2007 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification

In qualification for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, thirteen Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) nations compete for one full place, and one repechage place (Repechage 2, against Oceania 3). No Asian teams qualified for the quarter-finals in 2003, so none qualify automatically in 2007. Only Japan has been to the World Cup, participating in all five RWCs to date, with only one win in 1991 (England) against Zimbabwe, 52–8. Asia 1 will go into Group B with Australia, Wales, Fiji and Canada.

Format

The qualification structure was as follows:

First round: 13 teams (divided into three divisions) played home-and-away in a round-robin style pool stage. The two highest-ranked teams in division one advance to the second round in the first division. Two teams from division two advance to the second round, and one team from division three advances to the second round via a play-off.
Second round: 6 teams (divided into two divisions) were divided into three-team pools. Each team played home-and-away round-robin matches. The two highest-placed teams in division one advanced to the final round (three), while the best-placed team in division two would be the sole team advancing to the final round from their pool.
Third round: 3 teams played a home-and-away round-robin match against one of each team. The pool winner qualified to the 2007 Rugby World Cup. The runner-up advanced to the repechage qualification phase.

First round

Division one

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	2	2	0	141	34	+107	4	Advance to second round, division one
2	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea	2	1	1	87	53	+34	2	Advance to second round, division one
3	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong	2	0	2	6	147	−141	0	Advance to second round, division two

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 May 2005

Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg	91–3	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong

Tokyo

15 May 2005

South Korea File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg	31–50	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Seoul

22 May 2005

Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg	3–56	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea

Hong Kong

Division two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Unofficial flag of Arabian Gulf Rugby Union Team.svg Arabian Gulf	2	2	0	54	48	+6	4	Advance to second round, division one
2	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	2	1	1	44	43	+1	2	Advance to second round, division two
3	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei	2	0	2	45	52	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 April 2005

China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	22–19	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei

Kunming

20 May 2005

Arabian Gulf File:Unofficial flag of Arabian Gulf Rugby Union Team.svg	30–26	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei

Manama

11 November 2005

Arabian Gulf File:Unofficial flag of Arabian Gulf Rugby Union Team.svg	24–22	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

Dubai

Division three

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka	2	2	0	82	55	+27	4	Advance to play-off
2	File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore	2	1	1	64	61	+3	2
3	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand	2	0	2	65	95	−30	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 June 2005

Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg	38–48	File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka

Bangkok

11 June 2005

Singapore File:Flag of Singapore.svg	47–27	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand

Singapore

25 June 2005

Sri Lanka File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg	34–17	File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore

Colombo

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	135	31	+104	6	Advance to play-off
2	File:Flag of India.svg India	3	1	1	1	78	56	+22	3
3	File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia	3	1	0	2	60	111	−51	2
4	File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam	3	0	1	2	29	104	−75	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 June 2005

India File:Flag of India.svg	22–36	File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan

Mumbai

8 June 2005

Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg	48–3	File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia

Mumbai

11 June 2005

India File:Flag of India.svg	48–12	File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia

Mumbai

18 June 2005

Guam File:Flag of Guam.svg	8–8	File:Flag of India.svg India

Guam

22 June 2005

Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg	51–6	File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam

Alma Ata

26 June 2005

Malaysia File:Flag of Malaysia.svg	45–15	File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam

Kuala Lumpur

Division three play-off

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka	2	1	0	1	43	37	+6	2	Advance to second round, division two
2	File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	37	43	−6	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

25 October 2005

Kazakhstan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg	25–19	File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka

Almaty

12 November 2005

Sri Lanka File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg	24–12	File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan

Colombo

Second round

Division one

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	2	2	0	132	23	+109	4	Advance to the third round
2	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea	2	1	1	34	55	−21	2	Advance to the third round
3	File:Unofficial flag of Arabian Gulf Rugby Union Team.svg Arabian Gulf	2	0	2	14	102	−88	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

16 April 2006

Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg	82–9	File:Unofficial flag of Arabian Gulf Rugby Union Team.svg Arabian Gulf
	Report

Tokyo

23 April 2006

Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg	50–14	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea
	Report

Tokyo

5 May 2006

Arabian Gulf File:Unofficial flag of Arabian Gulf Rugby Union Team.svg	5–20	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea
	Report

Dubai

Division two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong	2	2	0	65	21	+44	4	Advance to the third round
2	File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka	2	1	1	44	42	+2	2
3	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	2	0	2	7	53	−46	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 April 2006

Sri Lanka File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg	30–0	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

Colombo

14 May 2006

Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg	42–14	File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka

Hong Kong

21 May 2006

China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	7–23	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong

Shenyang

Third round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	2	2	0	106	3	+103	4	2007 Rugby World Cup
2	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea	2	1	1	23	59	−36	2	Repechage
3	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (H)	2	0	2	8	75	−67	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

18 November 2006

Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg	52–3	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong

Hong Kong

21 November 2006

Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg	5–23	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea

Hong Kong

25 November 2006

South Korea File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg	0–54	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Hong Kong

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2007 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification

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Format

First round

Division one

Division two

Division three

Pool A

Pool B

Division three play-off

Second round

Division one

Division two

Third round

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