Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2024 Leg 2 China 7s

The China 7s is the second leg of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2024 which takes place in Hangzhou, from 21-22 September at the Hangzhou Normal University.

Updated 20 September

(On the eve of the tournament it was announced Emirates had signed on as the title sponsor for Asia Rugby tournaments, so officially its the 2024 Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series)

Both the China women and Hong Kong China men won the opening round in Korea and all of the 16 sides will be looking to jostle for positions as each national team has its own goals whether it’s winning the title, the leg, or staying up in the ARSS for 2025.

The format again sees the top 8 men’s and women’s Asian national teams competing. The bottom team from each is relegated to the Trophy Series and the winners of that comp (to be played in Nepal) will earn promotion to ARSS 2025.

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Men’s Pools – China 7s ARSS Leg 2 2024

Pool A

• Hong Kong China
• Korea
• Thailand
• Singapore

Pool B

• China
• Japan
• Malaysia
• UAE

The full fixture list for the women in Korea can be seen here.

Women’s Pools – China 7s ARSS Leg 2 2024

Pool C

• China
• Thailand
• Kazakhstan
• Singapore

Pool D

• Hong Kong China
• Japan
• UAE
• Malaysia

The full fixture list for the women in Korea can be seen here.

ARSS 2024 – China 7s Team Announcements

We will update this as more teams confirm their squads – so keep checking back!

Hong Kong China Women & Men Squads – China 7s 2024

The HKCR men will look to make it two in a row and have made some squad changes from the first leg as part of the squad rotation. In comes Pierce Mackinlay-West, James Sawyer & Jack Combes and out this weekend are Allesandro Nardoni, Lee Cado, and Michael Coverdale.

For the women, as was expected, there are more wholesale changes as the members selected for the WXV have departed for Dubai. Chloe Chan captains the side and along with Au Yeung Sin Yi, Grace Hood, Poon Hoi Yan, Chan Stephanie and Ho Tsz Wun are the only players who remain from the first round in which they placed second.

#9 Kwong Tin Tung will make her international 7s debut.

You can see more about the HKCR Women’s and Men’s 7s squads for the 2nd leg of the ARSS 2024 here.

Thailand Women & Men Squads – China 7s 2024

The Thai women travel to China with the bulk of the squad who played in the first round. The changes we can see are that R.Nawakaew, P.Raksin come in for S.Phaekwamdee and the dangerous young player D.Akwaja.

S.Janda again captains the Thai men as they look to stay up in the ARSS and match or improve on their 5th place finish in Korea.

UAE Women & Men Squads – China 7s 2024

Singapore Women & Men Squads – China 7s 2024

South Korea Men’s Squad – China 7s 2024

Malaysia Women & Men Squads – China 7s 2024

Japan Women & Men Squads – China 7s 2024

China Women & Men Squads – China 7s 2024

Men’s

1 Zhiwen YI
2 Benshou LI
3 Haitao LI
5 SHAN CHANGSHUN
6 Jiajun WU
7 Zhenye HU
8 JIA BOWEI
9 Haoxiang MA
10 LIU LUDA
11 ZHENG ZHIYUAN
12 Bao WANG
13 Aoqi HUANG
21 Sheng WAN

Women’s

7 KEYI CHEN
10 JIULI LIAO
23 CHENGTIAN KANG
6 WANYU WANG
20 YAN ZHOU
29 ZIYING CHEN
2 MEILING YAN
9 FEIFEI YANG
37 YUQIAN CHEN
77 XIAOYANG GAO
15 XINRONG DOU
28 XIAODAN MA
32 JUN HAN

Match Officials – Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2024 – Leg 1 Korea 7s

Asia Rugby announced the match official team only on the eve of the 2024 Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series in China. There are two changes to the team that took charge in Korea during the first leg.

Referees

• Qu Shenggang (China Rugby Association)
• Craig Chan Chung Ho (Hong Kong China Rugby)
• Ano Kuwai (Japan Rugby Football Union)
• Christabelle Lim Mee (Singapore Rugby Union)
• Lin Wei Ming (Sonny Lin) (Chinese Taipei Rugby Football Union)
• Ishanka Abeykoon (Sri Lanka Rugby)
• Hibiki Ikeda (Japan Rugby Football Union)
• Tetsuya Hirakawa (Japan Rugby Football Union)
• Leow Wei Liang (Singapore Rugby Union)
• Sunny Lee Chui Yan (Hong Kong China Rugby)

Taku Otsuki (Japan Rugby Football Union) will be the Coach of Match Officials and shall also serve as the Television Match Official (TMO), while Dilroy Fernando will be overseeing the entire team of officials. Simon Dodd has been appointed as the Performance Reviewer.

ARSS 2024 Venues

Asia Rugby also already announced that South Korea and Thailand will host ARSS legs again in 2025.

2024 Internatoional Rugby Tournaments

• Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2024 – Leg 1 Korea 7s.
• Pacific Nations Cup 2024 Explained.
• Fans Guide To HSBC SVNS Series 2024-2025.
• Pools & Schedule Confirmed For WXV 2024.