Asian Championship
- Taipei, 16 November 1980, 15:00 local, 07:00 GMT
Japan
(17)
21 - 12
(3)
Korea
(FT)
Teams
Japan
Korea
Tries
Kawachi, Tsuji, Ueyama, Ujino
Tries
none
Cons
Ueyama
Cons
none
Pens
Ueyama
Pens
4
Team
15
FB
Nobufumi Tanaka
14
W
Esturo Tsuji
13
C
Shigetaka Mori
(c)
12
C
Yoichiro Minamikawa
11
W
Hirotaka Ujino
10
FH
Nobuyuki Ueyama
9
SH
Yoshimitsu Konishi
1
P
Jiro Ishiyama
2
H
Toshihiro Hirai
3
P
Yoshichiro Ikeda
4
L
Michihito Chida
5
L
Ryutaro Fukurodate
6
F
Mitsuru Sakamoto
7
F
Takeo Ishizuka
8
N8
Hikaru Kawachi
Replacements
16
Toru Wada
17
Koji Horaguchi
18
Takashi Ito
19
Junya Matsumoto
20
Shinichi Oikawa
21
Fukumi Kanaya
Notes
Result
Japan won by a margin of 9 points
Ground name
Municipal Stadium, Taipei
(neutral venue)
Attendance
8000
Japan Test debuts
T Hirai
,
Y Ikeda
Korea Test debuts
none
Points scoring rules
try 4, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3
Other scores
FIRA Championship D1
Spain
20 - 25
Poland
Madrid
Asian Championship
Chinese Taipei
0 - 18
Hong Kong
Taipei
FIRA Championship D2
West Germany
13 - 10
Netherlands
Hanover