2020 Asia Rugby Championship

The 2020 Asia Rugby Championship is the sixth annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia shall compete in the 2020 series. Hong Kong are the defending champions, having won the Championship in 2018 and 2019.

2020 Asia Rugby Championship
Date16 May - 27 June
Countries Hong Kong
 Malaysia
 South Korea
Websitewww.asiarugby.com
2019
2021

The format of the tri-nations series is a double round-robin where the three teams play each other twice on a home and away basis. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series is declared the winner.

Teams

The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the tournament in brackets:[1]

Nation Home stadium City
 Hong Kong (21) Hong Kong Football Club Stadium Hong Kong
 South Korea (30) Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field Incheon
 Malaysia (49) National Stadium Kuala Lumpur

Standings

2020 Asia Rugby Championship Champions
Pos Nation Games Points Bonus
points
Total
points
Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff
1 Hong Kong 000000000
2 Malaysia 000000000
3 South Korea 000000000
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

Fixtures

Source: Asia Rugby[2]

Due to health concerns related to the coronavirus outbreak, Asia Rugby has postponed all competitions scheduled from 1 March 2020 to 30 June 2020 until further notice.[3]

Week 1

Week 2

30 May 2020
Malaysia  Postponed  South Korea

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

20 June 2020
Malaysia  Postponed  Hong Kong

Week 6

References


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