1969 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship
# 1969 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship

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:

* 8 March 1969

| South Korea | 9–15 | Taiwan |
| - | - | - |

* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
* 8 March 1969

| Japan XV | 82–8 | Thailand |
| - | - | - |

* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
* 9 March 1969

| Hong Kong | 22–24 | Japan XV |
| - | - | - |

* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
* 10 March 1969

| Taiwan | 0–27 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |

* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
* 14 March 1969

| South Korea | 3–8 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |

* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
* 14 March 1969

| Taiwan | 8–14 | Thailand |
| - | - | - |

* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
* 15 March 1969

| Japan XV | 62–0 | Taiwan |
| - | - | - |

* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
* 15 March 1969

| South Korea | Cancelled | Thailand |
| - | - | - |

* 16 March 1969

| Thailand | 0–32 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |

* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
* 16 March 1969

| South Korea | 5–23 | Japan XV |
| - | - | - |

* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

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 | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Table points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Place | Nation | played | won | drawn | lost | no result | for | against | difference | Table points |
| 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 |
