KOTA KINABALU, September 25: Japan were crowned champions of the HSBC Asian Rugby Sevens Series in the last day of the Borneo Sevens rugby tournament held at Stadium Likas, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
After losing in the finals against Hong Kong last year, Japan achieved their target of bettering their last year’s accomplishment with a 46 – 0 win over Philippines in the final. Japan will now lead the Asian challenge in the HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, scheduled for 23rd-25th March 2012.
Hong Kong’s title defense suffered a blow as they were ousted by runners-up Philippines in the Cup semifinal and ended up finishing third after beating Chinese Taipei 35-5.
China, who finished fifth in the Shanghai Seven’s bettered their standings by a rung after finishing fourth. The biggest upset came from first leg ranking leaders, Korea, as they finished a meager 8th in the tournament.
Meanwhile, Malaysia failed in their bid of qualifying to the 2012 HSBC Hong Kong World Cup Sevens Series after a 28-14 defeat to Philippines in the quarter-finals.
The homesters lost 19-0 in the Plate’s final to Chinese Taipei to repeat their sixth place finish in the Shanghai leg of the HSBC Asian Rugby Sevens Series, last August.
In the Asia Pacific Womens Sevens, last year’s finalist Papua New Guinea bettered their performance this year by beating China 24-10 China in final, while, the Malaysian women lost 42-0 to Tonga in the plate finals.
HSBC ASIAN RUGBY SEVENS SERIES / ASIA PACIFIC WOMENS SEVENS 2011
DAY 3-FINAL DAY RESULTS
25 SEPTEMBER 2011 (SUNDAY)
ARFU (Q/F1) CHINA vs UAE 31 – 10
ARFU (Q/F2) PHILIPPINES vs MALAYSIA 28 - 14
ARFU (Q/F3) HONG KONG vs CHINESE TAIPEI 36 - 0
ARFU (Q/F4) JAPAN vs KOREA 36 - 0
ARFU (Bowl S/F1) THAILAND vs SRI LANKA 19 - 26
ARFU (Bowl S/F2) BRUNEI vs KAZAKHSTAN 0 - 26
APWS (7th/8th) MALAYSIA vs TONGA 0 - 42
APWS (5th/6th) COOK ISLANDS vs SINGAPORE 5 - 7
ARFU (Plate S/F1) UAE vs MALAYSIA 5 - 40
ARFU (Plate S/F2) CHINESE TAIPEI vs KOREA 24 - 12
ARFU (Cup S/F1) CHINA vs PHILIPPINES 17 - 19
ARFU (Cup S/F2) HONG KONG vs JAPAN 12 - 15
ARFU (11th/12th) THAILAND vs BRUNEI 31 - 3
ARFU (9th/10th) SRI LANKA vs KAZAKHSTAN 26 - 17
APWS (3rd/4th) SAMOA vs HONG KONG 17 - 5
ARFU (7th/8th) UAE vs KOREA 17 - 12
ARFU (5th/6th) MALAYSIA vs CHINESE TAIPEI 0 - 19
ARFU (3rd/4th) CHINA vs HONG KONG 14 - 34
APWS (1st/ 2nd) PAPUA NEW GUINEA vs CHINA 24 - 10
ARFU (1st/ 2nd) PHILIPPINES vs JAPAN 0 - 46BORNEO SEVENS 2011 TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
HSBC ASIAN RUGBY SEVENS SERIES
| 1st | Japan |
2nd | Philippines |
3rd | Hong Kong |
4th | China |
5th | Chinese Taipei |
6th | Malaysia |
7th | United Arab Emirates |
8th | Korea |
9th | Sri Lanka |
10th | Kazakhstan |
11th | Thailand |
12th | Brunei |
ASIA PACIFIC WOMENS SEVENS TOURNAMENT STANDINGS 2011
1st | Papua New Guinea |
2nd | China |
3rd | Samoa |
4th | Hong Kong |
5th | Singapore |
6th | Cook Islands |
7th | Tonga |
8th | Malaysia |
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