Rugby sevens was contested by nine teams at the
2006 Asian Games
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in
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Qatar
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on December 10 and 11. All games played at the Grand Hamad Stadium.
Schedule
Medalists
Qualification
As a limited number of teams could enter, The
Asian Rugby Football Union
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announced 2005
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as the qualification event for the eight-team tournament. But later, they changed the decision and picked host nation Qatar and top 6 teams from
2002 edition, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Japan, China and Sri Lanka. For the last spot a qualification tournament was held in
Hong Kong
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on 4 February 2006.
Later they added India to the competition to make it a nine-team tournament.
Draw
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Squads
Results
All times are Arabia Standard Time ( UTC+03:00)
Preliminary round
Pool A
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Summary
Classification 7th–9th
Classification 8th–9th
Classification 7th–8th
Classification 5th–6th
Final round
Semifinals
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Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
References
External links
Official website
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rugby union
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2006
2006 rugby sevens competitions
International rugby union competitions hosted by Qatar
2006 in Asian rugby union