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Asia Rugby

Administrative body for rugby union in Asia

Summary

Administrative body for rugby union in Asia

Field	Value
name	Asia Rugby
image	Asian Rugby Football Union (logo).png
type	Sports federation
formation	1968
headquarters	Hong Kong
membership	36 unions
leader_title	President
leader_name	Qais Al-Dhalai
leader_title2	CEO
leader_name2	Benjamin Van Rooyen
website

Asia Rugby, formerly the Asian Rugby Football Union, is the governing body of rugby union in Asia under the authority of World Rugby. Founded in 1968 by eight charter nations, the Union today has 36 member unions in countries across Asia, stretching from Kazakhstan to Guam.

The aim of Asia Rugby is "to raise physical and moral standards in Asia by education in the healthy pursuit of Rugby Football and to promote friendship among Asian countries".

Members

Asia Rugby has 36 member unions.

There are 22 World Rugby members, and 6 World Rugby associates:

- (2013*)*
(1997)
(1988)
(1998)
(1988)
(1999)
(2013)
(2020)
(1987)
(2024)
(1997)
(1988)
- (2004*)*
(2020)
- (2018*)*
(1988)
- (2004*)*
(2023)
(2008)
(2008)
(2023)
(1989)
- (2022*)*
(1988)
(1989)
(2012)
(2014) There are 8 members not affiliated with World Rugby
IRQ Iraq
MAC Macau
OMA Oman
PSE Palestine
SAU Saudi Arabia

Other unions not affiliated with Asia Rugby

VIE Vietnam

Several rugby governing bodies for countries in Asia (partially, largely or entirely) – such as , , , , and – are members of the European body, Rugby Europe. Conversely, , which is administered by European associations in other sports (such as within the football governing body, FIFA) is administered as part of Asia Rugby. In addition, Asia Rugby includes Guam (the organized unincorporated territory of the United States), which is arguably not in Asia, but in Oceania, and one transcontinental country, Indonesia.

A former member, the Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union, represented Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE until it was dissolved at the end of 2010 to allow separate national unions administer the game in each country. In 2020, Qatar became an associate member of World Rugby and Saudi Arabia became an associate member of Asia Rugby. The other three countries do not yet have a national governing body affiliated with Asia Rugby.

Notes

Denotes World Rugby associate membership date.

Cambodia regained associate membership of Asia Rugby in 2020, after being suspended in 2016 for not complying with membership criteria.

Vietnam is not currently a member of Asia Rugby.

Tournaments

Asia Rugby supports regional and pan-Asian tournaments for men's and women's teams in fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby, including:

Men

Asia Rugby Championship
Asia Rugby Sevens Series
Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy
Asia Rugby U19 Championship Women
Asia Rugby Women's Championship
Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Trophy

Sevens Series

The Asian Sevens Series is similar to the HSBC World Sevens Series, but at a regional level.

World Rugby Rankings

Organisation structure

|} The member unions form the Council which is Asia Rugby’s ultimate decision-making body. The Council meets twice a year, including for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the end of each year where the 12-person executive committee (Exco) is elected.

, the president of Asia Rugby is Qais Al-Dhalai of the United Arab Emirates.

Management and staff of Asia Rugby, headed by CEO Benjamin Van Rooyen based at Olympic House, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong.

Also, Asia Rugby has contracted with a number of Officers in Asia for Development.

NAME	POSITION
Benjamin Van Rooyen	CEO
Daniella Filipovic’	Admin & Communications Officer
Gene Tong	WR Regional Training Manager
Ghaith Jalajel	Competitions Manager
Khuram Haroon	Operations & Digital Media
Anatoliy Shirov	Governance & Competitions
Dilroy Fernando	Match Officials & Development
Affan Jahangir	Public Relations Officer
Mahfizul Islam	Development Consultant

References

"Membership World Rugby and Asia Rugby Membership status".
(27 November 2012). "UAE become 100th full member of the IRB". [[RTÉ]].
(7 August 2020). "Cambodia Federation of Rugby Return to International Rugby".
link. (September 14, 2009 . IRB)
(October 2016)
[http://ur7s.com/news/477/promising_start_for_asian_sevens_series Promising start for Asian Sevens Series] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-09-22 . UR7s.)
(21 November 2021). "Asia Rugby votes in new EXCO".
"Council & Executive Committee".
(21 November 2019). "Asia Rugby votes in new EXCO".
"Contact us".

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