Rugby at the 2006 Asian Games
| Rugby sevens at the 2006 Asian Games |
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| Venue | Grand Hamad Stadium |
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| Dates | December 10, 2006–December 11, 2006 |
| Competitors | 108 from 9 nations |
| ← 2002 | 2010 → |
Rugby sevens was contested by nine teams at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar on December 10 and 11. All games played at the Grand Hamad Stadium.
As a limited number of teams could enter, The Asian Rugby Football Union announced 2005 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7's as the qualification event for the eight-team tournament. But later, they changed the decision and picked host nation Qatar and top 6 teams from 2002 edition, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Japan, China and Sri Lanka. For the last spot a qualification tournament was held in Hong Kong on 4 February 2006.
Later they added India to the competition to make it a nine-team tournament.
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
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