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.
Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series, but all were eventually cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by two events in the United Arab Emirates. This was eventually changed again to a single sevens event held in Dubai.
Qualification
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.
Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances Previous bestperformance Asia Rugby Trophy winner 2 (2015, 2019) 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):
Pool stage Pool A Team Qualification33009712+859Advance to Cup playoffs32019321+727Advance to Cup playoffs31021987–685Advance to Plate playoffs300324113–893Advance to Plate playoffs
Pool B Team Qualification33008433+519Advance to Cup playoffs32016143+187Advance to Cup playoffs31026563+25Advance to Plate playoffs30032192–713Advance to Plate playoffs
Knockout stage Plate playoffs
Semi-finals
Seventh place
Fifth place
Cup playoffs
Semi-finals
Third place
Final
Final standings LegendQualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens PosTeam 12 3 4 5 6 7 8
See also 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
References
External links 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series Results (Archived) Table (Archived) Knockout (Archived) Statistics (Archived)