2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments

2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments
Date31 March 2013 – 7 July 2013
Countries(18) Refer to division
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Official websiteWebsite
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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

Division 3

Division 4

Division 5

Division 1

Key to colours
     Earns Promotion
     Relegated
2013 Asian Five Nations division 1
Tournament details
Host Sri Lanka
Date31 March – 6 April 2013
Countries4
Final positions
Champions Sri Lanka
Relegated Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played6

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
Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Difference
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
2013 Asian Five Nations division 2
Tournament details
Host Malaysia
Date4 – 8 June 2013
Countries4
Final positions
Champions Singapore
Relegated India
Tournament statistics
Matches played4

[8]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
June 4, 2013
 
 
 Singapore67
 
June 8, 2013
 
 India8
 
 Singapore20
 
June 4, 2013
 
 Malaysia17
 
 Malaysia48
 
 
 Iran10
 
Third place play-off
 
 
June 7, 2013
 
 
 India13
 
 
 Iran30

Semi-finals


Third place play-off

7 June 2013
17:00
India 13–30 Iran
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Final

Division 3

Key to colours
     Earns Promotion
     Relegated
2013 Asian Five Nations division 3
Tournament details
Host Malaysia
Date5 – 8 June 2013
Countries4
Final positions
Champions Qatar
Relegated China
Tournament statistics
Matches played4

[8]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
June 5, 2013
 
 
 Guam33
 
June 8, 2013
 
 Indonesia15
 
 Guam7
 
June 5, 2013
 
 Qatar13
 
 China0
 
 
 Qatar76
 
Third place play-off
 
 
June 7, 2013
 
 
 Indonesia37
 
 
 China13

Semi-finals


Third place play-off

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
Date8 – 10 May 2013
Countries4
Final positions
Champions Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played4

[9]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 8, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Lebanon35
 
May 10, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Uzbekistan25
 
 Lebanon45
 
May 8, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Pakistan12
 
 Pakistan31
 
 
 Laos25
 
Third place play-off
 
 
May 10, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Uzbekistan18
 
 
 Laos15

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
Date5 – 7 July 2013
Countries2
Final positions
Champions Cambodia
Tournament statistics
Matches played2

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

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