2008 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship
{{Infobox Rugby Sevens
| title = 2008 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship
| countries = {{flag|Qatar}}
| date =4−5 October 2008
| champions1 = {{Ru7w|JPN}}
| runnersup1 = {{Ru7w|THA}}
| matches =17
| prevseason = 2007
| nextseason = 2009
|third1={{Ru7w|CHN}}}}
The 2008 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship was the tournaments ninth edition and was held in Hong Kong on 4−5 October.{{Cite web |date=2008-07-28 |title=Samoa and Australia join RWC Sevens |url=https://www.planetrugby.com/samoa-and-australia-join-rwc-sevens |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=PlanetRugby |language=en}} The tournament also served as a regional qualifier for the first-ever Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2009.{{Cite web |title=IRB news - confirmation of dates and teams |url=http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/sevens/newsid=52906.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204102526/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/sevens/newsid=52906.html |archive-date=2008-12-04 |access-date=2008-12-09}}{{Cite web |date=2008-10-05 |title=Japan and Hong Kong book passage to RWC Sevens |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/15407793/japan-hong-kong-book-passage-rwc-sevens |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} Nine teams competed for the three allotted World Cup spots, finalists Japan and Thailand were joined by third-place China.{{cite web|url=http://www.irb.com:80/rwcsevens/news/newsid=2027110.html#japan+leads+asia+world+cup+sevens|title=Japan leads Asia to World Cup Sevens|website=irb.com|date=5 October 2008|accessdate=2 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009031822/http://www.irb.com/rwcsevens/news/newsid=2027110.html#japan+leads+asia+world+cup+sevens|archive-date=9 October 2008|url-status=dead}}
Tournament
=Pool Stage=
| class="wikitable" |
| Legend |
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| bgcolor=ccffcc
| Advances to Cup tournament |
| bgcolor=ccccff
| Advances to Plate tournament |
| bgcolor=ffcccc
| Ninth Place |
Pool A
:
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| width="160"|Teams
!width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{ru7w|KAZ}} |2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | +25 | 6 |
| bgcolor=ccccff
|align=left|{{ru7w|HKG}} |2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 4 |
| bgcolor=ccccff
|align=left|{{ru7w|SGP}} |2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 32 | –27 | 2 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 October 2008
|time =
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|score = 20−0
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{{rugbybox
|date = 4 October 2008
|time =
|home = {{ru7w-rt|HKG}}
|score = 12−5
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{{rugbybox
|date = 4 October 2008
|time =
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|score = 10−5
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Pool B
:
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| width="160"|Teams
!width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{ru7w|CHN}} |2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 7 | +85 | 6 |
| bgcolor=ccccff
|align=left|{{flagicon|GCC}} Arabian Gulf |2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 69 | –35 | 4 |
| bgcolor=ffcccc
|align=left|{{ru7w|SRI}} |2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 67 | –50 | 2 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 October 2008
|time =
|home = {{ru7w-rt|CHN}}
|score = 40−0
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|away = {{ru7w|SRI}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 4 October 2008
|time =
|home = Arabian Gulf {{flagicon|GCC}}
|score = 27−17
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|SRI}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 4 October 2008
|time =
|home = {{ru7w-rt|CHN}}
|score = 52−7
|report =
|away = {{flagicon|GCC}} Arabian Gulf
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Pool C
:
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| width="160"|Teams
!width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{ru7w|THA}} |2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 6 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{ru7w|JPN}} |2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 12 | +25 | 4 |
| bgcolor=ccccff
|align=left|{{ru7w|TPE}} |2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 51 | –46 | 2 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 October 2008
|time =
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 27−0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|TPE}}
|stadium =
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{{rugbybox
|date = 4 October 2008
|time =
|home = {{ru7w-rt|THA}}
|score = 24−5
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|TPE}}
|stadium =
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date = 4 October 2008
|time =
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 10−12
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|THA}}
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}}
=Playoff=
Plate
{{Round4-with third
|Consol=Seventh Place
|5 October 2008
|{{ru7w|HKG}}|31|{{ru7w|TPE}}|0
|5 October 2008
|{{ru7w|SGP}}|7|{{flagicon|GCC}} Arabian Gulf|17
|5 October 2008
|{{ru7w|HKG}}|12|{{flagicon|GCC}} Arabian Gulf|0
|5 October 2008
|{{ru7w|TPE}}|5|{{ru7w|SGP}}|29
}}
Cup
{{Round4-with third
|Consol=Third Place/Qualifier
|5 October 2008
|{{ru7w|KAZ}}|0|{{ru7w|JPN}}|5
|5 October 2008
|{{ru7w|CHN}}|7|{{ru7w|THA}}|14
|5 October 2008
|{{ru7w|JPN}}|17|{{ru7w|THA}}|12
|5 October 2008
|{{ru7w|KAZ}}|5|{{ru7w|CHN}}|17
}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Asia Rugby Women's Sevens}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Asia}}
Category:2008 rugby sevens competitions
Category:2008 in Asian rugby union