1978 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship

1978 Asian Rugby Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Malaysia
Date 16–25 November 1978
Countries 7
Final positions
Champions  Japan (6th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 11
1976
1980

The 1978 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 6th edition of the tournament, and was played in Kuala Lumpur

The 7 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 Japan22008126554
2 Thailand21013757-202
3 Sri Lanka20021853-350
16 November 1978
Japan XV Japan 47 - 18  Thailand

19 November 1978
Thailand  19 - 10  Sri Lanka

23 November 1978
Japan XV Japan 34 - 8  Sri Lanka

Pool B

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against difference
1 South Korea330010931066
2 Singapore32013864-264
3 Hong Kong3012926-171
4 Malaysia30121578-631
16 November 1978
South Korea  40 - 3  Singapore

16 November 1978
Malaysia  0 - 0  Hong Kong

19 November 1978
South Korea  7 - 0  Hong Kong

19 November 1978
Singapore  16 - 15  Malaysia

23 November 1978
Singapore  19 - 9  Hong Kong

23 November 1978
South Korea  62 - 0  Malaysia

Third Place Final

25 November 1978
Singapore  16 - 15  Thailand

First Place Final

25 November 1978
Japan  16 - 4  South Korea