# 2009 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship

The 2009 ARFU Women's Sevens Championship was the tournaments tenth edition and was held on 30 May 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. China defeated hosts, Thailand, in the Cup final to claim their second title.

## Teams

14 teams competed in the tournament. Japan withdrew due to concerns about H1N1, and South Korea withdrew due to a 'lack of preparation'.
* Arabian Gulf
* Cambodia
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Guam
* Hong Kong
* India
* Iran
* Kazakhstan
* Laos
* Malaysia
* Singapore
* Thailand
* Uzbekistan

## Format

After the Pool stages the top four in the two pools in Division 1 play in the quarter-finals. The 5th placed teams in Division 1 competed with the teams from Division 2 in two pools in the Classification Stage with the first placed teams in both pools playing in a Bowl final.

## Pool Stages
### Division 1 – Pool A

| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
| Thailand | 4 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 10 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 28 |
| Arabian Gulf | 2 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 71 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 92 |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 127 |
| Arabian Gulf | 17–5 | Chinese Taipei |
| Thailand | 41–0 | Iran |
| Kazakhstan | 22–7 | Chinese Taipei |
| Kazakhstan | 30–0 | Iran |
| Thailand | 34–0 | Chinese Taipei |
| Arabian Gulf | 0–37 | Kazakhstan |
| Iran | 19–21 | Chinese Taipei |
| Thailand | 29–0 | Arabian Gulf |
| Thailand | 21–10 | Kazakhstan |
| Iran | 0–35 | Arabian Gulf |

### Division 1 – Pool B

| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
| China | 4 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 10 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 26 |
| Guam | 1 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 51 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 91 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 112 |
| Hong Kong | 12–12 | Guam |
| Singapore | 0–17 | Uzbekistan |
| China | 29–0 | Guam |
| Hong Kong | 0–32 | Uzbekistan |
| China | 19–5 | Uzbekistan |
| Hong Kong | 22–15 | Singapore |
| Guam | 7–10 | Uzbekistan |
| Singapore | 5–52 | China |
| China | 32–0 | Hong Kong |
| Singapore | 0–21 | Guam |
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### Division 2

| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
| Laos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 22 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 22 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 29 |
| India | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 43 |
| Laos | 17–10 | India |
| Cambodia | 5–17 | Malaysia |
| Laos | 12–7 | Malaysia |
| Cambodia | 7–5 | India |
| Malaysia | 19–5 | India |
| Laos | 7–5 | Cambodia |
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## Classification stages
### 9th–14th

| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
| Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 19 |
| Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 |
| Iran | 22–0 | Cambodia |
| Malaysia | 22–0 | Cambodia |
| Iran | 19–7 | Malaysia |
| Nation | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
| Singapore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 |
| Laos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 25 |
| India | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 |
| Singapore | 50–0 | India |
| Laos | 10–0 | India |
| Singapore | 25–0 | Laos |

### Cup Quarter-finals

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | | | |
| Thailand | 25 | | | |
| Thailand | 25 | 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | Thailand | 22 | |
| 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | | Thailand | 22 | |
| 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | Uzbekistan | 10 | |
| China | 31 | Uzbekistan | 10 | |
| China | 31 | | | | 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | | | | 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | | | | China | 24 |
| 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | | | | | China | 24 |
| 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | | | | Thailand | 14 |
| Kazakhstan | 21 | | | | Thailand | 14 |
| Kazakhstan | 21 | 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | | | |
| Guam | 5 | 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | | | |
| Guam | 5 | China | 17 | | | |
| 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | | China | 17 | | | |
| 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | Kazakhstan | 0 | |
| Uzbekistan | 10 | Kazakhstan | 0 | |
| Arabian Gulf | 0 | | | |

### Plate Semi-finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Plate Final | Plate Final |
| 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 |
| Arabian Gulf | 34 |
| Arabian Gulf | 34 | 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | Arabian Gulf | 12 |
| 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | | Arabian Gulf | 12 |
| 30 May 2009 | 30 May 2009 | Guam | 7 |
| Guam | 15 | Guam | 7 |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | | |

### Bowl Final

* 30 May 2009
| Singapore | 10–7 | Iran |
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