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2005 ARFU Asian Rugby Series
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2nd Asian Rugby Series Japan South Korea 17 13 countries 2003–04 2006 30 April–12 November 2005
ARFU Asian Rugby Series
The 2005 ARFU Asian Rugby Series was the second edition of a tournament created by Asian Rugby Football Union for national teams. It was also valid as first round of Asian qualification for 2007 Rugby World cup.
Tournament
First Division
{| class="wikitable"
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!width=30|Pos.
!width=100|Team
!width=30|P
!width=30|W
!width=30|D
!width=30|Lost
!width=30|For
!width=30|Ag.
!width=40|Diff.
!width=30|Points
!width=300|Notes
|-
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|1||align=left|JPN||2||2||0||0||141||34||+107||4||
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2||align=left|KOR||2||1||0||1||87||53||+34||2||
|- bgcolor=#ffffCC align=center
|3||align=left|HKG||2||0||0||2||6||147||-88||0|| relegated to next year's division 2
|}
7 May 2005 JPN 91–3 HKG Tokyo
15 May 2005 KOR 31–50 JPN Seoul
22 May 2005 HKG 3–56 KOR Hong Kong
Second division
Valid also for 2007 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=100|Team
!width=30|P
!width=30|W
!width=30|D
!width=30|Lost
!width=30|For
!width=30|Ag.
!width=40|Diff.
!width=30|Points
!width=300|Notes
|-
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|1||align=left|Arabian Gulf||2||2||0||0||54||48||+6||4|| promoted to next year's division 1
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2||align=left|CHN||2||1||0||1||44||43||+1||2||
|- bgcolor=#ffffCC align=center
|3||align=left|TWN||2||0||0||2||45||52||-7||0|| relegated to next year's division 3
|}
30 April 2005 CHN 22–19 TWN Kunming
20 May 2005 Arabian Gulf 30–26 TWN Manama
11 November 2005 Arabian Gulf 24–22 CHN Dubai
Third division
Valid also for 2007 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification
Pool A
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=100|Team
!width=30|P
!width=30|W
!width=30|D
!width=30|Lost
!width=30|For
!width=30|Ag.
!width=40|Diff.
!width=30|Points
!width=300|Notes
|-
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|1||align=left|LKA||2||2||0||0||82||55||+27||4|| promoted to final
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2||align=left|SGP||2||1||0||1||64||61||+3||2||
|- bgcolor=#ffffCC align=center
|3||align=left|THA||2||0||0||2||65||95||-30||0|| relegated to next year's division 4
|}
4 June 2005 THA 38–48 LKA Bangkok
11 June 2005 SGP 47–27 THA Singapore
25 June 2005 LKA 34–17 SGP Colombo
Pool B
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=100|Team
!width=30|P
!width=30|W
!width=30|D
!width=30|Lost
!width=30|For
!width=30|Ag.
!width=40|Diff.
!width=30|Points
!width=300|Notes
|-
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|1||align=left|KAZ||3||3||0||0||135||31||+104||6|| promoted to final
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2||align=left|IND||3||2||0||1||78||56||+22||4|| relegated to next year's division 4
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|3||align=left|MYS||3||1||0||2||60||111||-51||2|| relegated to next year's division 4
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|4||align=left|GUM||3||0||0||3||29||104||-75||0|| relegated to next year's division 5
|}
4 June 2005 IND 22–36 KAZ Mumbai
8 June 2005 KAZ 48–3 MYS Mumbai
11 June 2005 IND 48–12 MYS Mumbai
18 June 2005 GUM 8–8 IND Guam
22 June 2005 KAZ 51–6 GUM Alma Ata
26 June 2005 MYS 45–15 GUM Kuala Lumpur
Final
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=30|Pos.
!width=100|Team
!width=30|P
!width=30|W
!width=30|D
!width=30|Lost
!width=30|For
!width=30|Ag.
!width=40|Diff.
!width=30|Points
!width=300|Notes
|-
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc align=center
|1||align=left|LKA||2||2||0||0||43||37||+6||2|| promoted to next year's division 2
|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center
|2||align=left|KAZ||2||0||0||2||37||43||-6||2||
|- bgcolor=#ffffCC align=center
|}
25 October 2005 KAZ 25–19 LKA Almaty
12 November 2005 LKA 24–12 KAZ Colombo
References
2005
Category:2005 rugby union tournaments for national teams
Category:2005 in Asian rugby union