# 2012 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship

The 2012 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship was the tournaments thirteenth edition and took place on 6 to 7 October 2012, at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, India. The tournament was a qualifier for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia, there were three available spots at stake. Fiji qualified for the World Cup as champions, along with China and Japan who finished second and third respectively.

## Teams

15 teams competed in the competition, with 14 teams coming from Asia and one from Oceania. Fiji had earned a place at the qualifier by way of finishing third at the 2012 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship in August.
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Fiji
* Hong Kong
* India
* Iran
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Malaysia
* Philippines
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates

## Pool stage
### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 5 | +63 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 4 |
| India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | –85 | 2 |
* 6 October 2012
| Hong Kong | 36–0 | India |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Japan | 49–0 | India |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Japan | 19–5 | Hong Kong |
* Pune

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 14 | +116 | 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 43 | +35 | 7 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 70 | –13 | 5 |
| South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 138 | –138 | 3 |
* 6 October 2012
| Chinese Taipei | 45–0 | South Korea |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Fiji | 44–7 | Sri Lanka |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Chinese Taipei | 26–7 | Sri Lanka |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Fiji | 50–0 | South Korea |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| South Korea | 0–43 | Sri Lanka |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Fiji | 36–7 | Chinese Taipei |
* Pune

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0 | +119 | 9 |
| Thailand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 48 | +28 | 7 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 67 | –20 | 5 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 134 | –127 | 3 |
* 6 October 2012
| Thailand | 45–0 | Malaysia |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| China | 29–0 | Philippines |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Thailand | 31–7 | Philippines |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| China | 49–0 | Malaysia |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Malaysia | 7–40 | Philippines |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| China | 41–0 | Thailand |
* Pune

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/– | Pts |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 0 | +108 | 9 |
| Singapore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 46 | –7 | 7 |
| Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 61 | –51 | 5 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 70 | –50 | 3 |
* 6 October 2012
| Singapore | 20–0 | Iran |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Kazakhstan | 41–0 | United Arab Emirates |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Singapore | 19–15 | United Arab Emirates |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Kazakhstan | 36–0 | Iran |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Iran | 10–5 | United Arab Emirates |
* Pune
* 6 October 2012
| Kazakhstan | 31–0 | Singapore |
* Pune
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## Knockout round
### Shield

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Shield | Shield |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| Malaysia | 12 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| United Arab Emirates | 17 | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| United Arab Emirates | 17 | United Arab Emirates | 24 |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | United Arab Emirates | 24 |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | South Korea | 0 |
| South Korea | BYE | South Korea | 0 |

### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Bowl | Bowl | | Final | Final |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | | |
| India | 5 | | | |
| India | 5 | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | |
| Malaysia | 0 | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | |
| Malaysia | 0 | India | 0 | |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | India | 0 | |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | Sri Lanka | 33 | |
| Sri Lanka | 20 | Sri Lanka | 33 | |
| Sri Lanka | 20 | | | | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | | | | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | | | | Sri Lanka | 7 |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | | | | Sri Lanka | 7 |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | | | Philippines | 22 |
| Philippines | BYE | | | | Philippines | 22 |
| Philippines | BYE | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | | |
| | | Philippines | 24 | | | |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | Philippines | 24 | | | |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | Iran | 5 | | Eleventh Place | Eleventh Place |
| Iran | 29 | Iran | 5 | | Eleventh Place | Eleventh Place |
| Iran | 29 | | | | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| South Korea | 7 | | | | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| South Korea | 7 | | | | India | 12 |
| | | | | | Iran | 17 |

### Plate

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Plate | Plate |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| Thailand | 17 |
| Thailand | 17 | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| Singapore | 12 | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| Singapore | 12 | Thailand | 7 |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | Thailand | 7 |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | Hong Kong | 19 |
| Hong Kong | 27 | Hong Kong | 19 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| | | Singapore | 12 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 5 |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | | |
| Japan | 12 | | | |
| Japan | 12 | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | |
| Thailand | 5 | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | |
| Thailand | 5 | Japan | 7 | |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | Japan | 7 | |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | Fiji | 31 | |
| Fiji | 47 | Fiji | 31 | |
| Fiji | 47 | | | | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| Singapore | 0 | | | | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| Singapore | 0 | | | | Fiji | 15 |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | | | | Fiji | 15 |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | | | China | 0 |
| China | 31 | | | | China | 0 |
| China | 31 | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | China | 17 | | | |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | | China | 17 | | | |
| 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 | Kazakhstan | 12 | | Third Place/Qualifier | Third Place/Qualifier |
| Kazakhstan | 34 | Kazakhstan | 12 | | Third Place/Qualifier | Third Place/Qualifier |
| Kazakhstan | 34 | | | | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | 7 October 2012 | 7 October 2012 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | Japan | 17 |
| | | | | | Kazakhstan | 7 |
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