IRB Asian rugby Championsip Starts on the 24th of july in Guangzhou, China with 13 teams in 4 pools

IRB Asian Rugby Women’s Sevens Championship 2010

All Matches will be played in accordance with the Tournament Rules found in Section 7 of this Manual. Teams will play a ‘round robin’ in pools followed by ‘knockout’ matches and ‘placings’. At the conclusion of the tournament teams will be ranked from 1-13.

There will be a total of 4 Pools - Pool A, B & C will have 3 teams and Pool D will have 4 teams. The teams in each Pool will be seeded based on last year’s rankings. The format will be ‘round robin’.

Pool A

1. China (1)

2. Hong Kong (7)

3. Philippines

    

   
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Pool B

1. Thailand (2)

2. Ch. Taipei (8)

3. Korea

Pool C

1. Kazakhstan (3)

2. Singapore (9)

3. India (13)

1. Uzbekistan (4)

2. Laos (11)

3. Malaysia (12)

4. Japan

The top two teams in each pool will play in the Quarter Finals for the Gold Medal. The format will be ‘Knock Out’ and ‘Placing’ matches.

The remaining teams will play in the following format: A3, B3 & C3 will become Pool E – ‘Round Robin’. The top two teams (E1 & E2) will play a semi/placing/final against D3/D4:

• Semi-Final 1 = D3 v E2

• Semi-Final 2 = D4 v E1

• 13^th Place = E3

• 11^th/12^th Place = Loser Semi-Final 1 v Loser Semi-Final 2

• 9^th/10^th Place = Winner Semi-Final 1 v Winner Semi-Final 2