2022 Asia Rugby Championship

The 2022 Asia Rugby Championship was the sixth tri-nations series of rugby union matches for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021.

The teams competing were Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia. Hong Kong were the defending champions, having won in 2019. The format of the tri-nations series was a double round-robin where the three teams play each other twice on a home and away basis. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series was declared the winner.

This competition works as an Asian qualifier for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. The winner of the competition plays with Tonga to determine the participant for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Division 3 Central 1 was played from 3 to 6 July in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The losers of the matches on 3 July advance to the 3rd place match and the winners to the final on 6 July. The Asia Rugby Championship Division 3 West will be played in Tehran, Iran from 29 September to 3 October. Iran, Lebanon and Qatar are expected to participate. Originally, it was planned to take place from 9 to 14 May.

Teams
The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the tournament in brackets:

Fixtures
For the details of the matches, refer to 2023 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification.

Divisional Tournaments
The 2022 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments refers to the divisions played within the annual international rugby union tournament for the Asian region.

Teams
The following teams were announced as playing the 2022 tournaments:

Pre-tournament world rankings in parentheses

==== Division 1 ====


 * (43)
 * (48)
 * (55)
 * (60)

Division 2

 * (95)
 * (74)

Division 3 Central

 * (NR)
 * (62)
 * (NR)
 * (NR)
 * (89)

Division 3 South

 * (NR)
 * (85)
 * (NR)

Division 3 West

 * (NR)
 * (NR)
 * (NR)
 * (NR)
 * (NR)

==== Division 3 South & East ====

Notes: 
 * (72)
 * (105)
 * (94)
 * (NR)

Division 2
The 2022 edition of the Division 2 Tournament was held from 29 May – 1 June 2022 in Lahore, Pakistan. Matches

Division 3 Central
The Division 3 Central Tournament was held from 3–6 July at Dolen Omurzakov Stadium in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, they were originally set to host the competition in 2020 however due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was delayed. The tournament was played by Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Kazakstan winning the tournament.

Mongolia were originally set to host the 2022 Division 3 South East & East, however with the cancellation of the tournament they joined Division 3 Central replacing Afghanistan. Semi Finals

Division 3 South
The 2022 edition of the Division 3 South Tournament was held from 19–25 November 2022 at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, India. India were champions not conceding a single point across the tournament.

Division 3 West
The 2022 edition of the Division 3 West Tournament was held on 10 February 2023 in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. With Qatar winning the competition with 12-40 win over Iran.

Originally due to have taken place May 9 to May 14. Qatar, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Oman where all interested in featuring. Lebanon and Iran both were front runners to host but due to progress made by Iran over the last 6 years they were awarded the position of hosts.

In April 2022 the competition was postponed until the September and was set to be between Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.

By September the competition was once again postponed this time to October 2022. Iraq, Lebanon and Syria all dropped out with Qatar coming back in. Qatar and Iran were to play two tests on October 8 and 11 in Tehran.

Due to protests from the Iranian team in solidarity with the unrest in the country the competition was once again delayed to February 2023 and reduced to a single test match to be played in the UAE.