Rugby sevens at the 2006 Asian Games explained

Event:	Rugby sevens
Games:	2006 Asian Games
Venue:	Grand Hamad Stadium
Dates:	10–11 December 2006
Competitors:	108
Nations:	9
Prev:	2002
Next:	2010

Rugby sevens was contested by nine teams at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar on December 10 and 11. All games played at the Grand Hamad Stadium.

Schedule

P	Preliminary round	½	Semifinals	F	Finals

Event↓/Date →	10th Sun	11th Mon
	P	½	F

Medalists

Men

Takeshi Fujiwara
Eiji Yamamoto
Yuki Okuzono
Yusaku Kuwazuru
Hiroki Yoshida
Takashi Sato
Takashi Suzuki
Yusuke Kobuki
Masahiro Tsuiki
Akihito Yamada
Hiroki Yamazaki
Yohei Shinomiya

Lee Kwang-moon
Yoo Min-hyung
Youn Kwon-woo
Yang Young-hun
Yun Hi-su
Kim Hyung-ki
Chae Jae-young
Kim Jong-su
Kwak Chul-woong
Chun Jong-man
You Young-nam
Lee Myung-geun

He Zhongliang
Wang Jiacheng
Sun Tao
Xu Hui
Zhang Zhiqiang
Yuan Feng
Li Yang
Wang Chongyi
Lu Zhuan
Jiang Xuming
Zhang Heng
Liu Kai

Qualification

As a limited number of teams could enter, The Asian Rugby Football Union announced 2005 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's as the qualification event for the eight-team tournament.^[1] But later, they changed the decision and picked host nation Qatar and top 6 teams from 2002 edition, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Japan, China and Sri Lanka. For the last spot a qualification tournament was held in Hong Kong on 4 February 2006.^[2] ^[3]

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1
2
3
4

Later they added India to the competition to make it a nine-team tournament.

Draw

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Squads


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valign=top	He Zhongliang Wang Jiacheng Sun Tao Xu Hui Zhang Zhiqiang Yuan Feng Li Yang Wang Chongyi Lu Zhuan Jiang Xuming Zhang Heng Liu Kai	valign=top	Wu Chih-wei Chen Wen-yen Ku Chao-hung Sun Cheng-yen Pan Chih-ming Wang Kuo-feng Chang Wei-cheng Tung Yuan-hsiang Chen Chih-fei Wang Ju-an Wang Jen-hsi Huang Han-yang	valign=top	Mark Wright Tsang Hing Hung Yuen Kin Ho Li Chi Yung Kenzo Pannell Ricky Cheuk Alex Gibbs Rowan Varty Jeff Wong Keith Robertson Fan Shun Kei Anthony Haynes	valign=top	Hrishikesh Pendse Amit Lochab Mufaddal Indorewala Pritom Roy Sujai Lama Puneet Krishnamurthy Shailesh Devrukhkar Sendil Kumar Nasser Hussain Bikash Jena Ganesh Sawant Sheikh Saidul
valign=top	Takeshi Fujiwara Eiji Yamamoto Yuki Okuzono Yusaku Kuwazuru Hiroki Yoshida Takashi Sato Takashi Suzuki Yusuke Kobuki Masahiro Tsuiki Akihito Yamada Hiroki Yamazaki Yohei Shinomiya	valign=top	Adel Al-Kathiri Nasser Al-Remaihi Ibrahim Al-Naser Fahid Al-Hamad Abdulaziz Al-Dosari Saleh Al-Sheeb Waleed Al-Maslamani Mohammad Majid Malki Abdulkarem Al-Muhannadi Adnan Abdulla Ali Ali Al-Hitmi Saleh Al-Kuwari	valign=top	Lee Kwang-moon Yoo Min-hyung Youn Kwon-woo Yang Young-hun Yun Hi-su Kim Hyung-ki Chae Jae-young Kim Jong-su Kwak Chul-woong Chun Jong-man You Young-nam Lee Myung-geun	valign=top	Anuradha Dharmathilake Chamara Withanage Sajith Mallikarachchi Amjad Buksh Saliya Kumara Fazil Marija Sanjeewa Jayasinghe Dilanka Wijesekara Lalindra Rodrigo Nalaka Weerakkody Ashan Karthelis Ashan de Costa

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Results

All times are Arabia Standard Time

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Summary

Classification 7th–9th

Classification 7th–8th

Final round

Semifinals

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Gold medal match

Final standing

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		4	4	0	0
		4	3	0	1
		4	3	0	1
4		4	1	0	3
5		3	2	0	1
6		3	1	0	2
7		3	1	0	2
8		4	1	0	3
9		3	0	0	3

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: News of Asian Games qualifier takes HK by surprise. 10 May 2005. South China Morning Post. 25 December 2013.
Web site: HK seal Doha trip in style. 5 February 2006. South China Morning Post. 25 December 2013.
Web site: Hong Kong win Asian Games spot . 4 February 2006 . . 25 December 2013 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20061024231731/http://www.irbsevens.com/News/Multisport+Games/060206+SL+HK+asia+games.htm . October 24, 2006 .