2017 Asia Rugby Championship
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Hong Kong
Japan
South Korea Japan (25th title)| Date | 22 April – 3 June |
|---|---|
| Countries | Hong Kong Japan South Korea |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Japan (25th title) |
| Website | www |
← 2016 2018 → | |
The 2017 Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, was the third annual tri-nations series for top-level rugby union in Asia and the thirtieth continental championship for the Asia Rugby nations. The Asia Rugby Championship replaced the former Asian Five Nations in 2015, with only three nations competing in the top division instead of the previous five. The 2016 series included Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. Other Asian nations competed in the lower division tournaments.
The format of the competition is a double round-robin where the three nations play each other twice on a home and away basis. The team finishing on top of the standings is declared the winner.[1][2]
The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2017 tournament in brackets:[3]
| Nation | Home stadium | City | Head coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan (11) |
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium | Tokyo |  Jamie Joseph |
TBA |
| Hong Kong (26) |
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium | Hong Kong |  Leigh Jones |
TBA |
| South Korea (28) |
Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field | Incheon | John Walters |
TBA |
Standings
| Champions |
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | BP1 | BP2 | Total | |||
| 1 | Japan |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 56 | +116 | 3 | 0 | 19 | |
| 2 | Hong Kong |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 65 | +34 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| 3 | South Korea |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 209 | -150 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2).[4] | ||||||||||||
