2008 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship explained

2008 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship
Countries:	Qatar
Date:	4−5 October 2008
Matches:	17
Prevseason:	2007
Nextseason:	2009

The 2008 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship was the tournaments ninth edition and was held in Hong Kong on 4−5 October.^[1] The tournament also served as a regional qualifier for the first-ever Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2009.^{[2] [3]} Nine teams competed for the three allotted World Cup spots, finalists Japan and Thailand were joined by third-place China.^[4]

Tournament

Pool Stage

Legend
Advances to Cup tournament
Advances to Plate tournament
Ninth Place

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
	2	2	0	0	30	5	+25	6
	2	1	0	1	17	15	+2	4
	2	0	0	2	5	32	–27	2

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Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
	2	2	0	0	92	7	+85	6
Arabian Gulf	2	1	0	1	34	69	–35	4
	2	0	0	2	17	67	–50	2

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Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
	2	2	0	0	36	15	+21	6
	2	1	0	1	37	12	+25	4
	2	0	0	2	5	51	–46	2

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Playoff

Plate

Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2008-07-28 . Samoa and Australia join RWC Sevens . 2024-01-12 . PlanetRugby . en.
2. Web site: IRB news - confirmation of dates and teams . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081204102526/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/sevens/newsid=52906.html . 2008-12-04 . 2008-12-09.
3. Web site: 2008-10-05 . Japan and Hong Kong book passage to RWC Sevens . 2024-01-12 . ESPN.com . en.
4. Web site: Japan leads Asia to World Cup Sevens. irb.com. 5 October 2008. 2 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20081009031822/http://www.irb.com/rwcsevens/news/newsid=2027110.html#japan+leads+asia+world+cup+sevens. 9 October 2008. dead.