2003 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification

In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, there was one position available to the Asia qualifiers, as well as the possibility of further repechage qualification. Japan would go onto qualify for the competition.

Round 1 – April 2002

Pool A

Chinese Taipei advanced to Round 2

Final standings
CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Chinese Taipei 1100+543
 Singapore 1100+293
 Malaysia 2002-832
Match schedule
DateMatchVenueResult
30 March 2002Malaysia - Chinese Taipei Ipoh, Malaysia 3-57
6 April 2002Singapore – Malaysia Yio Chu Kang, Singapore 34-5
Not PlayedChinese Taipei - Singapore Taiwan Singapore Foreited

Pool B

Hong Kong advanced to Round 2

Final standings
CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Hong Kong 2200+176
 Arabian Gulf 2101+104
 Thailand 2002-272
Match schedule
DateMatchVenueResult
5 April 2002Arabian Gulf - Thailand Doha, Qatar 40-20
12 April 2002Thailand – Hong Kong Bangkok, Thailand 8-15
20 April 2002Hong Kong – Arabian Gulf Hong Kong 17-7

Pool C

China advanced to Round 2

Final standings
CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 China 2101+404
 Sri Lanka 2101-44
 Kazakhstan 2101-364
Match schedule
DateMatchVenueResult
5 April 2002Sri Lanka - China Colombo, Sri Lanka 9-7
12 April 2002China – Kazakhstan Shanghai, China 57-15
20 April 2002Kazakhstan – Sri LankaAlmaty Kazakhstan 20-14

Round 2 – May, 2002

Chinese Taipei advanced to Round 3

Final standings
CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Chinese Taipei 2200+136
 Hong Kong 2101+224
 China 2002-352
Match schedule
DateMatchVenueResult
18 May 2002Chinese Taipei - Hong Kong Tainan, Taiwan 20-15
25 May 2002China – Chinese Taipei Shanghai, China 21-29
1 June 2002Hong Kong - China Hong Kong 34-7

Round 3 – June–July, 2002

Winner (Japan) qualified to Pool B of 2003 Rugby World Cup as Asia 1. Runner-up (Korea) advanced to Repechage.

Final standings
CountryGPWDL+/-Pts
 Japan 4400+37312
 South Korea 4202+318
 Chinese Taipei 4004-4044
Match schedule
DateMatchVenueResult
16 June 2002Japan - Korea Tokyo, Japan 90-24
23 June 2002Chinese Taipei - Korea Tainan, Taiwan 31-54
30 June 2002Korea – Chinese Taipei Seoul, South Korea 119-7
6 July 2002Japan – Chinese Taipei Tokyo, Japan 155-3
14 July 2002Korea - Japan Seoul, South Korea 17-55
21 July 2002Chinese Taipei - Japan Tainan, Taiwan 3-120
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