Asia Rugby U19 Championship

Asia Rugby U19 Championship
Current season or competition:
2022 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship
SportRugby union
Instituted2005
Number of teams4 (2019)
CountryAsia (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 U20 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

U19

https://www.asiarugby.com/category/asia-rugby-u19/

Men

Year Host Winner Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place
2010 Thailand Bangkok  Japan  Hong Kong  Sri Lanka  Thailand
2011 Hong Kong Hong Kong  Japan  Hong Kong  Thailand  Sri Lanka
2012 Hong Kong Hong Kong  Japan  South Korea  Hong Kong  Thailand
2013 Taiwan Kaohsiung  Japan  Hong Kong  South Korea  Chinese Taipei
2014 Sri Lanka Colombo  Hong Kong  Sri Lanka  Chinese Taipei  South Korea
2015 Singapore Singapore  Hong Kong  Sri Lanka  Chinese Taipei  Singapore
2016 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Hong Kong  Chinese Taipei  Sri Lanka  Malaysia
2017 Hong Kong Hong Kong
Sri Lanka Colombo
 Hong Kong  Sri Lanka N/A N/A
2018 Taiwan Taipei  Hong Kong  South Korea  Chinese Taipei  Sri Lanka
2019 Taiwan Kaohsiung  Hong Kong  South Korea  Chinese Taipei  Singapore
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021
2022 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Hong Kong  Chinese Taipei  Malaysia N/A

Women

Asia Rugby Under 20 Sevens Series

U20

19/08/2023 20/08/2023 AR U20s Men & Women Nepal

U18

30/9/2023 1/10/2023 AR U18s Boys & Girls 7s Taiwan

Medals (2010-2022)

Men

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hong Kong (HKG)73111
2 Japan (JPN)4004
3 Sri Lanka (SRI)0325
4 South Korea (KOR)0314
5 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0246
6 Malaysia (MAS)0011
 Thailand (THA)0011
Totals (7 entries)11111032

Women

References

  1. ^ - Asia Rugby U19 Championships 2019 Results Asia Rugby website, accessed: 17 December 2019