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2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series

{{Infobox Rugby World Sevens

| image =

| countries = {{flagdeco|UAE}} United Arab Emirates

| date = 19–20 November 2021

| nations =

| champions = {{ru7|Hong Kong}} {{small|(4th title)}}

| runnersup = {{ru7|South Korea}}

| third = {{ru7|Japan}}

| matches = 20

| attendance =

| tries =

| top point scorer = {{flagdeco|HKG}} Russell Webb
(39 points)

| top try scorer = {{flagdeco|HKG}} Cado Lee Ka To
(5 tries)

| prevseason = 2019

| nextseason = 2022

}}

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.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-21|title=Four Asian teams book their berths at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 in Cape Town|url=https://www.asiarugby.com/2021/11/21/sevens-2022-in-south-africa/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=Asia Rugby|language=en-US}}{{cite news |last= |first= |date=21 November 2021 |title=Hong Kong men win Asia Rugby Sevens Series title, women seal third after dazzling Dubai weekend |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3156864/hong-kong-men-win-asia-rugby-sevens-series-title-women-seal-third |work=South China Morning Post |location= |access-date=}}

Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series,{{cite web |title=Asia Rugby Competitions 2021 |url=https://www.asiarugby.com/asia-rugby-calendar-2021/ |website=Asia Rugby |access-date=13 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162106/https://www.asiarugby.com/asia-rugby-calendar-2021/ |archive-date=13 December 2020}} but all were eventually cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by two events in the United Arab Emirates.{{cite web |title=Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2021 Update |url=https://www.asiarugby.com/2021/08/06/sevens-series-2021-update/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822092807/https://www.asiarugby.com/2021/08/06/sevens-series-2021-update/ |archive-date=22 August 2021 |date=6 August 2021}}{{cite web |title=Asia Rugby Competitions 2021 |url=https://www.asiarugby.com/asia-rugby-calendar-2021/ |website=Asia Rugby |access-date=20 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720094906/https://www.asiarugby.com/asia-rugby-calendar-2021/ |archive-date=20 July 2021}} This was eventually changed again to a single sevens event held in Dubai.

Qualification

{{Main|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.{{cite web |url=https://www.asiarugby.com/2021/10/07/schedule-for-west-asia-7s/ |title=Asia Rugby announces schedule for West Asia 7s, Qatar 2021 |last= |first= |date=7 October 2021 |website= |publisher=Asia Rugby |access-date= |quote= |language= |trans-title=}}{{cite news |title=UAE gets double victory at the restart of Asia Rugby Sevens Series |url=https://planet7s.com/2021/10/12/uae-gets-double-victory-at-the-restart-of-asia-rugby-sevens-series/ |access-date=7 November 2021 |work=PlanetSevens |date=12 October 2021}}

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! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances

!Previous best
performance

{{ru7|UAE}}Asia Rugby Trophy winneralign=center| {{Sort|2021-10-09|9 October 2021}}align=center| 2 (2015, 2019)align=center|Sixth place (Bangkok 2015, Colombo 2019)

Teams

There were eight teams competing in the tournament, which only had one change from the previous one (2019):

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  • {{ru7|HKG}}
  • {{ru7|JPN}}
  • {{ru7|MAS}}
  • {{ru7|PHI}}
  • {{ru7|KOR}}
  • {{ru7|SRI}}
  • {{ru7|UAE}}

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Pool stage

=Pool A=

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! style="width:2.5em;" | {{abbr| PD | Point score difference}}

! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| Pts| Standings points}}

! style="width:12.5em" | Qualification

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|3

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|3

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|Advance to Plate playoffs

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=Pool B=

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! style="width:1.5em;" | {{abbr| Pts| Standings points}}

! style="width:12.5em" | Qualification

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| align="left" |{{ru7|JPN}}

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|Advance to Cup playoffs

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|Advance to Plate playoffs

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|3

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Knockout stage

=Plate playoffs=

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|RD1 = Plate Semi-finals

|RD2 = Plate Final

|Consol = 7th place Final

|20 November – Dubai

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|20 November – Dubai

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|20 November – Dubai

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|20 November – Dubai

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Semi-finals

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Seventh place

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Fifth place

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=Cup playoffs=

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|RD1 = Semi-finals

|RD2 = Final

|Consol = Third place

|20 November – Dubai

|{{ru7|HKG}}|24|{{ru7|CHN}}|0

|20 November – Dubai

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|20 November – Dubai

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|20 November – Dubai

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Semi-finals

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Third place

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Final

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Final standings

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!Legend

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|Qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens

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width=35 |Pos

!width=155 |Team

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|1

|align=left|{{ru7|HKG}}

bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

|align=left|{{ru7|KOR}}

3

|align=left|{{ru7|JPN}}

4

|align=left|{{ru7|CHN}}

5

|align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|UAE}}}}

6

|align=left|{{ru7|SRI}}

7

|align=left|{{ru7|MAS}}

8

|align=left|{{ru7|PHI}}

See also

References

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External links

  • 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
  • [https://www.macoocoo.com/index.php?r=rest/tournament/match&tournament=1880&size=r&_=html Results] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211122090257/https://www.macoocoo.com/index.php?r=rest/tournament/match&tournament=1880&size=r&_=html Archived])
  • [https://www.macoocoo.com/index.php?r=rest/tournament/pool&tournament=1880&size=r&_=html Table] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211122090625/https://www.macoocoo.com/index.php?r=rest/tournament/pool&tournament=1880&size=r&_=html Archived])
  • [https://www.macoocoo.com/index.php?r=rest/tournament/knockout&tournament=1880&size=r&_=html Knockout] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211122072316/https://www.macoocoo.com/index.php?r=rest/tournament/knockout&tournament=1880&size=r&_=html Archived])
  • [https://www.macoocoo.com/index.php?r=rest/tournament/statistics&tournament=1880&size=r&_=html Statistics] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20211122100159/https://www.macoocoo.com/index.php?r=rest/tournament/statistics&tournament=1880&size=r&_=html Archived])

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