Asian Rugby Football Union
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| Formation | 1968 |
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| Type | Sports federation |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
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Membership
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31 unions |
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General Manager
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Ross Mitchell |
| Website | asiarugby |
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."
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:
The Asian Sevens Series is like the HSBC World Sevens Series, but at a regional level.
After the expulsion of Cambodia as of May 2016, Asia Rugby has 31 member unions. Not all member unions are members of World Rugby. Asia Rugby members are listed below, with the year each union joined World Rugby shown in brackets. World Rugby associates are shown in italics.
There are 17 World Rugby members, and 5 World Rugby associates:
There are 9 unions not affiliated with World Rugby
Notes:
* Denotes World Rugby associate membership date.
^† Cambodia expelled in 2016 for not complying with membership criteria.
^‡ Vietnam is not currently a member of Asia Rugby.
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. The other countries have not yet joined the ARFU.
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