2015 ARFU Women's Sevens Championships
{{refimprove|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox Rugby World Sevens
|name=2015 Asia Rugby Women's Olympic Qualification Series
| countries = {{HKG}}
{{JPN}}
| date = 7 March–29 November
| nations =
| champions =
| runnersup =
| third =
| top point scorer =
| top try scorer =
|prevseason=2014
| nextseason = 2015 (II)}}
The 2015 Asia Rugby Women's Olympic Qualification Series for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held over two rounds in Hong Kong and Tokyo from 7–29 November, following a preliminary qualifying round held in Chennai on 7–8 March. Japan won both rounds to gain direct qualification to the 2016 Olympic Sevens women's tournament.
{{anchor|India}}
Preliminary qualifying round
= Pool stage =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| width="200"|Teams
!width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|{{Ru7w|UZB}}
|5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 29 | +64 | 13 |
| align=left|{{Ru7w|IND}}
|5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 22 | +44 | 13 |
| align=left|{{Ru7w|GUM}}
|5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 51 | +40 | 13 |
| align=left|{{Ru7w|PHI}}
|5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 81 | –37 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7w|IRI}}
|5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 95 | –46 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7w|KOR}}
|5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 115 | –65 | 7 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 March 2015
|time = 11:40
|home = {{ru7w-rt|GUM}}
|score = 5–15
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|IND}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 March 2015
|time = 12:00
|home = {{ru7w-rt|UZB}}
|score = 32–0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|IRI}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 March 2015
|time = 12:20
|home = {{ru7w-rt|KOR}}
|score = 14–19
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|PHI}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 March 2015
|time = 14:20
|home = {{ru7w-rt|GUM}}
|score = 26–14
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|IRI}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 March 2015
|time = 14:40
|home = {{ru7w-rt|IND}}
|score = 12–5
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|PHI}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 March 2015
|time = 15:00
|home = {{ru7w-rt|UZB}}
|score = 22–7
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|KOR}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 March 2015
|time = 16:40
|home = {{ru7w-rt|GUM}}
|score = 24–5
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|PHI}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 March 2015
|time = 17:00
|home = {{ru7w-rt|IRI}}
|score = 21–22
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|KOR}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 March 2015
|time = 17:20
|home = {{ru7w-rt|IND}}
|score = 5–12
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|UZB}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 March 2015
|time = 19:00
|home = {{ru7w-rt|GUM}}
|score = 24–7
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|KOR}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 March 2015
|time = 19:20
|home = {{ru7w-rt|PHI}}
|score = 5–17
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|UZB}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 March 2015
|time = 19:40
|home = {{ru7w-rt|IRI}}
|score = 0–5
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|IND}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 March 2015
|time = 12:20
|home = {{ru7w-rt|GUM}}
|score = 12–10
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|UZB}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 March 2015
|time = 12:40
|home = {{ru7w-rt|KOR}}
|score = 0–29
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|IND}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 March 2015
|time = 13:00
|home = {{ru7w-rt|PHI}}
|score = 10–14
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|IRI}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
=Playoffs=
;Fifth place match
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 March 2015
|time = 15:00
|home = {{ru7w-rt|KOR}}
|score = 17–5
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|IRI}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
;Third place match
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 March 2015
|time = 15:50
|home = {{ru7w-rt|GUM}}
|score = 19–10
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|PHI}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
;Final
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 March 2015
|time = 17:05
|home = {{ru7w-rt|IND}}
|score = 0–38
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|UZB}}
|stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India
}}
=Pre-qualifier placings=
{{legend|#cfc|Advance to Qualifying round|border=solid 1px #aaa}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=40|Rank !width=180|Team |
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
|1 | align="left"|{{ru7w|UZB}} |
| 2
| align="left"|{{ru7w|IND}} |
| 3
| align="left"|{{ru7w|GUM}} |
| 4
| align="left"|{{ru7w|PHI}} |
| 5
| align="left"|{{ru7w|KOR}} |
| 6
| align="left"|{{ru7w|IRI}} |
Asia Olympic qualifying rounds
Eight women's teams were originally scheduled for the Asia Olympic qualifying rounds,{{cite web |title=Japan aiming for historic Cup at home |url=https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/64898?lang=en |website=World Rugby |date=1 April 2015}} but Thailand, Singapore and Uzbekistan withdrew and Guam was invited to make it six teams in the competition.
{{columns-list|colwidth=14em|
- {{ru7w|CHN}}
- {{ru7w|HKG}}
- {{ru7w|JPN}}
- {{ru7w|KAZ}}
- {{ru7w|SRI}}
- {{ru7w|GUM}}
}}
= Hong Kong =
==Pool stage==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| width="200"|Teams
!width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|{{ru7w|JPN}}
|5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 17 | +132 | 13 |
| align=left|{{ru7w|KAZ}}
|5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 45 | +79 | 13 |
| align=left|{{ru7w|HKG}}
|5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 61 | +21 | 11 |
| align=left|{{ru7w|CHN}}
|5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 39 | +86 | 11 |
| align=left|{{ru7w|SRI}}
|5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 169 | −128 | 7 |
| align=left|{{Ru7w|GUM}}
|5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 204 | −190 | 5 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 November 2015
|time = 10:28
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 7−5
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|KAZ}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 November 2015
|time = 10:50
|home = {{ru7w-rt|CHN}}
|score = 54−0
|report =
|away = {{Ru7w|GUM}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 November 2015
|time = 11:12
|home = {{ru7w-rt|HKG}}
|score = 36−5
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|SRI}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 November 2015
|time = 13:21
|home = {{ru7w-rt|KAZ}}
|score = 46−7
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|GUM}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 November 2015
|time = 13:43
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 48−0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|SRI}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 November 2015
|time = 14:05
|home = {{ru7w-rt|CHN}}
|score = 0−5
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|HKG}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 November 2015
|time = 16:10
|home = {{ru7w-rt|SRI}}
|score = 22–7
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|GUM}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 November 2015
|time = 16:32
|home = {{ru7w-rt|CHN}}
|score = 12–22
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|KAZ}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 7 November 2015
|time = 16:54
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 36–0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|HKG}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 November 2015
|time = 09:15
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 53–0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|GUM}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 November 2015
|time = 09:37
|home = {{ru7w-rt|CHN}}
|score = 47–7
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|SRI}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 November 2015
|time = 09:59
|home = {{ru7w-rt|HKG}}
|score = 12–20
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|KAZ}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 November 2015
|time = 12:20
|home = {{ru7w-rt|SRI}}
|score = 7–31
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|KAZ}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 November 2015
|time = 12:42
|home = {{ru7w-rt|HKG}}
|score = 29–0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|GUM}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 November 2015
|time = 13:06
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 5–12
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|CHN}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
==Playoffs==
;Fifth place match
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 November 2015
|time = 15:54
|home = {{ru7w-rt|SRI}}
|score = 5–21
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|GUM}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
;Third place match
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 November 2015
|time = 16:16
|home = {{ru7w-rt|HKG}}
|score = 12–7
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|CHN}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
;Final
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 November 2015
|time = 17:45
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 22–0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|KAZ}}
|stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
}}
=Japan=
==Pool stage==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| width="200"|Teams
!width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|{{ru7w|KAZ}}
|5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 10 | +110 | 15 |
| align=left|{{ru7w|JPN}}
|5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 19 | +121 | 13 |
| align=left|{{ru7w|CHN}}
|5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 48 | +69 | 11 |
| align=left|{{ru7w|HKG}}
|5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 79 | –47 | 9 |
| align=left|{{ru7w|SRI}}
|5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 149 | −113 | 7 |
| align=left|{{ru7w|GUM}}
|5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 205 | −198 | 5 |
{{rugbybox
|date = 28 November 2015
|time = 10:00
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 20−7
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|CHN}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 28 November 2015
|time = 10:22
|home = {{ru7w-rt|KAZ}}
|score = 34−0
|report =
|away = {{Ru7w|SRI}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 28 November 2015
|time = 10:44
|home = {{ru7w-rt|HKG}}
|score = 38−0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|GUM}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 28 November 2015
|time = 12:40
|home = {{ru7w-rt|CHN}}
|score = 36−7
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|SRI}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 28 November 2015
|time = 13:02
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 39−0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|GUM}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 28 November 2015
|time = 13:24
|home = {{ru7w-rt|KAZ}}
|score = 29−5
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|HKG}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 28 November 2015
|time = 15:20
|home = {{ru7w-rt|GUM}}
|score = 7–22
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|SRI}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 28 November 2015
|time = 15:42
|home = {{ru7w-rt|KAZ}}
|score = 14–0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|CHN}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 28 November 2015
|time = 16:04
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 27–5
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|HKG}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 November 2015
|time = 10:00
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 49–0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|SRI}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 November 2015
|time = 10:22
|home = {{ru7w-rt|HKG}}
|score = 7–17
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|CHN}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 November 2015
|time = 10:44
|home = {{ru7w-rt|KAZ}}
|score = 36–0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|GUM}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 November 2015
|time = 12:40
|home = {{ru7w-rt|HKG}}
|score = 36–7
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|SRI}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 November 2015
|time = 13:02
|home = {{ru7w-rt|CHN}}
|score = 57–0
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|GUM}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
----
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 November 2015
|time = 13:24
|home = {{ru7w-rt|JPN}}
|score = 5–7
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|KAZ}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
==Playoffs==
;Fifth place match
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 November 2015
|time = 15:20
|home = {{ru7w-rt|SRI}}
|score = 12–10
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|GUM}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
;Third place match
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 November 2015
|time = 15:42
|home = {{ru7w-rt|CHN}}
|score = 19–10
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|HKG}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
;Final
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 November 2015
|time = 16:04
|home = {{ru7w-rt|KAZ}}
|score = 7–14
|report =
|away = {{ru7w|JPN}}
|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
}}
Placings
{{legend|#cfc|Qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics{{cite web |title=Japan Wins Asia Women's Rugby Sevens Qualifier |url=https://djcoilrugby.com/2015/11/29/japan-wins-asia-womens-rugby-sevens-qualifier/ |website=DJ Coil Rugby |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208185837/https://djcoilrugby.com/2015/11/29/japan-wins-asia-womens-rugby-sevens-qualifier/ |archive-date=8 December 2015 |date=29 November 2015}}|border=solid 1px #aaa}}
{{legend|#ccf|Advanced to the Final Olympic qualifier|border=solid 1px #aaa}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!width=40|Rank!!width=180|Team!!width=90|Hong Kong!!width=90|Japan | |||
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|1 | style="text-align:left;"|{{ru7w|JPN}} | 1 | 1 |
| bgcolor=ccccff
|2 | style="text-align:left;"|{{ru7w|KAZ}} | 2 | 2 |
| bgcolor=ccccff
|rowspan=2|3 | style="text-align:left;"|{{ru7w|CHN}} | 4 | 3 |
| bgcolor=ccccff
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ru7w|HKG}} | 3 | 4 | |
| rowspan=2|5 | style="text-align:left;"|{{ru7w|GUM}} | 5 | 6 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{ru7w|SRI}} | 6 | 5 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Asia Rugby Women's Sevens}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:ARFU}}
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