1998 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship

1998 Asian Rugby Championship

Tournament details
Host	Singapore
Date	24–31 October 1998
Countries	10
Final positions
Champions	Japan (12th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
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The 1998 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament, and was played in Singapore. The 10 teams were divided in two division. Japan won the tournament.^[1]

Tournament

First division

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	221	25	196	6
2	South Korea	3	1	0	2	104	81	23	2
3	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	39	88	-49	2
4	Taiwan	3	1	0	2	57	227	-170	2

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Second Division

Pool 1

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	85	8	77	4
2	Malaysia	2	1	0	1	37	69	-32	2
3	China	2	0	0	2	30	75	-45	0

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Pool 2

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Singapore	2	2	0	0	91	0	91	4
2	Thailand	2	1	0	1	90	12	78	2
3	India	2	0	0	2	6	175	-169	0

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Finals

• First Place final

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• Third Place Final

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°Fifth Place Final

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Bibliography

• (in Italian) Francesco Volpe, Paolo Pacitti (Author), Rugby 2000, GTE Gruppo Editorale (1999).

References