Hong Kong Win Third Straight Men's Rugby Sevens Gold, Japan Take Women's Title

Hong Kong won a third consecutive men's rugby sevens gold at the Asian Games, beating China in the final, with hosts Japan taking bronze.

Hong Kong arrived in Nagoya as two-time defending champions, having won gold at both Jakarta-Palembang 2018 and Hangzhou 2022, and extended their dominance of the men's competition at the Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium.

In the women's final, Japan beat China for gold, with Hong Kong settling for bronze. It is a reversal from Hangzhou 2022, where China had topped the women's podium, with Japan having built strong recent form on the HSBC SVNS Series heading into these Games.