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Rugby union competition for men's national teams
The 2024 Asia Rugby Championship is the eighth annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Hong Kong , South Korea , Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates shall compete in the 2024 series. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments .[ 1]
The format of the series is a single round-robin where the four teams play each other once. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series is declared the winner. The team finishing at the bottom of the standing are relegated to the 2025 Asia Rugby Division 1 .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Hong Kong entered the competition as reigning champions, having won the competition for the fourth time in 2023. The United Arab Emirates were promoted from the 2023 Asia Rugby Division 1 .[ 5]
The teams involved,
2024 World Rugby Pacific Challenge Champions
Pos
Nation
Games
Points
Bonus
points
Total
points
Played
Won
Lost
Drawn
For
Against
Diff
1
Japan XV
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Fiji Warriors
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Tonga A
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Manuma Samoa
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
FB
15
RW
14
OC
13
IC
12
LW
11
FH
10
SH
9
N8
8
OF
7
BF
6
RL
5
LL
4
TP
3
HK
2
LP
1
Replacements:
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach:
Lewis Evans
FB
15
RW
14
OC
13
IC
12
LW
11
FH
10
SH
9
N8
8
OF
7
BF
6
RL
5
LL
4
TP
3
HK
2
LP
1
Replacements:
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach:
Apolo Perelini
FB
15
RW
14
OC
13
IC
12
LW
11
FH
10
SH
9
N8
8
OF
7
BF
6
RL
5
LL
4
TP
3
HK
2
LP
1
Replacements:
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach:
FB
15
Yoshitaka Yazaki
RW
14
Jingo Takenoshita
OC
13
Yamato Ueda
IC
12
Takaya Motohashi
LW
11
Kohaku Ebisawa
FH
10
Ryunosuke Ito
SH
9
Joji Takagi
N8
8
Yoshiaki Taian
OF
7
Koki Kawagoe
BF
6
Shusui Kamei
RL
5
Yotaro Monobe
LL
4
Chuka Ishibashi
TP
3
Yuta Hatta
HK
2
Kenshin Shimizu
LP
1
Jinnosuke Mori
Replacements:
16
Kenji Sato
17
Mutsuki Urade
18
Towa Nunobiki
19
Shuntaro Isobe
20
Keito Aoki
21
Asahi Doei
22
Yuta Akihama
23
Kotaro Okawa
Coach:
FB
15
RW
14
OC
13
IC
12
LW
11
FH
10
SH
9
N8
8
OF
7
BF
6
RL
5
LL
4
TP
3
HK
2
LP
1
Replacements:
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach:
FB
15
RW
14
OC
13
IC
12
LW
11
FH
10
SH
9
N8
8
OF
7
BF
6
RL
5
LL
4
TP
3
HK
2
LP
1
Replacements:
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach:
FB
15
RW
14
OC
13
IC
12
LW
11
FH
10
SH
9
N8
8
OF
7
BF
6
RL
5
LL
4
TP
3
HK
2
LP
1
Replacements:
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach:
FB
15
RW
14
OC
13
IC
12
LW
11
FH
10
SH
9
N8
8
OF
7
BF
6
RL
5
LL
4
TP
3
HK
2
LP
1
Replacements:
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach:
FB
15
RW
14
OC
13
IC
12
LW
11
FH
10
SH
9
N8
8
OF
7
BF
6
RL
5
LL
4
TP
3
HK
2
LP
1
Replacements:
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach:
FB
15
RW
14
OC
13
IC
12
LW
11
FH
10
SH
9
N8
8
OF
7
BF
6
RL
5
LL
4
TP
3
HK
2
LP
1
Replacements:
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach:
FB
15
RW
14
OC
13
IC
12
LW
11
FH
10
SH
9
N8
8
OF
7
BF
6
RL
5
LL
4
TP
3
HK
2
LP
1
Replacements:
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach:
FB
15
RW
14
OC
13
IC
12
LW
11
FH
10
SH
9
N8
8
OF
7
BF
6
RL
5
LL
4
TP
3
HK
2
LP
1
Replacements:
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach:
Japan
Malaysia
South Korea
United Arab Emirates
Fiji Warriors
Tonga A
Manuma Samoa
