The Chinese Taipei rugby team ( China. 中華 台北 橄欖球 代表 隊 ) represents the Chinese Taipei ( Taiwan ) in the highest level international rugby-15 matches. The team occupies 56th place in the world IRB rating [1] . The national team tried to qualify for the World Cup from the 1999 campaign , but so far the rugby players could not reach the final stage.
| Chinese Taipei | |||
| Rugby-15 | |||
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| Nicknames | Taiwan | ||
| Federation | Rugby Union Cook Islands | ||
| Trainer | Wan Yin Pai | ||
| Captain | Wei Fan Lu | ||
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The first game Chinese Taipei 0:62  Japan(March 14, 1969) | |||
Biggest win Chinese Taipei 86: 3  Singapore(November 15, 1988) | |||
| Biggest defeat Chinese Taipei 3: 155 Japan (July 1, 2002) | |||
History
The team performs under the name "Chinese Taipei" for political reasons: China agreed to the sports autonomy of the Republic of China only if this name is used.
As part of the selection for the 1999 World Cup, Taiwan led its group in the second qualifying round. The team managed to beat both Sri Lanka and Malaysia . Taiwan reached the third round, where they beat Hong Kong , but in the end the team did not qualify for the final.
In July 2002, the team suffered a crushing defeat against the Japanese (3: 155) [2] . In May of the same year, Paraguay lost to Argentina with a score of 0: 152. In both matches, the same difference in points between the winning and losing teams was recorded. At the same time, Taiwan managed to score points [2] .
Qualification for the world championship in 2003 began for the team rather successfully. The team won their group in the first round of the qualifying tournament. In the second round, Taiwan met with Hong Kong and China . The team won both meetings and was again in the first place. In the third round, however, the rugby players lost to both Japan and South Korea , losing the chances of overall success.
Results
World Championships
- 1987 : not invited
- 1991 : did not participate
- 1995 : did not participate
- 1999 : did not qualify
- 2003 : did not qualify
- 2007 : did not qualify
- 2011 : did not pass the selection
- 2015 : did not pass the selection
- 2019 : did not pass the selection
General
As of June 18, 2013 [3] .
| Rival | Matches | Victory | Defeats | Draws | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabian Gulf | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Hong Kong | sixteen | four | eleven | one | 25% |
| India | one | one | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Iran | one | one | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| China | 2 | one | one | 0 | 50% |
| Malaysia | five | four | one | 0 | 80% |
| Pakistan | one | one | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Singapore | eight | four | 3 | one | 50% |
| Thailand | four | four | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Philippines | one | 0 | one | 0 | 0% |
| Sri Lanka | ten | 6 | four | 0 | 60% |
| The Republic of Korea | eleven | 0 | eleven | 0 | 0% |
| Japan | eight | 0 | eight | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 72 | 28 | 42 | 2 | 39% |
See also
- Rugby in Taiwan
Notes
- ↑ International Rugby Board - World Rankings: Full world rankings Archived August 10, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Stubbs, p. 119
- Ug RugbyData.com - International Rugby Union Statistics - Statistics for Chinese Taipei - Head to Head Table (not available link)
Literature
- Stubbs ,, Ray. The Sports Book. - Dorling Kindersley , 2009.
Links
- Federation page (not available link) at IRB.com