Bahrain national rugby sevens team
The Bahrain national rugby sevens team is a minor sevens side. They have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens. They are traditionally seen as "minnows". For example, in the 1989 Hong Kong Sevens, they lost 52–0 to New Zealand and 24–4 to the Netherlands.[1]
History
The first team representing Bahrain at sevens competed at the Hong Kong Sevens in 1978 (doing so for seven non-consecutive tournaments until 1989). However this was likely the Bahrain RFC founded in 1971, containing exclusively foreign nationals.
The first official team played in the 2023 Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy held in Doha, Qatar where they reached the final, losing to Thailand.
Tournament history
Hong Kong Sevens
| Year | Venue | Cup | Plate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Final Score | Runner-up | Winner | Runner-up | ||
| 1978 Details |
HK Football Club Stadium | Fiji |
14-10 | Manawatu |
Bahrain |
Singapore |
| 1985 Details |
HK Football Club Stadium | Australia |
24-10 | Public School Wanderers |
Tonga |
Bahrain |
- 1979: Plate Semi-finals
- 1983: Plate Quarter-finals
- 1984: Plate Quarter-finals
- 1987: Plate Quarter-finals
Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy
| Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |
| 2023 | Finalists | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | Cup quarter-finals | 5th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Cup quarter-finals | 5th | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 Titles | 3/3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | |
External links
- Bahrain at rugby7.com (click the drop down and scroll down to Bahrain)
References
- ^ McLaren, p70
- McLaren Bill, A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989)