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Asia Rugby
Asian Rugby Football Union (logo).png
Formation 1968
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Hong Kong
Membership
31 unions
General Manager
 Ross Mitchell
Website asiarugby.com

Asia Rugby, formerly the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU), is the governing body of rugby union in Asia under the authority of World Rugby.
Founded in 1968 by eight charter nations, the Union today has 31 member unions in countries across Asia, stretching from Kazakhstan to Guam.


The aim of Asia Rugby is: "to raise physical and moral standards in Asia by education in the healthy pursuit of Rugby Football and to promote friendship among Asian countries."




Contents






  • 1 Competitions


    • 1.1 Asian Sevens Series




  • 2 Members


  • 3 Asia Rugby officers


  • 4 Asia Rugby


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Competitions


Asia Rugby supports regional and pan-Asian tournaments for men's, women's and under 19's competitions in fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby, including:



  • Asia Rugby Championship

  • Asian Women's Rugby Championship

  • Asian Sevens Series

  • Asian Women's Sevens Championship



Asian Sevens Series


The Asian Sevens Series is like the HSBC World Sevens Series, but at a regional level.[1][2][3]



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Asia Rugby Rankings

Top 15 Rankings as of 25 June 2018[4]
Rank Change* Team Points WR
1
 Steady
 Japan
 75.24 11
2
 Steady
 Hong Kong
 60.46 21
3
 Steady
 South Korea
 53.59 31
4
 Steady
 Sri Lanka
 48.27 41
5
 Steady
 Malaysia
 46.26 48
6
 Steady
 Philippines
 44.23 56
7
 Steady
 Kazakhstan
 43.53 61
8
 Steady
 Chinese Taipei
 41.33 63
9
 Steady
 Guam
 38.71 69
10
 Steady
 United Arab Emirates
 37.93 72
11
 Steady
 Thailand
 37.09 77
12
 Steady
 India
 34.36 84
13
 Steady
 China
 32.72 87
14
 Steady
 Uzbekistan
 31.29 90
15
 Steady
 Pakistan
 30.74 91

*Based on the World Rugby Ranking

After the expulsion of Cambodia as of May 2016, Asia Rugby has 31 member unions.[5][6] Not all member unions are members of World Rugby.[7] Asia Rugby members are listed below, with the year each union joined World Rugby shown in brackets. World Rugby associates are shown in italics.[8]


There are 17 World Rugby members, and 5 World Rugby associates:




  • Brunei Brunei (2013*)


  • Cambodia Cambodia (2004*)†


  • China China (1997)


  • Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (1998)


  • Guam Guam (1998)


  • Hong Kong Hong Kong (1988)


  • India India (1999)


  • Indonesia Indonesia (2013)

  • Iran Iran (2010*)


  • Japan Japan (1987)


  • Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (1997)


  • South Korea Korea (1988)

  • Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan (2004*)

  • Laos Lao (2004*)


  • Malaysia Malaysia (1988)

  • Mongolia Mongolia (2004*)


  • Pakistan Pakistan (2008)


  • Philippines Philippines (2008)


  • Singapore Singapore (1989)


  • Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (1988)


  • Thailand Thailand (1989)

  • United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates (2012)


  • Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (2014)




There are 9 unions not affiliated with World Rugby





  • Afghanistan Afghanistan


  • Bangladesh Bangladesh


  • Jordan Jordan


  • Lebanon Lebanon


  • Macau Macau


  • Nepal Nepal


  • Qatar Qatar


  • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia


  • Syria Syria


  • Vietnam Vietnam‡




Notes:



 * Denotes World Rugby associate membership date.


 ^† Cambodia expelled in 2016 for not complying with membership criteria.[5]


 ^‡ Vietnam is not currently a member of Asia Rugby.[6]



The Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union was split up in 2011. It comprised the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman. The new governing body for the UAE is already active and has its own national team. UAE became the 100th full member of World Rugby in November 2012.[9] The other countries have not yet joined the ARFU.


Several governing bodies which administer partially, or largely Asian countries, such as that of Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, Russia and are members of the European body, Rugby Europe. Conversely, Kazakhstan, which is administered by European associations in other sports (such as within the football governing body, FIFA) is administered as part of Asia Rugby. In addition, Asia Rugby includes Guam (the organized unincorporated territory of the United States), which is arguably not in Asia, but in Oceania, and one transcontinental country, Indonesia.



Asia Rugby officers




  • President: Agha Hussain  India


  • Vice President: Yuichi Ueno, Japan


  • Vice President: Fawzi Khawaja, Pakistan


  • Treasurer: Mike Haynes  Hong Kong


  • World Rugby Representative: Trevor Gregory  Hong Kong


  • EXCO Member + World Rugby Rep: Ada Milby Philippines

  • Executive Committee:

  • Natapol Hemyoo Thailand,

  • Makoto Nishiki  Japan,

  • Asanga Seneviratne  Sri Lanka

  • Vela Tan  Malaysia,

  • Yoon Sungsoo South Korea


  • Honorary President: Koji Tokumasu, Japan


[10]



Asia Rugby




  • General Manager : Ross Mitchell


  • Administration Advisor : Eunice Cheng


  • Competitions Consultant : Aaron Stockdale


  • Regional Training Consultant : Gene Tong


  • Strategic Development Advisor :Matthew Oakley


  • Rugby Development Consultant GIR/A1M Coordinator : Ben Van Rooyen


  • Rugby Development Consultant (WA) : Ghaith Jalajel


  • Web Master : Khuram Haroon


  • Match Officials Advisor : Alan Whitcombe


  • Medical Coordinator : Joy Walter


[11]



See also


  • Rugby union in Asia


References





  1. ^ Rugby and the Olympics Archived September 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.. IRB


  2. ^ Asian 7s Series[permanent dead link]. ARFU.


  3. ^ Promising start for Asian Sevens Series. UR7s.


  4. ^ "World Rugby Rankings". Retrieved 25 June 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  5. ^ ab "Guatemala Obtain World Rugby Membership". americas Rugby News. 14 May 2016. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.


  6. ^ ab "Unions". Asia Rugby. 2016. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.


  7. ^ "Handbook" (PDF). World Rugby. 2014. pp. 16–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.


  8. ^ http://www.asiarugby.com/about-asia-rugby/membership


  9. ^ "UAE become 100th full member of the IRB". RTÉ. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.


  10. ^ https://www.asiarugby.com/about-asia-rugby/asia-rugby-executive-committee/


  11. ^ https://www.asiarugby.com/contact-us/




External links


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