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1970 Asian Rugby Championship

Tournament details
Host	Thailand
Date	10–18 January 1970
Countries	7
Final positions
Champions	Japan (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
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The 1970 Asian Rugby Championship was the second edition of the tournament played in Bangkok, Thailand. Seven countries played round-robin matches in two pools and the first, second, and third place of each pool played placement matches. Japan won the tournament.

Tournament

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Thailand	3	2	1	0	57	34	23	5
2	Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	52	32	20	4
3	Ceylon	3	1	1	1	49	43	6	3
3	Malaysia	3	0	0	3	23	72	-49	0

Thailand	19–19	Ceylon

Hong Kong	22–14	Malaysia

Hong Kong	21–6	Ceylon

Thailand	26–6	Malaysia

Ceylon	24–3	Malaysia

Hong Kong	9–12	Thailand

• Results

Jan 10

Jan 12

Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	69	26	43	4
2	Singapore	2	1	0	1	54	57	-3	2
3	South Korea	2	0	0	2	20	60	-40	0

Singapore	17–46	Japan XV
	Report

South Korea	9–23	Japan XV

South Korea	11–37	Singapore

• Results

Jan 11

Jan 13

Jan 15

Placement matches

5rd place match

South Korea	12–8	Sri Lanka

3rd place match

Hong Kong	9–6	Singapore

Final

Thailand	11–42	Japan XV
Try: Jettanakorn (46')	Report	Try: Mizutani (23') Mizutani(34') Mantani(30') Ito (50') Ito (68') Ito (74') Sakata (61') Con: Yamaguchi (23’, 34’, 50’, 61’, 68’, 74) Pen: Yamaguchi( 2’, 9’, 14’)

Thailand: Somsak; Suradet; Ban, Davidson, Blackburn; Jettanakorn; Amnu; Horn, Vikron, Niroj; Apichat, P. Walter; N. Walter, Piyachan, Abhirak. Coach: ???.
Japan: Morio Kawasaki; Mitsuo Atokawa, Masaaki Shimozono, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Toshio Terai; Katsumi Kamata; Yoshiaki Izawa, Yoshiharu Yamaguchi; Satoru Matsuoka, Ryozo Imazato, Chikara Katsuraguchi; Yoshihiro Sakata, Makoto Mizutani; Masayoshi Ozaki, Bunji Shimazaki; Tadayuki Ito (capt.), Masaharu Mantani. Coach: Tetsunosuke Onishi

Source:

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Japan	3–0–0
	Thailand	2–1–1
	Hong Kong	3–0–1
4	Singapore	1–0–2
5	South Korea	1–0–2
6	Ceylon	1–1–2
7	Malaysia	0–0–3

Notes

As of 16 June 2022, the results in Asia Rugby website are incorrect.

References

1. "亞洲럭비 첫날 香港, 말聯 꺾어". 경향신문. 12 January 1970. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
2. "홍콩·타이팀 이겨 亞州럭비 사흘째". 동아일보. 13 January 1970. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
3. "Singapore trounced by Japan in Asian tourney". The Straits Times. 12 January 1970. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
4. "韓國,日에大敗 23:9 亞州 럭비選手權戰". 동아일보. 14 January 1970. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
5. "亞州럭비 韓國脫落 싱가포르에 11대37". 동아일보. 16 January 1970. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
6. "韓國팀 五위 亞州럭비, 日 우승". 동아일보. 19 January 1970. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
7. "日, 選手権방어". 조선일보. 20 January 1970. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
8. "テキスト / テストNo.28　第2回アジア大会(タイ)決勝". adeac.jp. Retrieved 2023-02-28.

External links

• Rugby Football 19巻 (in Japanese)

The above link contains detailed game results.

T is for try worth 3 points, G is for goal worth 5 points (including try), PG is for penalty goal worth 3 points, and DG is for dropped goal worth 3 points.

For the scoring detail, refer to History of rugby union

• Results (ESPN.com)
• Results (RugbyArchive)

• January 1970 events
• Sports competitions in Bangkok
• 1970 in Thailand
• International sports competitions hosted by Thailand
• Asia Rugby Championship
• 1970 in rugby union