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Record win comes to Chinese Taipei's rescue
Monday, 11 December, 2006
Chinese Taipei crushed hosts Qatar 82-0 – the biggest winning margin in
sevens history at the Asian Games – in their opening match at Al-Arabi
Sports Club and it was this emphatic win which ultimately saw them reach the
semifinals.
The 2002 silver medallists gave Qatar a baptism of fire on their
international sevens debut on Sunday 10 December, scoring within 30 seconds
of the whistle in the pool C encounter and then running in a further 11 tries
with captain Chang Wei Cheng scoring five of them.
Qatar were simply no match for their more athletic opponents, their home
advantage counting for little as they struggled to hold onto the ball and
lacked pace and fitness in both defence and attack. The match was so
one-sided that within 10 minutes Chinese Taipei had already surpassed the
previous biggest margin – Korea’s 56-0 defeat of Kazakhstan in 1998 – and
it got little better for Qatar in their next match with Japan.
Akihito Yamada scored five of Japan’s 10 tries in a 58-0 rout – the second
biggest winning margin ever – but Qatar’s Fijian coach Usaia Biumaiwai was
nonetheless proud of his charges, who have had just months to learn the game.
“They have learnt a lot from these two games and from the tournament. They
didn’t know the level of international tournaments, but now they know. They
have progressed in these two matches and that’s what I wanted to see,” he
said.
These high scores made it virtually certain that the best runner up would
come from this pool, the question was would it be Japan or Chinese Taipei?
The final pool C encounter answered that question … Chinese Taipei.
This is because Japan outscored their rivals by four tries to one in a 24-7
victory; Masahiro Tsuiki – who also endured a trip to the sin-bin – Yusaku
Kuwazuru, Hiroki Yoshida and Takeshi Fujiwawra scoring to cancel out Chen Wen
Yen’s try that had given Chinese Taipei a slender 7-5 half time lead.
Chinese Taipei though will have the chance to avenge this defeat as the teams
meet again in the first semifinal on Monday 11 December. The winner is
expected to meet Korea, the only ever rugby gold medallists at the Asian
Games, in the final.
"It was our own mistakes that caused our downfall. We are looking forward to
meeting them again," Chinese Taipei's Fijian coach Tomasi Cama said.
Korea, who have won both sevens and 15-man events which were held in both
1998 and 2002, face China in the other semifinal after brushing aside the
challenge of Hong Kong, China and Thailand in pool A.
Hong Kong, China provided the sterner test for Korea in the opening match of
the competition at Doha 2006, the sides being locked at 7-7 at half time
before two tries from Chun Jong Man saw the favourites to a 21-7 victory.
Bronze medallists in both 1998 and 2002, Thailand lost 26-21 to a last gasp
try by Hong Kong, China’s Ricky Cheuk Ming Yin and it got even worse against
Korea, the champions running out 42-0 winners.
This was one of five matches from the nine across the three pools to make it
into the top 10 of biggest winning margins, the others being Sri Lanka’s
48-0 defeat of India and China’s 41-0 victory over the same side making
their Games debut.
Chun Jong Man scored a hat-trick in this rout, which leaves Thailand able to
finish no higher than seventh in the tournament, although they should do this
with ease as they will meet the winner of India v Qatar.
“The first game against Hong Kong was tough but this one was easier,” said
Korea captain Kim Hyung Ki, who already has four gold medals to his name.
“Four years ago Korea were the only strong team, but now Chinese Taipei and
Japan are strong and we will face one in the quarterfinals. Still I think it
will be ok. We can win.”
China finished top of pool B, although they had to dig deep against Sri Lanka
in their final game. The Sri Lankans, cheered on by a sizeable contingent in
the crowd, scored the opening try trhough Anuradha Dharmathilake.
However five unanswered tries – from Sun Tao, Li Yang, He Zhongliang and a
brace by Li Yang – eased any Chinese nerves with the 31-5 win ending Sri
Lanka’s hopes of a semifinal spot.
Sri Lanka will have to instead contend themselves with the chance to finish
fifth – one better than they managed in 2002 – by beating Hong Kong, China
in the fifth place playoff. Win or lose Hong Kong, China have bettered their
eighth place.
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