ARFU Asian Rugby Championship

Asian Rugby Championship
Sport Rugby union
Instituted 1969
Inaugural season 1969
Ceased 2004
Replaced by ARFU Asian Rugby Series
Region Asia (ARFU)
Holders  Japan (2004)
Most titles  Japan (14 titles)
Qualification Rugby world cup

The Asian Rugby Chanpionship,was an international rugby union competition hold between Asian national rugby sides. The tournanment started in 1969, and was replaced after 2004 by the ARFU Asian Rugby Series, with different formula.

The competition represented the highest tier of international rugby in Asia.

Hall of Fame

Year venue team Winner Runner-up Third
1969 Tokyo 5  Japan  South Korea  Hong Kong
1970 Bangkok 5  Japan  South Korea
1972 Hong kong 7  Japan  Hong Kong  Thailand
1974 Colombo 8  Japan  Sri Lanka  South Korea
1976 Tokyo 8  Japan  South Korea
1978 Kuala Lumpur 7  Japan  South Korea  Singapore
1980 Taipei 8  Japan  South Korea  Hong Kong
1982 Singapore 8  South Korea  Japan  Hong Kong
1984 Fukuoka 8  Japan  South Korea  Republic of China
1986 Bangkok 8  South Korea  Japan  Thailand
1988 Hong Kong 8  South Korea  Japan  Hong Kong
1990 Colombo 8  South Korea  Japan  Hong Kong
1992 Hong Kong 8  Japan  Hong Kong  South Korea
1994 Kuala Lumpur 8  Japan  South Korea  Hong Kong
1996 Taipei 7  Japan  South Korea  Hong Kong
1998 Singapore 10  Japan  South Korea  Hong Kong
2000 Aomori 8  Japan  South Korea  Republic of China
2002 Bangkok 11  South Korea  Japan  Hong Kong
2004 Hong kong 12  Japan  South Korea  Hong Kong

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