2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a rugby sevens tournament scheduled to be held in Incheon on the 23-24 November 2019. This tournament serves as the 2020 Olympic Rugby Sevens regional qualifier, the winner of the tournament will collect direct qualification to the 2020 Summer Olympics, whilst the runner-up and third place finisher will advance to the Olympic repechage tournament. [1]

2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Hosts South Korea
Date23–24 November
Nations9
Final positions
Champions South Korea
Runners-up Hong Kong
Third China

Main Tournament

All match times in Korean Standard Time (UTC+9)

Teams

The teams rankings is based on where they finished in the 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series[2]

  1.  Hong Kong
  2.  China
  3.  Sri Lanka
  4.  South Korea
  5.  Philippines
  6.  Chinese Taipei
  7.  Malaysia
  8.  Singapore
  9.  Afghanistan

Pool Stages

Teams were placed into each pool following their seeding in the 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series.[3]

Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Hong Kong 22001080+1086
 Malaysia 21012673–474
 Chinese Taipei 20021980–612
23 November
10:14
Chinese Taipei  19–26  Malaysia
23 November
12:44
Hong Kong  54–0  Malaysia
23 November
15:14
Hong Kong  54–0  Chinese Taipei

Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 China 22005927+326
 Philippines 21013638–24
 Singapore 20022454–302
23 November
9:52
Philippines  21–12  Singapore
23 November
12:22
China  33–12  Singapore
23 November
14:52
China  26–15  Philippines

Pool C
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 2200637+566
 Sri Lanka 21013349–164
 Afghanistan 2002545–402
23 November
9:30
South Korea  19–0  Afghanistan
23 November
12:00
Sri Lanka  26–5  Afghanistan
23 November
14:30
Sri Lanka  7–44  South Korea

Knockout Stage
Play-Off Final
23 November
17:40
Afghanistan  35–12  Chinese Taipei
Olympic Qualification (Cup)
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 November – 10:00 – Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
 
 
 South Korea32
 
24 November – 14:14 – Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
 
 Malaysia7
 
 South Korea12
 
24 November – 10:22 – Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
 
 China7
 
 China50
 
24 November – 17:30 – Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
 
 Singapore5
 
 South Korea12
 
24 November – 10:44 – Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
 
 Hong Kong7
 
 Sri Lanka17
 
24 November – 14:36 – Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
 
 Philippines24
 
 Philippines0
 
24 November – 11:06 – Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
 
 Hong Kong26 Third place
 
 Hong Kong38
 
24 November – 17:04 – Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
 
 Afghanistan0
 
 China19
 
 
 Philippines14
 
Plate
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 November – 13:30 – Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
 
 
 Malaysia21
 
10 November – 16:42 – Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
 
 Singapore7
 
 Malaysia7
 
10 November – 13:52 – Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
 
 Sri Lanka14
 
 Sri Lanka40
 
 
 Afghanistan0
 
Seventh place
 
 
10 November – 16:20 – Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
 
 
 Singapore33
 
 
 Afghanistan7

Standings
Legend
Qualified to 2020 Summer Olympics
Qualified to Olympic repechage
Rank Team
 South Korea
 Hong Kong
 China
4 Philippines
5 Sri Lanka
6 Malaysia
7 Singapore
8 Afghanistan
9 Chinese Taipei

References
  1. "Asia Rugby Men's 7s Olympic Qualifier: Tokyo 2020". Rugby Asia 24/7. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. Japan automatically qualifies as the host nation, therefore, does not take part in the tournament.
  3. "Asia Rugby Sevens Qualifier 2019 Men". Asia Rugby. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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