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Rugby sevens at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Grand Hamad Stadium
Dates	10–11 December 2006
Competitors	108 from 9 nations
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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

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Japan Takeshi Fujiwara Eiji Yamamoto Yuki Okuzono Yusaku Kuwazuru Hiroki Yoshida Takashi Sato Takashi Suzuki Yusuke Kobuki Masahiro Tsuiki Akihito Yamada Hiroki Yamazaki Yohei Shinomiya	South Korea 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	China 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. 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.

Rank	Team
1	Hong Kong
2	Malaysia
3	Kazakhstan
4	Singapore

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

Draw

Squads

China	Chinese Taipei	Hong Kong	India
He Zhongliang Wang Jiacheng Sun Tao Xu Hui Zhang Zhiqiang Yuan Feng Li Yang Wang Chongyi Lu Zhuan Jiang Xuming Zhang Heng Liu Kai	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	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	Hrishikesh Pendse Amit Lochab Mufaddal Indorewala Pritom Roy Sujai Lama Puneet Krishnamurthy Shailesh Devrukhkar Sendil Kumar Nasser Hussain Bikash Jena Ganesh Sawant Sheikh Saidul
Japan	Qatar	South Korea	Sri Lanka
Takeshi Fujiwara Eiji Yamamoto Yuki Okuzono Yusaku Kuwazuru Hiroki Yoshida Takashi Sato Takashi Suzuki Yusuke Kobuki Masahiro Tsuiki Akihito Yamada Hiroki Yamazaki Yohei Shinomiya	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	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	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
Thailand
Sayan Kaewmoolmuk Somsak Mitlux Sarayuth Thiengtrong Korrapong Wongsalangkarn Pichit Yingcharoen Tosaporn Mitrak Nantawat Wongwanichslip Patcharapong Samaksaman Warongkorn Khamkoet Kitti Wangkanai Khanthipong Meepin Tanyavit Kuasint

Results

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	0	63	7	+56	6	Semifinals
2	Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	33	42	−9	4	Classification 5th–6th
3	Thailand	2	0	0	2	21	68	−47	2	Classification 7th–9th

South Korea	21–7	Hong Kong
Try: Yun H.S. 6' c Chun J.M. (2) 10' c, 14' c Con: Yun H.S. (3/3)		Try: Wright 7+' c Con: Pannell (1/1)

Thailand	21–26	Hong Kong
Try: Wongsalangkarn 1' c Wongwanichslip (2) 8' c, 14+' c Con: Wongwanichslip (3/3)		Try: Wright 4' c Robertson 7+' c Varty 11' m Cheuk 14+' c Con: Pannell (3/4)

South Korea	42–0	Thailand
Try: Chun J.M. (3) 2' c, 5' c, 10' c Kim H.K. 3' c Youn K.W. 7' c Lee K.M. 14' c Con: Chun J.M. (3/3) Yun H.S. (3/3)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	0	72	5	+67	6	Semifinals
2	Sri Lanka	2	1	0	1	53	31	+22	4	Classification 5th–6th
3	India	2	0	0	2	0	89	−89	2	Classification 7th–9th

China	41–0	India
Try: Li Y. (3) 1' c, 10' c, 11' m Lu Z. (2) 3' m, 14+' m Sun T. 7' c Xu H. 13' m Con: Zhang Z.Q. (2/4) Sun T. (1/2) Li Y. (0/1)

Sri Lanka	48–0	India
Try: Jayasinghe (3) 3' c, 6' m, 9' c Marija 7+' m Weerakkody (2) 9' m, 13' c de Costa (2) 10' c, 14' m Con: Marija (1/2) Weerakkody (2/4) de Costa (1/1)

China	31–5	Sri Lanka
Try: Sun T. 4' m Li Y. 6' m He Z.L. 9' c Lu Z. (2) 12' c, 14' c Con: Zhang Z.Q. (3/5)		Try: Buksh 4' m Con: Buksh (0/1)

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	82	7	+75	6	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	0	1	89	24	+65	4
3	Qatar	2	0	0	2	0	140	−140	2	Classification 7th–9th

Chinese Taipei	82–0	Qatar
Try: Chen W.Y. 1' c Wang J.A. 2' c Wu C.W. (2) 3' c, 7+' c Wang K.F. (2) 4' c, 11' c Pan C.M. (3) 5' c, 6' c, 13' c Chang W.C. 9' c Wang J.H. 14' m Huang H.Y. 14+' c Con: Chang W.C. (11/12)

Japan	58–0	Qatar
Try: Yamada (5) 1' m, 4' m, 6' m, 10' m, 12' m Kobuki 4' c Suzuki (2) 7+' m, 9' c Tsuiki 10' c Fujiwara 14' c Con: Yoshida (2/6) Kobuki (2/3) Sato (0/1)

Chinese Taipei	7–24	Japan
Try: Chen W.Y. 7' c Con: Chang W.C. (1/1)		Try: Tsuiki 4' m Kuwazuru 10' c Fujiwara 13' m Yoshida 14+' c Con: Yoshida (2/4)

Summary

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	82	7	+75	6	Semifinals
2	China	2	2	0	0	72	5	+67	6
3	South Korea	2	2	0	0	63	7	+56	6
4	Chinese Taipei	2	1	0	1	89	24	+65	4
5	Sri Lanka	2	1	0	1	53	31	+22	4	Classification 5th–6th
6	Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	33	42	−9	4
7	Thailand	2	0	0	2	21	68	−47	2	Classification 7th–9th
8	India	2	0	0	2	0	89	−89	2
9	Qatar	2	0	0	2	0	140	−140	2

Classification 7th–9th

	Classification 8th–9th				Classification 7th–8th
					11 December
					Thailand	29
	11 December
					India	0
	India	17
	Qatar	5

Classification 8th–9th

India	17–5	Qatar
Try: Krishnamurthy 3' c Hussain 9' m Jena 11' m Con: Hussain (1/3)		Try: Al-Muhannadi 7' m Con: Al-Sheeb (0/1)

Classification 7th–8th

Thailand	29–0	India
Try: Wongwanichslip (4) 3' m, 6' m, 8' c, 12' m Wangkanai 4' c Con: Wongwanichslip (2/5)

Classification 5th–6th

Sri Lanka	5–35	Hong Kong
Try: Jayasinghe 14+' m Con: Kumara (0/1)		Try: Wright 6' c Robertson 7+' c Tsang H.H. 10' c Varty 12' c Wong 14' c Con: Pannell (5/5)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	11 December
	Japan	22
					11 December
	Chinese Taipei	7
					Japan	27
	11 December
					South Korea	26
	China	5
	South Korea	19
					Bronze medal match
					11 December
					Chinese Taipei	12
					China	19

Semifinals

Japan	22–7	Chinese Taipei
Try: Yoshida 4' m Suzuki (2) 7+' m, 10' c Sato 13' m Con: Yoshida (1/3) Kobuki (0/1)		Try: Wang K.F. 14+' c Con: Chang W.C. (1/1)

China	5–19	South Korea
Try: Wang C.Y. 13' m Con: Zhang Z.Q. (0/1)		Try: Lee K.M. 2' m Yang Y.H. 10' c Kwak C.W. 14+' c Con: Yun H.S. (2/3)

Bronze medal match

Chinese Taipei	12–19	China
Try: Tung Y.H. 6' m Pan C.M. 13' c Con: Chang W.C. (0/1) Wang K.F. (1/1)		Try: Wang J.C. 3' c Zhang Z.Q. 14+' m Li Y. 14+' c Con: Zhang Z.Q. (2/3)

Gold medal match

Japan	27–26	South Korea
Try: Yamamoto 7' m Yoshida 10+' m Yamada (2) 13' c, 20+' m Tsuiki 20' m Con: Yoshida (1/5)		Try: Kim J.S. (2) 2' c, 11' m Kwak C.W. 5' c Lee M.G. 15' c Con: Yun H.S. (3/4)

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	Japan	4	4	0	0
	South Korea	4	3	0	1
	China	4	3	0	1
4	Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	3
5	Hong Kong	3	2	0	1
6	Sri Lanka	3	1	0	2
7	Thailand	3	1	0	2
8	India	4	1	0	3
9	Qatar	3	0	0	3

References

1. "News of Asian Games qualifier takes HK by surprise". South China Morning Post. 10 May 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
2. "HK seal Doha trip in style". South China Morning Post. 5 February 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
3. "Hong Kong win Asian Games spot". International Rugby Board. 4 February 2006. Archived from the original on October 24, 2006. Retrieved 25 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

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