Asian Sevens Series
Current season, competition or edition: 2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
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| Sport | Rugby union |
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| Founded | 2009 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 Hong Kong (2016) |
| Most titles |
 Japan (4 titles) |
The Asian Seven Series is an annual series of regional rugby sevens tournaments run by Asia Rugby featuring national sevens teams. It has been held regularly since 2009 to determine Asia's best men's national team in the sport of rugby sevens.
The first season of the competition began in 2009 with two events happening in Shanghai and Borneo. In the first season, Japan took out the trophy after taking out the Borneo Sevens and finishing runner up in Shanghai.
Tournaments that have featured in the Asian Sevens Series include:
Notes:
Bold denotes tournaments that are ranking events counting towards the annual series championship.
^* It was originally planned to use the 2015 Asian Sevens Series as the qualifier for the 2016 Olympics but the series clashed with the 2015 Rugby World Cup hosted in England so a separate Asian Olympic qualifying tournament was held with the final stage hosted in Hong Kong.
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