Nepal women’s team ended the Day 1 of the Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy with a victory at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu after the hosts’ men’s team suffered defeats in both their matches.

Nepal women had lost their first match 32-0 against the Philippines and faced a 17-5 defeat against Guam in their second Group E game of women’s pool but bounced back to see off Uzbekistan 12-7.

Nepal’s men’s team, who are in Group B, lost their matches 24-0 against Uzbekistan and 27-7 against Bahrain.

The Asia Rugby’s biggest tournament, which features 14 men’s teams and eight women’s teams from all five sub-regions of Asia, will conclude on Saturday.

The men’s teams include Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Chinese Taipei, India, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, and Uzbekistan. The women’s teams are Guam, India, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Uzbekistan.