The 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series was hosted as two tournament events in the

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in late November 2021. Following the cancellation of the 2020 series due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the twelfth edition of Asia's continental sevens circuit. The first leg of the tournament was a qualifier for the

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. Japan and China qualified for the World Cup. The lower-tier Trophy tournaments, hosted in

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and

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served as qualifiers, with the winners eligible to compete in the main series.

Teams

8 teams competed in the main series. * * * * * * * *

Schedule

Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series, but all were eventually cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by two events in the United Arab Emirates. The official schedule for the 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series is:

Standings

Tournaments

Dubai

The Tournament was held from the 19 to 20 November in Dubai.

Pool stage

Knockout stage

Plate Cup

Trophy

The women's trophy events were supposed to be held in three places. The Trophy events scheduled for Central and South Asia, and, East and South East Asia appear to have been cancelled.

Trophy West Asia

Round-robin ;Round 1 ;Round 2 ;Round 3 ;Round 4 ;Round 5

References

{{Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series Asia Rugby Women's Sevens 2021 rugby sevens competitions 2021 in Asian rugby union 2021 in Emirati sport Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Sports competitions in Dubai