1974 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship

1974 Asian Rugby Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Sri Lanka
Date 17–23 November 1974
Countries 5
Final positions
Champions  Japan (4th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
1972
1976

The 1974 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 4th edition of the tournament, and was played in Colombo

The 8 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them. Japan won the tournament

Pool A

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Japan33009631656
2 South Korea31025948112
3 Hong Kong31024361-182
4 Thailand31023795-582
17 November 1974
Japan XV Japan 30 - 18  Hong Kong

17 November 1974
South Korea  43 - 9  Thailand

19 November 1974
Japan XV Japan 20 - 7  South Korea

19 November 1974
Thailand  22 - 6  Hong Kong

21 November 1974
Japan XV Japan 46 - 6  Thailand

21 November 1974
Hong Kong  19 - 9  South Korea

Pool B

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 Sri Lanka33006113486
2 Singapore32014629174
3 Malaysia31023826122
4 Laos30032097-770
17 November 1974
Malaysia  31 - 10  Laos

17 November 1974
Sri Lanka  10 - 4  Singapore

19 November 1974
Malaysia  9 - 7  Singapore

19 November 1974
Sri Lanka  39 - 3  Laos

21 November 1974
Singapore  27 - 7  Laos

21 November 1974
Sri Lanka  12 - 6  Malaysia

Third Place Final

23 November 1974
South Korea  41 - 0  Malaysia

First Place Final

23 November 1974
Japan XV Japan 44 - 6  Sri Lanka
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