The 1970 Asian Rugby Championship was the second edition of the tournament played in Bangkok, Thailand. Seven countries played round-robin matches in two pools and the first, second, and third place of each pool played placement matches. Japan won the tournament.
Tournament
Pool A PlaceNationGamesPointsTable pointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference13210573423523201523220433111494363330032372 -490
Results Jan 10 Jan 12
Pool B PlaceNationGamesPointsTable pointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference122006926434221015457 -32320022060 -400
Results Jan 11 Jan 13 Jan 15
Placement matches
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Thailand: Somsak; Suradet; Ban, Davidson, Blackburn; Jettanakorn; Amnu; Horn, Vikron, Niroj; Apichat, P. Walter; N. Walter, Piyachan, Abhirak. Coach: ???. Japan: Morio Kawasaki; Mitsuo Atokawa, Masaaki Shimozono, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Toshio Terai; Katsumi Kamata; Yoshiaki Izawa, Yoshiharu Yamaguchi; Satoru Matsuoka, Ryozo Imazato, Chikara Katsuraguchi; Yoshihiro Sakata, Makoto Mizutani; Masayoshi Ozaki, Bunji Shimazaki; Tadayuki Ito (capt.), Masaharu Mantani. Coach: Tetsunosuke Onishi
Source:
Final standings RankTeamRecord 3–0–0 2–1–1 3–0–14 1–0–25 1–0–26 1–1–27 0–0–3
Notes As of 16 June 2022, the results in Asia Rugby website are incorrect.
References
External links Rugby Football 19巻 (in Japanese) The above link contains detailed game results. T is for try worth 3 points, G is for goal worth 5 points (including try), PG is for penalty goal worth 3 points, and DG is for dropped goal worth 3 points. For the scoring detail, refer to History of rugby union Results (ESPN.com) Results (RugbyArchive)