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
2023 →

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
    Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
    23 November
    12:44
    Hong Kong 54–0 Malaysia
    Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
    23 November
    15:14
    Hong Kong 54–0 Chinese Taipei
    Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

    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
    Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
    23 November
    12:22
    China 33–12 Singapore
    Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
    23 November
    14:52
    China 26–15 Philippines
    Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

    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
    Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
    23 November
    12:00
    Sri Lanka 26–5 Afghanistan
    Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
    23 November
    14:30
    Sri Lanka 7–44 South Korea
    Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field

    Knockout stage
    Play-Off Final
    23 November
    17:40
     Afghanistan35–12 Chinese Taipei
    Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field
    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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