Rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games – Men

Men
at the 2018 Asian Games
Men ; at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field
Date	30 August – 1 September 2018
Competitors	143 from 12 nations
Medalists
	Hong Kong
	Japan
	South Korea
	← 2014 2022 →

The men's tournament of rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia, was started on 30 August and ended on 1 September 2018. Games were held at the Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field.^[1]

Squads

Afghanistan	China	Chinese Taipei	Hong Kong
Omar Slaimankhel Jawid Rahmani Abdul Bari Gazang Sayear Slaimankhel Zahidullah Slaimankhel Mohammad Asghar Azizi Mohammad Moosa Hashimi Mussa Wardak Zakir Slaimankhel Sabir Slaimankhel Naib Shah Shirzad Mostafa Sayed	Liu Luda Zhang Chao Li Haitao Feng Wenru Shan Changshun Hu Zhenye Qi Changyuan Chen Yongqiang Jiang Liwei Wang Jianhua Liu Junkui Ma Chong	Huang Te-lung Hsieh Pin-yi Shen Ching-hung Shen Ming-kuang Lo Hsin-kuei Huang Po-wei Sun Wei-chiang Sung Che-yu Chang Lun-wei Chang Hao-wei Chen Chih-chieh Lin Chueh-hao	Lee Jones Michael Coverdale Max Woodward Liam Herbert Jamie Hood Hugo Stiles Alessandro Nardoni Max Denmark Ben Rimene Eric Kwok Cado Lee Salom Yiu
Indonesia	Japan	Malaysia	Pakistan
Nanda Septian Oloan Handika Hadi Wibowo Fransiscus Sinaga Dionysius Oktavian Andi Lawrence Oiyaitou Aqiel Azis Safrurrozi Christopher Adhitya Hardwika Yusuf Satria Nugroho Buldan Abdurrohman Muhammad Rifaldi Sauri Andika Yudistira Pratama Muhammad Danial Al-Fikri	Lote Tuqiri Tevita Tupou Taisei Hayashi Rikiya Oishi Kameli Soejima Dai Ozawa Katsuyuki Sakai Keisuke Shin Ryota Kano Kosuke Hashino Chihito Matsui Naoki Motomura	Wan Izzuddin Ismail Safwan Abdullah Nasharuddin Ismail Siddiq Amir Jalil Ameer Nasrun Zulkifli Khairul Abdillah Ramli Zulkifli Azmi Dzafran Asyraff Zulhisham Rasli Azwan Zuwairi Mat Zizi Amalul Hazim Nasarrudin Firdaus Tarmizi	Ali Shahid Ahmed Wasim Akram Kashif Khwaja Khalid Hussain Bhatti Muhammad Waqas Musdaq Altaf Muhammad Haroon Muhammad Shoaib Akbar Nasir Mehmood Muhammad Afzal Daud Gill Faisal Aslam
South Korea	Sri Lanka	Thailand	United Arab Emirates
Han Kun-kyu Kim Jeong-min Kim Hyun-soo Chang Yong-heung Lee Jae-bok Kim Nam-uk Jang Jeong-min Hwang In-jo Jang Seong-min Kim Jin-hyeok Kim Gwong-min Kim Sung-soo	Rehan Silva Kavindu Perera Gayan Weerarathna Danushka Ranjan Reeza Raffaideen Dansha Dayan Jesan Dissanayake Sudharshana Muthuthanthri Srinath Sooriyabandara Tharinda Ratwatte Buddhima Piyarathna Sudam Sooriyarachchi	Panupong Puangpun Khomchak Chakrabandhu Sumet Thammaporn Akarin Thitisakulvit Sarut Janda Klin Laksanasompong Noppasit Kradkrayang Chatree Wannadit Puvadol Palukpetch Warongkorn Khamkoet Sichon Nakarin Wuttipong Sakulthianthong	Saeed Ibrahim Saad Mohamed Al-Shamsi Rashed Al-Marzooqi Yousuf Lashkri Hassan Al-Noobi Majid Al-Balooshi Abdalla Rabee Salmin Ali Al-Sereidi Walid Al-Balooshi Ahmed Al-Areefi Ahmad Al-Shehi

Results

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hong Kong	3	3	0	142	29	+113	9	Quarterfinals
2	China	3	2	1	110	49	+61	7
3	Thailand	3	1	2	57	76	−19	5
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	5	160	−155	3	Ranking round 9–12

Source: Results

30 August
12:28

China	40–7	Thailand
Try: Shan C.S. (2) 2' c, 9' m Feng W.R. (2) 6' c, 7+' c Li H.T. 8' c Qi C.Y. 14+' c Con: Shan C.S. (4/5) Qi C.Y. (1/1)		Try: Thitisakulvit 4' c Con: Khamkoet (1/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Suguru Kamamuta (Japan)

30 August
12:50

Hong Kong	64–5	Pakistan
Try: Yiu (3) 1' m, 3' c, 7' c Jones (2) 5' c, 7+' m Denmark (3) 10' c, 12' c, 14+' c Woodward 13' c Lee 14' c Con: Rimene (4/6) Hood (2/3) Herbert (1/1)		Try: Aslam 9' m Con: Akram (0/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Charlie Brown (Ireland)

30 August
16:08

Thailand	43–0	Pakistan
Try: Thitisakulvit (2) 3' m, 11' c Palukpetch 4' m Khamkoet 7' c Puangpun 8' m Chakrabandhu 10' c Kradkrayang 14' c Con: Khamkoet (1/3) Thitisakulvit (2/3) Laksanasompong (1/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan)

30 August
16:30

Hong Kong	42–17	China
Try: Rimene (2) 1' c, 7+' c Yiu 3' c Nardoni (2) 6' c, 9' c Denmark 11' c Con: Rimene (5/5) Hood (1/1)		Try: Shan C.S. (2) 4' m, 13' m Liu J.K. 14+' c Con: Ma C. (0/2) Shan C.S. (1/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Suguru Kamamuta (Japan)

31 August
12:50

China	53–0	Pakistan
Try: Shan C.S. (2) 2' m, 7' m Jiang L.W. (2) 4' c, 6' c Hu Z.Y. 8' m Ma C. 10' m Liu J.K. (2) 12' c, 14' c Wang J.H. 13' m Con: Shan C.S. (0/3) Ma C. (2/3) Feng W.R. (2/2) Wang J.H. (0/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Patrick Kwok (Hong Kong)

31 August
13:12

Hong Kong	36–7	Thailand
Try: Herbert 2' c Yiu 3' c Jones (2) 7+' m, 14' m Rimene 11' m Coverdale 12' c Con: Hood (1/1) Rimene (2/5)		Try: Janda 6' c Con: Khamkoet (1/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	170	0	+170	9	Quarterfinals
2	Malaysia	3	2	1	56	62	−6	7
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	51	74	−23	5
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	31	172	−141	3	Ranking round 9–12

Source: Results

30 August
13:12

Malaysia	17–10	Chinese Taipei
Try: Zulkifli 7+' m Azmi 10' m Nasarrudin 13' c Con: Mat Zizi (0/2) Asyraff (1/1)		Try: Hsieh P.Y. 1' m Lo H.K. 6' m Con: Huang P.W. (0/2)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand)

30 August
13:34

Japan	92–0	Indonesia
Try: Matsui (3) 1' m, 5' c, 7' m Ozawa (2) 2' c, 3' c Motomura (3) 2' c, 6' c, 9' c Sakai 7+' c Oishi (2) 10' m, 11' c Kano 12' c Hayashi 14' c Tuqiri 14+' c Con: Sakai (11/14)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Patrick Kwok (Hong Kong)

30 August
16:52

Chinese Taipei	41–26	Indonesia
Try: Huang T.L. 2' m Shen M.K. (2) 4' m, 11' m Chen C.C. (2) 7' c, 10' c Hsieh P.Y. 8' c Huang P.W. 12' m Con: Shen C.H. (0/1) Huang P.W. (3/5) Lin C.H. (0/1)		Try: Abdurrohman 5' c Wibowo 7+' c Oloan 9' c Andi 14+' m Con: Oloan (3/4)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Craig Chan (Canada)

30 August
17:14

Japan	47–0	Malaysia
Try: Hashino (2) 2' c, 12' c Hayashi 6' c Sakai (2) 7' c, 14' m Ozawa 9' c Kano 13' c Con: Sakai (5/6) Hashino (1/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Charlie Brown (Ireland)

31 August
13:34

Malaysia	39–5	Indonesia
Try: Azmi 2' m Ismail 5' m Nasarrudin (2) 6' c, 8' m Zulkifli (2) 12' c, 14' m Tarmizi 14+' m Con: Mat Zizi (1/4) Asyraff (1/3)		Try: Oloan 10' m Con: Oiyaitou (0/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Suguru Kamamuta (Japan)

31 August
13:56

Japan	31–0	Chinese Taipei
Try: Shin 1' m Motomura (3) 3' c, 7' m, 13' c Kano 10' c Con: Hashino (1/3) Sakai (2/2)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	124	31	+93	9	Quarterfinals
2	Sri Lanka	3	2	1	130	31	+99	7	Quarterfinals
3	Afghanistan	3	1	2	41	78	−37	5	Ranking round 9–12
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	0	155	−155	3	Ranking round 9–12

Source: Results

30 August
13:56

Sri Lanka	68–0	United Arab Emirates
Try: Sooriyabandara (2) 1' c, 7' c Muthuthanthri 3' c Piyarathna 6' c Dayan (2) 8' c, 14' c Perera (3) 10' m, 11' c, 12' c Sooriyarachchi 14+' c Con: Sooriyabandara (1/1) Ratwatte (5/6) Muthuthanthri (1/1) Sooriyarachchi (2/2)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Craig Chan (Canada)

30 August
14:18

South Korea	42–5	Afghanistan
Try: Chang Y.H. 1' c Han K.K. 5' c Kim J.M. 8' c Jang S.M. 10' c Lee J.B. 12' c Hwang I.J. 14+' c Con: Lee J.B. (5/5) Kim S.S. (1/1)		Try: Zak. Slaimankhel 7' m Con: O. Slaimankhel (0/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan)

30 August
17:36

United Arab Emirates	0–36	Afghanistan
		Try: Gazang (2) 2' m, 7' c Zak. Slaimankhel 3' m Sayed 5' m O. Slaimankhel 12' c Azizi 14' c Con: Gazang (0/1) O. Slaimankhel (3/5)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Patrick Kwok (Hong Kong)

30 August
17:58

South Korea	31–26	Sri Lanka
Try: Jang S.M. (2) 1' m, 3' m Han K.K. (2) 7' c, 14' c Lee J.B. 8' c Con: Lee J.B. (3/4)		Try: Sooriyabandara 5' c Raffaideen 10' c Piyarathna 12' m Sooriyarachchi 14+' c Con: Sooriyabandara (1/2) Raffaideen (1/1) Sooriyarachchi (1/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand)

31 August
14:18

Sri Lanka	36–0	Afghanistan
Try: Sooriyarachchi (2) 3' c, 13' m Sooriyabandara (2) 6' c, 14+' c Perera 10' m Raffaideen 11' m Con: Sooriyabandara (2/3) Sooriyarachchi (1/1) Ratwatte (0/2)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Craig Chan (Canada)

31 August
14:40

South Korea	51–0	United Arab Emirates
Try: Jang J.M. (4) 4' m, 4' c, 7' c, 9' m Kim N.U. 5' m Hwang I.J. 8' m Chang Y.H. (2) 12' m, 14' m Han K.K. 14+' c Con: Lee J.B. (2/3) Kim N.U. (0/1) Kim S.S. (0/4) Kim J.H. (1/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Charlie Brown (Ireland)

Summary

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	170	0	+170	9	Quarterfinals
2	Hong Kong	3	3	0	142	29	+113	9
3	South Korea	3	3	0	124	31	+93	9
4	Sri Lanka	3	2	1	130	31	+99	7
5	China	3	2	1	110	49	+61	7
6	Malaysia	3	2	1	56	62	−6	7
7	Thailand	3	1	2	57	76	−19	5
8	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	51	74	−23	5
9	Afghanistan	3	1	2	41	78	−37	5	Ranking round 9–12
10	Indonesia	3	0	3	31	172	−141	3
11	Pakistan	3	0	3	5	160	−155	3
12	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	0	155	−155	3

Source: Results

Ranking round 9–12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Afghanistan	3	3	0	94	19	+75	9
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	102	20	+82	7
3	Indonesia	3	1	2	65	55	+10	5
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	5	172	−167	3

Source: Results

31 August
16:30

Afghanistan	50–0	United Arab Emirates
Try: O. Slaimankhel (3) 2' c, 6' c, 9' m Zak. Slaimankhel (2) 3' c, 7+' c Gazang 5' c Rahmani 11' m Hashimi 13' m Con: O. Slaimankhel (5/7) Hashimi (0/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Aaqil Jamaldeen (Sri Lanka)

31 August
16:52

Indonesia	5–21	Pakistan
Try: Pratama 12' m Con: Sauri (0/1)		Try: Bhatti 1' c Mehmood 9' c Altaf 13' c Con: Mehmood (3/3)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Leow Wei Liang (Singapore)

1 September
11:00

Afghanistan	15–7	Pakistan
Try: O. Slaimankhel (2) 4' m, 13' m Gazang 10' m Con: O. Slaimankhel (0/3)		Try: Bhatti 12' c Con: Akram (1/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Charlie Brown (Ireland)

1 September
11:22

Indonesia	48–5	United Arab Emirates
Try: Oiyaitou 1' m Oloan (2) 3' c, 13' c Pratama 5' m Andi 7' m Safrurrozi 10' m Al-Fikri 12' c Wibowo 14' c Con: Oloan (4/8)		Try: Al-Shehi 7+' m Con: Al-Shehi (0/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Leow Wei Liang (Singapore)

1 September
17:40

Pakistan	74–0	United Arab Emirates
Try: Aslam (5) 2' c, 5' m, 7' c, 8' c, 14' m Mehmood (4) 6' c, 7+' m, 11' c, 14+' c Gill (2) 10' c, 12' m Akram 11' m Con: Mehmood (4/4) Akram (1/4) Afzal (2/4)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Craig Chan (Canada)

1 September
18:02

Afghanistan	29–12	Indonesia
Try: O. Slaimankhel 1' c Gazang (3) 4' m, 7' m, 14' m Zak. Slaimankhel 7+' c Con: O. Slaimankhel (1/3) Say. Slaimankhel (1/1) Azizi (0/1)		Try: Nugroho 10' c Oloan 11' m Con: Oloan (1/2)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Charlie Brown (Ireland)

Final round

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

31 August

Japan	43
		1 September
Chinese Taipei	0
		Japan	12
31 August
		Sri Lanka	10
Sri Lanka	17
				1 September
China	12
				Japan	0
31 August
				Hong Kong	14
South Korea	40
		1 September
Malaysia	5
		South Korea	7
31 August
		Hong Kong	19	Bronze medal match
Hong Kong	52
				1 September
Thailand	0
				Sri Lanka	14

				South Korea	36

Semifinals 5th–8th		Classification 5th–6th

1 September

Chinese Taipei	7
		1 September
China	38
		China	7
1 September
		Malaysia	12
Malaysia	33

Thailand	12
		Classification 7th–8th

		1 September

		Chinese Taipei	24

		Thailand	19

Quarterfinals

31 August
17:14

Japan	43–0	Chinese Taipei
Try: Matsui (2) 1' m, 4' c Hashino 6' m Soejima 8' c Ozawa (3) 10' c, 12' c, 14' m Con: Sakai (4/7)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Patrick Kwok (Hong Kong)

31 August
17:36

Sri Lanka	17–12	China
Try: Sooriyarachchi 5' c Sooriyabandara 6' m Raffaideen 7+' m Con: Sooriyarachchi (1/1) Sooriyabandara (0/2)		Try: Zhang C. 2' m Shan C.S. 10' c Con: Shan C.S. (1/2)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan)

31 August
17:58

South Korea	40–5	Malaysia
Try: Kim J.M. 1' c Kim H.S. 4' c Kim N.U. 7+' c Jang J.M. 10' m Chang Y.H. (2) 14' c, 14+' c Con: Lee J.B. (3/3) Kim N.U. (2/3)		Try: Mat Zizi 8' m Con: Mat Zizi (0/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand)

31 August
18:20

Hong Kong	52–0	Thailand
Try: Yiu 1' c Hood (2) 2' c, 7+' m Nardoni 6' c Denmark (2) 8' c, 14' m Jones 10' c Kwok 13' c Con: Hood (2/3) Rimene (3/3) Stiles (1/2)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Suguru Kamamuta (Japan)

Semifinals 5th–8th

1 September
16:12

Chinese Taipei	7–38	China
Try: Huang T.L. 6' c Con: Huang P.W. (1/1)		Try: Qi C.Y. (2) 3' c, 7+' m Zhang C. 5' m Feng W.R. 10' c Ma C. 12' c Con: Ma C. (1/3) Feng W.R. (2/2)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Patrick Kwok (Hong Kong)

1 September
16:34

Malaysia	33–12	Thailand
Try: Ismail 3' c Zulkifli 4' c Jalil 6' c Nasarrudin 7+' m Mat Zizi 8' c Con: Mat Zizi (4/5)		Try: Puangpun 10' m Chakrabandhu 12' c Con: Khamkoet (1/2)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan)

Semifinals

1 September
16:56

Japan	12–10	Sri Lanka
Try: Hashino 4' m Sakai 7+' c Con: Sakai (1/2)		Try: Perera 2' m Muthuthanthri 7' m Con: Sooriyabandara (0/2)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand)

1 September
17:18

South Korea	7–19	Hong Kong
Try: Jang J.M. 8' c Con: Lee J.B. (1/1)		Try: Lee (2) 5' c, 7' c Rimene 11' m Con: Hood (1/2) Rimene (1/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Suguru Kamamuta (Japan)

Classification 7th–8th

1 September
18:46

Chinese Taipei	24–19	Thailand
Try: Shen M.K. 1' c Hsieh P.Y. 7+' m Huang P.W. 10' c Chang L.W. 13' m Con: Huang P.W. (2/4)		Try: Sakulthianthong 6' c Kradkrayang (2) 7' m, 12' c Con: Khamkoet (2/3)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Craig Chan (Canada)

Classification 5th–6th

1 September
19:30

China	7–12	Malaysia
Try: Ma C. 10' c Con: Ma C. (1/1)		Try: Nasarrudin 3' m Ismail 5' c Con: Mat Zizi (1/2)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Suguru Kamamuta (Japan)

Bronze medal match

1 September
20:14

Sri Lanka	14–36	South Korea
Try: Ratwatte 8' c Dissanayake 12' c Con: Ratwatte (2/2)		Try: Chang Y.H. 3' c Kim J.M. 6' m Jang J.M. 7' c Kim H.S. 10' c Kim J.H. 13' m Hwang I.J. 14+' m Con: Lee J.B. (1/1) Kim N.U. (2/4) Kim S.S. (0/1)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Noriaki Hashimoto (Japan)

Gold medal match

1 September
21:06

Japan	0–14	Hong Kong
		Try: Yiu 2' c Nardoni 7+' c Con: Rimene (2/2)

Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand)

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
	Hong Kong	6	6	0
	Japan	6	5	1
	South Korea	6	5	1
4	Sri Lanka	6	3	3
5	Malaysia	6	4	2
6	China	6	3	3
7	Chinese Taipei	6	2	4
8	Thailand	6	1	5
9	Afghanistan	6	4	2
10	Pakistan	6	2	4
11	Indonesia	6	1	5
12	United Arab Emirates	6	0	6

References

^ "Asian Games Rugby 7s Pool Drawing". Persatuan Rugby Union Indonesia. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

External links

Rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games

[1] "Asian Games Rugby 7s Pool Drawing". Persatuan Rugby Union Indonesia. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

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