Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
| File:Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series logo.png | |
| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Most recent champion(s) | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (2023) |
| Most titles | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (9 titles) |
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. 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 Champions 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.
Background
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 2009's inaugural women's tournament for the Rugby World Cup Sevens, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens would be included in the Olympics from 2016.
Tournaments
Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Tournaments that have featured as ranking events in the Asia Rugby Women's Sevens include:
- China Women's Sevens
- Hong Kong Women's Sevens
- India Women's Sevens
- Korean Women's Sevens
- Sri Lanka Women's Sevens
- Thailand Women's Sevens
- Dubai Women's Sevens
The continental title was contested in a single tournament from 2000 to 2012 (Asia Rugby Women's Championship). The Asian Women's Sevens Series was introduced in 2013.
Host Year |
China China |
Hong Kong Hong Kong |
India India |
South Korea Korea |
Malaysia Malaysia |
Singapore Singapore |
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka |
Thailand Thailand |
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates |
Ranking events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Pune | Bang Saen | 2 | |||||||
| 2014 | Beijing | Hong Kong | 2 | |||||||
| 2015 a | Qingdao | Colombo | 2 | |||||||
| 2016 | Hong Kong | Incheon | Colombo | 3 | ||||||
| 2017 b | Incheon | Colombo | 2 | |||||||
| 2018 | Hong Kong | Incheon | Colombo | 3 | ||||||
| 2019 | Huizhou | Incheon | Colombo | 3 | ||||||
| 2020 c | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
| 2021 d | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Dubai | 1 | |||||||
| 2022 | Incheon | Bangkok | Dubai | 3 | ||||||
| 2023 | Incheon | Bangkok | 2 | |||||||
| 2024 | TBC | |||||||||
| Total | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
Notes:
^a A separate Olympic Asian qualification series was held in 2015 with a pre-qualifying stage hosted in Chennai and final stages in Hong Kong and Tokyo. ^b The 2017 Asian Women's Trophy tournament was held in Vientiane, Laos ^c The 2020 series was cancelled before any events were held, due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^d Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series.[1] Due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, all three of those events were cancelled and replaced – initially by two events planned for Dubai,[2] but eventually by just one event in Dubai.[3]
Champions
Winners of the Asian Women's Sevens Championship:
| Year | Venue | Winner | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 [lower-alpha 1] | Hong Kong | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | |
| 2001 | Hong Kong | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | |
| 2002 | Hong Kong | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | |
| 2003 | Hong Kong | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | |
| 2004 | Almaty | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | |
| 2005 | Singapore | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | |
| 2006 | Tashkent | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | |
| 2007 | Doha | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | |
| 2008 | Hong Kong | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| 2009 | Pattaya | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | |
| 2010 | Canton | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
| Year | Venue | Winner | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pune | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | |
| 2012 | Pune | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji | |
| 2013 | two rounds | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| 2014 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | ||
| 2015 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | [4] | |
| 2016 | three rounds | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| 2017 | two rounds | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| 2018 | three rounds | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| 2019 | three rounds | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| 2020 | Not contested | ||
| 2021 | Dubai | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| 2022 | three rounds | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | |
| 2023 | two rounds | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | |
| 2024 | TBD | ||
Notes:
- ↑ From 2000–2003 the tournaments were played as part of the Hong Kong sevens tournament.
Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Trophy
Asia Pacific Women’s Sevens Championship
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2007 South East Asia Sevens
The 2007 South East Asia Sevens was held on 6 October 2007 in Singapore.
Group Stage
| Teams | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 0 | +245 | Qualify for Cup final |
| File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 171 | 26 | +145 | |
| File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 125 | –85 | Qualify for Plate final |
| File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 118 | –86 | |
| File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 113 | –89 | Qualify for Bowl final |
| File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Select | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 130 | –130 |
Classification Stage
Bowl Final
Plate Final
Cup Final
See also
- Asia Rugby Sevens Series (for men)
References
- ↑ "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021". Asia Rugby. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ↑ "Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2021 Update". 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021.
- ↑ "Your Guide to the Asia Rugby 2021 Competitions". Rugby Asia 24/7. 10 September 2021. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "Asia rugby sevens series 2015". South China Morning Post. 4 November 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ↑ "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy 2017 - Laos 7s". Asia Rugby. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ↑ "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy 2018". Asia Rugby. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ↑ "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy 2019". Asia Rugby. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ↑ "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy 2022". Asia Rugby. 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ↑ "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy 2023". Asia Rugby. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ↑ "Asia Rugby Emirates Women's Sevens Trophy 2024". Asia Rugby. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2024-07-10.