2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships
| 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships | |
|---|---|
| Hosts |  Hong Kong |
| Date | 7–8 November |
| Nations | 10 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Japan |
| Runners-up | Hong Kong |
| Third |  South Korea |
The 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships is an Olympic qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics which was held in Hong Kong on 7–8 November 2015.[1] It was originally planned to use the 2015 Asian Sevens Series for the qualification but as the series clashed with the 2015 Rugby World Cup hosted in England, it was decided to use one qualifying tournament (with a pre-qualifying round) for Asia.[1]
The Preliminary round was held in Chennai, India on 7–8 March 2015.
Pre-qualifying round
Pool stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Semifinals | |
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 India
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 34 | +53 | 12 |
 Iran
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 22 | +76 | 10 |
 Uzbekistan
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 54 | +19 | 8 |
 United Arab Emirates
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 92 | –54 | 6 |
 Laos
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 127 | –94 | 4 |
Semifinals
Third Place Match
Final
Final standing
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Olympic Qualifying round | |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Iran
|
| 2 | India
|
| 3 | Uzbekistan
|
| 4 | United Arab Emirates
|
| 5 | Laos
|
Olympic qualifying round
Teams
China (Automatic qualifier)
Chinese Taipei (Automatic qualifier)- Hong Kong (Host Nation)
- Iran (Preliminary round qualifier)
- Japan (Automatic qualifier)
Kazakhstan (Automatic qualifier) (withdrawn)
Malaysia (Automatic qualifier)
Philippines (Automatic qualifier)
Singapore (Automatic qualifier)
Sri Lanka (Automatic qualifier)- South Korea (Automatic qualifier)
Thailand (Automatic qualifier) (withdrawn)
Pool stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Semifinals | |
| Teams that advance to the Plate Semifinals | |
| Teams that advance to 9th/10th place playoff | |
All match times are HKT (UTC+8).
Pool A
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 0 | +183 | 12 |
| South Korea
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 69 | +19 | 10 |
| China
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 53 | +33 | 8 |
| Singapore
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 141 | −122 | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 138 | −113 | 4 |
Pool B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 12 | +142 | 12 |
| Sri Lanka
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 52 | +65 | 10 |
| Malaysia
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 98 | –44 | 8 |
| Philippines
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 104 | –51 | 6 |
| Iran
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 144 | –112 | 4 |
Playoffs
9th/10th Place Playoff
Plate Semifinals
7th/8th Place Playoff
Plate Final
Cup Semifinal
3rd/4th Place Playoff
Cup Final
Final standings
| Legend |
|---|
| In qualification position for the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
| In qualification position for the Final 2016 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament. |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 |
Japan
|
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Hong Kong
|
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South Korea
|
| 4 | Sri Lanka
|
| 5 | China
|
| 6 | Malaysia
|
| 7 | Philippines
|
| 8 | Singapore
|
| 9 | Chinese Taipei
|
| 10 | Iran
|