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Back to Full Schedule, Enthralling Year of Rugby in the Offering: Asia Rugby Releases 2023 Calendar
\nAsia Rugby published its full schedule for 2023 with over 22 international and regional events.\u00a0
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\nIn the year, Asia will host five major 7s events, along with three World Rugby Sevens Series legs.
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\nThe first half of the Asia Rugby Calendar is dedicated to fifteens rugby and kicks off with the Asia Rugby Division III West. The tournament was originally scheduled for 2022 but was postponed due to political instability in Iran. The one-off game between Iran and Qatar will now be played in the UAE on the 10th\u00a0of February 2023, with the winner promoted to the Division III Playoff tournament. The tournament gives the regional Division III union teams a pathway to the top tier of\u00a0the Asia Rugby Championship, thereby also giving all unions in Asia an opportunity for Rugby World Cup qualification.
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\nThe premier Asia Rugby Men\u2019s Championship will feature Hong Kong, Korea and Malaysia and will be played in June. The Asia Rugby Men\u2019s Division I and Divisions II are scheduled for May.
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\nThe Asia Rugby Women\u2019s Championship will be played in 2 tiers and constitutes a pathway to the long-awaited World Rugby WXV tournament. The top team Asia 1 will compete in WXV 2 and the runner-up in WXV 3.
\nAugust will see the sevens season kick-off with Asia Rugby Sevens Series – Round 1 on the 19th and 20th of August,\u00a0 with all eyes on the pinnacle multiple-sports event in Asia the ASIAD. The rugby 7s event will feature 12 or 16 teams (ongoing discussion with the organizing committee), with all teams battling for treasured Asian Games silverware in Hangzhou China from 24th\u00a0September to 26th September. The second round of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series will be played on the 28th and 29th of October.\u00a0
\n\u00a0The Asia Rugby Sevens Series will again feature the top 8 women\u2019s and men’s teams, the Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy will give the balance of the Asian team to compete in October.
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\nThe fifth major sevens tournament hosted by Asia Rugby in 2023 will be the Asia Rugby Qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics as a stand-alone tournament for men and women.\u00a0
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\nThe Asia Rugby schedule also includes both sevens and fifteens tournaments for age-grade teams, including Asia Rugby U20s men’s and women’s Sevens in November and the Asia Rugby U18s Boys and Girls in September.
\nLastly, World Rugby\u2019s prestigious premier HSBC 7s World Series, showcasing the talents of the best 7s sides and athletes in the world, will stage three tournaments in Asia \u2013 the Dubai 7s, the Hong Kong 7s and the Singapore 7s.
\nThe World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series 2023 will feature two three-day combined men\u2019s and women\u2019s events taking place at\u00a0Markotter\u00a0Stadium in Stellenbosch, South Africa on 20-22 and 28-30 April 2023.
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\nAll Asia Rugby tournaments will be live-streamed in real-time and will be available free to air across the continent on Asia Rugby and its member unions\u2019 social media platforms.
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\n", "content_text": "Back to Full Schedule, Enthralling Year of Rugby in the Offering: Asia Rugby Releases 2023 Calendar\n\nAfter pandemic disruptions, Asia Rugby set to return to full schedule\n5 major Sevens events slated for 2023\nFull Asia Rugby Women\u2019s XV returns, with the top tier featuring 4 teams\nRugby 7s to feature at Asian Games in September\nStandalone Asia Rugby Qualifier event for Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, scheduled for November\nRugby 7s age groups for under U18 and U20\u00a0continues from last year \n\nAsia Rugby published its full schedule for 2023 with over 22 international and regional events.\u00a0\n\u00a0\nIn the year, Asia will host five major 7s events, along with three World Rugby Sevens Series legs.\n\nThe first half of the Asia Rugby Calendar is dedicated to fifteens rugby and kicks off with the Asia Rugby Division III West. The tournament was originally scheduled for 2022 but was postponed due to political instability in Iran. The one-off game between Iran and Qatar will now be played in the UAE on the 10th\u00a0of February 2023, with the winner promoted to the Division III Playoff tournament. The tournament gives the regional Division III union teams a pathway to the top tier of\u00a0the Asia Rugby Championship, thereby also giving all unions in Asia an opportunity for Rugby World Cup qualification.\n\n\u00a0\nThe premier Asia Rugby Men\u2019s Championship will feature Hong Kong, Korea and Malaysia and will be played in June. The Asia Rugby Men\u2019s Division I and Divisions II are scheduled for May.\n\u00a0\nThe Asia Rugby Women\u2019s Championship will be played in 2 tiers and constitutes a pathway to the long-awaited World Rugby WXV tournament. The top team Asia 1 will compete in WXV 2 and the runner-up in WXV 3.\nAugust will see the sevens season kick-off with Asia Rugby Sevens Series – Round 1 on the 19th and 20th of August,\u00a0 with all eyes on the pinnacle multiple-sports event in Asia the ASIAD. The rugby 7s event will feature 12 or 16 teams (ongoing discussion with the organizing committee), with all teams battling for treasured Asian Games silverware in Hangzhou China from 24th\u00a0September to 26th September. The second round of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series will be played on the 28th and 29th of October.\u00a0\n\u00a0The Asia Rugby Sevens Series will again feature the top 8 women\u2019s and men’s teams, the Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy will give the balance of the Asian team to compete in October.\n\n\u00a0\nThe fifth major sevens tournament hosted by Asia Rugby in 2023 will be the Asia Rugby Qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics as a stand-alone tournament for men and women.\u00a0\n\u00a0\nThe Asia Rugby schedule also includes both sevens and fifteens tournaments for age-grade teams, including Asia Rugby U20s men’s and women’s Sevens in November and the Asia Rugby U18s Boys and Girls in September.\nLastly, World Rugby\u2019s prestigious premier HSBC 7s World Series, showcasing the talents of the best 7s sides and athletes in the world, will stage three tournaments in Asia \u2013 the Dubai 7s, the Hong Kong 7s and the Singapore 7s.\nThe World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series 2023 will feature two three-day combined men\u2019s and women\u2019s events taking place at\u00a0Markotter\u00a0Stadium in Stellenbosch, South Africa on 20-22 and 28-30 April 2023.\n\nAll Asia Rugby tournaments will be live-streamed in real-time and will be available free to air across the continent on Asia Rugby and its member unions\u2019 social media platforms.\n\u00a0\nAsia Rugby Youtube\u00a0\nAsia Rugby FB\nAsia Rugby 2023 Calendar\n\nThe post Back to Full Schedule, Enthralling Year of Rugby in the Offering: Asia Rugby Releases 2023 Calendar appeared first on Asia Rugby.", "date_published": "2023-01-08T17:16:59+08:00", "date_modified": "2023-01-08T17:17:36+08:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Asia Rugby", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/author/k-haroon/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea791d807df550e52d2e6508886912b7?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Asia Rugby", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/author/k-haroon/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea791d807df550e52d2e6508886912b7?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.asiarugby.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Calander-2023.jpg", "tags": [ "Asian Games", "AR7s", "ARC", "Dubai 7s", "Singapore 7s", "Rugby World Cup", "Featured", "#ARW7s", "Olympics", "Sevens Challenger Series", "Asia Rugby Championship", "Asia Rugby Sevens Series", "Singapore Rugby Sevens", "Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy", "News" ] }, { "id": "https://www.asiarugby.com/?p=9097", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/2022/11/10/second-leg-korea-7s/", "title": "Rocking ARSS 2022 Rolls on to Second Leg, Korea 7s: Race On to Determine Asia\u2019s Best", "content_html": "Watch All the Action in Incheon in Real Time Starting Saturday 12th November
\nRapidly following on from the fast-paced action-packed showcase of rugby sevens that was the 2022 Thailand 7s, the second of the three-leg Asia Rugby Sevens Series, the Korea 7s is ready to rock and rolls on this weekend at the Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium in Incheon, kicking off on the 12th and concluding on the 13th of November.
\nBy Sunday evening we will be two-thirds of the way to answering the grand overwhelming question: which Women\u2019s and Men\u2019s 7s teams are Asia\u2019s best?
\nIn the Men\u2019s race for this honorific, Hong Kong will take the field on Saturday in pole position and appear to be clear favourites having bolted out of the gate to put on a clinical, undefeated performance at the Thailand 7s; storming away with gold, and the Cup to boot, in Thailand with an impressive 36 \u2013 19 victory over Japan in the final.
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Traditional Asian rugby powerhouse Japan, however, along with the significantly improved UAE and rapidly rising South Korea and China teams, along with the talented and up and coming Philippines and Malaysia squads, appear capable of and bent on turning things around or even on their head in Incheon over the weekend, keeping the ARSS 2022 Men\u2019s tournament from turning into a one-horse race.
\nRelated Aricle :\u00a0Hong Kong Men, China Women Clinch the Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2022 First Leg
\nThe unpredictable, hotly-contested and thrilling Women\u2019s competition in the first leg \u2014 which saw China lifting the Cup after emerging victorious over Japan in a nail-biting final decided in the dying seconds \u2014 in Thailand, has already provided clear indications that this is absolutely not a one-horse affair.
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Japan Women had similarly edged out a strong Hong Kong team in their semi-final by one converted try (14 \u2013 7 the final score); Thailand may have been overwhelmed by China in their semi-final, but went on to defeat Hong Kong in the third-place play-off. These two, along with speedy, furious and fast-improving Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Philippines Women\u2019s teams appear capable of pulling off serious upsets and keeping the race-to-Asia\u2019s-best interesting.
\nMeanwhile, 9th November brought great news for ARSS 2022 and Sri Lankan rugby players and their die-hard supporters, in the beautiful island nation and across Asia and the world.
\nRugby has a richer history and is more deeply entrenched in Sri Lanka, from the grassroots and school-level up, than in most Asian nations, and the country\u2019s Men\u2019s 7s team has been participating against world-class opponents in the prestigious Hong Kong Sevens for decades.
\nRelated Article :\u00a0Asia Rugby grants green light for Sri Lanka to participate in the elite continental sevens tournament
\nFor unfortunate, non-rugby reasons, Sri Lanka Rugby, the governing body of rugby in the country, is currently suspended by Asia Rugby. Both, the world and regional rugby governing bodies have, however, reiterated a firm commitment to backing the development of the nation\u2019s players and teams. In this spirit, and following a special request from the President of the National Olympic Committee Sri Lanka, Suresh Subramaniam, to Asia Rugby President Qais Al Dhalai: the Executive Committee of Asia Rugby agreed to green-light the Sri Lankan Women\u2019s and Men\u2019s teams\u2019 participation in the final two legs of ARSS 2022 under the Sri Lanka National Olympic Committee flag.
\nRugby enthusiasts, fanatics and aficionados need not miss a single fleeting moment of the Korea 7s, nor the ARSS 2022 in its entirety \u2013 the third and final leg of the Series will be contested in UAE on the 26th and 27th of November \u2013 as Asia Rugby will be live-streaming all the action on its Facebook page and YouTube channel, and also regularly dropping highlights on its Instagram page. Click on any of the links below this weekend to beam up to Incheon, and beyond:
\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/asia.rugby
\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=asia+rugby+live
\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/asiarugbylive/
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The post Rocking ARSS 2022 Rolls on to Second Leg, Korea 7s: Race On to Determine Asia\u2019s Best appeared first on Asia Rugby.
\n", "content_text": "Watch All the Action in Incheon in Real Time Starting Saturday 12th November\nRapidly following on from the fast-paced action-packed showcase of rugby sevens that was the 2022 Thailand 7s, the second of the three-leg Asia Rugby Sevens Series, the Korea 7s is ready to rock and rolls on this weekend at the Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium in Incheon, kicking off on the 12th and concluding on the 13th of November.\nBy Sunday evening we will be two-thirds of the way to answering the grand overwhelming question: which Women\u2019s and Men\u2019s 7s teams are Asia\u2019s best?\nIn the Men\u2019s race for this honorific, Hong Kong will take the field on Saturday in pole position and appear to be clear favourites having bolted out of the gate to put on a clinical, undefeated performance at the Thailand 7s; storming away with gold, and the Cup to boot, in Thailand with an impressive 36 \u2013 19 victory over Japan in the final.\n\nTraditional Asian rugby powerhouse Japan, however, along with the significantly improved UAE and rapidly rising South Korea and China teams, along with the talented and up and coming Philippines and Malaysia squads, appear capable of and bent on turning things around or even on their head in Incheon over the weekend, keeping the ARSS 2022 Men\u2019s tournament from turning into a one-horse race.\nRelated Aricle :\u00a0Hong Kong Men, China Women Clinch the Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2022 First Leg\nThe unpredictable, hotly-contested and thrilling Women\u2019s competition in the first leg \u2014 which saw China lifting the Cup after emerging victorious over Japan in a nail-biting final decided in the dying seconds \u2014 in Thailand, has already provided clear indications that this is absolutely not a one-horse affair.\n\nJapan Women had similarly edged out a strong Hong Kong team in their semi-final by one converted try (14 \u2013 7 the final score); Thailand may have been overwhelmed by China in their semi-final, but went on to defeat Hong Kong in the third-place play-off. These two, along with speedy, furious and fast-improving Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Philippines Women\u2019s teams appear capable of pulling off serious upsets and keeping the race-to-Asia\u2019s-best interesting.\nMeanwhile, 9th November brought great news for ARSS 2022 and Sri Lankan rugby players and their die-hard supporters, in the beautiful island nation and across Asia and the world.\nRugby has a richer history and is more deeply entrenched in Sri Lanka, from the grassroots and school-level up, than in most Asian nations, and the country\u2019s Men\u2019s 7s team has been participating against world-class opponents in the prestigious Hong Kong Sevens for decades.\nRelated Article :\u00a0Asia Rugby grants green light for Sri Lanka to participate in the elite continental sevens tournament\nFor unfortunate, non-rugby reasons, Sri Lanka Rugby, the governing body of rugby in the country, is currently suspended by Asia Rugby. Both, the world and regional rugby governing bodies have, however, reiterated a firm commitment to backing the development of the nation\u2019s players and teams. In this spirit, and following a special request from the President of the National Olympic Committee Sri Lanka, Suresh Subramaniam, to Asia Rugby President Qais Al Dhalai: the Executive Committee of Asia Rugby agreed to green-light the Sri Lankan Women\u2019s and Men\u2019s teams\u2019 participation in the final two legs of ARSS 2022 under the Sri Lanka National Olympic Committee flag.\nRugby enthusiasts, fanatics and aficionados need not miss a single fleeting moment of the Korea 7s, nor the ARSS 2022 in its entirety \u2013 the third and final leg of the Series will be contested in UAE on the 26th and 27th of November \u2013 as Asia Rugby will be live-streaming all the action on its Facebook page and YouTube channel, and also regularly dropping highlights on its Instagram page. Click on any of the links below this weekend to beam up to Incheon, and beyond:\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/asia.rugby\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=asia+rugby+live\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/asiarugbylive/\n \nYoutube\nFB Live\nhttps://fb.me/e/1WlKNpAdp\nDay 1\n\nDay 2\n\n \n \nThe post Rocking ARSS 2022 Rolls on to Second Leg, Korea 7s: Race On to Determine Asia\u2019s Best appeared first on Asia Rugby.", "date_published": "2022-11-10T15:14:21+08:00", "date_modified": "2022-11-10T22:05:02+08:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Asia Rugby", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/author/k-haroon/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea791d807df550e52d2e6508886912b7?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Asia Rugby", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/author/k-haroon/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea791d807df550e52d2e6508886912b7?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.asiarugby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/head-2.jpg", "tags": [ "AR7s", "Korea 7s", "#ARW7s", "News" ] }, { "id": "https://www.asiarugby.com/?p=9051", "url": "https://www.asiarugby.com/2022/10/24/asia-rugby-sevens-series-2/", "title": "Hong Kong Men, China Women Clinch the Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2022 First Leg", "content_html": "The first leg of the eagerly anticipated Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2022,\u00a0 the Thailand 7s, lived up to the billing with an action-packed weekend of top-class Sevens action concluding with a bang in Bangkok on Sunday, 23rd October 2022.
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The Hong Kong Men\u2019s team capped off an impressive, dominant and undefeated showing at the tournament with a convincing 36-19 victory in the final.
\nIn the Women\u2019s competition, China prevailed over favourites Japan in the dying seconds of a thrilling, truly nail-biting final, eking out a 21-17 victory.
\nIn the Men\u2019s semi-finals, Hong Kong\u2019s defensive play proved impenetrable, shutting out South Korea, while also proving equally effective on the offence front, notching up 26 points; Japan, on the other hand, reached the final with a relatively hard-fought 19 – 5 victory against a much-improved UAE team.
\nIn the Women\u2019s semi-finals, Japan defeated Hong Kong 14-7 in a toughly contested match, whilst China overwhelmed Thailand with a thumping 33 -5 win.
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Asanga Seneviratne Chairperson of Asia Rugby Competitions Committee was delighted to announce UAE and in particular, Dubai as the host city for the qualifiers as rugby makes its way to the city of Dubai after hosting two international tournaments in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in September and Doha, Qatar during the current month.![\"\ud83c\udfc9\"](\"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f3c9.png\")
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