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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host |  Singapore |
| Date | 20–27 November 1982 |
| Countries | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  South Korea (1st title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
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The 1982 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 8th edition of the tournament and was played in Singapore. The 8 teams were divided in two pools with a final match between the winners from the two. South Korea won the tournament. [1]
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 |  Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 18 | 85 | 6 |
| 2 |  Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 37 | 29 | 4 |
| 3 |  Taiwan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 52 | -24 | 2 |
| 4 |  Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 102 | -90 | 0 |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 12 | 52 | 6 |
| 2 |  Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 58 | -8 | 4 |
| 3 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 35 | -20 | 2 |
| 4 |  Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 44 | -24 | 0 |
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