| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host |  Thailand |
| Date | 10–18 January 1970 |
| Countries | 7 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Japan (2nd title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
← 1969 1972 → | |
The 1970 Asian Rugby Championship was the second edition of the tournament played in Bangkok, Thailand. Seven countries played round-robin matches in two pools and the first, second, and third place of each pool played placement matches. Japan won the tournament.
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 34 | 23 | 5 |
| 2 |  Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 32 | 20 | 4 |
| 3 |  Ceylon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 |  Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 72 | -49 | 0 |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 26 | 43 | 4 |
| 2 |  Singapore | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 57 | -3 | 2 |
| 3 |  South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 60 | -40 | 0 |
| 18 January 1970 |
| Thailand | 11–42 | Japan XV |
| Try: Jettanakorn (46') | Report | Try: Mizutani (23') Mizutani(34') Mantani(30') Ito (50') Ito (68') Ito (74') Sakata (61') Con: Yamaguchi (23’, 34’, 50’, 61’, 68’, 74) Pen: Yamaguchi( 2’, 9’, 14’) |
| National Stadium, Bangkok Referee: Anata Boonsupa (Thailand) |
Thailand: Somsak; Suradet; Ban, Davidson, Blackburn; Jettanakorn; Amnu; Horn, Vikron, Niroj; Apichat, P. Walter; N. Walter, Piyachan, Abhirak. Coach: ???.
Japan: Morio Kawasaki; Mitsuo Atokawa, Masaaki Shimozono, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Toshio Terai; Katsumi Kamata; Yoshiaki Izawa, Yoshiharu Yamaguchi; Satoru Matsuoka, Ryozo Imazato, Chikara Katsuraguchi; Yoshihiro Sakata, Makoto Mizutani; Masayoshi Ozaki, Bunji Shimazaki; Tadayuki Ito (capt.), Masaharu Mantani. Coach: Tetsunosuke Onishi
Source: [8]
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
 | Japan | 3–0–0 |
 | Thailand | 2–1–1 |
 | Hong Kong | 3–0–1 |
| 4 | Singapore | 1–0–2 |
| 5 | South Korea | 1–0–2 |
| 6 | Ceylon | 1–1–2 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 0–0–3 |
As of 16 June 2022, the results in Asia Rugby website are incorrect.
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