Rugby union has been played at the Asian Games since the 1998 games in Bangkok, Thailand. In the 1998 and 2002 editions of the games, both the usual fifteen-a-side variety and rugby sevens were played, but from 2006 onwards, only rugby sevens was retained. In 2010, the women's rugby sevens event was introduced. The event is likely to remain a permanent fixture of the Asian Games due to elevation of rugby sevens as an Olympic sport from the 2016 Olympics onwards.[1]
| Year | Host | width=1% rowspan=4 | Final | width=1% rowspan=4 | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | Winner | width=8% | Score | width=15% | Runner-up | width=15% | 3rd place | width=8% | Score | width=15% | 4th place |
| 1998 |  Bangkok | 21–17 | 38–20 | ||||||||
| 2002 |  Busan | ||||||||||
| Year | Host | width=1% rowspan=9 | Final | width=1% rowspan=9 | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | Winner | width=8% | Score | width=15% | Runner-up | width=15% | 3rd place | width=8% | Score | width=15% | 4th place |
| 1998 | Bangkok | 29–14 | 19–5 | ||||||||
| 2002 | Busan | 33–21 | 17–14 | ||||||||
| 2006 |  Doha | 27–26 | 19–12 | ||||||||
| 2010 |  Guangzhou | 28–21 | 21–14 | ||||||||
| 2014 | Incheon | 24–12 | 17–14 | ||||||||
| 2018 | Jakarta–Palembang | 14–0 | 36–14 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Hangzhou | 14–7 | 21–19 | ||||||||
| Year | Host | width=1% rowspan=6 | Final | width=1% rowspan=6 | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | Winner | width=8% | Score | width=15% | Runner-up | width=15% | 3rd place | width=8% | Score | width=15% | 4th place |
| 2010 | Guangzhou | 17–14 | 17–12 aet | ||||||||
| 2014 | Incheon | 14–12 | 12–0 | ||||||||
| 2018 | Jakarta–Palembang | 7–5 | 29–7 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Hangzhou | 22–21 | 7–5 | ||||||||
| width=170 | Team | width=25 | 1998 ! | width=25 | 2002 ! | width=40 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 3rd | 2 | |||||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 2 | |||
| 5th | 1 | ||||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 2 | |||
| 4th | 4th | 2 | |||||
| 5th | 1 | ||||||
| Number of teams | 6 | 4 |
| width=170 | Team | width=25 | 1998 ! | width=25 | 2002 ! | width=25 | 2006 ! | width=25 | 2010 ! | width=25 | 2014 ! | width=25 | 2018 ! | width=25 | 2022 ! | width=40 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th | 12th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 5th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4th | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5th | 7th | 5th | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 7 | ||||||
| 10th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8th | 7th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 11th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4th | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 3rd | 7 | |||||
| 6th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 6th | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 9th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11th | 10th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 5th | 9th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 9th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 7 | ||||||
| 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 4th | DQ | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 11th | 7 | ||||||||||
| 12th | 5th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Number of teams | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| width=170 | Team | width=25 | 2010 ! | width=25 | 2014 ! | width=25 | 2018 ! | width=25 | 2022 ! | width=40 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 | |||
| 4th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 4 | |||||||
| 7th | 7th | 2 | |||||||||
| 8th | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5th | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 | ||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4 | ||||||
| 10th | 1 | ||||||||||
| 8th | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 4 | |||||||
| 8th | 9th | 7th | 3 | ||||||||
| 3rd | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4 | |||||||
| 7th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Number of teams | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 |