Rugby sevens at the 2006 Asian Games

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.

Rugby sevens
at the 2006 Asian Games
VenueGrand Hamad Stadium
Dates10–11 December 2006
Competitors108 from 9 nations
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Schedule

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P Preliminary round ½ Semifinals F Finals
Event↓/Date → 10th
Sun
11th
Mon
Men P ½ F

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
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  Japan
Takeshi Fujiwara
Eiji Yamamoto
Yuki Okuzono
Yusaku Kuwazuru
Hiroki Yoshida
Takashi Sato
Takashi Suzuki
Yusuke Kobuki
Masahiro Tsuiki
Akihito Yamada
Hiroki Yamazaki
Yohei Shinomiya
  South Korea
Lee Kwang-moon
Yoo Min-hyung
Youn Kwon-woo
Yang Young-hun
Yun Hi-su
Kim Hyung-ki
Chae Jae-young
Kim Jong-su
Kwak Chul-woong
Chun Jong-man
You Young-nam
Lee Myung-geun
  China
He Zhongliang
Wang Jiacheng
Sun Tao
Xu Hui
Zhang Zhiqiang
Yuan Feng
Li Yang
Wang Chongyi
Lu Zhuan
Jiang Xuming
Zhang Heng
Liu Kai

Qualification

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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

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Squads

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Squads
  China   Chinese Taipei   Hong Kong   India
  Japan   Qatar   South Korea   Sri Lanka
  Thailand

Results

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

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea 2 2 0 0 63 7 +56 6 Semifinals
2   Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 33 42 −9 4 Classification 5th–6th
3   Thailand 2 0 0 2 21 68 −47 2 Classification 7th–9th
10 December
17:00
South Korea  21–7  Hong Kong
Try: Yun H.S. 6' c
Chun J.M. (2) 10' c, 14' c
Con: Yun H.S. (3/3)
Try: Wright 7+' c
Con: Pannell (1/1)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Takashi Harada (Japan)

10 December
18:45
Thailand  21–26  Hong Kong
Try: Wongsalangkarn 1' c
Wongwanichslip (2) 8' c, 14+' c
Con: Wongwanichslip (3/3)
Try: Wright 4' c
Robertson 7+' c
Varty 11' m
Cheuk 14+' c
Con: Pannell (3/4)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Shi Yongjin (China)

10 December
20:30
South Korea  42–0  Thailand
Try: Chun J.M. (3) 2' c, 5' c, 10' c
Kim H.K. 3' c
Youn K.W. 7' c
Lee K.M. 14' c
Con: Chun J.M. (3/3)
Yun H.S. (3/3)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Chou Wen-liang (Chinese Taipei)

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   China 2 2 0 0 72 5 +67 6 Semifinals
2   Sri Lanka 2 1 0 1 53 31 +22 4 Classification 5th–6th
3   India 2 0 0 2 0 89 −89 2 Classification 7th–9th
10 December
17:30
China  41–0  India
Try: Li Y. (3) 1' c, 10' c, 11' m
Lu Z. (2) 3' m, 14+' m
Sun T. 7' c
Xu H. 13' m
Con: Zhang Z.Q. (2/4)
Sun T. (1/2)
Li Y. (0/1)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Kim Do-suk (South Korea)

10 December
19:15
Sri Lanka  48–0  India
Try: Jayasinghe (3) 3' c, 6' m, 9' c
Marija 7+' m
Weerakkody (2) 9' m, 13' c
de Costa (2) 10' c, 14' m
Con: Marija (1/2)
Weerakkody (2/4)
de Costa (1/1)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Takashi Harada (Japan)

10 December
21:00
China  31–5  Sri Lanka
Try: Sun T. 4' m
Li Y. 6' m
He Z.L. 9' c
Lu Z. (2) 12' c, 14' c
Con: Zhang Z.Q. (3/5)
Try: Buksh 4' m
Con: Buksh (0/1)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Tobi Lothian (Great Britain)

Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 2 2 0 0 82 7 +75 6 Semifinals
2   Chinese Taipei 2 1 0 1 89 24 +65 4
3   Qatar 2 0 0 2 0 140 −140 2 Classification 7th–9th
10 December
18:00
Chinese Taipei  82–0  Qatar
Try: Chen W.Y. 1' c
Wang J.A. 2' c
Wu C.W. (2) 3' c, 7+' c
Wang K.F. (2) 4' c, 11' c
Pan C.M. (3) 5' c, 6' c, 13' c
Chang W.C. 9' c
Wang J.H. 14' m
Huang H.Y. 14+' c
Con: Chang W.C. (11/12)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Tobi Lothian (Great Britain)

10 December
19:45
Japan  58–0  Qatar
Try: Yamada (5) 1' m, 4' m, 6' m, 10' m, 12' m
Kobuki 4' c
Suzuki (2) 7+' m, 9' c
Tsuiki 10' c
Fujiwara 14' c
Con: Yoshida (2/6)
Kobuki (2/3)
Sato (0/1)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Shi Yongjin (China)

10 December
21:30
Chinese Taipei  7–24  Japan
Try: Chen W.Y. 7' c
Con: Chang W.C. (1/1)
Try: Tsuiki 4' m
Kuwazuru 10' c
Fujiwara 13' m
Yoshida 14+' c
Con: Yoshida (2/4)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Dilroy Fernando (Sri Lanka)

Summary

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 2 2 0 0 82 7 +75 6 Semifinals
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 Classification 5th–6th
6   Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 33 42 −9 4
7   Thailand 2 0 0 2 21 68 −47 2 Classification 7th–9th
8   India 2 0 0 2 0 89 −89 2
9   Qatar 2 0 0 2 0 140 −140 2

Classification 7th–9th

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Classification 8th–9thClassification 7th–8th
 
      
 
 
 
 
11 December
 
 
  Thailand29
 
11 December
 
  India0
 
  India17
 
 
  Qatar5
 

Classification 8th–9th

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11 December
17:00
India  17–5  Qatar
Try: Krishnamurthy 3' c
Hussain 9' m
Jena 11' m
Con: Hussain (1/3)
Try: Al-Muhannadi 7' m
Con: Al-Sheeb (0/1)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Shi Yongjin (China)

Classification 7th–8th

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11 December
19:00
Thailand  29–0  India
Try: Wongwanichslip (4) 3' m, 6' m, 8' c, 12' m
Wangkanai 4' c
Con: Wongwanichslip (2/5)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Dilroy Fernando (Sri Lanka)

Classification 5th–6th

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11 December
19:30
Sri Lanka  5–35  Hong Kong
Try: Jayasinghe 14+' m
Con: Kumara (0/1)
Try: Wright 6' c
Robertson 7+' c
Tsang H.H. 10' c
Varty 12' c
Wong 14' c
Con: Pannell (5/5)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Shi Yongjin (China)

Final round

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SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
11 December
 
 
  Japan22
 
11 December
 
  Chinese Taipei7
 
  Japan27
 
11 December
 
  South Korea26
 
  China5
 
 
  South Korea19
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
11 December
 
 
  Chinese Taipei12
 
 
  China19

Semifinals

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11 December
17:30
Japan  22–7  Chinese Taipei
Try: Yoshida 4' m
Suzuki (2) 7+' m, 10' c
Sato 13' m
Con: Yoshida (1/3)
Kobuki (0/1)
Try: Wang K.F. 14+' c
Con: Chang W.C. (1/1)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Tobi Lothian (Great Britain)

11 December
18:00
China  5–19  South Korea
Try: Wang C.Y. 13' m
Con: Zhang Z.Q. (0/1)
Try: Lee K.M. 2' m
Yang Y.H. 10' c
Kwak C.W. 14+' c
Con: Yun H.S. (2/3)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Takashi Harada (Japan)

Bronze medal match

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11 December
20:00
Chinese Taipei  12–19  China
Try: Tung Y.H. 6' m
Pan C.M. 13' c
Con: Chang W.C. (0/1)
Wang K.F. (1/1)
Try: Wang J.C. 3' c
Zhang Z.Q. 14+' m
Li Y. 14+' c
Con: Zhang Z.Q. (2/3)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Takashi Harada (Japan)

Gold medal match

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11 December
20:30
Japan  27–26  South Korea
Try: Yamamoto 7' m
Yoshida 10+' m
Yamada (2) 13' c, 20+' m
Tsuiki 20' m
Con: Yoshida (1/5)
Try: Kim J.S. (2) 2' c, 11' m
Kwak C.W. 5' c
Lee M.G. 15' c
Con: Yun H.S. (3/4)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Tobi Lothian (Great Britain)

Final standing

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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

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  1. ^ "News of Asian Games qualifier takes HK by surprise". South China Morning Post. 10 May 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  2. ^ "HK seal Doha trip in style". South China Morning Post. 5 February 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong win Asian Games spot". International Rugby Board. 4 February 2006. Archived from the original on October 24, 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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