Asian Rugby Football Union

Asian Rugby Football Union

Formation	1968
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Hong Kong
Membership	25 unions
President	Choi Won-Tae
Website	http://www.arfu.com/

The Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) is the governing body of rugby union in Asia under the authority of the International Rugby Board. Founded in 1968 by eight charter nations, the Union today has 25 member nations in countries across Asia, stretching from Kazakhstan to Guam.

The aim of ARFU 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."

[edit] Competitions

The ARFU supports regional and pan-Asian tournaments including the newly founded Asian Five Nations competition, women's, men's, and under 19's tournaments in sevens and fifteen-a-side rugby.

[edit] Member Nations

• Arabian Gulf
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• China
• Chinese Taipei
• Guam
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Korea Republic
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos PDR
• Macau
• Malaysia
• Mongolia
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Uzbekistan
• Jordan

[edit] ARFU Officers

• President Choi Won-Tae, South Korea
• Vice President Adisak Hemyoo, Thailand
• Honorary Secretary General Ross Mitchell, Hong Kong
• Treasurer Dermot Agnew, Hong Kong
• IRB Representative Noboru Mashimo, Japan
• Executive Committee:
• Trevor Gregory, Hong Kong
• William Ryan, Indonesia
• David Skidmore, Arabian Gulf
• Koji Tokumasu, Japan

(Officers are ex officio members of the EXCO)

(Jarrad Gallagher, IRB Development Officer for Asia)

[edit] See also

• Rugby union in Asia

[edit] External links

• Official website