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. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
, and
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
.
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 Sevens Trophy 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. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. All times in
Korea Standard Time
South Korea has one time zone, Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00, UTC+9), which is abbreviated KST. South Korea currently does not observe daylight saving time.
From May 8 to October 9 in 1988, daylight saving time was tested to better accommodat ...
(
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 east-central 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, Hey ...
. All times in
China Standard Time
The time in China follows a single standard UTC offset, time offset of UTC+08:00, where Beijing is located, even though the country spans five geographical time zones. It is the largest sovereign nation in the world that officially observes only ...
(
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, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 within the municipal limits. It is the ...
. All times in
Sri Lanka Standard Time
Sri Lankan Standard Time (SLST) (, ) is the time zone for Sri Lanka. It is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT/ UTC ( UTC+05:30) as observed since 15 April 2006.
Sri Lanka does not currently observe daylight saving time.
History
On 15 Apri ...
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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
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
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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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