Hong Kong gets Asian qualifiers
Friday November 03 2006
Round-robin format for RWC eventThe International Rugby Board (IRB) on Friday announced that the rescheduled Asian Rugby World Cup 2007 Round Three qualification matches between Hong Kong, Japan and Korea will be played in Hong Kong.
The three matches were originally due to be played in Sri Lanka as part of the 2006 Asian tournament, but had to be rescheduled after the IRB announced the postponement of the tournament following recommendations that it should not go ahead due to the current security situation in Sri Lanka.
The rescheduled matches will now be played in a round-robin format hosted by the Hong Kong Football Club between November 18 and 25.
The playing schedule:
Sat, Nov 18: Japan v Hong Kong
Tue, Nov 21: Hong Kong v Korea
Sat, Nov 25: Korea v Japan
The winner of the round robin tournament will qualify directly to Rugby World Cup 2007 in France as Asia 1 to join Australia, Wales, Fiji and Canada in Pool B.
The runner up will advance to the repechage round as Asia 2 to play Tonga.
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