2022 Asia Rugby Championship

2022 Asia Rugby Championship

Date	27 May – 4 June 2022
Countries	Hong Kong  Malaysia  South Korea
Website	www.asiarugby.com
← 2019

The 2022 Asia Rugby Championship was the sixth tri-nations series of rugby union matches for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the series was cancelled in both 2020 ^[1] and 2021.^[2]

The teams competing were Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia. Hong Kong were the defending champions, having won in 2019. The format of the tri-nations series was 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 was declared the winner.

Teams[]

The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the tournament in brackets:^[3]

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[]

Pos	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Total points
		Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff
1	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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

Fixtures[]

Week 1[]

TBC

South Korea	v	Malaysia

Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon

Week 2[]

TBC

Malaysia	v	Hong Kong

National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Week 3[]

TBC

South Korea	v	Hong Kong

Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon

Week 4[]

TBC

Malaysia	v	South Korea

National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Week 5[]

TBC

Hong Kong	v	Malaysia

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

Week 6[]

TBC

Hong Kong	v	South Korea

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

References[]