http://www.doha-2006.com/ 上十二月十一日官网头版 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. -- ◢███◣ ◢ ◢███◣ ███ ███ █ █ █ █▂▂▂█ █ █ █◢█◣█ █ █ ◣ █████▌ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ◥██◣◥███◤ ◢█████◣ 橄榄球 亚运金牌有望 台湾加油!!! 赌盘开放中 --

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