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]
| 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 Preliminary round was held in Chennai, India on 7–8 March 2015.
Pre-qualifying round edit
Pool stage edit
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Semifinals | |
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 India
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 34 | +53 | 12 |
 Iran
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 22 | +66 | 9 |
 Uzbekistan
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 54 | +19 | 8 |
 United Arab Emirates
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 92 | –54 | 6 |
 Laos
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 127 | –94 | 4 |
Semifinals edit
Third Place Match edit
Final edit
Final standing edit
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Olympic Qualifying round | |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Iran
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| 2 | India
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| 3 | Uzbekistan
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| 4 | United Arab Emirates
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| 5 | Laos
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Olympic qualifying round edit
Teams edit
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Kazakhstan (Automatic qualifier) (withdrawn)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Thailand (Automatic qualifier) (withdrawn)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 edit
| 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 edit
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 0 | +185 | 12 |
| South Korea
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 71 | +17 | 10 |
 China
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 53 | +33 | 8 |
 Singapore
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 141 | −122 | 6 |
 Chinese Taipei
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 138 | −113 | 4 |
Pool B edit
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 12 | +142 | 12 |
 Sri Lanka
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 52 | +65 | 10 |
 Malaysia
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 98 | –44 | 8 |
 Philippines
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 104 | –51 | 5 |
| Iran
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 144 | –112 | 4 |
Playoffs edit
9th/10th Place Playoff edit
Plate Semifinals edit
7th/8th Place Playoff edit
Plate Final edit
Cup Semifinal edit
3rd/4th Place Playoff edit
Cup Final edit
Final standings edit
| Legend |
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| In qualification position for the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
| In qualification position for the Final 2016 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament. |
| Rank | Team |
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Japan
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Hong Kong
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South Korea
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| 4 | Sri Lanka
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| 5 | China
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| 6 | Malaysia
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| 7 | Philippines
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| 8 | Singapore
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| 9 | Chinese Taipei
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| 10 | Iran
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