1969 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship

1969 Asian Rugby Championship
Tournament details
Host Japan
Date8–16 March 1969
Countries5
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
1970 →

The 1969 Asian Rugby Championship was the 1st edition of the tournament, and it was played in Tokyo, Japan. Five teams participated and Japan won the tournament. Some of the matches were postponed due to heavy snow and the match between South Korea and Thailand was cancelled.

Tournament

Ten games were scheduled but only nine were played. As reported in the Japanese-language journal Rugby Football – using the scoring method of the time where a try (T) was worth 3 points; a goal (G) was worth 5 points, try included; and a penalty goal (PG) was worth 3 points – the match results were:[1]

8 March 1969
South Korea 9–15 Taiwan
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
8 March 1969
Japan XV Japan82–8 Thailand
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
9 March 1969
Hong Kong 22–24Japan Japan XV
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
10 March 1969
Taiwan 0–27 Hong Kong
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
15 March 1969
South Korea Cancelled Thailand

As of 2022[update], sources in English for this tournament tend to be incomplete.[2][3] Korean-language sources reported on the tournament at the time but recorded some results incorrectly: Schedule,[4] March 8 (result for Japan vs Thailand is incorrect),[5] March 9,[6] March 11,[7] March 14 (result for Taiwan vs Thailand is incorrect),[8] March 16,[9][10] March 17.[11]

Standings

Place Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost no result for against difference
1  Japan 4 4 0 0 0 191 35 156 8
2  Hong Kong 4 3 0 1 0 89 27 62 6
3  Thailand 3 1 0 2 1 22 122 -100 3
4  Taiwan 4 1 0 3 0 23 112 -89 2
5  South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 17 46 -29 1

References

  1. ^ Rugby Football 18巻 (in Japanese)
  2. ^ "Rugby results". ESPN UK.
  3. ^ "Asian Championship 1969". Rugby Archive. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ^ "韓·中 첫 對戰" [Korea vs China]. 경향신문 [Kyunghyang Shinmun] (in Korean). 4 March 1969. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  5. ^ "韓国, 中国에 참패" [Korea loses to China]. 조선일보 [The Chosun Ilbo] (in Korean). 9 March 1969. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  6. ^ "한국팀 中國에 참패" [The Korean Team Loses to China]. 경향신문 [Kyunghyang Shinmun] (in Korean). 10 March 1969. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  7. ^ "日팀 二連勝先頭" [Japan's second team]. 동아일보 [The Dong-a Ilbo] (in Korean). 11 March 1969. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  8. ^ "韓国, 홍콩에 憤敗" [Korea against Hong Kong]. 조선일보 [The Chosun Ilbo] (in Korean). 15 March 1969. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  9. ^ "亞州 럭비日에 慘敗 韓國팀 最下位" [Asian Rugby Tournament: Korean team in last place]. 동아일보 [The Chosun Ilbo] (in Korean). 17 March 1969. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  10. ^ "韓国팀 3戦 全敗" [Korea loses all 3 games]. 조선일보 [Kyunghyang Shinmun] (in Korean). 18 March 1969. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  11. ^ "日本팀이 우승 亞洲럭비폐막" [Japan wins the Asian Rugby Championship]. 경향신문 [Kyunghyang Shinmun] (in Korean). 17 March 1969. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
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