Asia Rugby is proud to unveil the team of match officials entrusted with upholding the highest standards of rugby during the 19th Asian Games. The Rugby 7s event will feature 13 men's teams and 7 women's teams, and it is scheduled to take place from September 24th to 26th at Hangzhou Normal ...
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The Asian Games Rugby 7s event will now include an Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Men’s team.
Asia Rugby has officially announced the addition of an OCA team to the roster of the Asian Games Men's Rugby 7s event. This development expands the participation to 13 men's teams and 7 women's teams. The Asian Games have a rich history with rugby, having made its debut in 1998 in Bangkok, ...
Asia Rugby Announces Virtual Draw for the 19th Asian Games Rugby Sevens Event.
Asia Rugby Announces Virtual Draw for the 19th Asian Games Rugby Sevens Event. Continent's Premier Rugby Tournament to Showcase Men's and Women's Teams in Highly Anticipated Draw Asia Rugby is pleased to announce a virtual draw for the Men's and Women's Rugby Sevens event at the forthcoming Asian ...
Asia Rugby Gearing up for an Exciting Sevens Season
As the Asia Rugby Men’s Championship concluded, all eyes are now focused on an exhilarating sevens season in Asia, with seven major tournaments lined up for the second half of 2023. The action-packed sevens season will kick off with the Asia Rugby U20 Men's and Women's Sevens, hosted by the Nepal ...
President Asia Rugby induction in the OCA Asian Sport Federations Committee
The Executive Board of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) at its meeting in Tashkent - Uzbekistan yesterday approved unanimously the formation and composition of the Asian Sport Federations Committee. Asian Sport Federations Committee Chaired by Chey Tae Won the OCA Vice-President Osama Al ...
19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 postponed
OCA Press Release on Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 and Shantou Asian Youth Games 2021 Following detailed discussions with the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) and the Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (HAGOC), the OCA Executive Board (EB) today decided to postpone the 19th Asian Games, which ...
Thailand relishing sevens competition with Asia’s elite
Thailand women's sevens team were perhaps the surprise package at the recent Asian Games. Despite not winning a medal, they beat Hong Kong to reach the Cup semi-finals before losing to China 29-5. In the bronze medal match they lost 29-7 to Kazakhstan but their performances impressed many ...
Asian Games boosts Asia 1 Million project in Indonesia
Asia Rugby's commitment to growing the game across Asia got a boost from rugby sevens' recent participation in the Asian Games During the Games Asia Rugby and host union Indonesia ran an intensive training and education week delivering various World Rugby T&E courses as part of the Asia 1 ...
Rugby sevens shines in 18th Asian Games
With the dust settled on the Asian Games, rugby sevens was a fitting finale to the 18th edition in Jakarta. With the sport now firmly cemented in the Olympic family after its debut in Rio in 2016, the sport continues to go from strength to strength. This was another demonstration of that, this ...
Eight years of hurt undone with sensational gold in Jakarta
Hong Kong struck gold on an enthralling night in Jakarta, beating Japan 14-0 in the Asian Games final on Saturday. Tries from Yiu Salom and Alessandro Nardoni secured the historic gold, ending a run of two successive defeats to Japan in the last two Asian Games finals. For some players, ...