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Full time19 November 1988
Korea
17–13
Japan
Government Stadium, Hong Kong, Hong Kong China · Asian Championship 1988Head-to-head

Korea won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CKorea conversion · Chang Kyu Shin2–0
  2. –PKorea penalty · Chang Kyu Shin5–0
  3. –TKorea try · Jin Hwan Yoo9–0
  4. –TKorea try · Yeon Ki Kim13–0
  5. –TKorea try · Seo Chun Oh17–0
  6. –CJapan conversion · Katsuhiro Matsuo17–2
  7. –PJapan penalty · Katsuhiro Matsuo17–5
  8. –TJapan try · Kenji Imakoma17–9
  9. –TJapan try · Yoshihito Yoshida17–13

Line-ups

Korea

  1. 1Dong Chun YuProp
  2. 2Ji Dong KimHooker
  3. 3Hang Muk ChoiProp
  4. 4Sang Ho MaSecond row
  5. 5Dong In WooSecond row
  6. 6Jae Hyeong ShonFlanker
  7. 7Young Chun KimFlanker
  8. 8Kim HyeonNumber 8
  9. 9Yun Pil YungScrum-half
  10. 10Chang Kyu ShinFly-half
  11. 11Sung Chul ChoWing
  12. 12Seo Chun OhCentre
  13. 13Yeon Ki KimCentre
  14. 14Jin Hwan YooWing
  15. 15Yong Duk ChoFull-back

Japan

  1. 1Masaharu AizawaProp
  2. 2Tsutomu HiroseHooker
  3. 3Masayuki NagaiProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Atsushi OyagiSecond row
  6. 6Tsunjiro KoudaFlanker
  7. 7Katsufumi MiyamotoFlanker
  8. 8Hopoi TaioneNumber 8
  9. 9Masami HorikoshiScrum-half
  10. 10Katsuhiro MatsuoFly-half
  11. 11Yoshihito YoshidaWing
  12. 12Seiji HiraoCentre
  13. 13Kenji ImakomaCentre
  14. 14Nofomuli TaumoefolauWing
  15. 15Toshitugu YamamotoFull-back
  16. 16Takanori NagataBench
  17. 17Masahiro KundaBench
  18. 18Kazuhiro ShirakawaBench
  19. 19Haruhiro WatanabeBench
  20. 20Kojiro YoshinagaBench
  21. 21Kiyoshi ImaizumiBench

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Context

All-time, Korea 7–33 Japan, 1 drawn in 41 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Korea going in
Japan going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.