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 .
14-591: 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 that have featured as ranking events in the Asian Sevens Series include: Results Notes: ^a Italics denotes tournaments that are non-ranking events not counting towards
28-556: A try for New Zealand 30 seconds before half-time, which Kurt Baker converted, making the scoreline 14-7 at the break. Specman almost scored a second try before a wayward Williams pass allowed Seabelo Senatla to extend South Africa's lead to 21-7 halfway through the second half. With less than four minutes remaining, Specman was sent to the sin bin following a professional foul , with South Africa reduced to six men. Rieko Ioane scored two tries with Baker converted one, reducing South Africa's lead to 21–19. Despite Specman returning to
42-521: The 2015 Japan Sevens , they won over Samoa, tied Argentina and lost to France to advance to Cup quarter-finals. They were defeated by Fiji and then Scotland, therefore resulting 7th in the tournament. However, they resulted last in seven out of ten events and finished 15th, therefore the team lost its core team status for 2015–16. At the 2016 Wellington Sevens , Japan defeated France to reach Bowl semi-finals, where they lost to Scotland, therefore claiming 11th place. The team advanced to Cup quarter-finals of
56-591: The 2016 USA Sevens after winning over Scotland and drawing versus England. They lost to Fiji and defeated Kenya to reach the Plate final, where they fell to New Zealand to clinch 6th place. Japan qualified for the Sevens Challenger Series and competed in the first round in Dubai . They were edged out of the quarter-final by eventual winners Kenya and then went on to beat Tonga for fifth place. They came ninth in
70-607: The World Rugby Sevens Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens . Japan won the Plate match at the 1980 and 1999 Hong Kong Sevens . In the 2007 Hong Kong Sevens , Japan reached Bowl semi-finals (19th place), where they lost against France; previously they had beaten Asian rivals China and Chinese Taipei. In 2008 , they lost all four matches versus South Africa, Argentina, Russia and Hong Kong. Japan won in 2009 against China and Sri Lanka, after which they lost
84-566: The Bowl semi-finals versus Portugal. In 2010 they beat Hong Kong but were defeated by Scotland in Bowl quarter-finals, so they ended 13th. The team won in 2011 against China, Scotland and the United States, then were beaten by Canada in the Bowl final to end 9th. In the 2012 World Series qualifier at Hong Kong , Japan were defeated by Portugal and Russia and won against Guyana in the group phase. The team won against Hong Kong in quarter-finals, but
98-610: The Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets. The 16 participating teams for the tournament: Final squads were announced on 28 January 2016. The most notable announced addition was the debut of 2015 Rugby World Cup winner Sonny Bill Williams for New Zealand. Cup The Cup final of the 2016 Wellington Sevens was contested by New Zealand and South Africa , after they won their semi-final matches against England and Fiji respectively. It
112-422: The Plate final match (5th place) at the 2000 Japan Sevens , scoring 8 points for the 1999–2000 World Sevens Series . The team lost the Bowl final match to end 10th in the 2002 Australia Sevens and 2002 Singapore Sevens. In the 2012 USA Sevens they reached Bowl semifinals (11th place). In the 2014 Japan Sevens they repeated that result. Japan became a core team for the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. As hosts of
126-502: 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
140-411: The field and the full-time hooter sounding, New Zealand completed their come-from-behind victory, with Joe Webber scoring a try in injury time to secure a 24–21 victory for the hosts, ensuring New Zealand won their home tournament for the third year in succession. Australian referee Matt O'Brien officiated the final, but received criticism for his handling of the match, with a number of decisions in
154-688: The overall Challenger Series. 12-member squad for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai . 2016 Wellington Sevens The 2016 New Zealand Sevens was the third tournament within the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series and the seventeenth edition of the Wellington Sevens . It was held over the weekend 30–31 January 2016 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington , New Zealand . The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to
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#1733104515131168-604: Was defeated by Spain in semi-finals and Portugal in the third-place match. so they failed to qualify for the World Series. In the 2013 World Series pre-qualifier at Hong Kong , the team won all group phase matches against Brazil, Georgia and Jamaica. However, Georgia beat them in quarter-finals. In the 2014 World Series qualifier at Hong Kong , Japan won the three group phase matches against Uruguay, Cook Islands and Trinidad and Tobago. Later they beat Tunisia, Russia and Italy to claim World Series core status for 2014/15. Japan won
182-720: Was held with the final stage hosted in Hong Kong. ^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. 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. Japan national rugby sevens team The Japan national rugby sevens team participates in competitions such as
196-525: Was the second time the two teams met in the tournament, after New Zealand won their Pool A match 19–14 the previous day. New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams dropped the ball from the kick-off, immediately giving possession straight back to South Africa. They led 7–0 with a converted try to Philip Snyman after three minutes, which was soon increased to 14–0 after Rosko Specman scored from a five meter scrum. Cheslin Kolbe converted both tries. Akira Ioane scored
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