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

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

[6] [7]

5rd place match

3rd place match

Final

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

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan3–0–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Thailand2–1–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hong Kong3–0–1
4  Singapore1–0–2
5  South Korea1–0–2
6  Ceylon1–1–2
7  Malaysia0–0–3

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.
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