# Rugby sevens at the 2006 Asian Games

Rugby sevens was contested by nine teams at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar on December 10 and 11. All games played at the Grand Hamad Stadium.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 10th Sun | 11th Mon | 11th Mon |
| Men | P | ½ | F |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Japan Takeshi Fujiwara Eiji Yamamoto Yuki Okuzono Yusaku Kuwazuru Hiroki Yoshida Takashi Sato Takashi Suzuki Yusuke Kobuki Masahiro Tsuiki Akihito Yamada Hiroki Yamazaki Yohei Shinomiya | South Korea Lee Kwang-moon Yoo Min-hyung Youn Kwon-woo Yang Young-hun Yun Hi-su Kim Hyung-ki Chae Jae-young Kim Jong-su Kwak Chul-woong Chun Jong-man You Young-nam Lee Myung-geun | China He Zhongliang Wang Jiacheng Sun Tao Xu Hui Zhang Zhiqiang Yuan Feng Li Yang Wang Chongyi Lu Zhuan Jiang Xuming Zhang Heng Liu Kai |

## Qualification

As a limited number of teams could enter, The Asian Rugby Football Union announced 2005 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's as the qualification event for the eight-team tournament. But later, they changed the decision and picked host nation Qatar and top 6 teams from 2002 edition, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Japan, China and Sri Lanka. For the last spot a qualification tournament was held in Hong Kong on 4 February 2006.
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Hong Kong |
| 2 | Malaysia |
| 3 | Kazakhstan |
| 4 | Singapore |
Later they added India to the competition to make it a nine-team tournament.

## Squads

| China | Chinese Taipei | Hong Kong | India |
| He Zhongliang Wang Jiacheng Sun Tao Xu Hui Zhang Zhiqiang Yuan Feng Li Yang Wang Chongyi Lu Zhuan Jiang Xuming Zhang Heng Liu Kai | Wu Chih-wei Chen Wen-yen Ku Chao-hung Sun Cheng-yen Pan Chih-ming Wang Kuo-feng Chang Wei-cheng Tung Yuan-hsiang Chen Chih-fei Wang Ju-an Wang Jen-hsi Huang Han-yang | Mark Wright Tsang Hing Hung Yuen Kin Ho Li Chi Yung Kenzo Pannell Ricky Cheuk Alex Gibbs Rowan Varty Jeff Wong Keith Robertson Fan Shun Kei Anthony Haynes | Hrishikesh Pendse Amit Lochab Mufaddal Indorewala Pritom Roy Sujai Lama Puneet Krishnamurthy Shailesh Devrukhkar Sendil Kumar Nasser Hussain Bikash Jena Ganesh Sawant Sheikh Saidul |
| Japan | Qatar | South Korea | Sri Lanka |
| Takeshi Fujiwara Eiji Yamamoto Yuki Okuzono Yusaku Kuwazuru Hiroki Yoshida Takashi Sato Takashi Suzuki Yusuke Kobuki Masahiro Tsuiki Akihito Yamada Hiroki Yamazaki Yohei Shinomiya | Adel Al-Kathiri Nasser Al-Remaihi Ibrahim Al-Naser Fahid Al-Hamad Abdulaziz Al-Dosari Saleh Al-Sheeb Waleed Al-Maslamani Mohammad Majid Malki Abdulkarem Al-Muhannadi Adnan Abdulla Ali Ali Al-Hitmi Saleh Al-Kuwari | Lee Kwang-moon Yoo Min-hyung Youn Kwon-woo Yang Young-hun Yun Hi-su Kim Hyung-ki Chae Jae-young Kim Jong-su Kwak Chul-woong Chun Jong-man You Young-nam Lee Myung-geun | Anuradha Dharmathilake Chamara Withanage Sajith Mallikarachchi Amjad Buksh Saliya Kumara Fazil Marija Sanjeewa Jayasinghe Dilanka Wijesekara Lalindra Rodrigo Nalaka Weerakkody Ashan Karthelis Ashan de Costa |
| Thailand | | | |
| Sayan Kaewmoolmuk Somsak Mitlux Sarayuth Thiengtrong Korrapong Wongsalangkarn Pichit Yingcharoen Tosaporn Mitrak Nantawat Wongwanichslip Patcharapong Samaksaman Warongkorn Khamkoet Kitti Wangkanai Khanthipong Meepin Tanyavit Kuasint | | | |

## Results

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 7 | +56 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 4 | Classification 5th–6th |
| 3 | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 68 | −47 | 2 | Classification 7th–9th |
* 10 December 17:00
| South Korea | 21–7 | Hong Kong |
| Try: Yun H.S. 6' c Chun J.M. (2) 10' c, 14' c Con: Yun H.S. (3/3) | | Try: Wright 7+' c Con: Pannell (1/1) |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Takashi Harada (Japan)
* 10 December 18:45
| Thailand | 21–26 | Hong Kong |
| Try: Wongsalangkarn 1' c Wongwanichslip (2) 8' c, 14+' c Con: Wongwanichslip (3/3) | | Try: Wright 4' c Robertson 7+' c Varty 11' m Cheuk 14+' c Con: Pannell (3/4) |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Shi Yongjin (China)
* 10 December 20:30
| South Korea | 42–0 | Thailand |
| Try: Chun J.M. (3) 2' c, 5' c, 10' c Kim H.K. 3' c Youn K.W. 7' c Lee K.M. 14' c Con: Chun J.M. (3/3) Yun H.S. (3/3) | | |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Chou Wen-liang (Chinese Taipei)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 5 | +67 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 4 | Classification 5th–6th |
| 3 | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | −89 | 2 | Classification 7th–9th |
* 10 December 17:30
| China | 41–0 | India |
| Try: Li Y. (3) 1' c, 10' c, 11' m Lu Z. (2) 3' m, 14+' m Sun T. 7' c Xu H. 13' m Con: Zhang Z.Q. (2/4) Sun T. (1/2) Li Y. (0/1) | | |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Kim Do-suk (South Korea)
* 10 December 19:15
| Sri Lanka | 48–0 | India |
| Try: Jayasinghe (3) 3' c, 6' m, 9' c Marija 7+' m Weerakkody (2) 9' m, 13' c de Costa (2) 10' c, 14' m Con: Marija (1/2) Weerakkody (2/4) de Costa (1/1) | | |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Takashi Harada (Japan)
* 10 December 21:00
| China | 31–5 | Sri Lanka |
| Try: Sun T. 4' m Li Y. 6' m He Z.L. 9' c Lu Z. (2) 12' c, 14' c Con: Zhang Z.Q. (3/5) | | Try: Buksh 4' m Con: Buksh (0/1) |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Tobi Lothian (Great Britain)

#### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 7 | +75 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 24 | +65 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Qatar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 140 | −140 | 2 | Classification 7th–9th |
* 10 December 18:00
| Chinese Taipei | 82–0 | Qatar |
| Try: Chen W.Y. 1' c Wang J.A. 2' c Wu C.W. (2) 3' c, 7+' c Wang K.F. (2) 4' c, 11' c Pan C.M. (3) 5' c, 6' c, 13' c Chang W.C. 9' c Wang J.H. 14' m Huang H.Y. 14+' c Con: Chang W.C. (11/12) | | |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Tobi Lothian (Great Britain)
* 10 December 19:45
| Japan | 58–0 | Qatar |
| Try: Yamada (5) 1' m, 4' m, 6' m, 10' m, 12' m Kobuki 4' c Suzuki (2) 7+' m, 9' c Tsuiki 10' c Fujiwara 14' c Con: Yoshida (2/6) Kobuki (2/3) Sato (0/1) | | |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Shi Yongjin (China)
* 10 December 21:30
| Chinese Taipei | 7–24 | Japan |
| Try: Chen W.Y. 7' c Con: Chang W.C. (1/1) | | Try: Tsuiki 4' m Kuwazuru 10' c Fujiwara 13' m Yoshida 14+' c Con: Yoshida (2/4) |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Dilroy Fernando (Sri Lanka)

#### Summary

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 7 | +75 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 5 | +67 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 7 | +56 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 24 | +65 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 4 | Classification 5th–6th |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 4 | Classification 5th–6th |
| 7 | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 68 | −47 | 2 | Classification 7th–9th |
| 8 | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | −89 | 2 | Classification 7th–9th |
| 9 | Qatar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 140 | −140 | 2 | Classification 7th–9th |

### Classification 7th–9th

| Classification 8th–9th | Classification 8th–9th | Classification 7th–8th | Classification 7th–8th |
| | | 11 December | 11 December |
| | | Thailand | 29 |
| 11 December | 11 December | | Thailand | 29 |
| 11 December | 11 December | India | 0 |
| India | 17 | India | 0 |
| Qatar | 5 | | |

#### Classification 8th–9th

* 11 December 17:00
| India | 17–5 | Qatar |
| Try: Krishnamurthy 3' c Hussain 9' m Jena 11' m Con: Hussain (1/3) | | Try: Al-Muhannadi 7' m Con: Al-Sheeb (0/1) |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Shi Yongjin (China)

#### Classification 7th–8th

* 11 December 19:00
| Thailand | 29–0 | India |
| Try: Wongwanichslip (4) 3' m, 6' m, 8' c, 12' m Wangkanai 4' c Con: Wongwanichslip (2/5) | | |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Dilroy Fernando (Sri Lanka)

### Classification 5th–6th

* 11 December 19:30
| Sri Lanka | 5–35 | Hong Kong |
| Try: Jayasinghe 14+' m Con: Kumara (0/1) | | Try: Wright 6' c Robertson 7+' c Tsang H.H. 10' c Varty 12' c Wong 14' c Con: Pannell (5/5) |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Shi Yongjin (China)

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 11 December | 11 December |
| Japan | 22 |
| Japan | 22 | 11 December | 11 December |
| Chinese Taipei | 7 | 11 December | 11 December |
| Chinese Taipei | 7 | Japan | 27 |
| 11 December | 11 December | | Japan | 27 |
| 11 December | 11 December | South Korea | 26 |
| China | 5 | South Korea | 26 |
| South Korea | 19 | | |
| South Korea | 19 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 11 December | 11 December |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 12 |
| | | China | 19 |

#### Semifinals

* 11 December 17:30
| Japan | 22–7 | Chinese Taipei |
| Try: Yoshida 4' m Suzuki (2) 7+' m, 10' c Sato 13' m Con: Yoshida (1/3) Kobuki (0/1) | | Try: Wang K.F. 14+' c Con: Chang W.C. (1/1) |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Tobi Lothian (Great Britain)
* 11 December 18:00
| China | 5–19 | South Korea |
| Try: Wang C.Y. 13' m Con: Zhang Z.Q. (0/1) | | Try: Lee K.M. 2' m Yang Y.H. 10' c Kwak C.W. 14+' c Con: Yun H.S. (2/3) |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Takashi Harada (Japan)

#### Bronze medal match

* 11 December 20:00
| Chinese Taipei | 12–19 | China |
| Try: Tung Y.H. 6' m Pan C.M. 13' c Con: Chang W.C. (0/1) Wang K.F. (1/1) | | Try: Wang J.C. 3' c Zhang Z.Q. 14+' m Li Y. 14+' c Con: Zhang Z.Q. (2/3) |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Takashi Harada (Japan)

#### Gold medal match

* 11 December 20:30
| Japan | 27–26 | South Korea |
| Try: Yamamoto 7' m Yoshida 10+' m Yamada (2) 13' c, 20+' m Tsuiki 20' m Con: Yoshida (1/5) | | Try: Kim J.S. (2) 2' c, 11' m Kwak C.W. 5' c Lee M.G. 15' c Con: Yun H.S. (3/4) |
* Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Referee: Tobi Lothian (Great Britain)

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| | Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | South Korea | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| | China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |