Shanghai Sevens

Shanghai Sevens
Sport Rugby sevens
Inaugural season 2001
No. of teams 12
Most recent champion(s)  Hong Kong

The Shanghai Sevens is an annual rugby union sevens tournament contested by national teams. The event was first hosted as a leg of the IRB World Sevens Series in 2001 and moved to Beijing for 2002.

From 2009 to 2012 the tournament was hosted as an official event within the Asian Sevens Series,[1] before the series moved to Beijing for 2014.[2]

Results

International men's teams

Year  Venue  Cup Plate Bowl Shield Refs
Winner Final Score Runner-up Winner Winner Winner
2001
Details 		Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
Australia		 19–12
South Africa
Fiji
Canada		 n/a [3]
2009
Details 		Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
South Korea		 42–19
Japan
Hong Kong		 n/a n/a [4]
2010
Details 		Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
South Korea		 38–24
China
Hong Kong
Thailand		 n/a [5]
2011
Details 		Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
South Korea		 22–17
Hong Kong
China
Chinese Taipei		 n/a [6]
2012
Details 		Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
Hong Kong		 40–10
China
Sri Lanka
Malaysia		 n/a [7]
2015
Details 		Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
Japan		 28–12
China
Hong Kong
United Arab Emirates		 n/a [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Asia drops Shanghai Sevens". Ceylon Today. 30 November 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "China Sevens". Hong Kong Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. ↑ IRB Sevens II – Shanghai, Rugby7.com.
  4. ↑ Asia Sevens – Shanghai 2009, Rugby7.com.
  5. ↑ Asia Sevens – Shanghai 2010, Rugby7.com.
  6. ↑ Asia Sevens – Shanghai 2011, Rugby7.com.
  7. ↑ Asia Sevens – Shanghai 2012, Rugby7.com.
  8. ↑ Asia Sevens – Shanghai 2015, Rugby7.com.

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