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1969 Asian Rugby Championship

Tournament details
Host	Japan
Date	8–16 March 1969
Countries	5
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
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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:

South Korea	9–15	Taiwan

Japan XV	82–8	Thailand

Hong Kong	22–24	Japan XV

Taiwan	0–27	Hong Kong

South Korea	3–8	Hong Kong

Taiwan	8–14	Thailand

Japan XV	62–0	Taiwan

South Korea	Cancelled	Thailand

Thailand	0–32	Hong Kong

South Korea	5–23	Japan XV

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

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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