2022 Asia Rugby Championship
| Date | 22 May – 26 June 2021 |
|---|---|
| Countries |  Hong Kong Malaysia South Korea |
| Website | www |
← 2019 2021 → | |
The 2020 Asia Rugby Championship is the sixth annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia shall compete in the 2020 series. Hong Kong are the defending champions, having won the Championship in 2018 and 2019.
The format of the tri-nations series is a double round-robin where the three teams play each other twice on a home and away basis. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series is declared the winner.
Teams
The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the tournament in brackets:[1]
| Nation | Home stadium | City |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong (21)
|
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium | Hong Kong |
| South Korea (30)
|
Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field | Incheon |
| Malaysia (49)
|
National Stadium | Kuala Lumpur |
Standings
| 2020 Asia Rugby Championship Champions |
| Pos | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus points |
Total points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | Diff | ||||
| 1 | Hong Kong
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Malaysia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | South Korea
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win - 4 points Draw - 2 points 4 or more tries - 1 point Loss within 7 points - 1 point Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points | ||||||||||
Fixtures
Source: Asia Rugby[2]
Due to health concerns related to the coronavirus outbreak, Asia Rugby has postponed all competitions scheduled from 1 March 2020 to 30 June 2020 until 22 May 2021 to 26 June 2021.[3][4]
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
References
- ^ https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru
- ^ "Calendar 2020". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Asia Rugby puts player welfare first, postpones tournaments schedule until end of June 2020". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Asia Rugby Announces 2021 Competitions Calendar". Retrieved 16 December 2020.
Asia Rugby Championship winners | |
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- 2020 in Asian rugby union
- 2020 rugby union tournaments for national teams
- Asia Rugby Championship
- International rugby union competitions hosted by Hong Kong
- International rugby union competitions hosted by South Korea
- International rugby union competitions hosted by Malaysia
- 2020 in Hong Kong sport
- 2020 in South Korean sport
- May 2020 sports events in Asia
- June 2020 sports events in Asia
- 2020 in Malaysian sport
- Rugby union events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic