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1970 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship

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1970 Asian Rugby Championship
Tournament details
Host Thailand
Date10–18 January 1970
Countries7
Final positions
Champions Japan (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
1969
1972

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

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Pool A

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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
10 January 1970
Thailand 19–19 Ceylon
National Stadium, Bangkok
10 January 1970
Hong Kong 22–14 Malaysia
National Stadium, Bangkok
12 January 1970
Hong Kong 21–6 Ceylon
National Stadium, Bangkok
12 January 1970
Thailand 26–6 Malaysia
National Stadium, Bangkok
14 January 1970
Ceylon 24–3 Malaysia
National Stadium, Bangkok
14 January 1970
Hong Kong 9–12 Thailand
National Stadium, Bangkok
  • Results
Jan 10[1]
Jan 12[2]

Pool B

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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
  • Results
Jan 11[3]
Jan 13[4]
Jan 15[5]

Placement matches

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5rd place match

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3rd place match

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Final

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18 January 1970
Thailand 11–42JapanJapan XV
Try: Jettanakorn (46')ReportTry: 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’)
National Stadium, Bangkok
Referee: Anata Boonsupa (Thailand)

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:[8]

Final standings

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Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan 3–0–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Thailand 2–1–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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

References

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  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.
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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