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Olympic Rugby Sevens Qualifier: 7-8 November, 2015

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Tickets for the two day Asia Olympic Sevens Qualifier on the 7-8 November will go on sale in August priced at $360 for a 2 day pass and $200 for a day pass. The two day tournament will feature the men’s and women’s Rio2016 Asia qualification matches.

The men’s tournament is a 12 team event featuring with the men’s winner claiming Asia’s sole automatic slot amongst the 12 teams participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where Rugby Sevens will make its much anticipated debut. Competing to be Asia’s representative will be China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Already qualified for the men’s competition are Fiji, New Zealand, South Africa, Great Britain, USA, Argentina and the hosts Brazil. The remaining five places will be awarded to the winners of regional qualifiers in Europe, Oceania, Africa and the Hong Kong tournament for Asia as well as the winner of a 16-team international repêchage tournament to be held later in the year.

The women’s qualifier is an 8 team event, the first part of a two leg qualification process that culminates in Tokyo on 28-29 November 2015. Teams competing in the women’s event are China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan.

The winner heading to Rio to join New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Colombia, USA, France and hosts Brazil who have already booked their spots at the 2016 Olympic Games

“The opportunity to participate in an Olympic Games is the ultimate dream for any athlete, and we are totally focused on preparing for the November tournaments,” commented women’s sevens veteran Cheng Ka Chi.

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Asia Rugby Sevens Qualifier
Date: 7-8 November, 2015
Venue: HK Stadium
Tickets: $360 (2-day pass), $200 (1-day pass), under 12 free.
More info: Exact details of the ticket buying process have yet to be released

Hong Kong Cup of Nations – 13, 17, and 21 November 2015

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A new four team round-robin tournament will make it’s debut this November, when Portugal, Russia and Zimbabwe will travel to Hong Kong for the 15-a-side Hong Kong Cup of Nations. The World Rugby-sanctioned competition will feature six matches played over three days.

HKRFU General Manager of Performance Rugby Dai Rees is enthusiastic about the new tournament, saying, “We have been working with World Rugby for a number of years to formalise a competition for Performance 2 and 3 level unions to ensure that we play the number of annual matches recommended by World Rugby for countries that aspire to reach the Rugby World Cup. To reach the recommended seven to ten annual fixtures, we need to combine our Asia Rugby Championships campaign – which is four matches in the spring – with touring or bringing in international teams for home tests in November” said Rees.

Russia is the highest ranked team competing in the Cup of Nations, currently 19th in the World Rugby standings. Portugal is ranked 23 and Zimbabwe is 28. Hong Kong moved up two spots to 25th in the world after finishing second in the Asia Rugby Championship.

“The teams invited to participate in the Cup of Nations are all ranked between 18 and 28 in the world, providing broadly competitive fixtures for Hong Kong. All four teams, including Hong Kong, advanced deep into the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualification process but ultimately didn’t qualify. We want to play against teams just outside of the Rugby World Cup rankings, which is about the top 16 or 18 teams in the world, to engage in meaningful and competitive fixtures,” Rees added.

“From a scheduling standpoint, the rugby calendar will look quite good for Hong Kong with the Cup of Nations giving us another opportunity for intense competition at the beginning of our domestic season and six months on from the Asia Rugby Championship” Rees continued. “We want to push and pressurise ourselves over the coming few years. Having three teams of the calibre of Russia, Portugal and Zimbabwe coming here six months after the Asia Rugby Championship window will help us maintain intensity as we increasingly focus on our high-performance 15s programmes,” said Rees who sees these opportunities as really important for Hong Kong in preparation for the qualification campaign for Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan.

Match schedules and venues will be announced in due course.

Lets hope that a similar women’s tournament can be arranged on the same dates!

Rugby Sevens Asia Regional Qualifier for Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 7-8 November, 2015

Rugby Sevens Asia Regional Qualifier for Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 7-8 November, 2015

Rugby sevens will make its Olympic Games debut on 6 August, 2016 after the Rio 2016 Organising Committee released the daily competition schedule to mark 500 days to go.

The men’s and women’s competitions will both feature 12 teams. World Rugby has announced that the top four teams in the respective men’s and women’s World Rugby Sevens Series standings will qualify automatically – Fiji, South Africa and New Zealand have qualified with England or Australia set to join them. Brazil as hosts will also feature in both tournaments.

A men’s and a women’s team will qualify from each of the six regional Olympic qualification tournaments, that will take place between June and November 2015. The men’s Asia Rugby Sevens Regional Qualifier for Rio 2016 Olympic Games will take place in Hong Kong on the weekend of the 7-8 November.

The Asia women’s representative will be decided via a two leg qualifier – the first leg in Hong Kong on the 7-8 November and the second leg at the Tokyo Women’s Sevens tournament on 28-29 November 2015.

The 12th and final place in both the men’s and women’s Olympic Games rugby sevens competitions will be determined via a repechage tournament which will take place before the end of June 2016 (date and location to be confirmed).Rugby Sevens Asia Regional Qualifier for Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 7-8 November, 2015

Tickets of Rio 2016 can be purchased China Travel Service (Hong Kong) Limited – the authorised ticket reseller for Hong Kong. Visit the Rio 2016 website for more information – www.rio2016.com/spectators.

Hong Kong Women’s 7s 2015 – Awards Dinner

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After two days of great rugby, teams, officials, organisers and volunteers gathered to celebrate a wonderful tournament and present the trophies. Canada, playing some sparkling rugby, emerged victorious in the Cup Final in front of 40,000 fans at the HK Stadium.

The new Ruth Mitchell Player of the Tournament trophy was presented to Aggie Poon Pak Yan. The Hong Kong player was not only the tournaments top points scorer she also made the most tackles.
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Hong Kong Women’s Sevens 2015 @ HK Football Cub – 27 March, 2015

Hong Kong Women’s Sevens 2015 @ HK Football Cub – 27 March, 2015

Second day’s play from the HK Football Club

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Hong Kong Women’s Sevens 2015 @ Kings Park – 26 March, 2015

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A fantastic day’s rugby at Kings Park – Hong Kong Women’s Seven’s Day 1

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