Round C Table

RWC 1999 Asia Zone Qualifying Round C	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Japan (Q)	3	3	0	0	221	25	9
South Korea	3	1	0	2	104	81	2
Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	57	227	2
Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	39	88	2

Round C Results

Home Team		Away Team
Chinese Taipei	6	Japan	134
Chinese Taipei	21	South Korea	81
Chinese Taipei	30	Hong Kong	12
Hong Kong	7	Japan	47
Hong Kong	20	South Korea	11
South Korea	12	Japan	40

Round B Table

RWC 1999 Asia Zone Qualifying Round B	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Chinese Taipei (P)	2	2	0	0	85	40	6
Sri Lanka	2	1	0	1	64	49	4
Malaysia	2	0	0	2	28	88	0

Round B Results

Home Team		Away Team
Malaysia	15	Sri Lanka	37
Chinese Taipei	51	Malaysia	13
Sri Lanka	27	Chinese Taipei	31

Round A Table

RWC 1999 Asia Zone Qualifying Round A	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Sri Lanka (P)	2	2	0	0	48	30	4
Thailand	2	1	0	1	31	41	2
Singapore	2	0	0	2	26	34	0

Round A Results

Home Team		Away Team
Singapore	11	Thailand	16
Thailand	15	Sri Lanka	30
Sri Lanka	18	Singapore	15

Byes to Rounds B and C

Team	Bye to Round
Japan	Round C
Hong Kong	Round C
South Korea	Round C
Chinese Taipei	Round B
Malaysia	Round B

Report

The Seven Asia Zone Qualifying teams played three Rounds to decide the team to represent Asia at the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Sri Lanka progressed from Round A after wins over Thailand and Singapore, and in Round B nearly pulled off a shock, defeating Malaysia and narrowly losing (27-31) to Chinese Taipei, who went through to Round C having won convincingly over Malaysia. There they met Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong, and despite a shock win over Hong Kong were completely outclassed by both South Korea and Japan, losing 6-134 to the latter in the biggest score and highest margin of victory in the qualifying tournament. Japan went on to Qualify with easy wins over Hong Kong and South Korea, who despite losing to Hong Kong went through to the Repechage Tournament by virtue of their 81-21 win over Chinese Taipei.

References

Images

[1] DW Design & Print (2019) 1999 [Internet] Available from: https://www.dwdesignandprint.co.uk/images/2019/10/24/1999.jpg [Accessed 4 September 2020]

Bibliography

[2] Smith, Bruce (1999) “The Qualifying Tournament: Asia Zone” Rugby World Cup 1999 Pocket Guide. Pg. 202-203. Collins Willow, Glasgow. 1999.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Declan Mulcahy, Nora Mulcahy & Vinny Kingston

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