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Malaysia
Wales playing Malaysia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Union Malaysia Rugby Union
Coach(es)John Walters
World Cup Sevens
Appearances(First in 1993)
Best result5th ( 1997)

The Malaysia national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They have competed in the Hong Kong Sevens since the 1980s. [1] Malaysia also qualified for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [2]

Tournament history

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
19932022 Did not qualify
Total Titles 0/8 0 0 0 0

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Malaysia 1998 Plate Semi-finalist 11th 4 2 2 0
England 2002 Bowl Quarter-finalist 13th 4 1 3 0
Australia 2006 Did not qualify
India 2010 Bowl Quarter-finalist 13th 4 0 4 0
Scotland 2014 Shield Semi-finalist 15th 5 0 5 0
Australia 2018 Group stage 13th 3 0 3 0
England 2022 13th–16th Place Playoff =15th 5 0 5 0
Total 0 Titles 6/7 25 3 22 0

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year Position
Thailand 1998 -
South Korea 2002 7th
Qatar 2006 -
China 2010 5th
South Korea 2014 9th
Indonesia 2018

Southeast Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games record
Year Position
Singapore 2015 2nd
Malaysia 2017 1st

Sri Lanka Rugby 7s

Year Cup Plate Bowl
1999   South Korea   Malaysia   India
2000   Chinese Taipei   Japan   Thailand
2001   Chinese Taipei   Denmark   Czech Republic
2002   Portugal   South Korea   Hong Kong
2003   Kenya   Sri Lanka   Arabian Gulf
2004   Japan   Sri Lanka   Kazakhstan
2005   Japan   Sri Lanka   Arabian Gulf
2006   South Korea   Thailand   Malaysia
2007   Hong Kong   China   India
2008

Rugby at the 2002 Asian Games

Group A matches -

Team Pts Pld W L PW PL
  South Korea 9 3 3 0 115 24
  Thailand 7 3 2 1 62 47
  Sri Lanka 5 3 1 2 33 89
  Malaysia 3 3 0 3 24 74

September 30

South Korea  31 – 5   Malaysia
Thailand  26 – 7   Sri Lanka
Malaysia  5 – 24   Thailand
South Korea  49 – 7   Sri Lanka
South Korea  35 – 12   Thailand
Malaysia  14 – 19   Sri Lanka

Squad

Current squad

Squad to 2017 Southeast Asian Games

  • Mohamad Khairul Abdillah bin Ramli
  • Mohamad Nur Azri bin Azmi
  • Mohamad Safwan bin Abdullah
  • Muhamad Firdaus bin Tarmizi
  • Muhammad Ameer Nasrun Zulkeffli
  • Muhammad Siddiq Amir bin Jalil
  • Muhammad Zulhisham bin Rasli
  • Muhd Azwan Zuwairi bin Mat Zizi
  • Muhd Dzafran Asyraaf bin Muhd Zainudin
  • Nik Mohd Shahiddan bin Mohd Zain
  • Wan Izzuddin bin Ismail
  • Zulkiflee bin Azmi

Past squad

Squad to 2014 Asian Games: [3]

  • Anwarrul Aswad Ahmad
  • Anwarul Hafiz Ahmad
  • Dinesvaran Krishnan
  • Mohd Fairuz Abdul Rahman
  • Mohd Izwan Abu Bakar
  • Muhammad Ameer Nasrun Zulkeffli
  • Muhammad Danial Noor Hamidi
  • Muhammad Faridzal Ismail
  • Muhammad Hanafi Zaini
  • Nazuriddin Abdul Latiff
  • Wanizzuddin Ismail
  • Zulkiflee Azmi

References

  • McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989)
  1. ^ McLaren, p70
  2. ^ "Aussies to face England in sevens - ABC News".
  3. ^ Incheon2014ag.org (2014). "Sevens Squad to 2014 Asian Games". Retrieved 30 September 2014.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link)