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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host |  South Korea |
| Date | 19–26 September 1992 |
| Countries | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Japan (9th title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
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The 1992 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship was the 13th edition of the tournament, and was played in Seoul. [1] The 8 teams were divided in two pool, with final between the winner of both of them. Japan won the tournament. [2]
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 12 | 213 | 6 |
| 2 |  Taiwan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 35 | 72 | 4 |
| 3 |  Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 124 | -97 | 2 |
| 4 |  Singapore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 201 | -188 | 0 |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | |||
| 1 |  Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 29 | 118 | 6 |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 245 | 32 | 213 | 4 |
| 3 |  Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 154 | -79 | 2 |
| 4 |  Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 264 | -252 | 0 |
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