Top try scorer after Day 1 – CHEN Yen Ping (Chinese Taipei) – 5 tries

Overall Leading Scorer – CHEN Yen Ping (Chinese Taipei) – 29 points

Iran women of Day 1 – Anna Asfandiyarova – every minute of her matches (42 minutes)

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Top 3 came through the first day relatively untested Japan took the honours in Pool D with the best match of the day over Uzbekistan

China favoured to retain title. However a fast Thailand and a fit looking Kazakhstan team could take the championship Japan could repeat their 2008 Championship win if they can retain possession.  

Match Day 1 – Saturday 24th July 2010

Preliminary Round matches

1.       9:00  Pool A - CHINA (CHN) 39 v 7 HONG KONG CHINA (HKG)
2.       9:20  Pool B - THAILAND (THA) 36 v 0 CHINESE TAIPEI (TPE)
3.       9:40  Pool C - KAZAKHSTAN (KAZ) 34 v 0 SINGAPORE (SIN)
4.       10:00 pool D - UZBEKISTAN (UZB) 7 v 5 LAOS PDR (LAO)
5.       10:20 Pool D - MALAYSIA (MAS) 0 v 52 JAPAN (JPN)
6.       10:40  Pool A - CHINA (CHN) 36 v 0 PHILIPPINES (PHI)
7.       11:00  Pool B - THAILAND (THA) 47 v 0 KOREA (KOR)
8.       11:20  Pool C - KAZAKHSTAN (KAZ) 36 v 0 INDIA (IND)
9.       11:40  Pool D - UZBEKISTAN (UZB) 34 v 0 MALAYSIA (MAS)
10.   14:00  Pool D - LAOS PDR (LAO) 0 v 48 JAPAN (JPN)
11.   14:20  Pool A - HONG KONG CHINA (HKG) 31 v 0 PHILIPPINES (PHI)
12.   14:40  Pool B - CHINESE TAIPEI (TPE) 52 v 0 KOREA (KOR)
13.   15:00  Pool C - SINGAPORE (SIN) 43 v 0 INDIA (IND)
14.   15:20  Pool D - LAOS PDR (LAO) 0 v 19 MALAYSIA (MAS)
15.   15:40  Pool D - UZBEKISTAN (UZB) 12 v 22 JAPAN (JPN)