The Asian Rugby Chanpionship,was an international rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 competition hold between Asian national rugby sides. The tournanment started in 1969, and was replaced after 2004 by the ARFU Asian Rugby Series, with different formula.

The competition represented the highest tier of international rugby in Asia.

Hall of Fame

Year	venue	team	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1969	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...	5
1970	Bangkok	5
1972 1972 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 1972 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 2th edition of the tournament, and was played in Hong KongThe 7 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them...	Hong kong	7
1974 1974 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 1974 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 4th edition of the tournament, and was played in ColomboThe 8 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them...	Colombo	8
1976	Tokyo	8
1978 1978 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 1978 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 6th edition of the tournament, and was played in Kuala LumpurThe 7 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them...	Kuala Lumpur	7
1980 1980 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 1980 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 7th edition of the tournament, and was played in TaipeiThe 8 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them...	Taipei	8
1982 1982 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 1982 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 8th edition of the tournament, and was played in SingaporeThe 8 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them...	Singapore	8
1984 1984 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 1984 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 9th edition of the tournament, and was played in FukuokaThe 8 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them...	Fukuoka	8
1986	Bangkok	8
1988 1988 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 1988 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 11th edition of the tournament, and was played in Hong KongThe 8 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them...	Hong Kong	8
1990 1990 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 1990 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 12th edition of the tournament, and was played in ColomboThe 8 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them...	Colombo	8
1992 1992 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 1992 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 13th edition of the tournament, and was played in Hong KongThe 8 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them...	Hong Kong	8
1994 1994 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 1994 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament, and was played in Kuala LumpurThe 8 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them...	Kuala Lumpur	8
1996 1996 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 1996 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament, and was played in TaipeiThe 8 teams were divided in two pool, with finsl between the winner of both of them. SIngapore withdrawed and Japan won the tournament.- Pool 1 :...	Taipei	7
1998 1998 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 1998 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament, and was played in SingaporeThe 10 teams were divided in two division...	Singapore	10
2000 2000 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 2000 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 17th edition of the tournament, and was played in AomoriThe 8 teams were divided in two division...	Aomori	8
2002 2002 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 2002 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 18th edition of the tournament, and was played in BangkokThe 11 teams were divided in two division.- First division :--------------------------------------------------------...	Bangkok	11
2004 2004 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship The 2004 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the last edition with this name and formula of the tournament, replaced from 2005 by ARFU Asian Rugby SeriesThe torunament was played at Hong Kong, and won by Japan....	Hong kong	12

External links

• HSBC Asian Five Nations Home Page