2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments

2013 Asian Five Nations division 2
Tournament details
Host	Malaysia
Date	4 – 8 June 2013
Countries	4
Final positions
Champions	Singapore
Relegated	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4

2013 Asian Five Nations division 1
Tournament details
Host	Sri Lanka
Date	31 March – 6 April 2013
Countries	4
Final positions
Champions	Sri Lanka
Relegated	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6

2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments
2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments
Date	31 March 2013 – 7 July 2013
Countries	(18) Refer to division
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Official website	Website
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For main Top 5 Division, see: 2013 Asian Five Nations

The 2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, known as the 2013 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, referred to the divisions played within the tournament. This was the 6th series of the Asian Five Nations.

Changes from 2012

Kazakhstan participated in the Division 1 tournament, haven been relegated from the Top 5.
Philippines was promoted to the Top 5 Division, following promotions form Division 3 to Division 2, then Division 2 to Division 1.
Thailand have replaced Singapore in Division 1, with Singapore competing in Division 2.
India will compete in Division 2 - replacing China, following promotion from Division 3.
Qatar becomes the first team to be promoted out of Division 4, replacing Pakistan who are demoted to Division 4.
Laos becomes the first team to be promoted out of Division 5, though no team was demoted out of Division 4.

Teams

The teams involved, with their world rankings pre tournament, were:

Division 1

Division 2

India (67)
Iran (NA)
Malaysia (64)
Singapore (66)

Division 3

China (68)
Guam (87)
India (NA)
Qatar (NA)

Division 4

Laos (NA)
Lebanon (NA)
Pakistan (79)
Uzbekistan (NA)

Division 5

Brunei (NA)
Cambodia (NA)

Division 1

Key to colours
	Earns Promotion
	Relegated

Division one will be held in a round-robin format. All games will be played at Havelock Park in Sri Lanka between March 31 and April 6, 2013.^[1]

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Total points
Position	Nation	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Difference	Bonus points	Total points
1	Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	133	33	+100	3	18
2	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	0	70	92	-22	1	6
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	0	70	104	-34	6	6
4	Thailand	3	1	2	0	63	107	-44	0	5

Points are awarded to the teams as follows:

Results	Points
Win	5 points
Draw	3 points
4 or more tries	1 point
Loss within 7 points	1 point
Loss greater than 7 points	0 points

Fixtures

31 March 2013
14:00

Kazakhstan	10–33	Thailand
	Report^[2]	Try: Sirichai Daothaisong, Topong Boonlon, Pichit Yingcharoen Con: Warongkorn Khamkoet 3 Pen: Warongkorn Khamkoet 4

Havelock Park, Colombo

31 March 2013
16:00

Sri Lanka	39–8	Chinese Taipei
Try: Chamara Dabare 42' Yoshitha Rajapakse 50' Fazil Marija 55' 61' Sumedha Malawana 66' Con: Rizah Mubarak (3/4) Roshan Weeraratne (1/1) Pen: Rizah Mubarak 24' 34'	Report^[3]	Try: Ming Che Chuang 76' Pen: Chih-Pan Wang 42'

Havelock Park, Colombo
Attendance: 4,800
Referee:

Nicholas Long


FB	15	Rizah Mubarak	64'
RW	14	Sandun Herath
OC	13	Pradeep Liyanage
IC	12	Gayan Weerarathne	57'
LW	11	Chamara Dabare
FH	10	Fazil Marija (vc)
SH	9	Roshan Weerarathne	69'
N8	8	Sajith Saranga
OF	7	Yoshitha Rajapaksha (c)
BF	6	Sharo Fernando	63'
RL	5	Dinesh Sanjeewa	40'
LL	4	Shenal Dias
TP	3	Kishor Jehan	46'
HK	2	Namal Rajapaksa	52'
LP	1	Henry Terence
Substitutes:
HK	16	Sathya Ranathunga	46' 74' to end'
PR	17	Dushmantha Priyadarshana
PR	18	Anuranga Walpola	52'
LK	19	Suhiru Anthony	40'
FL	20	Sumedha Malewana	63'
SH	21	Rehaan Weerakoon	69'
FH	22	Dinusha Chathuranga	57'
CE	23	Mohamed Sheriff	64'
Coach:
Ravin Du Plessis


FB	15	Ming Hsien Ho
RW	14	Chih-Kang Chen
OC	13	Wei Fan Lu (c)	53'
IC	12	Ching Che Hung
LW	11	Wu Hsien Lo	63'
FH	10	Chih-Pan Wang	48'
SH	9	Chia Han Chen	48'
N8	8	Pin Yi Hsieh
OF	7	Cheng Hsien Chiang
BF	6	Kuo Lun Chen	53'
RL	5	Chieh Yu Chiang
LL	4	Wei Ming Lin	28'
TP	3	Wen Hao Chuan	29'
HK	2	Po Yao Chuang	63'
LP	1	Tai Ting Yeh
Substitutes:
HK	16	Po Wen Cheng	29'
PR	17	Min-Ching Chiu	63'
PR	18	Ming Che Chuang	28'
LK	19	Ta Cheng Liu	53'
FL	20	Chia-Wang Lee	48'
SH	21	Po-Yen Chou	53'
FH	22	Hsiu Fu Sun	63'
CE	23	Chih-Hsiang Pan	48'
Coach:

Touch judges:
Aaron Littlewood
Mohamed Cader
Sean Moore

3 April 2013
14:00

Kazakhstan	42–5	Chinese Taipei
	Report^[4]

Havelock Park, Colombo

3 April 2013
16:00

Sri Lanka	45–7	Thailand
Try: Sandun Herath 24' 79' Pradeep Liyanage 28' 60' Chamara Dabare 30' Roshan Weerarathne 44' Con: Rizah Mubarak (3/6) Pen: Rizah Mubarak 11' 38' 40'	Report^[5]	Try: Pichit Yingcharoen 75' Con: Warongkorn Khamkoet (1/1) Pen: Warongkorn Khamkoet (0/1)

Havelock Park, Colombo
Attendance: 4,800
Referee:

Warren Needham


FB	15	Rizah Mubarak	65'
RW	14	Sandun Herath
OC	13	Pradeep Liyanage
IC	12	Gayan Weeraratne	61'
LW	11	Chamara Dabare
FH	10	Fazil Marija (vc)
SH	9	Roshan Weeraratne	71'
N8	8	Sajith Saranga	50'
OF	7	Yoshitha Rajapaksha (c)	66'
BF	6	Sharo Fernando
RL	5	Hasitha Perera	50'
LL	4	Shenal Dias
TP	3	Jehan Kishore	29'
HK	2	Namal Rajapaksa
LP	1	Sathya Ranathunga	65'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Dushmantha Priyadarshana	65'
PR	17	Henry Terrance	29'
PR	18	Anuranga Walpola	66'
LK	19	Suhiru Anthony	50'
FL	20	Mohamed Sheriff	65'
SH	21	Rehan Weerakoon	71'
FH	22	Dinusha Chathuranga	61'
CE	23	Sumedha Malawana	50'
Coach:
Ravin Du Plessis


FB	15	Warongkorn Khamkoet
RW	14	Topong Boonlon	71'
OC	13	Kitti Wangkanai	32'
IC	12	Sirichai Daothaisong
LW	11	Pichit Yingcharoen
FH	10	Thanawatr Jamkrajang
SH	9	Punyavee Jiworrawattanakul
N8	8	Chatree Wannadit (c)	66'
OF	7	Sumet Thammapom
BF	6	Richard Perkins
RL	5	Chaninthorn Banluesup	50'
LL	4	Marc Dimitrov
TP	3	Pongpat Mekpat	65'
HK	2	Chawiatt Klongtroujrok	37'
LP	1	Napat Prompataya
Substitutes:
HK	16	Chatchai Akkhanimart	65'
PR	17	Robert James	66'
PR	18	Pachara Hongsayaporn	50'
LK	19	Natthadol Sophawachirarit	37'
FL	20	Pramote Ratchatanantakit	71'
SH	21	Klin Laksanasompong
FH	22	Nirunlert Rungrangsritaweesuk	32'
CE	23	Khomchak Chakrabandu Na Ayudhaya
Coach:
Tanyavit Kuasint

Touch judges:
Taku Otsuki
Priyantha Gunarathna
Sean Moore

6 April 2013
14:00

Thailand	23–52	Chinese Taipei
	Report^[6]

Havelock Park, Colombo

6 April 2013
16:00

Sri Lanka	49–18	Kazakhstan
Try: Sandun Herath 4' Shenal Dias 26' Pradeep Liyanage 40' Sathya Ranathunga 41' Fazil Marija 49' Chamara Dabare 56' Con: Rizah Mubarak (5/6) Pen: Rizah Mubarak 7' 20' 38'	Report^[7]	Try: Daulet Akymbekov 62' Alexandr Zolotukhin 69' Con: Maxim Lifontov (1/2) Pen: Maxim Lifontov 3' 34'

Havelock Park, Colombo
Attendance: 5,300
Referee:

Taku Otsuki


FB	15	Rizah Mubarak	70'
RW	14	Sandun Herath
OC	13	Pradeep Liyanage
IC	12	Gayan Weeraratne	59'
LW	11	Chamara Dabare
FH	10	Fazil Marija (vc)	75'
SH	9	Roshan Weeraratne
N8	8	Sajith Saranga
OF	7	Yoshitha Rajapaksha (c)
BF	6	Sharo Fernando	70'
RL	5	Hasitha Perera	55'
LL	4	Shenal Dias
TP	3	Jehan Kishore	55'
HK	2	Namal Rajapaksa	59'
LP	1	Sathya Ranathunga	75'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Dushmantha Priyadarshana	75'
PR	17	Henry Terrance	55'
PR	18	Anuranga Walpola	59'
LK	19	Suhiru Anthony	55'
FL	20	Mohamed Sheriff	70'
SH	21	Rehan Weerakoon	75'
FH	22	Dinusha Chathuranga	59'
CE	23	Sumedha Malawana	70'
Coach:
Ravin Du Plessis


FB	15	Maxim Lifontov
RW	14	Viktor Zolotukhin
OC	13	Alexandr Zaharov	56'
IC	12	Ildar Abrazakov
LW	11	Pavel Stikhin	56'
FH	10	Daulet Akymbekov
SH	9	Akhmetzhan Baratov
N8	8	Serek Zhanseitov (c)
OF	7	Maxim Pristinskiy	40'
BF	6	Oleg Guselnikov
RL	5	Grigoriy Ivanchenko	4' 12' 62'
LL	4	Andrey Medvedkin
TP	3	Vladimir Chernykh	59'
HK	2	Pavel Sarychev	56'
LP	1	Sergey Menshikov
Substitutes:
HK	16	Nikolay Belkin	56'
PR	17	Azat Abbasov	59' 65' to 75'
PR	18	Vladimir Baranov	62'
LK	19	Alexandr Kireev
FL	20	Alexandr Polyakov	4' 12' 40'
SH	21	Vadim Zuyev
FH	22	Dastan Suleimenov	56'
CE	23	Alexandr Zolotukhin	56'
Coach:
Timur Mashurov

Touch judges:
Taizo Hirabayashi
Aaron Littlewood
Sean Moore

Division 2

Key to colours
	Earns Promotion
	Relegated

^[8]

Semi-finals		Final

June 4, 2013

Singapore	67
		June 8, 2013
India	8
		Singapore	20
June 4, 2013
		Malaysia	17
Malaysia	48

Iran	10
		Third place play-off

		June 7, 2013

		India	13

		Iran	30

Semi-finals

4 June 2013
15:00

Singapore	67–8	India

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

4 June 2013
17:00

Malaysia	48–10	Iran

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Third place play-off

7 June 2013
17:00

India	13–30	Iran

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Final

8 June 2013
18:00

Malaysia	17–20	Singapore

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Division 3

Key to colours
	Earns Promotion
	Relegated

2013 Asian Five Nations division 3
Tournament details
Host	Malaysia
Date	5 – 8 June 2013
Countries	4
Final positions
Champions	Qatar
Relegated	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4

^[8]

Semi-finals		Final

June 5, 2013

Guam	33
		June 8, 2013
Indonesia	15
		Guam	7
June 5, 2013
		Qatar	13
China	0

Qatar	76
		Third place play-off

		June 7, 2013

		Indonesia	37

		China	13

Semi-finals

5 June 2013
15:00

Guam	33–15	Indonesia

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

5 June 2013
17:00

China	0–76	Qatar

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Third place play-off

7 June 2013
15:00

China	13–37	Indonesia

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Final

8 June 2013
16:00

Guam	7–13	Qatar

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Division 4

Key to colours
	Earns Promotion
	Relegated

2013 Asian Five Nations division 4
Tournament details
Host	United Arab Emirates
Date	8 – 10 May 2013
Countries	4
Final positions
Champions	Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4

^[9]

Semi-finals		Final

May 8, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai

Lebanon	35
		May 10, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai
Uzbekistan	25
		Lebanon	45
May 8, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai
		Pakistan	12
Pakistan	31

Laos	25
		Third place play-off

		May 10, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai

		Uzbekistan	18

		Laos	15

Semi-finals

May 8, 2013
17:00

Lebanon	35–25	Uzbekistan

The Sevens, Dubai

May 8, 2013
19:00

Pakistan	31–25	Laos

The Sevens, Dubai

Third place play-off

May 10, 2013
17:00

Uzbekistan	18–15	Laos

The Sevens (field 2), Dubai

Final

May 10, 2013
17:00

Lebanon	45–12	Pakistan

The Sevens, Dubai

Division 5

Key to colours
	Earns Promotion
	Relegated

2013 Asian Five Nations division 5
Tournament details
Host	Cambodia
Date	5 – 7 July 2013
Countries	2
Final positions
Champions	Cambodia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2

Game 1

July 5, 2013
15:30

Cambodia	38–0	Brunei
	Report^[10]

RCAF Old Stadium, Phnom Penh

Game 2

July 7, 2013
15:30

Cambodia	28–0	Brunei
	Report^[11]

RCAF Old Stadium, Phnom Penh

References

^ "Stage set for Asian Five Nations Rugby in SL". Archived from the original on 2013-04-13. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-04.
^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-04.
^ "asian5nations.com". www.asian5nations.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07.
^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07.
^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07.
^ ^a ^b Division III schedule Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ Division IV schedule Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ "asian5nations.com". www.asian5nations.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "asian5nations.com". www.asian5nations.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

External links

[DivISched-1] "Stage set for Asian Five Nations Rugby in SL". Archived from the original on 2013-04-13. Retrieved March 14, 2013.

[2] "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-04.

[3] "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-04.

[4] "asian5nations.com". www.asian5nations.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[5] "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07.

[6] "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07.

[7] "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-07.

[b-8] Division III schedule Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine

[IV-9] Division IV schedule Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

[10] "asian5nations.com". www.asian5nations.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[11] "asian5nations.com". www.asian5nations.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

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