Asia Rugby U19 Championship

Asia Rugby U19 Championship

Current season or competition: 2019 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2005
Number of teams	4 (2019)
Country	Asia (Asia Rugby)
Holders	Hong Kong (2019)

The Under-19 Asia Rugby Championship is an annual rugby union championship for Under-19 national teams, held since 2005. The championship is organised by rugby's Asian governing body, the Asia Rugby.

The tournament serves as Asia's qualification to the next year's World Rugby Under 20 Trophy organised by the World Rugby.

Hong Kong are the current champions, having won their 6th successive title in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 2019.^[1]

Results[]

Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
	Bangkok	Japan	Hong Kong	Sri Lanka
	Hong Kong	Japan	Hong Kong		Sri Lanka
	Hong Kong	Japan	South Korea	Hong Kong
	Kaohsiung	Japan	Hong Kong	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
	Colombo	Hong Kong	Sri Lanka	Chinese Taipei	South Korea
2015	Singapore	Hong Kong	Sri Lanka	Chinese Taipei	Singapore
2016	Kuala Lumpur	Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	Sri Lanka	Malaysia
2017	Hong Kong Colombo	Hong Kong	Sri Lanka	N/A	N/A
2018	Taipei	Hong Kong	South Korea	Chinese Taipei	Sri Lanka
2019	Kaohsiung	Hong Kong	South Korea	Chinese Taipei	Singapore
		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References[]

External links[]

• Asia Rugby official website