| Countries: | United Arab Emirates |
| Date: | 19–20 November 2021 |
| Matches: | 20 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Russell Webb (39 points) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Cado Lee Ka To (5 tries) |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2022 |
The 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series was a rugby sevens tournament held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in late November 2021. Following the cancellation of the 2020 series due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the twelfth edition of Asia's continental sevens circuit. The event acted as a qualifier for the 2022 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Chile and the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa. Hong Kong and South Korea qualified for both events.[1] [2]
Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series,[3] but all were eventually cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by two events in the United Arab Emirates.[4] [5] This was eventually changed again to a single sevens event held in Dubai.
See main article: 2021 Asia Rugby Sevens Series Trophy. Five teams from West Asia played in a qualification tournament over two days to make up the eighth place at the Asia Rugby Sevens Series. The event was played as a round-robin and knockout, hosted by Qatar. Previous attendees United Arab Emirates won the tournament on 9 October.[6] [7]
There were eight teams competing in the tournament, which only had one change from the previous one (2019):
| Team | Qualification | |||||||||
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 12 | +85 | 9 | Advance to Cup playoffs | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 21 | +72 | 7 | Advance to Cup playoffs | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 87 | –68 | 5 | Advance to Plate playoffs | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 113 | –89 | 3 | Advance to Plate playoffs |
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| Team | Qualification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 33 | +51 | 9 | Advance to Cup playoffs | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 7 | Advance to Cup playoffs | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 63 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Plate playoffs | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 92 | –71 | 3 | Advance to Plate playoffs |
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Semi-finals
Seventh place
Fifth place
Semi-finals
Third place
Final
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