# Rugby sevens at the 2002 Asian Games – Men

The 2002 Men's Asian Games Rugby sevens Tournament was held in Ulsan Public Stadium from September 30 to October 1, 2002.

## Squads

| China | Chinese Taipei | Hong Kong | Japan |
| Deng Zhigang He Zhongliang Hu Ming Mi Peng Mu Hua Wu Zhenling Xu Hui Xu Hui Yuan Feng Zhang Dong Zhang Yang Zhang Zhiqiang | Chang Ching-fong Chen Chen-fu Chen Chi-chung Chen Wen-yen Huang Chen-hua Pan Chih-ming Sun Cheng-yen Tien Chung-i Wang Kuo-feng Wu Chih-hsien Wu Chih-wei Wu Shih-chieh | Dan Bailey Chan Fuk Ping Chan Wai Ping Ricky Cheuk Peter Choy Alex Gibbs Jung Ho Jung Lee Cheuk Yin Liu Kwok Leung Terence Ng Kelvin Yip Yong Chi Fung | Kensuke Iwabuchi Dai Katsuno Yoshiyuki Koike Koichi Kubo Ryohei Miki Takuro Miuchi Kenji Shomen Hiroyuki Tanuma Shinichi Tsukida Tetsuya Watanabe Eiji Yamamoto Takashi Yoshida |
| Malaysia | South Korea | Sri Lanka | Thailand |
| Zamri Abdul Kahar Khairul Azhar Syaiful Basyar Azuan Mohd Shahuddin Baharom Badrul Hisham Basri Nor Hazmin Chamili Mohd Fazarul Helmi Mazlan Ismail Lee Wei Ming Ahmad Farid Rahman Ahmad Faizal Salim Yusoff Shahrom | Choi Chang-yeul Chun Jong-man Kim Hyung-ki Kim Jae-sung Lee Jin-wook Lee Myung-geun Park Chang-min Park Jin-bae Park No-young Sung Hae-kyung Yong Hwan-myung Yoo Min-suk | Indrajith Bandaranayake Radhika Hettiarachchi Nilufer Ibrahim Milinda Jayasinghe Sumedha Jayasinghe Ravi Jayasuriya Herathge Karunaratne Kapila Knowlton Sajith Mallikarachchi Lakala Perera Nalaka Weerakkody Dilanka Wijesekera | Nattawut Aryuwan Paisak Chueakomhod Jintawat Jeepetch Sayan Kaewmoolmuk Tanyavit Kuasint Santi Meethavorn Nattawut Petcharawuthikri Chatree Phaksoontorn Sarayuth Thiengtrong Kitti Wangkanai Korapong Wongsalungkarn Nantawat Wongwanichslip |

## Results

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

### Preliminary
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 24 | +91 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 89 | −56 | 2 | Classification (5–6) |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 74 | −50 | 0 | |
* 30 September 12:00
| South Korea | 31–5 | Malaysia |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan
* 30 September 12:25
| Thailand | 26–7 | Sri Lanka |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan
* 30 September 13:40
| Malaysia | 5–24 | Thailand |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan
* 30 September 14:05
| South Korea | 49–7 | Sri Lanka |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan
* 30 September 15:20
| South Korea | 35–12 | Thailand |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan
* 30 September 15:45
| Malaysia | 14–19 | Sri Lanka |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 7 | +63 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 39 | +32 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 2 | Classification (5–6) |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 102 | −78 | 0 | |
* 30 September 12:50
| Japan | 19–7 | China |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan
* 30 September 13:15
| Hong Kong | 0–29 | Chinese Taipei |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan
* 30 September 14:30
| China | 28–14 | Hong Kong |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan
* 30 September 14:55
| Japan | 7–22 | Chinese Taipei |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan
* 30 September 16:10
| Japan | 45–10 | Hong Kong |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan
* 30 September 16:35
| China | 0–19 | Chinese Taipei |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan

### Classification (5–6)

* 1 October 15:00
| Sri Lanka | 14–24 | China |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 1 October | 1 October |
| South Korea | 24 |
| South Korea | 24 | 1 October | 1 October |
| Japan | 7 | 1 October | 1 October |
| Japan | 7 | South Korea | 33 |
| 1 October | 1 October | | South Korea | 33 |
| 1 October | 1 October | Chinese Taipei | 21 |
| Chinese Taipei | 19 | Chinese Taipei | 21 |
| Thailand | 0 | | |
| Thailand | 0 | Classification (3–4) | Classification (3–4) |
| | | 1 October | 1 October |
| | | Japan | 14 |
| | | Thailand | 17 |

#### Semifinals

* 1 October 14:00
| South Korea | 24–7 | Japan |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan
* 1 October 14:30
| Chinese Taipei | 19–0 | Thailand |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan

#### Classification (3–4)

* 1 October 16:00
| Japan | 14–17 | Thailand |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan

#### Final

* 1 October 16:30
| South Korea | 33–21 | Chinese Taipei |
* Public Stadium, Ulsan

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| | South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| | Thailand | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |