The 2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series is the ninth edition of Asia's continental sevens tournament. The lower-tier Trophy tournament hosted in Qatar served as a qualifier, with the top team qualifying for the main series hosted in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Sri Lanka.
The top two teams that are not already core teams on the Sevens World Series will earn qualification to the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens for a chance to earn core team status for the following World Series.
In addition, the 2017 edition of the Asian series serves as qualification to the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, with the top two teams qualifying.
Teams
Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy
Asia Rugby Sevens Series
Trophy The men's Trophy was held 3–4 March at Aspire Rugby Football Centre, Doha, Qatar.
Group stage
Pool A
LegendAdvances to Cup quarter-finalsAdvances to 9th-11th place round-robin
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Pool B
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Pool C
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Pool D
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Knockout stage
9th-11th Place
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5th-8th Place
Cup
Final standings
LegendPromoted to the main series for 2017
RankTeam 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Main series
Hong Kong Was held 1–2 September. All matches were held at King's Park Sports Ground. All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup19–12Plate32–19
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Pool B TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts330010415+89932017754+23731027164+75300314133−1193
Cup
Plate
Sri Lanka Will be held 14–15 October. All matches will be held at Racecourse International Rugby Stadium in Colombo. All times are Sri Lanka Standard Time(UTC+5:30).
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemifinalistsCup19–14Plate19–17
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Pool B TeamsPldWDLPFPA+/−Pts33007229+43932016431+33731023177−46530033969−303
Cup
Plate
Final standings
LegendQualified to 2018 Hong Kong Sevens and 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
RankTeamHong KongSouth KoreaSri LankaPoints 1 12 10 10 32 2 10 8 12 30 3 8 12 7 27 4 5 5 8 18 5 7 7 2 16 6 4 2 5 11 7 2 4 4 10 8 1 1 1 3
See also 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Men 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
References