Chinese Taipei national rugby union team (sevens)

The Chinese Taipei national rugby union sevens is a minor national sevens side. They have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s.^[1] In 1989, veteran rugby commentator Bill McLaren mentions them in an article on the Hong Kong Sevens, saying that their team had two Chi-Mings, a Yen-Ching, and a Chijen-Shuen, and that he was grateful that he did not have to broadcast all the names, as he had trouble remembering them.^[2]

Hong Kong Sevens

Year	Venue	Cup			Plate
		Winner	Final Score	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up
1988 Details	Government Stadium	Australia	13-12	New Zealand	United States	Chinese Taipei

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Year	Cup	Plate	Bowl
1999	South Korea	Malaysia	India
2000	Chinese Taipei	Japan	Thailand
2001	Chinese Taipei	Denmark	Czech Republic
2002	Portugal	South Korea	Hong Kong
2003	Kenya	Sri Lanka	Arabian Gulf
2004	Japan	Sri Lanka	Kazakhstan
2005	Japan	Sri Lanka	Arabian Gulf
2006	South Korea	Thailand	Malaysia
2007	Hong Kong	China	India
2008

Rugby at the 1998 Asian Games

Group A matches -

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PW	PL
South Korea	9	3	3	0	113	12
Chinese Taipei	7	3	2	1	78	54
Kazakhstan	5	3	1	2	31	108
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	3	26	74

December 7

South Korea	56 – 0	Kazakhstan
Chinese Taipei	28 – 12	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka	14 – 17	Kazakhstan
South Korea	28 – 12	Chinese Taipei
South Korea	29 – 0	Sri Lanka
Chinese Taipei	38 – 14	Kazakhstan

	Semifinals				Final
	December 8
	South Korea	28
	Thailand	10
					December 8
					South Korea	29
					Japan	14
					Third place
	December 8			December 8
	Japan	14		Thailand	19
	Chinese Taipei	0			Chinese Taipei	5

Rugby at the 2002 Asian Games

Group B matches -

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PW	PL
Chinese Taipei	9	3	3	0	70	7
Japan	7	3	2	1	71	39
China	5	3	1	2	35	52
Hong Kong	3	3	0	3	24	102

September 30

Japan	19 – 7	China
Hong Kong	0 – 29	Chinese Taipei
China	28 – 14	Hong Kong
Japan	7 – 22	Chinese Taipei
Japan	45 – 10	Hong Kong
China	0 – 19	Chinese Taipei

	Semifinals				Final
	October 1
	South Korea	24
	Japan	7
					October 1
					South Korea	33
					Chinese Taipei	21
					Third place
	October 1			October 1
	Chinese Taipei	19		Japan	14
	Thailand	0			Thailand	17

Rugby at the 2006 Asian Games

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
Japan	6	2	2	0	82	7
Chinese Taipei	4	2	1	1	89	24
Qatar	2	2	0	2	0	140

December 10

Chinese Taipei	82 – 0	Qatar
Japan	58 – 0	Qatar
Chinese Taipei	7 – 24	Japan

	Semifinals				Final
	December 11
	Japan	22
	Chinese Taipei	7
					December 11
					Japan	27
					South Korea	26
					Third place
	December 11			December 11
	China	5		Chinese Taipei	12
	South Korea	19			China	19

References

• McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989)

1. ^ McLaren, p70
2. ^ McLaren, p74