Afghanistan national rugby sevens team is a rugby sevens team that represents Afghanistan. The national team played their first international tournament at the

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where they just missed out on qualifying through to the quarter finals.

History

Afghanistan's first appearance at an tournament was the 2018 Asian Games held in Indonesia with a team that was full of Afghan expatriates. They would only record the one win in the tournament against the United Arab Emirates finishing ninth of the twelve teams competing. With the focus being on rugby sevens they competed in the

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where the team seventh of eleven teams with a single win over Bangladesh

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Asian Games

References

{{National rugby union teams (sevens) Rugby union in Afghanistan National rugby sevens teams National sports teams of Afghanistan