Rugby union at the 2002 Asian Games

Rugby union at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Ulsan Public Stadium
Dates	30 September – 13 October
Competitors	151 from 8 nations
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Rugby (Sevens and Union) was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Ulsan, South Korea. All games played at the Ulsan Public Stadium. The competition included only men's events.

Schedule[]

Medalists[]

Union[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	South Korea Kim Kwang-mo	Japan Takeomi Ito Kensuke Iwabuchi Koichi Kubo Toru Kurihara Ryohei Miki Takuro Miuchi Yukio Motoki Daisuke Ohata Hirotoki Onozawa Yuya Saito Hiroyuki Tanuma Masahito Yamamoto	Chinese Taipei

Sevens[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	South Korea	Chinese Taipei	Thailand

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	2	0	0	2
2	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	1	2
3	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
4	Thailand (THA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		2	2	2	6

Draw[]

The teams were drawn into two groups of four teams for sevens competition, rugby union competitions were played in round robin format.

Final standing[]

Union[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	South Korea	3	3	0	0
	Japan	3	2	0	1
	Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3

Sevens[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	South Korea	5	5	0	0
	Chinese Taipei	5	4	0	1
	Thailand	5	3	0	2
4	Japan	5	2	0	3
5	China	4	2	0	2
6	Sri Lanka	4	1	0	3
7	Hong Kong	3	0	0	3
7	Malaysia	3	0	0	3

References[]

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Pages 568–569

External links[]

• 2002 Asian Games website