# 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series

The 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series was hosted as two tournament events in the United Arab Emirates in late November 2021. Following the cancellation of the 2020 series due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the twelfth edition of Asia's continental sevens circuit. The first leg of the tournament was a qualifier for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa. Japan and China qualified for the World Cup.
The lower-tier Trophy tournaments, hosted in Lebanon, Uzbekistan and Thailand served as qualifiers, with the winners eligible to compete in the main series.

## Teams

8 teams competed in the main series.
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Thailand
* Philippines
* China
* Hong Kong
* Sri Lanka
* Malaysia

## Schedule

Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series, but all were eventually cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by two events in the United Arab Emirates. The official schedule for the 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series is:
2021 Women's Sevens Series schedule :
| Leg | Stadium | City | Dates | Winner | Runner-up |
| UAE | Dubai | Dubai | 19–20 November 2021 | Japan | China |

## Standings

* Legend
* Qualified to 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens
* Relegated for 2022 Series
| Rank | Team | Dubai | Points |
| | Japan | 12 | 12 |
| | China | 10 | 10 |
| | Hong Kong | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | Thailand | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Philippines | 1 | 1 |

## Tournaments
### Dubai

The Tournament was held from the 19 to 20 November in Dubai.

#### Pool stage

* Legend
* Advances to Cup
* Advances to Plate
Pool A :
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 12 | 87 | 9 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 26 | 34 | 6 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 27 | 18 | 6 |
| Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 144 | -139 | 3 |
* 19 Nov
| Japan | 21 - 7 | Kazakhstan |
* 19 Nov
| Thailand | 35 - 5 | Philippines |
* 19 Nov
| Japan | 17 - 5 | Thailand |
* 19 Nov
| Kazakhstan | 48 - 0 | Philippines |
* 19 Nov
| Japan | 61 - 0 | Philippines |
* 19 Nov
| Kazakhstan | 5 - 5 | Thailand |
Pool B :
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 15 | 99 | 9 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 32 | 65 | 7 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 95 | -78 | 5 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 111 | -86 | 3 |
* 19 Nov
| China | 22 - 5 | Hong Kong |
* 19 Nov
| Sri Lanka | 12 - 10 | Malaysia |
* 19 Nov
| China | 47 - 0 | Sri Lanka |
* 19 Nov
| Hong Kong | 54 - 5 | Malaysia |
* 19 Nov
| China | 45 - 10 | Malaysia |
* 19 Nov
| Hong Kong | 38 - 5 | Sri Lanka |

#### Knockout stage

Plate
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Plate Final | Plate Final |
| 20 Nov | 20 Nov |
| Thailand | 22 |
| Thailand | 22 | 20 Nov | 20 Nov |
| Malaysia | 0 | 20 Nov | 20 Nov |
| Malaysia | 0 | Thailand | 45 |
| 20 Nov | 20 Nov | | Thailand | 45 |
| 20 Nov | 20 Nov | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| Philippines | 15 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 19 | | |
| Sri Lanka | 19 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 20 Nov | 20 Nov |
| | | Malaysia | 12 |
| | | Philippines | 0 |
Cup
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 20 Nov | 20 Nov |
| Japan | 29 |
| Japan | 29 | 20 Nov | 20 Nov |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 20 Nov | 20 Nov |
| Hong Kong | 0 | Japan | 14 |
| 20 Nov | 20 Nov | | Japan | 14 |
| 20 Nov | 20 Nov | China | 12 |
| Kazakhstan | 19 | China | 12 |
| China | 24 | | |
| China | 24 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 20 Nov | 20 Nov |
| | | Hong Kong | 12 |
| | | Kazakhstan | 10 |

## Trophy

The women's trophy events were supposed to be held in three places. The Trophy events scheduled for Central and South Asia, and, East and South East Asia appear to have been cancelled.

### Trophy West Asia

| Leg | City | Date | Winner | Runner-up | Third | Ref |
| Qatar | Doha | 8-9 October 2021 | United Arab Emirates | Qatar | Iran | |
Round-robin
| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 19 | +112 | 11 |
| Qatar | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 41 | +44 | 10 |
| Syria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 59 | +10 | 8 |
| Iran | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 7 |
| Iraq | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 176 | −169 | 4 |

#### Round 1

* 8 October 2021 16:00
| Syria | 7-40 | United Arab Emirates |
* Doha
* 8 October 2021 16:20
| Iraq | 7-54 | Qatar |
* Doha

#### Round 2

* 8 October 2021 17:20
| Syria | 14-7 | Iran |
* Doha
* 8 October 2021 17:40
| United Arab Emirates | 59-0 | Iraq |
* Doha

#### Round 3

* 8 October 2021 18:40
| Syria | 5-12 | Qatar |
* Doha
* 8 October 2021 19:00
| United Arab Emirates | 5–5 | Iran |
* Doha

#### Round 4

* 8 October 2021 20:00
| Syria | 43-0 | Iraq |
* Doha
* 8 October 2021 20:20
| Qatar | 12-5 | Iran |
* Doha

#### Round 5

* 9 October 2021 16:40
| Iraq | 0-20 | Iran |
* Doha
* 9 October 2021 17:00
| United Arab Emirates | 27-7 | Qatar |
* Doha