2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series

The 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the twentieth edition of Asia's continental sevens tournament. The series was played over three legs in South Korea, China, and Sri Lanka.

2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Hosts	South Korea  China  Sri Lanka
Date	31 August – 29 September 2019
Nations	China  Hong Kong  Japan  Kazakhstan  Malaysia  Singapore  Sri Lanka  Thailand
Final positions
Champions	Japan
Runners-up	China
Third	Kazakhstan
← 2018 2020 →

The top three teams earned qualification to the 2020–21 World Series Qualifier for a chance to earn core team status for the following World Series.

Teams

The eight "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for 2019 are:

•  China
•  Hong Kong
•  Japan
•  Kazakhstan

•  Malaysia
•  Singapore
•  Sri Lanka
•  Thailand

Malaysia was promoted to core team status after winning the 2018 SevensTrophy in Singapore,[1] replacing South Korea who were relegated after finishing as the lowest-placed core team in 2018.

Tour venues

The official schedule for the 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series is:[2]

2019 Sevens Series Venues

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
South Korea	Namdong Asiad Rugby Field	Incheon	31 August – 1 September 2019	Japan
China	Huizhou Olympic Stadium	Huizhou	14–15 September 2019	Japan
Sri Lanka	Racecourse Stadium	Colombo	28–29 September 2019	Japan

Final Standings

Legend
Qualified to World Series Qualifiers
Relegated for 2020 Series

Rank	Team	South Korea	China	Sri Lanka	Points
	Japan	12	12	12	36
	China	10	10	8	28
	Kazakhstan	7	8	7	22
4	Thailand	4	4	10	18
5	Hong Kong	8	7	4	19
6	Sri Lanka	3	1	2	6
7	Malaysia	2	3	1	6
8	Singapore	1	2	3	6

Tournaments

South Korea

The tournament was held 31 August – 1 September in South Korea. All times in Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Pool stage

Legend
Advances to Cup
Advances to Plate

Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	120	12	+108	9
Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	73	46	+27	7
Sri Lanka	3	1	0	2	52	74	–22	5
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	7	120	–113	3

31 August 2019 13:14

Hong Kong	33–10	Sri Lanka

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

31 August 2019 13:36

Japan	50–0	Malaysia

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

31 August 2019 16:10

Sri Lanka	35–7	Malaysia

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

31 August 2019 16:32

Japan	36–5	Hong Kong

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

1 September 2019 10:44

Hong Kong	35–0	Malaysia

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

1 September 2019 11:06

Japan	34–7	Sri Lanka

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

Pool D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
China	3	3	0	0	104	15	+89	9
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	53	19	+34	7
Thailand	3	1	0	2	41	36	+5	5
Singapore	3	0	0	3	0	128	–128	3

31 August 2019 12:30

Kazakhstan	12–0	Thailand

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

31 August 2019 12:52

China	61–0	Singapore

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

31 August 2019 15:26

Thailand	41–0	Singapore

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

31 August 2019 15:48

China	21–14	Kazakhstan

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

1 September 2019 10:00

Kazakhstan	26–0	Singapore

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

1 September 2019 10:22

China	24–0	Thailand

Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

Knockout stage

Plate

	Semi-finals				Plate Final
	15 September – 12:56 – Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
	Thailand	36
					15 September – 16:28 – Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
	Malaysia	10
					Thailand	32
	15 September – 13:18 – Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
					Sri Lanka	5
	Singapore	5
	Sri Lanka	26
					Seventh place
					15 September – 16:06 – Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
					Malaysia	7
					Singapore	0

Cup

	Semi-finals				Cup Final
	15 September – 13:40 – Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
	China	19
					15 September – 18:18 – Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
	Hong Kong	7
					China	5
	15 September – 14:02 – Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
					Japan	19
	Kazakhstan	5
	Japan	22
					Third place
					15 September – 17:34 – Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
					Hong Kong	17
					Kazakhstan	10

[3]

China

The tournament was held 14–15 September in Huizhou. All times in China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool stage

Legend
Advances to Cup
Advances to Plate

Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Japan	3	2	0	1	93	19	+74	7
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	71	24	+47	7
Thailand	3	2	0	1	45	32	+13	7
Singapore	3	0	0	3	0	134	–134	3

14 September 2019 13:14

Kazakhstan	5–12	Thailand

Huizhou Olympic Stadium

14 September 2019 13:36

Japan	54–0	Singapore

Huizhou Olympic Stadium

14 September 2019 16:10

Thailand	33–0	Singapore

Huizhou Olympic Stadium

14 September 2019 16:32

Japan	12–19	Kazakhstan

Huizhou Olympic Stadium

15 September 2019 10:44

Kazakhstan	47–0	Singapore

Huizhou Olympic Stadium

15 September 2019 11:06

Japan	27–0	Thailand

Huizhou Olympic Stadium

Pool D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
China	3	3	0	0	147	0	+147	9
Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	53	52	+1	7
Malaysia	3	1	0	2	20	92	–72	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	12	88	–76	3

14 September 2019 12:30

Hong Kong	22–7	Sri Lanka

Huizhou Olympic Stadium

14 September 2019 12:52

China	56–0	Malaysia

Huizhou Olympic Stadium

14 September 2019 15:26

Sri Lanka	5–20	Malaysia

Huizhou Olympic Stadium

14 September 2019 15:48

China	45–0	Hong Kong

Huizhou Olympic Stadium

15 September 2019 10:00

Hong Kong	31–0	Malaysia

Huizhou Olympic Stadium

15 September 2019 10:22

China	46–0	Sri Lanka

Huizhou Olympic Stadium

Knockout stage

Plate

	Semi-finals				Plate Final
	30 September – 12:56 – Huizhou Olympic Stadium
	Malaysia	19
					30 September – 16:28 – Huizhou Olympic Stadium
	Singapore	5
					Malaysia	0
	30 September – 13:18 – Huizhou Olympic Stadium
					Thailand	36
	Thailand	31
	Sri Lanka	5
					Seventh place
					30 September – 16:06 – Huizhou Olympic Stadium
					Singapore	15
					Sri Lanka	10

Cup

	Semi-finals				Cup Final
	30 September – 13:40 – Huizhou Olympic Stadium
	China	21
					30 September – 18:18 – Huizhou Olympic Stadium
	Kazakhstan	10
					China	17
	30 September – 14:02 – Huizhou Olympic Stadium
					Japan	22
	Japan	33
	Hong Kong	12
					Third place
					30 September – 17:34 – Huizhou Olympic Stadium
					Kazakhstan	19
					Hong Kong	17

[4]

Sri Lanka

The tournament was held 28–29 September in Colombo. All times in Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

Pool stage

Legend
Advances to Cup
Advances to Plate

Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	89	0	+89	9
Thailand	3	2	0	1	58	41	+17	7
Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	27	56	−29	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	15	92	−77	3

28 September 2019 14:14

Hong Kong	5−22	Thailand

Racecourse Stadium

28 September 2019 14:36

Japan	34−0	Sri Lanka

Racecourse Stadium

28 September 2019 17:20

Thailand	36−5	Sri Lanka

Racecourse Stadium

28 September 2019 17:42

Japan	24−0	Hong Kong

Racecourse Stadium

29 September 2019 10:44

Hong Kong	22−10	Sri Lanka

Racecourse Stadium

29 September 2019 11:06

Japan	31−0	Thailand

Racecourse Stadium

Pool D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	119	17	+102	9
China	3	2	0	1	121	19	+102	7
Singapore	3	1	0	2	10	114	−104	5
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	5	105	−100	3

28 September 2019 13:30

Kazakhstan	52−0	Malaysia

Racecourse Stadium

28 September 2019 13:52

China	61−0	Singapore

Racecourse Stadium

28 September 2019 16:36

Malaysia	5−10	Singapore

Racecourse Stadium

28 September 2019 16:58

China	17−19	Kazakhstan

Racecourse Stadium

29 September 2019 10:00

Kazakhstan	48−0	Singapore

Racecourse Stadium

29 September 2019 10:22

China	43−0	Malaysia

Racecourse Stadium

Knockout stage

Plate

	Semi-finals				Plate Final
	14 October – 12:56 – Racecourse Stadium
	Sri Lanka	0
					14 October – 16:28 – Racecourse Stadium
	Singapore	29
					Singapore	5
	14 October – 13:18 – Racecourse Stadium
					Hong Kong	22
	Malaysia	10
	Hong Kong	22
					Seventh place
					14 October – 16:06 – Racecourse Stadium
					Sri Lanka	17
					Malaysia	7

Cup

	Semi-finals				Cup Final
	14 October – 13:40 – Racecourse Stadium
	Thailand	12
					14 October – 18:28 – Racecourse Stadium
	Kazakhstan	7
					Thailand	5
	14 October – 14:02 – Racecourse Stadium
					Japan	26
	China	14
	Japan	22
					Third place
					14 October – 17:34 – Racecourse Stadium
					Kazakhstan	0
					China	31

[5]

Sevens Trophy

The Sevens Trophy tournament acts as a qualifier for the 2020 main series.

Teams

The nine teams participating in the 2019 tournament are:

•  Bangladesh
•  Chinese Taipei
•  Guam
•  India
•  Indonesia

•  Laos
•  Philippines
•  Qatar
•  South Korea

South Korea were relegated after finishing as the lowest-placed team in 2018 main series, replacing the 2018 Sevens Trophy winners Malaysia.

Venue

2019 Sevens Series Venues

Leg	Stadium	City	Dates	Winner
Indonesia	GBK Sports Complex	Jakarta	10–11 August 2019	Philippines

Final standings

Legend
Promoted to the 2020 main series

Rank	Team
	Philippines
	India
	Indonesia
4	South Korea
5	Guam
6	Laos
7	Qatar
8	Chinese Taipei
9	Bangladesh

See also

• 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
• 2020 Hong Kong Women's Sevens

References

1. "Women's team qualify for next year's Asa Rugby Sevens". New Straits Times. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
2. "Asian Rugby 7s National Tournaments 2019". Rugby Asia 24/7. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
3. "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series: Korea Women's 7s 2019". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
4. "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series: China Women's 7s 2019". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
5. "Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series: Sri Lanka Women's 7s 2019". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 30 September 2019.