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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host |  Sri Lanka |
| Date | 20–27 October 1990 |
| Countries | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  South Korea (4th title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
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The 1990 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 12th edition of the tournament, and was played in Colombo. The 8 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them. South Korea won the tournament. [1]
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 34 | 29 | 6 |
| 2 |  Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 |  Taiwan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 37 | -13 | 2 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 53 | -18 | 2 |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 |  Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 21 | 170 | 6 |
| 2 |  Thailand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 85 | -5 | 3 |
| 3 |  Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 70 | -41 | 3 |
| 4 |  Singapore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 139 | -124 | 0 |
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