2023 Asia Rugby Championship
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Date3 June – 17 June
Countries
Hong Kong
Malaysia
South Korea
Hong Kong
Malaysia
South KoreaChampions Hong Kong (4th title)
Hong Kong (4th title)Matches played3
| Date | 3 June – 17 June |
|---|---|
| Countries | Hong Kong Malaysia South Korea |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Hong Kong (4th title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 3 |
| Tries scored | 22 (7.33 per match) |
| Attendance | 4,000 (1,333 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Sebastian Brien Alexander Post Gregor McNeish (25) |
| Most tries | Sebastian Brien Alexander Post (5) |
| Website | www |
← 2022 2024 → | |
The 2023 Asia Rugby Championship is the seventh annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia shall compete in the 2023 series. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments.[1]
The format of the tri-nations series is a single round-robin where the three teams play each other once. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series is declared the winner.
The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2023 tournament in brackets:[2]
| Nation | Home stadium | City |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong (24) |
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium | Hong Kong |
| South Korea (30) |
Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field | Incheon |
| Malaysia (49) |
National Stadium | Kuala Lumpur |
Standings
| 2023 Asia Rugby Championship Champions |
| Pos | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus
points |
Total
points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | Diff | ||||
| 1 | Hong Kong |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 19 | 99 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | South Korea |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Malaysia |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 115 | -103 | 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 | ||||||||||
