2024 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments

2024 ARC division tournaments
Date28 April – 4 May 2024
Tournament statistics
2023 (Previous) (Next) 2025
2024 Asia Rugby Division 1
Tournament details
HostSri Lanka
VenueColombo Racecourse, Colombo
Date30 April - 5 May 2024
Countries4
Final positions
Champions Sri Lanka
Runner-up Kazakhstan
Third place Qatar
Fourth place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Tries scored33 (8.25 per match)
Attendance28,500 (7,125 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sri Lanka Tarinda Ratwatte
(28 points)
Most triesSri Lanka Thenuka Nanayakkara
(3 tries)

The 2024 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments refers to the divisions played within the annual international rugby union tournament for the Asian region. The Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) replaced the Asian Five Nations tournament in 2015. The main tournament is now contested by the top four teams in Asia excluding Japan. The other national teams in Asia compete in divisional tournaments.

Originally set to be two tournaments, Division 1 held in Sri Lanka, and Division 2 held in Kazakhstan and there was suggestion of a Division 3 being held in Lebanon however nothing concrete from Asia Rugby.[1][2] However, with teams pulling out Division 1 and 2 was combined with Sri Lanka, Qatar, Kazakhstan, and India all competing for promotion to the Asia Rugby Championship.[3]

Singapore Rugby organised the 2024 Tri Union Series, allowing Chinese Taipei, Singapore and Thailand to play international rugby.[4]

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  2. ^ Rugby, Asia (2024-02-23). "Asia Rugby Unveils 2024 Competitions Calendar". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  3. ^ rugbyasia247 (2024-04-22). "Asia Rugby Division 1 & 2 2024 (Men's XV)". RugbyAsia247. Retrieved 2024-04-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Hinato (2024-04-05). "Singapour, Taïwan et la Thaïlande vont participer au Tri Union Series 2024". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-26.