China women's national rugby sevens team explained

Country:China
Union:Chinese Rugby Football Association
Coach:Lu Zhuan
Sevens:yes
World Cup Apps:4
Year:2009
Best:9th (2009)

The Chinese women's national sevens rugby union team represents China in Rugby sevens at an international level. They have competed in the Rugby World Cup Sevens since the women's inaugural tournament in 2009, and have also competed at the Summer Olympics, making their debut in Tokyo in 2020.

History

China were the 2014 Asian women's sevens champions.[1] They qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens after finishing the 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series in second place, they placed 12th overall at the World Cup.[2]

China qualified for the 2020 Olympics at the 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[3]

2024

In 2024, they participated in the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series; they won the first round of the series which took place in Dubai.[4] [5] They also won the second leg that was held in Montevideo, Uruguay in March.[6] China was crowned 2024 Sevens Challenger Series Champions after winning the final leg in Kraków; they secured their place at the new SVNS Play-off promotion and relegation competition in Madrid.[7] [8]

Tournament history

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens
YearRoundPosition
2009Bowl Winners9th6420
2013Bowl Semifinalists11th5140
2018Challenge Trophy Semifinalists12th4130
202213th-place Final13th4220
Total0 Titles4/4198110

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games record
YearRoundPosition
2016Did not qualify
7th place match 7th 6 2 4 0
20245th place match6th6240
Total0 Titles2/312480

Results

  1. 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
  2. 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
  3. 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  4. 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  5. 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  6. 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  7. 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  8. 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  9. 2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  10. 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  11. 2023–24 SVNS

Asian Games

Asian Games
YearRoundPosition
2010Final6510
2014Final6600
2018Final6510
2022Final4400
Total2 Title4/422 20 2 0

Players

Current squad

China's squad to the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series:[9]

No.Players
2Yan Meiling
5Gu Yaoyao
7Chen Keyi
11Liu Xiaoqian
12Yu Hu
15Dou Xinrong
16Sun Yue
17Gao Yueying
18Su Qi
23Kang Chengtian
28Ma Xiaodan
30Wang Zhaojing

Previous squads

References

  1. Web site: News. 2021-03-20. Scrum Queens. en.
  2. Web site: 2018-07-22. Chinese women's team "achieves goals" at 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens - Xinhua English.news.cn. dead. 2021-10-25. www.xinhuanet.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20180722144849/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/22/c_137341449.htm . 2018-07-22 .
  3. Web site: November 10, 2019. China women qualify for Tokyo 2020. live. March 21, 2021. World Rugby. https://web.archive.org/web/20191111125838/https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/539385?lang=en . 2019-11-11 .
  4. Web site: 2024-01-14 . China and Kenya celebrate Challenger 2024 success in Dubai . 2024-01-15 . www.world.rugby.
  5. Web site: Constable . Grant . 2024-01-14 . Kenya and China score brilliant tries to win HSBC Sevens Challenger . 2024-01-15 . amp.rugbypass.com . en.
  6. Web site: 2024-03-10 . Hosts Uruguay, China celebrate Challenger Series success in Montevideo . 2024-03-14 . www.world.rugby.
  7. Web site: 2024-05-19 . China women and Uruguay men win World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 . 2024-05-31 . www.world.rugby.
  8. Web site: 2024-05-19 . China claim third Challenger title as Madrid tickets handed out . 2024-05-31 . www.world.rugby.
  9. Web site: 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series Women's squads . 2024-01-17 . resources.worldrugby-rims.pulselive.com . 3.