Asia Rugby U19 Championship

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.

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

The tournament serves as Asia's qualification to the next year's World Rugby Under 20 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

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

References

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