2003–04 ARFU Asian Rugby Series

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1st Asian Rugby Series

Tournament details
Date	18 April 2003– 30 June 2004
No. of nations	12 countries
Final positions
Champions	South Korea
Runner-up	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
2005 →

The 2003–04 ARFU Asian Rugby Series was the first edition of a tournament created by Asian Rugby Football Union for national teams. The formula was in two step. The 12 teams were divided in three pool of three, then, according to the results of the first round, in four pool in order to define the ranking.^[1]

Tournament[]

First round[]

Pool A[]

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Ranking: 1. Japan 2. Hong Kong 3. Arabian Gulf 4. Sri Lanka

Pool B[]

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Ranking: 1. Chinese Taipei 2. Singapore 3. Malaysia 4. India

Pool C[]

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Ranking: 1. South Korea 2. China 3. Kazakhstan 4. Thailand

Final round[]

"Gold" (1st-3rd place)[]

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Ranking :

• 1.  South Korea
• 2.  Japan
• 3.  Taiwan (relegated in division 2 of 2005 ARFU Asian Rugby Series)

Plate (4th-6th places)[]

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Ranking :

• 4.  Hong Kong (Promoted in division 1 of 2005 ARFU Asian Rugby Series)
• 5.  China
• 6.  Singapore (relegated in division 3 of 2005 ARFU Asian Rugby Series)

Bowl (7th-9th place)[]

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Ranking :

• 7. Arabian Gulf (Promoted in division 2 of 2005 ARFU Asian Rugby Series)
• 8.  Kazakhstan (in division 3 of 2005 ARFU Asian Rugby Series)
• 9.  Malaysia (in division 3 of 2005 ARFU Asian Rugby Series)

Shield (10th-12th place)[]

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• 10.  Sri Lanka (in division 3 of 2005 ARFU Asian Rugby Series)
• 11.  Thailand (in division 3 of 2005 ARFU Asian Rugby Series)
• 12.  Indonesia (in division 3 of 2005 ARFU Asian Rugby Series)

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