Rugby sevens at the 2006 Asian Games

Rugby sevens at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Grand Hamad Stadium
Dates	10–11 December
Competitors	108 from 9 nations
← 2002 2010 →

Rugby sevens was contested by nine teams at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar on December 10 and 11. All games played at the Grand Hamad Stadium.

Schedule[]

P

Preliminary round

½

Semifinals

F

Finals

Event↓/Date →	10th Sun	11th Mon
Men	P	½	F

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Japan Yusaku Kuwazuru Akihito Yamada	South Korea Lee Kwang-moon	China Zhang Zhiqiang

Qualification[]

As a limited number of teams could enter, The Asian Rugby Football Union announced 2005 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's as the qualification event for the eight-team tournament.^[1] But later, they changed the decision and picked host nation Qatar and top 6 teams from 2002 edition, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Japan, China and Sri Lanka. For the last spot a qualification tournament was held in Hong Kong on 4 February 2006.^[2][3]

Rank	Team
1	Hong Kong
2	Malaysia
3	Kazakhstan
4	Singapore

Later they added India to the competition to make it a nine-team tournament.

Draw[]

Squads[]

Results[]

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Korea	2	2	0	0	63	7	+56	6
2	Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	33	42	−9	4
3	Thailand	2	0	0	2	21	68	−47	2

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Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	China	2	2	0	0	72	5	+67	6
2	Sri Lanka	2	1	0	1	53	31	+22	4
3	India	2	0	0	2	0	89	−89	2

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Pool C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	82	7	+75	6
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	0	1	89	24	+65	4
3	Qatar	2	0	0	2	0	140	−140	2

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Summary[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	82	7	+75	6
2	China	2	2	0	0	72	5	+67	6
3	South Korea	2	2	0	0	63	7	+56	6
4	Chinese Taipei	2	1	0	1	89	24	+65	4
5	Sri Lanka	2	1	0	1	53	31	+22	4
6	Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	33	42	−9	4
7	Thailand	2	0	0	2	21	68	−47	2
8	India	2	0	0	2	0	89	−89	2
9	Qatar	2	0	0	2	0	140	−140	2

Classification 7th–9th[]

	Classification 8th–9th				Classification 7th–8th
					11 December
					Thailand	29
	11 December
					India	0
	India	17
	Qatar	5

Classification 8th–9th[]

Classification 7th–8th[]

Classification 5th–6th[]

Final round[]

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	11 December
	Japan	22
					11 December
	Chinese Taipei	7
					Japan	27
	11 December
					South Korea	26
	China	5
	South Korea	19
					Bronze medal match
					11 December
					Chinese Taipei	12
					China	19

Semifinals[]

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Bronze medal match[]

Gold medal match[]

Final standing[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	Japan	4	4	0	0
	South Korea	4	3	0	1
	China	4	3	0	1
4	Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	3
5	Hong Kong	3	2	0	1
6	Sri Lanka	3	1	0	2
7	Thailand	3	1	0	2
8	India	4	1	0	3
9	Qatar	3	0	0	3

References[]

External links[]

• Official website