The 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series was a rugby sevens tournament held in Dubai , United Arab Emirates in late November 2021. 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.
Incheon , Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series, but all were eventually cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by two events in the United Arab Emirates. This was eventually changed again to a single sevens event held in Dubai .
Qualification
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.
Teams
There were eight teams competing in the tournament, which only had one change from the previous one (2019 ):
Pool stage
Pool A
Team
P
W
D
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Qualification
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
Pool B
Team
P
W
D
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Qualification
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
Knockout stage
Plate playoffs
Semi-finals
Seventh place
Fifth place
Cup playoffs
Semi-finals
Third place
Final
Final standings
See also
References
^ "Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2021 Update" . 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021.
"Four Asian teams book their berths at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in Cape Town" . Asia Rugby . 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2021-11-23."Hong Kong men win Asia Rugby Sevens Series title, women seal third after dazzling Dubai weekend" . South China Morning Post "Asia Rugby Competitions 2021" . Asia Rugby . Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020."Asia Rugby Competitions 2021" . Asia Rugby . Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020."Asia Rugby announces schedule for West Asia 7s, Qatar 2021" . Asia Rugby. 7 October 2021."UAE gets double victory at the restart of Asia Rugby Sevens Series" . PlanetSevens . 12 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
External links
2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
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United Arab Emirates
Hong Kong (4th title)
South Korea
Japan
Philippines
Malaysia
China
Sri Lanka