The 2015 Asian Sevens Series was the seventh

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held by

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. The winner and runner-up of the competition gaining entry into the World Series qualifying tournament (to become a core team in 2017) at the

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. The first leg of the 2015 Asian Sevens Series was held at the Tiantai Stadium in

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on 5 and 6 September. The biggest surprise of that tournament was that for the first time since 2011

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failed to make the finals, losing in the quarterfinals to the

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, 21–17. The Chinese were successful in the semi-finals defeating

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22–12 garnering their first cup final appearance against

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, who defeated

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by 21–5 in their semi-final. The Japanese went on to win the Cup final by defeating the Chinese by 28–12. In the Plate final Hong Kong defeated

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27–0 and in the Bowl final

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were successful against

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15–7. The second leg of the series was held in

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on 26 and 27 September. In this leg Japan, and South Korea, successfully made their way through the competition unbeaten. Japan coming from behind to win a tense encounter 24–19, against Hong Kong in the semi-final, scoring a golden try in sudden death extra-time. Japan then repeated their earlier result in Shanghai, easily winning the Cup 45–7 against South Korea. The Plate final was contested between UAE and China, with China securing the Plate with a 26–5 victory, whilst in the Bowl final

defeated the

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24–19. The last leg was held at the

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on 10 and 11 October. Japan booked their berth in the Cup final with a 31–5 victory over China in the quarter-final and a hard-fought 26–19 win over hosts Sri Lanka in the semi-final. Hong Kong beat Chinese Taipei 33–5 in their quarter-final before hammering

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38–7 in the semi-finals. Hong Kong’s path to the final was made easier by the shock loss of South Korea to Thailand in the preliminary rounds. Japan secured a clean sweep of the series winning their third Cup by defeating Hong Kong 29–22. South Korea won the Plate final, with a 17–10 victory over Chinese Taipei. The winner of the 2015 Asian Sevens Series was Japan, who won all three legs, the remaining places on the podium went to Hong Kong and South Korea, with their final position determined by the difference of points.

Teams

12 teams competed in the tournament. * * * * * * * * * * * *

Tour venues

China

The China 7s was held in

from September 5-6.

Pool stages

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

Knockout stages

Bowl Plate Cup

Thailand

The Thailand 7s was held in

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September 26-27.

Pool stages

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

Knockout stages

Bowl Plate Cup

Sri Lanka

The Sri Lanka 7s was held in

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from October 10-11. Kazakhstan withdrew from the tournament leaving only Hong Kong and China in pool C.

Pool stages

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

Knockout stages

Bottom 3 playoff * - 9th * - 10th * - 11th Plate Cup

Final standings

References

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