# 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships

The 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships is an Olympic qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics which was held in Hong Kong on 7–8 November 2015. It was originally planned to use the 2015 Asian Sevens Series for the qualification but as the series clashed with the 2015 Rugby World Cup hosted in England, it was decided to use one qualifying tournament (with a pre-qualifying round) for Asia.
The Preliminary round was held in Chennai, India on 7–8 March 2015.

## Pre-qualifying round
### Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Semifinals
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 34 | +53 | 12 |
| Iran | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 22 | +76 | 10 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 54 | +19 | 8 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 92 | –54 | 6 |
| Laos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 127 | –94 | 4 |
* 7 March 2015 11:00
| India | 17–15 | Iran |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
* 7 March 2015 12:00
| Uzbekistan | 24–7 | United Arab Emirates |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
* 7 March 2015 13:20
| India | 26–14 | Laos |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
* 7 March 2015 13:40
| Iran | 24–0 | United Arab Emirates |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
* 7 March 2015 16:00
| India | 32–0 | United Arab Emirates |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
* 7 March 2015 16:20
| Laos | 7–39 | Uzbekistan |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
* 7 March 2015 18:20
| India | 12–5 | Uzbekistan |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
* 7 March 2015 18:40
| Laos | 0–31 | Iran |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
* 8 March 2015 11:20
| Uzbekistan | 5–28 | Iran |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
* 8 March 2015 11:40
| United Arab Emirates | 31–12 | Laos |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

#### Semifinals

* 8 March 2015 14:00
| India | 17–5 | United Arab Emirates |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
* 8 March 2015 14:20
| Iran | 19–0 | Uzbekistan |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

#### Third Place Match

* 8 March 2015 16:15
| Uzbekistan | 10–7 | United Arab Emirates |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

#### Final

* 8 March 2015 17:30
| Iran | 17–12 | India |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

### Final standing

Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Olympic Qualifying round
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Iran |
| 2 | India |
| 3 | Uzbekistan |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates |
| 5 | Laos |

## Olympic qualifying round
### Teams

* China (Automatic qualifier)
* Chinese Taipei (Automatic qualifier)
* Hong Kong (Host Nation)
* Iran (Preliminary round qualifier)
* Japan (Automatic qualifier)
* Kazakhstan (Automatic qualifier) (withdrawn)
* Malaysia (Automatic qualifier)
* Philippines (Automatic qualifier)
* Singapore (Automatic qualifier)
* Sri Lanka (Automatic qualifier)
* South Korea (Automatic qualifier)
* Thailand (Automatic qualifier) (withdrawn)

### Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinals
* Teams that advance to the Plate Semifinals
* Teams that advance to 9th/10th place playoff
All match times are HKT (UTC+8).

#### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 0 | +183 | 12 |
| South Korea | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 69 | +19 | 10 |
| China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 53 | +33 | 8 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 141 | −122 | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 138 | −113 | 4 |
* 7 November 2015 09:00
| China | 22–0 | Singapore |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 09:22
| South Korea | 31–10 | Chinese Taipei |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 11:38
| Japan | 38–0 | Chinese Taipei |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 12:00
| South Korea | 19–14 | China |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 14:27
| China | 50–0 | Chinese Taipei |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 14:49
| Japan | 66–0 | Singapore |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 17:16
| Singapore | 19–15 | Chinese Taipei |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 17:38
| Japan | 45–0 | South Korea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 November 2015 10:24
| South Korea | 38–0 | Singapore |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 November 2015 10:46
| Japan | 34–0 | China |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 12 | +142 | 12 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 52 | +65 | 10 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 98 | –44 | 8 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 104 | –51 | 6 |
| Iran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 144 | –112 | 4 |
* 7 November 2015 9:44
| Malaysia | 15–10 | Philippines |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 10:06
| Sri Lanka | 31–10 | Iran |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 12:22
| Hong Kong | 46–0 | Iran |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 12:44
| Sri Lanka | 24–10 | Malaysia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 15:11
| Hong Kong | 29–0 | Philippines |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 15:33
| Malaysia | 29–12 | Iran |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 18:00
| Philippines | 38–10 | Iran |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 7 November 2015 18:22
| Hong Kong | 27–12 | Sri Lanka |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 November 2015 11:08
| Hong Kong | 52–0 | Malaysia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 November 2015 11:32
| Sri Lanka | 50–5 | Philippines |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

### Playoffs
#### 9th/10th Place Playoff

* 8 November 2015 15:22
| Chinese Taipei | 22–5 | Iran |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Plate Semifinals

* 8 November 2015 13:54
| China | 26–15 | Philippines |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 November 2015 14:16
| Singapore | 10–31 | Malaysia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### 7th/8th Place Playoff

* 8 November 2015 16:38
| Philippines | 24–12 | Singapore |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Plate Final

* 8 November 2015 17:00
| China | 38–5 | Malaysia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Cup Semifinal

* 8 November 2015 14:38
| Japan | 43–0 | Sri Lanka |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 8 November 2015 15:00
| South Korea | 10–19 | Hong Kong |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### 3rd/4th Place Playoff

* 8 November 2015 17:22
| Sri Lanka | 21–26 | South Korea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

#### Cup Final

* 8 November 2015 18:20
| Hong Kong | 10–24 | Japan |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

## Final standings

* Legend
* In qualification position for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
* In qualification position for the Final 2016 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament.
| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | Hong Kong |
| | South Korea |
| 4 | Sri Lanka |
| 5 | China |
| 6 | Malaysia |
| 7 | Philippines |
| 8 | Singapore |
| 9 | Chinese Taipei |
| 10 | Iran |