2015 Asian Rugby Championship
| Date | 18 April – 23 May |
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| Countries |
 Hong Kong Japan South Korea
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| Final positions | |
| Champions |
Japan (23rd title)
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Tries scored | 50 (8.33 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Ayumu Goromaru (38) Oh Youn-hyung (38) |
| Most tries |
Jegal Bin (4) Karne Hesketh (4) Jang Seong Min (4) |
| Website | www |
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← 2014
2016 →
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| Champions |
| Will play in the top 3 challenge |
The 2015 Asian Rugby Championship, was the inaugural series of the newly formatted Asian rugby union tournament for the ARFU region. The Asian Rugby Championship replaced the Asian Five Nations tournament for 2015, with the main ARC only consisting of three nations as opposed the previous of five nations. The inaugural series included; Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. Unlike the A5N, the ARC saw each of the top three nations play each other twice, on a home and away bases, with the team with the most table points at the end declared winner. While the bottom placed team, will play a promotion-relegation play-off against the winning nation from Division 1 to earn the right to compete in the following series.
Notes:
Touch judges:
Matthew Rodden (Hong Kong)
Stephen Copeman (Hong Kong)
Touch judges:
Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Rui Shimizu (Japan)
Touch judges:
Chris Linwood (United Arab Emirates)
Sansudin Saleh (Malaysia)
Touch judges:
Tim Baker (Hong Kong)
Patrick Wallingford (Hong Kong)
Touch judges:
Norman Drake (United Arab Emirates)
Sansudin Saleh (Malaysia)
Due to financial reasons, the game was cancelled and South Korea remained in the Tri-nations division for 2016.
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