2003 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification

In qualification for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, there was one position available to the Asia qualifiers, as well as the possibility of further repechage qualification. Japan would go onto qualify for the competition.

Round 1 – April 2002

Pool A

Chinese Taipei advanced to Round 2

Final standings

Country	GP	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	+54	3
Singapore	1	1	0	0	+29	3
Malaysia	2	0	0	2	-83	2

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
30 March 2002	Malaysia - Chinese Taipei	Ipoh, Malaysia	3-57
6 April 2002	Singapore – Malaysia	Yio Chu Kang, Singapore	34-5
Not Played	Chinese Taipei - Singapore	Taiwan	Singapore Foreited

Pool B

Hong Kong advanced to Round 2

Final standings

Country	GP	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
Hong Kong	2	2	0	0	+17	6
Arabian Gulf	2	1	0	1	+10	4
Thailand	2	0	0	2	-27	2

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
5 April 2002	Arabian Gulf - Thailand	Doha, Qatar	40-20
12 April 2002	Thailand – Hong Kong	Bangkok, Thailand	8-15
20 April 2002	Hong Kong – Arabian Gulf	Hong Kong	17-7

Pool C

China advanced to Round 2

Final standings

Country	GP	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
China	2	1	0	1	+40	4
Sri Lanka	2	1	0	1	-4	4
Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	-36	4

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
5 April 2002	Sri Lanka - China	Colombo, Sri Lanka	9-7
12 April 2002	China – Kazakhstan	Shanghai, China	57-15
20 April 2002	Kazakhstan – Sri Lanka	Almaty Kazakhstan	20-14

Round 2 – May, 2002

Chinese Taipei advanced to Round 3

Final standings

Country	GP	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	0	+13	6
Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	+22	4
China	2	0	0	2	-35	2

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
18 May 2002	Chinese Taipei - Hong Kong	Tainan, Taiwan	20-15
25 May 2002	China – Chinese Taipei	Shanghai, China	21-29
1 June 2002	Hong Kong - China	Hong Kong	34-7

Round 3 – June–July, 2002

Winner (Japan) qualified to Pool B of 2003 Rugby World Cup as Asia 1. Runner-up (Korea) advanced to Repechage.

Final standings

Country	GP	W	D	L	+/-	Pts
Japan	4	4	0	0	+373	12
South Korea	4	2	0	2	+31	8
Chinese Taipei	4	0	0	4	-404	4

Match schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Result
16 June 2002	Japan - Korea	Tokyo, Japan	90-24
23 June 2002	Chinese Taipei - Korea	Tainan, Taiwan	31-54
30 June 2002	Korea – Chinese Taipei	Seoul, South Korea	119-7
6 July 2002	Japan – Chinese Taipei	Tokyo, Japan	155-3
14 July 2002	Korea - Japan	Seoul, South Korea	17-55
21 July 2002	Chinese Taipei - Japan	Tainan, Taiwan	3-120