2016 Colombo Sevens

2016 Colombo Sevens
2016 Colombo Sevens
Host nation	Sri Lanka
Date	15–16 October 2015
Cup
Champion	Hong Kong
Runner-up	South Korea
Third	China
Plate
Winner	Malaysia
Runner-up	Japan
Tournament details
Matches played	20
Tries scored	119 (average 5.95 per match)
Most points	Rimene, Benjamin (39)
Most tries	Dharmapala, Richard (6)
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The 2016 Colombo Sevens was the third and final leg of the Asian Sevens Series for the year. The tournament was held between 15 and 16 October 2016 at the Colombo International Rugby Stadium.

Hong Kong had their third straight tournament win in the series, defeating South Korea 24-19 in the Cup final. The victory secured Hong Kong the overall series title and a place in the international qualifier for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens, which is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. China defeated Sri Lanka 22-21 in the third/fourth place playoff however the home side secured enough overall points in the series to finish second and also secure a place in the international qualifier at the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens. In the plate final Malaysia defeated Japan 19-14. The leading points scorer for the tournament was Benjamin Rimene from Hong Kong with 39 points (comprising three tries and twelve conversions) closely followed by Malaysia's Azwan Mat Zizi on 38 points (four tries and 9 conversions). The top try scorer was Richard Dharmapala from Sri Lanka with six tries.

Pool Stage

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Hong Kong	3	2	1	71	46	+25	7
South Korea	3	2	1	89	54	+35	7
Japan	3	1	2	43	90	-47	5
Malaysia	3	1	2	47	60	-13	5

15 October 2016
12:28

Hong Kong	31-12	Japan

15 October 2016
12:50

South Korea	29-14	Malaysia

15 October 2016
15:24

Hong Kong	14-19	Malaysia

15 October 2016
15:46

South Korea	45-14	Japan

15 October 2016
18:20

Malaysia	14-17	Japan

15 October 2016
18:42

Hong Kong	26-15	South Korea

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
China	3	3	0	86	19	+67	9
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	106	31	+75	7
Singapore	3	1	2	12	100	-88	5
Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	7	61	-54	3

15 October 2016
13:12

Sri Lanka	26-7	Chinese Taipei

15 October 2016
13:34

China	34-5	Singapore

15 October 2016
16:08

Sri Lanka	66-0	Singapore

15 October 2016
16:30

China	28-0	Chinese Taipei

15 October 2016
19:04

Sri Lanka	14-24	China

15 October 2016
19:26

Chinese Taipei	0-7	Singapore

Finals

Plate

Semi-finals		Final

16 October 2016 - 14:13

Japan	26
		16 October 2016 - 17:17
Chinese Taipei	5
		Japan	14
16 October 2016 - 14:35
		Malaysia	19
Malaysia	24

Singapore	12
		Third place

		25 September 2016 - 16:55

		Chinese Taipei	22

		Singapore	17

Cup

Semi-finals		Final

16 October 2016 - 15:05

Hong Kong	19
		16 October 2016 - 17:39
Sri Lanka	7
		Hong Kong	24
16 October 2016 - 15:27
		South Korea	19
South Korea	19

China	14
		Third place

		16 October 2016 - 18:23

		Sri Lanka	21

		China	22

Standings

Pos.	Country	Points
1	Hong Kong	12
2	South Korea	11
3	China	10
4	Sri Lanka	9
5	Malaysia	8
6	Japan	7
7	Chinese Taipei	6
8	Singapore	5