Rugby sevens at the 2006 Asian Games

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

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
  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

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

Squads
 China  Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  India
  • He Zhongliang
  • Wang Jiacheng
  • Sun Tao
  • Xu Hui
  • Zhang Zhiqiang
  • Yuan Feng
  • Li Yang
  • Wang Chongyi
  • Lu Zhuan
  • Jiang Xuming
  • Zhang Heng
  • Liu Kai
  • Wu Chih-wei
  • Chen Wen-yen
  • Ku Chao-hung
  • Sun Cheng-yen
  • Pan Chih-ming
  • Wang Kuo-feng
  • Chang Wei-cheng
  • Tung Yuan-hsiang
  • Chen Chih-fei
  • Wang Ju-an
  • Wang Jen-hsi
  • Huang Han-yang
  • Mark Wright
  • Tsang Hing Hung
  • Yuen Kin Ho
  • Li Chi Yung
  • Kenzo Pannell
  • Ricky Cheuk
  • Alex Gibbs
  • Rowan Varty
  • Jeff Wong
  • Keith Robertson
  • Fan Shun Kei
  • Anthony Haynes
  • Hrishikesh Pendse
  • Amit Lochab
  • Mufaddal Indorewala
  • Pritom Roy
  • Sujai Lama
  • Puneet Krishnamurthy
  • Shailesh Devrukhkar
  • Sendil Kumar
  • Nasser Hussain
  • Bikash Jena
  • Ganesh Sawant
  • Sheikh Saidul
 Japan  Qatar  South Korea  Sri Lanka
  • Takeshi Fujiwara
  • Eiji Yamamoto
  • Yuki Okuzono
  • Yusaku Kuwazuru
  • Hiroki Yoshida
  • Takashi Sato
  • Takashi Suzuki
  • Yusuke Kobuki
  • Masahiro Tsuiki
  • Akihito Yamada
  • Hiroki Yamazaki
  • Yohei Shinomiya
  • Adel Al-Kathiri
  • Nasser Al-Remaihi
  • Ibrahim Al-Naser
  • Fahid Al-Hamad
  • Abdulaziz Al-Dosari
  • Saleh Al-Sheeb
  • Waleed Al-Maslamani
  • Mohammad Majid Malki
  • Abdulkarem Al-Muhannadi
  • Adnan Abdulla Ali
  • Ali Al-Hitmi
  • Saleh Al-Kuwari
  • 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
  • Anuradha Dharmathilake
  • Chamara Withanage
  • Sajith Mallikarachchi
  • Amjad Buksh
  • Saliya Kumara
  • Fazil Marija
  • Sanjeewa Jayasinghe
  • Dilanka Wijesekara
  • Lalindra Rodrigo
  • Nalaka Weerakkody
  • Ashan Karthelis
  • Ashan de Costa
 Thailand
  • Sayan Kaewmoolmuk
  • Somsak Mitlux
  • Sarayuth Thiengtrong
  • Korrapong Wongsalangkarn
  • Pichit Yingcharoen
  • Tosaporn Mitrak
  • Nantawat Wongwanichslip
  • Patcharapong Samaksaman
  • Warongkorn Khamkoet
  • Kitti Wangkanai
  • Khanthipong Meepin
  • Tanyavit Kuasint

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
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

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

Classification 8th–9th

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

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

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 10' c
Varty 12' c
Wong 14' c
Con: Pannell (5/5)
Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Shi Yongjin (China)

Final round

 
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

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan 4 4 0 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 4 3 0 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

  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.
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