The 2003 Hong Kong Women's Sevens was the sixth edition of the tournament and occurred on the 27th and 28 March 2003.
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
made their first international appearance since 1997;
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
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Kyrgyzstan and
Uzbekistan made their international debut.
Aotearoa Maori New Zealand defeated England to win the tournament.
Tournament format
Ten teams competed in a separate tournament for the Asia Champions Cup on 27 March 2003, with four teams progressing to the main Hong Kong Women's Sevens tournament Cup quarterfinals.
They joined England, Aotearoa Maori New Zealand, USA, and Fiji.
In the Asia Champions Cup, teams in 3rd, 4th and 5th split into two groups. The placings in these groups then played off in three finals, for 9th, 7th and 5th, the latter referred to as the Asia D Cup. Additionally the best two to progress to Hong Kong also played off for the Asia C Cup.
Asia Champions Cup
Group stage
Pool A
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Pool B
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Classification stage
Group A
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Group B
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Finals
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= 7th place
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= Asia D Cup (5th place)
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= Asia C Cup
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Hong Kong Sevens (Main Tournament)
Group stage
Finals
Cup and Plate Final
Bowl and Shield Final
Notes
References
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