The 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the twentieth edition of Asia's
continental sevens tournament. The series was played over three legs in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, and
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 ...
.
The top three teams earned qualification to the
2020–21 World Series Qualifier for a chance to earn core team status for the following World Series.
Teams
The eight "core teams" qualified to participate in all series events for 2019 are:
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Malaysia was promoted to core team status after winning the 2018 SevensTrophy in Singapore, replacing South Korea who were relegated after finishing as the lowest-placed core team in 2018.
Tour venues
The official schedule for the 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series is:
Final standings
Tournaments
South Korea
The tournament was held 31 August – 1 September in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. All times in
Korea Standard Time
South Korea has one time zone, Korea Standard Time ( UTC+09:00), which is abbreviated KST. South Korea currently does not observe daylight saving time, but experimented with it during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
History
In 1434, inventor ...
(
UTC+09:00).
Pool stage
Pool C
Pool D
Knockout stage
Plate
Cup
China
The tournament was held 14–15 September in
Huizhou
Huizhou ( zh, c= ) is a city in central-east Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Heyua ...
. All times in
China Standard Time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing Tim ...
(
UTC+08:00).
Pool stage
Pool C
Pool D
Knockout stage
Plate
Cup
Sri Lanka
The tournament was held 28–29 September in
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
. All times in
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+05:30).
Pool stage
Pool C
Pool D
Knockout stage
Plate
Cup
Sevens Trophy
The Sevens Trophy tournament acts as a qualifier for the
2020 main series.
Teams
The nine teams participating in the 2019 tournament are:
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South Korea were relegated after finishing as the lowest-placed team in
2018 main series, replacing the 2018 Sevens Trophy winners Malaysia.
Venue
Final standings
See also
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2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
The 2019 Asia Rugby Sevens Series was the eleventh edition of Asia's continental sevens circuit. The lower-tier Trophy tournament, hosted in Indonesia, served as a qualifier, with the top team qualifying for the main series hosted in South Korea, ...
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2020 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
References
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2019 rugby sevens competitions
2019 in Asian rugby union
2019 in women's rugby union
International rugby union competitions hosted by South Korea
International rugby union competitions hosted by China
International rugby union competitions hosted by Sri Lanka
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