Rugby sevens at the 2006 Asian Games
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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.
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| Venue | Grand Hamad Stadium |
| Dates | 10–11 December 2006 |
| Competitors | 108 from 9 nations |
Schedule
| P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 10th Sun | 11th Mon | |
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| Men | P | ½ | F |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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 JapanTakeshi Fujiwara Eiji Yamamoto Yuki Okuzono Yusaku Kuwazuru Hiroki Yoshida Takashi Sato Takashi Suzuki Yusuke Kobuki Masahiro Tsuiki Akihito Yamada Hiroki Yamazaki Yohei Shinomiya |
 South KoreaLee 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 |
 ChinaHe Zhongliang Wang Jiacheng Sun Tao Xu Hui Zhang Zhiqiang Yuan Feng Li Yang Wang Chongyi Lu Zhuan Jiang Xuming Zhang Heng Liu Kai |
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 |
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| 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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 Chinese Taipei |
Hong Kong |
 India |
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South Korea |
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Results
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
Preliminary round
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
Source: Official website
| 10 December 17:00 |
| South Korea | 21–7 | Hong Kong |
| Try: Yun 6' c Chun (2) 10' c, 14' c Con: Yun (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 (3) 2' c, 5' c, 10' c Kim H. 3' c Youn 7' c Lee K. 14' c Con: Chun (3/3) Yun (3/3) |
| Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Chou Wen-liang (Chinese Taipei) |
Pool B
Source: Official website
| 10 December 17:30 |
| China | 41–0 | India |
| Try: Li (3) 1' c, 10' c, 11' m Lu (2) 3' m, 14+' m Sun 7' c Xu 13' m Con: Zhang Z. (2/4) Sun (1/2) Li (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 4' m Li 6' m He 9' c Lu (2) 12' c, 14' c Con: Zhang Z. (3/5) | Try: Buksh 4' m Con: Buksh (0/1) |
| Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Tobi Lothian (Great Britain) |
Pool C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
Source: Official website
| 10 December 18:00 |
| Chinese Taipei | 82–0 | Qatar |
| Try: Chen W. 1' c Wang J.A. 2' c Wu (2) 3' c, 7+' c Wang K. (2) 4' c, 11' c Pan (3) 5' c, 6' c, 13' c Chang 9' c Wang J.H. 14' m Huang 14+' c Con: Chang (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. 7' c Con: Chang (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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
Source: Official website
Classification 7th–9th
| Classification 8th–9th | Classification 7th–8th | |||||
| 11 December | ||||||
| Thailand | 29 | |||||
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| India | 0 | |||||
| India | 17 | |||||
| Qatar | 5 | |||||
Classification 8th–9th
Classification 7th–8th
| 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
Final round
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 11 December | ||||||
| Japan | 22 | |||||
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| Chinese Taipei | 7 | |||||
| Japan | 27 | |||||
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| South Korea | 26 | |||||
| China | 5 | |||||
| South Korea | 19 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 11 December | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 12 | |||||
| China | 19 | |||||
Semifinals
| 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. 14+' c Con: Chang (1/1) |
| Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Tobi Lothian (Great Britain) |
| 11 December 18:00 |
| China | 5–19 | South Korea |
| Try: Wang C. 13' m Con: Zhang Z. (0/1) | Try: Lee K. 2' m Yang 10' c Kwak 14+' c Con: Yun (2/3) |
| Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Takashi Harada (Japan) |
Bronze medal match
| 11 December 20:00 |
| Chinese Taipei | 12–19 | China |
| Try: Tung 6' m Pan 13' c Con: Chang (0/1) Wang K. (1/1) | Try: Wang J. 3' c Zhang Z. 14+' m Li 14+' c Con: Zhang Z. (2/3) |
| Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Takashi Harada (Japan) |
Gold medal match
| 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. (2) 2' c, 11' m Kwak 5' c Lee M. 15' c Con: Yun (3/4) |
| Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Tobi Lothian (Great Britain) |
Final standing
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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South Korea | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
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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 |