The 2016 Asia Rugby Sevens Series is the eighth edition of Asia's continental sevens tournament. It was played over three legs hosted in

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, and Sri Lanka. The top two teams besides Japan qualifying for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens for a chance to win a place as a

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core team. The size of the series has been reduced from twelve teams in 2015 to eight teams in 2016. The Asia Rugby Development Sevens Series, held over two legs in

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and the

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, served as a qualifier, with the winner qualifying for the main series.

Teams

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Development series

Chennai leg

All matches were held at Nehru Jawaharlal Stadium in

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Pool A Pool B Knockout Stage 9th/10th Place Playoff Plate Cup

Al Ain leg

All matches were held at Al Ain Amblers RFC in Al Ain,

First Round Pool A Pool B Pool C Second Round Pool D Pool E Pool F Final Round Bowl Plate Cup

Final standings

Main series

Hong Kong

All matches will be held at the

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium Hong Kong Football Club Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Happy Valley, Hong Kong inside the oval of Happy Valley Racecourse. The main pitch is used for football and rugby (union) matches, and there is an adjoining hockey pitch. ...

. All times are Hong Kong Time(

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) Pool A Pool B Plate Semifinals Cup Semifinals

Korea

All Matches will be held at

Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field (Hangul: 남동아시아드럭비경기장) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Incheon, South Korea. It is used for rugby and football matches, and is the home ground of the South Korea national rugby union t ...

. All times are

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(

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) Pool A Pool B Plate Semifinals Cup Semifinals

Colombo

All matches will be held at Race Course International Rugby Stadium. All times are

Sri Lanka Standard Time Sri Lanka Standard Time (SLST) ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සම්මත වේලාව , Shri Lankavay Sammatha Velava, ta, இலங்கை நியம நேரம்) is the time zone for Sri Lanka. It is 5 hours and 30 ...

( UTC+5:30) Pool A Pool B Plate Semifinals Cup Semifinals

Final standings

References

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