The Hong Kong International Touch Championship 2025 (HKITC) is returning and takes place again in the lead up to the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens at Happy Valley on 23 March with Hong Kong sides selected and international teams open to register.
The organisers, Hong Kong China Touch, told Rugby Asia 247, “The same as last year, the Hong Kong International Touch Championship kicks off the HK7s party. We are looking to attract more teams from different countries to Hong Kong, play Touch with us and enjoy the best SVNS in the world together.
In the Touch World Cup in England last year, our Women’s Open team reached 8th place, which showed that our team is really competitive on the world stage. We would love to see more competitive teams come to play with us, with more quality games, the better our players will grow.”
With Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Touch divisions in the tournament, the games will be played on a full pitch size (around 70m x 50m with 25 minutes straight per game. The divisions will be played in a round-robin format which will be followed by knock-out Finals
The winners of the 2024 HKITC (with some national teams using the tournament as preparation for the Touch World Cup 2024) were:
- Men’s Cup Winner: Buccaneer (Hong Kong China)
- Women’s Cup Winner: Todaks (Singapore)
- Mixed Cup Winner: China Touch Development (China)
Hong Kong International Touch Championship 2025 – Registrations
The deadline for applications for Hong Kong teams is 31 January 2025, while the cut-off for international team registration is 10 February 2025. Each player can only play for one team.
- Team Entry fee: HKD 3000 per team (including 36 HKCT player registrations) – Online Payments
Four local teams will be competing in each category with seedings applied in the pool phase. HKCT reserves the right to make the final decisions and the eligibility for local team inclusion is:
Men’s and Women’s Categories – HKITC 2025
- Top 2 local teams from HKITC2024 (Men – Buccaneer, Raven Touch Football, Women – Raven Touch Football, Buccaneer)
- Top 2 from Summer Touch Festival 2024 Premiership League* (Men – Zion, Neo Touch, Women – T8, Neo Touch)
Mixed Category – HKITC 2025
- Top 2 local teams from HKITC2024; (T8 Mixed, Yellow Bull ASAHI)
- Top 2 from Summer Touch Festival 2024 Mixed Division 1* (FASA, Astro)
Photo Credit: Hong Kong China Touch
If any eligible local teams withdraw and the number of team entries from overseas teams is less than the acceptable number, a local team with the highest ranking from the highest division in Summer Touch Festival 2024 will be invited (e.g., 3rd from Premiership League for Men’s and Women’s categories / 3rd from Division 1 for Mixed category).
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