The Asia Rugby Sevens Series is an annual series of regional rugby sevens tournaments run by Asia Rugby featuring national sevens teams. It has been held regularly since 2009 to determine Asia's best men's national team in the sport of rugby sevens.
History The first season of the competition began in 2009 with two events happening in Shanghai and Borneo. In the first season, Japan took out the trophy after taking out the Borneo Sevens and finishing runner up in Shanghai.
Tournaments
Asia Rugby Sevens Series Tournaments that have featured as ranking events in the Asia Sevens Series include:
Results
Malaysia Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand United Arab Emirates Ranking events 2009 Shanghai Borneo Colombo 2 2010 Shanghai Borneo 2 2011 Shanghai Goa Borneo Bangkok 2 2012 Shanghai Mumbai Borneo 3 2013 Mumbai Kuala Lumpur Singapore Bang Saen 4 2014 Beijing Hong Kong Kuala Lumpur 3 2015 Qingdao Colombo Bangkok 3 2016 Hong Kong Incheon Colombo 3 2017 Hong Kong Incheon Colombo 3 2018 Hong Kong Incheon Colombo 3 2019 Huizhou Incheon Colombo 3 Huizhou Incheon Colombo N/A 2021 Huizhou Incheon Colombo Dubai 12022 Incheon Bangkok Ajman 32023 Incheon Bangkok 22024 Hangzhou Incheon Bangkok 22025 Hangzhou Colombo 2 Total 7 4 2 (+1) 6 6 1 5 (+1) 4 (+1) 2 37 (+3)
Notes: Italics denotes tournaments that are non-ranking events not counting towards the annual series championship.
The inaugural 2009 series also included non-ranking events at Kish Island in Iran, Subic in the Philippines, and Brunei.
It was originally planned to use the 2015 Asian Sevens Series as the qualifier for the 2016 Olympics but the series clashed with the 2015 Rugby World Cup so a separate Asian Olympic qualifying tournament was held with the final stage hosted in Hong Kong.Boost for Hong Kong rugby’s Olympics hopes as city to host Asian qualifiers for Rio
The 2020 series was cancelled before any events were held, due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series. Due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, all three of those events were cancelled and replaced – initially by two events planned for Dubai, but eventually by just one event in Dubai.
Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy YearHost WinnerRunner-up Refs 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 202320242025
Trophy Titles Team Champion Runner-up2– 2–12 1 1 1 – 1 ––1–1–1–1–1
Honours
By Year Year Series winner Runner-up Refs 2009 Japan win Borneo Sevens to top Asian Rugby Sevens Series table for 2009 . ARFU. 1 November 2009. 2010 2011 Japan crowned Asian Number one after winning Borneo Sevens . Asian 5 Nations. 2011. 2012 Hong Kong win Mumbai 7s to take Asian Series . Ultimate Rugby 7s. 15 October 2012. 2013 Japan beat Hong Kong in Singapore final to seal Asian Rugby Sevens Series title . Ultimate Rugby 7s. 11 November 2013. 2014 Rugby: Hong Kong bag Beijing leg to secure Asian Sevens Series . Sport Asia. 19 October 2014. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020Not contested 20212022202320242025
Series Titles Team Champion Runner-up 8 6 7 5 1 4 – 1
See also Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
References
External links Asia Rugby