CASA 7s Tashkent 2026 – Tournament Preview

Six Women’s and six Men’s teams will compete in CASA 7s Tashkent  2026 for the alliance’s first tournament, which will take place from 16-17 May.

Gerald (‘Gerry’) Prabhu, the Honorary Secretary of Rugby India and an Asia Rugby Executive Committee member, told us in an interview that the CASA members would be signing a two-page memorandum on May 15. As part of the agreement, there is no financial model, and whoever hosts will cover costs; unions can raise funds through sponsorship, and participating members will try to contribute in some way

He added that the decision was to start with a Senior tournament. “This being the first tournament, it is going to be challenging because there is no established setup, but we have to start somewhere. By doing this, we create not only a player pool, but a set of people with skills and experience to be match commissioners, organisers, and also try to give experience to the referees as well. So not only for the players, it’s for the match officials as well.”

UPDATED RESULTS – Sri Lanka Men and Women won the tournament

CASA 7s Tashkent 2026 Competing Nations

Originally, CASA announced and hoped that Tajikistan would make their debut, but ultimately are not competing.

Of the other competing teams, Kazakhstan (5th), India (6th) and Sri Lanka (11th) Women all competed in the Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series 2025 – based on the standings, Sri Lanka would be relegated to the Trophy Series in 2026.

The Uzbekistan Men also finished 11th and should be relegated, while the Sri Lanka Men did very well in their first season back in a while, and were third overall in 2026.

The Uzbekistan women won the Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Trophy 2025 and should be promoted to the Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series 2026. For the men, Kazakhstan were crowned champions, and India were runners-up, and both should also be promoted this season.

The Kyrgyzstan Men placed in the bottom four of the Trophy tournament last year.

The Kazakhstan Women and Men, as well as the Uzbekistan Men, all competed in the Borneo 7s earlier in 2026, and the Kakakhs are also due to compete in the Costa Blanca Rugby 7s from 23-24 May 2026.

Our understanding is that it’s a round-robin format, so all the teams will play each other.

Women’s Teams

• Uzbekistan
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Mongolia
• India
• Sri Lanka

Men’s Teams

• Uzbekistan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Mongolia
• India
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka

Confirmed Squads – CASA 7s Tashkent 2026 Tournament

Indian Men & Women 7s – CASA 7s 2026

Former SA 7s player and SA Women’s Head Coach Paul Delport has been confirmed to be the Indian Women’s Team Head Coach again after he led them to the Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series in 2025.

Former France 7s player and France Women’s 7s Head Coach, Paul Albaladejo, is the India 7s Men’s Head Coach.

Sri Lanka Men’s & Women’s 7s – CASA 7s

Sri Lanka Rugby announced a 21-member High Performance Sevens Men’s Squad with the 2026 Asian Games campaign as the end-of-year target. The playing pool won’t be competing in XVs Tests and will play the CASA 7s, Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series 2026 and Asian Games in Japan.

The 21-man squad includes: Srinath Sooriyabandara, Kavindu Perera, Janidu Dilshan, Ravindu Anjula, Gemunu Chethiya, Chathura Soysa, Gayan Perera, Akash Madusanka, Dinal Ekanayake, Chamod Muthunayaka, Aron Deeyon Corera, Danush Dange, Jayathu Rajaratne, Denuwan Wickramaarachchi, Devinda Rathnayake, Suranga Tennakoon, Maliksha Perera, Isuru Kongahawatta, Aros Rathnayaka, Naveen Marasinghe and Janith Marasinghe.

No such announcement was made for the Women’s team, but the two squads for CASA 7s have been announced:

Pakistan Men’s 7s – CASA 7s

Known as the ‘Green Machine’, the Pakistan Rugby Union announced the Men’s squad set to compete at the CASA 7s.

Muhammed Aqib Siddique, Touqeer Ali, Muhammed Irfan, Abbas Bangash, Moshin Raza, Muhammed Afzal, Faiq Shahzad, Muhammed Haroon, Anjum Sajjad, Amir Shahzad.

Mongolia Men & Women – CASA 7s 2026

Photo Credit – Mongolia Rugby

Photo Credit – Mongolia Rugby

Uzbekistan Men & Women – CASA 7s 2026

If more teams announce their squads well in advance of the weekend, we will add them here.

How To Watch The CASA 7s Tashkent 2026

At this stage, we have been told that Asia Rugby will be streaming the tournament on its socials (likely Facebook and YouTube).

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