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Afghanistan national rugby sevens team 
Summary
Afghanistan national rugby sevens team is an rugby sevens team that represents Afghanistan. The national team played their first international tournament at the 2018 Asian Games where they just missed out on qualifying through to the quarter finals.
| Union | Afghanistan Rugby Federation |
|---|---|
| Coach(es) |  Bilal Slaimankhel |
| First international | |
 South Korea 42–5 Afghanistan  (2018 Asian Games 30 August) | |
| World Cup Sevens | |
| Appearances | 0 |
History edit
Afghanistan's first appearance at an tournament was the 2018 Asian Games held in Indonesia with a team that was full of Afghan expatriates. They would only record the one win in the tournament against the United Arab Emirates finishing ninth of the twelve teams competing.[1] With the focus being on rugby sevens they competed in the trophy where the team seventh of eleven teams with a single win over Bangladesh
Tournament history edit
Summer Olympics edit
| Olympic Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2016
|
Did Not Enter | ||||||||
 2020
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 0/0 | - | - | - | - | |||
Asian Games edit
| Asian Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2018
|
Group Stage | 9th | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | Group Stage | 1/1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
References edit
- ^ "Afghans discover a new sport- rugby". Kabul: Daily Nation. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.