1972 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host |  Hong Kong |
| Date | 4–11 November 1972 |
| Countries | 7 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Japan (3rd title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
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The 1972 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 3rd edition of the tournament, and it was played in Hong Kong. Taiwan was supposed to participate, but the government of Hong Kong refused the entrance of the Taiwan national team for the friendly relation with the People's Republic of China.[1] The seven teams were divided into two pools, with the final between the winner of each pool. Japan won the tournament.[2]
Pool A
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 4 | 147 | 6 |
| 2 |  Singapore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 79 | -40 | 4 |
| 3 |  Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 69 | -40 | 2 |
| 4 |  Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 89 | -67 | 0 |
- Results
Pool B
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 |  Hong Kong | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 29 | 4 |
| 2 |  Thailand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 29 | -16 | 2 |
| 3 |  South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 31 | -13 | 0 |
- Results
