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.
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:
Malaysia was promoted to core team status after winning the 2018 Sevens Trophy in Singapore, 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:
+ 2019 Sevens Series VenuesLegStadiumCity DatesWinner South Korea Namdong Asiad Rugby Field Incheon 31 August – 1 September 2019 China Huizhou Olympic Stadium Huizhou 14–15 September 2019 Sri Lanka Racecourse Stadium Colombo 28–29 September 2019
Final standings
LegendQualified to World Series QualifiersRelegated for 2020 Series
RankTeamSouth KoreaChinaSri LankaPoints 12 12 12 36 10 10 8 28 7 8 7 22 4 4 4 10 18 5 8 7 4 19 6 3 1 2 6 7 2 3 1 6 8 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
LegendAdvances to CupAdvances to Plate
Pool C TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts330012012+108932017346+27731025274–22530037120–1133
Pool D TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts330010415+89932015319+34731024136+5530030128–1283
Knockout stage
Plate
Cup
China The tournament was held 14–15 September in Huizhou. All times in China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool stage
LegendAdvances to CupAdvances to Plate
Pool C TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts32019319+74732017124+47732014532+13730030134–1343
Pool D TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts33001470+147932015352+1731022092–72530031288–763
Knockout stage
Plate
Cup
Sri Lanka
The tournament was held 28–29 September in Colombo. All times in Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30).
Pool stage
LegendAdvances to CupAdvances to Plate
Pool C TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts3300890+89932015841+17731022756−29530031592−773
Pool D TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts330011917+1029320112119+1027310210114−104530035105−1003
Knockout stage
Plate
Cup
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:
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 VenuesLegStadiumCity DatesWinner Indonesia GBK Sports Complex Jakarta 10–11 August 2019
Final standings
LegendPromoted to the 2020 main series
RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9
See also 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2020 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
References