Asia Rugby Sevens Series

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.

Asia Rugby Sevens Series

Upcoming season or competition: 2024 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	2009
No. of teams	8
Most recent champion(s)	Hong Kong (2024)
Most titles	Japan (8 titles)

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 Asian Sevens Series include:

• China Sevens
• Hong Kong 7s
• India Sevens
• Korean Sevens
• Malaysia Sevens
• Singapore Sevens
• Sri Lanka Sevens
• Thailand Sevens

Results

Host Year	China	Hong Kong	India	Korea	Malay­sia	Singa­pore	Sri Lanka	Thai­land	United Arab Emir­ates	Rank­ing events
2009	Shang­hai				Bor­neo		a Col­ombo			2 b
2010	Shang­hai				Bor­neo					2
2011	Shang­hai		Goa a		Bor­neo			Bang­kok a		2
2012	Shang­hai		Mum­bai		Bor­neo					3
2013			Mum­bai		Kuala Lumpur	Singa­pore		Bang Saen		4
2014	Bei­jing	Hong Kong			Kuala Lumpur					3
2015 c	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
2020 d (cancelled)	Hui­zhou			In­cheon			Col­ombo			N/A
2021 e	Hui­zhou			In­cheon			Col­ombo		Dubai	1
2022				In­cheon				Bang­kok	Ajman	3
2023				In­cheon				Bang­kok		2
2024	Han­gzhou			In­cheon				Bang­kok		TBC
Total	7	4	2 (+1)	6	6	1	5 (+1)	4 (+1)	2	37 (+3)

Series logo pre-2015

Notes:

^a Italics denotes tournaments that are non-ranking events not counting towards the annual series championship.

^b The inaugural 2009 series also included non-ranking events at Kish Island in Iran, Subic in the Philippines, and Brunei.

^c 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.^[1]

^d The 2020 series was cancelled before any events were held, due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

^e Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series.^[2] Due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, all three of those events were cancelled and replaced – initially by two events planned for Dubai,^[3] but eventually by just one event in Dubai.^[4]

Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy

Year	Host	Winner	Refs
2017	Qatar	Philippines	[5]
2018	Singapore	United Arab Emirates	[6]
2019	Indonesia	Malaysia	[7]
2021	Qatar	United Arab Emirates	[8]
2022	Indonesia	Singapore	[9]
2023	Qatar	Thailand	[10]
2024	Nepal	Philippines	[11]

Honours

By Year

Year	Series winner	Runner-up	Refs
2009	Japan	South Korea	[12]
2010	South Korea	Japan	[13][14]
2011	Japan	Hong Kong	[15]
2012	Hong Kong	Japan	[16]
2013	Japan	Hong Kong	[17]
2014	Hong Kong	South Korea	[18]
2015	Japan	Hong Kong	[19]
2016	Hong Kong	Sri Lanka
2017	Japan	Hong Kong
2018	Japan	Hong Kong	[20]
2019	Japan	Hong Kong
2020	Not contested
2021	Hong Kong	South Korea	[21]
2022	Hong Kong	South Korea	[22]
2023	Japan	Hong Kong
2024	Hong Kong	Japan

Series Titles

Team	Champion	Runner-up
Japan	8	3
Hong Kong	6	7
South Korea	1	4
Sri Lanka	–	1

See also

• Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series

References

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External links

• Asia Rugby