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

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
2200305+256
21011715+24
2002532–272

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Pool B

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
2200927+856
Arabian Gulf21013469–354
20021767–502

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Pool C

TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts
22003615+216
21013712+254
2002551–462

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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.