### Round 5

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9 October
17:20 AST (UTC+3)

United Arab Emirates | 40–7|  Lebanon

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Doha

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9 October
17:40 AST (UTC+3)

Qatar | 12–19|  Iran

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Doha

## Knockout stage

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### Playoffs

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 9 October – Doha | |

|  United Arab Emirates| 64

| 9 October – Doha

|  Lebanon| 7 |

|  United Arab Emirates| 38

| 9 October – Doha

| |  Iran| 14

|  Qatar| 22

|  Iran| 24 |

| Third place

| 9 October – Doha

|  Lebanon| 10

|  Qatar| 36
Matches

Semi-finals

| 9 October  | United Arab Emirates | 64–7 |  Lebanon | Doha  |

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9 October  | Qatar | 22–24 |  Iran | Doha  |

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Third place

9 October  | Lebanon | 10–36 |  Qatar | Doha  |

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Final

9 October  | United Arab Emirates | 38–14 |  Iran | Doha  |

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## References

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1. ^ "Asia Rugby announces schedule for West Asia 7s, Qatar 2021". Asia Rugby. 7 October 2021.
2. ^ a b "UAE clinch double gold at the West Asia 7s trophy". Asia Rugby. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
3. ^ "UAE gets double victory at the restart of Asia Rugby Sevens Series". PlanetSevens. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
4. ^ "Tournament Results". Asia Rugby. 9 October 2021.

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