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
Date22 May – 26 June 2021
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 22 May 2021 to 26 June 2021.[3][4]

Week 1
22 May 2021
South Korea  v  Malaysia

Week 2
29 May 2021
Malaysia  v  Hong Kong

Week 3
5 June 2021
South Korea  v  Hong Kong

Week 4
12 June 2021
Malaysia  v  South Korea

Week 5
19 June 2021
Hong Kong  v  Malaysia

Week 6
26 June 2021
Hong Kong  v  South Korea

References
  1. https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru
  2. "Calendar 2020". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  3. "Asia Rugby puts player welfare first, postpones tournaments schedule until end of June 2020". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. "Asia Rugby Announces 2021 Competitions Calendar". Retrieved 16 December 2020.


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