Rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games
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| Venue | Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field |
| Dates | 30 August – 1 September 2018 |
| Competitors | 239 from 13 nations |
Rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games was held over three days from 30 August to 1 September 2018.[1] This was the sixth appearance of rugby sevens at the Asian Games.[2] The Games was planned to be held at the Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Bekasi but then moved to Rugby Field inside the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex.[3]
Schedule
| P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 30th Thu | 31st Fri | 1st Sat | ||
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| Men | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F |
| Women | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men |  Hong KongLee Jones Michael Coverdale Max Woodward Liam Herbert Jamie Hood Hugo Stiles Alessandro Nardoni Max Denmark Ben Rimene Eric Kwok Cado Lee Salom Yiu |  JapanLote Tuqiri Tevita Tupou Taisei Hayashi Rikiya Oishi Kameli Soejima Dai Ozawa Katsuyuki Sakai Keisuke Shin Ryota Kano Kosuke Hashino Chihito Matsui Naoki Motomura |  South KoreaHan Kun-kyu Kim Jeong-min Kim Hyun-soo Chang Yong-heung Lee Jae-bok Kim Nam-uk Jang Jeong-min Hwang In-jo Jang Seong-min Kim Jin-hyeok Kim Gwong-min Kim Sung-soo |
| Women | Japan Chiharu Nakamura Noriko Taniguchi Raichel Bativakalolo Yume Okuroda Fumiko Otake Riho Kurogi Tomomi Kozasa Iroha Nagata Yukari Tateyama Yume Hirano Ano Kuwai Emii Tanaka |  ChinaLu Yuanyuan Yang Min Chen Ming Hu Yu Yan Meiling Wang Wanyu Chen Keyi Liu Xiaoqian Yu Xiaoming Yu Liping Gao Yueying Sun Caihong |  KazakhstanVeronika Stepanyuga Nigora Nurmatova Karina Proskurina Yeva Bekker Vlada Odnoletok Olessya Teryayeva Kundyzay Baktybayeva Anna Yakovleva Svetlana Klyuchnikova Balzhan Koishybayeva Darya Tkachyova Lyudmila Korotkikh |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Draw
The draw for the competition was done at the JS Luwansa Hotel, Jakarta on 5 July 2018. The draw was conducted by Indonesian Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC) in the presence of general manager Asia Rugby.[4]
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Final standing
Men
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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 | Hong Kong | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
 | Japan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
 | South Korea | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Sri Lanka | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Malaysia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | China | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Chinese Taipei | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 |  Thailand | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | .svg.png){kind=small} Afghanistan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Pakistan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 |  Indonesia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 |  United Arab Emirates | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Women
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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| | Japan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | China | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| | Kazakhstan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Thailand | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Singapore | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | South Korea | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
References
- ^ "Rugby Sports Technical Handbook" (PDF). Indonesia Asian Games 2018 Organizing Committee. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Rugby 7s included in the 18th ASIAN GAMES, JAKARTA-PALEMBANG-2018". Asia Rugby. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Majid, Abdul; Bramantoro, Toni (5 April 2018). "Venue Rugby Sevens Kembali ke Gelora Bung Karno" (in Indonesian). Tribunnews.com. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Asian Games Rugby 7s Pool Drawing". Persatuan Rugby Union Indonesia. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
