2015 Asia Rugby Championship
The 2015 Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, was the inaugural tri-nations series for top-level rugby union in Asia and the twenty-eighth continental championship for the ARFU nations. The Asia Rugby Championship replaced the former Asian Five Nations in 2015, with only three nations competing in the top division instead of the previous five. The inaugural series included Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. Other Asian nations competed in the lower division tournaments.
| Date | 18 April – 23 May |
|---|---|
| Countries | Hong Kong Japan South Korea |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Japan (23rd title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Tries scored | 50 (8.33 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ayumu Goromaru (38) Oh Youn-hyung (38) |
| Most tries | Jegal Bin (4) Karne Hesketh (4) Jang Seong Min (4) |
| Website | www |
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Instead of the single round-robin format used in the Asian Five Nations, the three teams played each other twice on a home and away basis. Japan, as the team finishing on top of the standings in 2015, was declared the winner. The bottom-placed team, Korea, was subject to a promotion-relegation play-off against the winner of the next lower division. However, Sri Lanka, who finished on top of Division 1, declined the opportunity to challenge.